DAY 8 LATHER GAMES! MAN I HATE POP-QUIZES!
- Prep: Water
- Brush: Chisel and Hound Chocobolo 26mm Boti G5 knot
- Razor: No Name Kamisori AC shavette #KAMISORI
- Blade: KAI Captain Titan Mild
- Lather: Noble Otter - Barr Barr
- Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Desairology
- Fragrance: Hermes - H24
First off I want to give a big shoutout to u/loudmusicboy. The first person to ever understand me in my opinion that Green Proraso smells like a Barbershop. Ever since I first smelled it, since it was my first cream/soap, till this day, that is the scent that evokes Barbershop images in my head. Thank you my friend! I am not alone!!!
As a matter of fact, after learning and sniffing what real barbershop scents are, I was quite puzzled because none of them sang to me "BARBERSHOP", I guess it has to do with the fact that there weren't any barbershops when I was a little tyke, guess their time had passed. There is a resurgence of Barbershop shops in the last few years, especially here in Bulgaria, but somehow comparing it to the olden times, seems they don't really hold a candle. One of the reasons I say this, is because I went to one of the most pristine ones in the capital, and I left.... Well look, I kept a picture of how my face was after they shaved me.... ABSURD
But thanks to this hobby and being introduced to quite a lot of Barbershop scent interpretations I got into the spirit, and now while not being able to judge which reminds me of my childhood, I can certainly appreciate the way in which it was made and how one differs from the others. To end this rant, Barbershop scents are like Johann Sebastian Bach's pieces, for every person you hear, you'll hear a different interpretation(please let me get a musical judge).
Now onto the real Barbershop scent of the day, third year in a row I am using BarrBarr by Noble Otter. I have no idea why it's always NO's barbershop itteration, but somehow it always fits the calendar best. In today's shave I probably got the best lather I've gotten with their soap which contributed to a more than excellent shave. Either it's me, or NO's soap makes a low profile lather, in the sense that it doesn't get voluminous and one should be careful not to drown it, but it had great cushion and superb slickness.
I have used a kamisori style shavette before, but if was a DE variant. I must say that the AC version is much more supreme. In general I find that all SE are better than DE, but that might be just my opinion. I did a two pass shave 1xWTG and 1xATG. Smooth DFS+ no complaints. The only thing I didn't really enjoy(and mind you this is due to inexperience) is that I am used to a traditional European style straight/shavette, which has a certain restriction on your movements. Here there is much more freedom and it made some of my strokes not as confident as I would have liked, but again this a ME issue, and it just means that more shaves with such an instrument should be had.
Another quick shoutout to SW and Desairology! THIS SCENT IS SIIIIIIIIIIIIICK! I think I have found my new favourite barbershop scent! JUST. SO. FUCKING. GOOD. And the way I paired it with H25 by Hermes, it was sublime! Amazing combo for me!
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