June 10, 2024 – Lather Games 2024 Day 10: Happy Together
- Brush: Wild West Brushworks Hallows Maggard SHD 26mm #SHD
- Razor: Eversharp Eagle
- Blade: Gillette Winner (4)
- Lather: Declaration Grooming – Gratiot League Square
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming – Gratiot League Square
- Fragrance: Chatillon Lux – Rose Santal
Use of Theme: Happy Together
For today’s theme, I chose Declaration Grooming/ Chatillon Lux Gratiot League Square. It’s a warm, sweet, leathery, spicy scent that is supposed to be reminiscent of the trading square in 1800s St. Louis. I followed up with the matching aftershave, and I have always found the potion that Scott has concocted to be very nice and soothing without being too sticky. To fragrantly finish the shave this morning I chose Rose Santal from Chatillon Lux. We’ve all come to live the genius of Shawn Maher. I think it’s helpful when a perfumer works within a theme as he has in this case with historical St. Louis. He has woven commonalities between his various perfumes masterfully enough that they can easily pair. Here using rose and sandalwood, which are predominant notes also woven into Gratiot League Square. Having sat with it for about eight hours, I can say that the GLS is predominant through the dry down though when I first put on the EdP, the rose was very forward. As the day wore on the sandalwood seems to carry the weight. Alas, another reminder of the scents that I don’t have, but want.
Daily Challenge: Song Day
Out of the thousands of songs that could possibly be in my head, I just figured I’d go with the first thing that came into my mind this morning when I woke up. For whatever reason that song happened to be Star by Earth Wind & Fire. I don’t know why. The B-side of the single was You and I. Quite appropriate, I suppose, for Happy Together, but we’ll run with Star.
Somebody said the song starts off on a somber note, but it’s really more thoughtful or hopeful. It does start off slow, but not somber. It does kick into a funky rhythm and happy tune that’s representative of how I want to feel most days.
Star bright, starlight, mighty light to see
Shinin’, smilin’ down on you and me
There are a lot of things I tend to get cranky about and I’m not even a Boomer. I’m a Gen Xer, we’re not supposed to give a fuck. It’s a wonder we get mistaken. I genuinely don’t like being negative. It’s not who I ever was and it’s why I started signing off on my posts the way I have been—a reminder to be positive. Every so often I get an external reminder to stay positive.
I can feel the dark, take the night apart
But then the stars come out to lift my heart
I think that’s just what I got today.
Happy shaving and be kind to one another.
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