Day 9
- Brush: Maggard Razors – 30mm Synthetic #TOLL
- Razor: Gillette – Travel Tech #ZAMAC #STAINLESSLESS
- Blade: Treet Carbon Steel
- Lather: Apex Alchemy – Cutthroat Soap
- Post Shave: Apex Alchemy – Cutthroat Splash
- Fragrance: Montblanc – Explorer EdT
Barbershop is one of those scents that I loved when I was first starting wetshaving, but then I realized that so many that are pretty much carbon copies of each other. And EVERYONE has a barbershop scent and I can’t get excited about any of them anymore. Even Apex Alchemy, who has a really fun line-up of scents, have a Barbershop. The businessperson in me wonders who is buying all these barbershop scented items? And why are so many soapmakers doing what everyone else is doing? Someone must be buying them, right? Who is buying all these barbershop scents?? WHICH ONE OF YOU IS IT???
The lack of originality is almost painful to watch. As barbershop scents flood the wetshaving market, they’re drowning out any semblance of uniqueness and creativity. How many times have we found ourselves surrounded by soaps, splashes, and colognes, each offering a scent that seems all too familiar? “We want to evoke the memory of a classic barbershop…” AND SO DOES EVERY OTHER SOAPMAKER! The sameness of this barbershop offering really stifles one the one best parts of this hobby – scents that are truly unique! I think I’d rather a soapmaker only release dupes with AI labels than see another barbershop scent get released! At some point, the madness needs to end! SOMEONE END THIS BARBERSHOP MADNESS!!!!!
Apex Alchemy’s is okay (as far as barbershop scents go). Not the best, and not the worst either. It’s not as powdery as some of the other ones I’ve tried and the splash almost has a subtle fruitiness to it, which is kind of unique in my experiences with Barbershops. I paired the Cutthroat soap and splash with Montblanc – Explorer because it’s big on bergamot, like Cutthroat, but then has some Sage & Pink Pepper which partner really nicely with the fruitiness from the splash. All-in-all, I’m smelling great on this fine Sunday morning, the scents of today’s shave me reminiscing of the memory of where my dad I used get his haircut when I was a kid—OH DEAR GOD IT HAPPENED TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! #FOF
For #photocontest – Eyes
Challenge Quiz I’m for real embarrassed. I got 4/32.
iamhonestlylying’s Daily Top 5:
In honor of “Barbershops”… The top 5 regrettable hair styles of the past:
5.) The Mullet Why?
4.) Bowl Cut We thought this was a good idea!
3.) Frosted Tips This too!
2.) Perms Before my time, but why???
1.) Rat Tails When you don’t want to go all in on a mullet??