June 10, 2024 - BACK IN TIME!

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Theme: Time

• Brush: Black & Yellow Merit 99-5 by Heritage Collection Shaving / AP Shave Faux Boar Synthetic 24mm
• Razor: Edwin Jagger - DE89 #ZAMAC
• Razor: Muhle Hexagon - DE89 #TWINS
• Blade: RK - Stainless
• Lather: Zingari Man - Mousse Illuminee - Shave Soap
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Mousse Illuminee - Recovery Splash
• Fragrance: Rogue Perfumery - Mousse Illuminee (sample)

-WARNING-
The following contains 1980s innuendo.
Reader discretion is advised.

The year is ~~1984~~ 1985: Miami Vice is a new show filled with vibrant colors, smartly dressed people, and amazing cars. Marty McFly is driving an amazing car at 88mph only to find himself projected in a time-traveling adventure that will eventually fix his family, so that back in ~~1984~~ 1985 they could all have, well, amazing cars.
On a separate note, the predator / prey dynamic seems so pervasive that you have to be constantly on the lookout for school bullies and killer robots from the future.

But fear not, fellow time traveller, as today is all about collaboration between Awesome People. Even if you are using one of those uncool time machines that can only send you back in time if you are butt-naked, our organization, the Scent Resistance can equip you with a full kit of the Ultimate Awesomeness Device. No need to physically carry it, you just wear on your skin. The name? Mousse Illuminee, aka the Powerhouse Fougere From the Future (PFFF).

Mousse Illuminee's turbo-charged Green Mossy Resinous hi-octane power will instantly disarm any adversary. Your clearance status does not allow me to reveal too much, but how do you think that un-moustached guy, Harrison Ford, managed to defeat someone as quintessentially 1980s as Tom Selleck? Yes, our organization uses the power of fragrances to change key events of human history, so to prevent the Stream of Awesomeness from running dry.

While wearing Mousse Illuminee, you are protected by the Power Fougere Projection, a force field that has nirvana-like effects, preemptively neutralizing the risk that you may accidentally give a fuck about anybody else's criticism.

You wanted to object against Dickholing? Sorry pal, I have no fucks to give you: I am wearing Mousse Illuminee.

All I can tell you is that today the soap welcomed me with BOLD core notes of mossiness muskiness resinousness. As soon as I lathered it with my Heritage Collection x AP Shave Co. collab (yes, today is about mixing up, baby!), I was already projecting so much that both the Twins (EJ and Muhle) insisted to do a little rasage à trois. Before you whine about incest and stuff: fear not, they are not real siblings, they just look alike and share the same easygoing attitude. I confess a slight preference for Muhle, who has a more balanced personality under that irresistible green designer dress.

Speaking of green, the AS also revealed the more nuanced green, floral and woody notes, while the roll-on perfume sample just placed the Final Seal of Awesomeness with a deep darker-green and mossy/musky drydown.

FOF

Today's challenge: song day

Far from being in the overconfident Powerhouse Fougere spirit, the song that is in higher rotation in my shaving routine is Tezeta (Nostalgia) by Ethiopian musician Mulatu Astatke. I'm no expert in jazz or Ethiopian music, I just discovered this song by chance thanks to Episode 4 of Season 2 of The Bear, which is an awesome show with plenty of great needle drops.
So far, I haven't found any other song that reflects as well as Tezeta the state of no-rush introspection that I seek while I shave.

ROTY