June 11, 2024
- Brush: Zenith Boar 24 x 48 mm
- Razor: Fatip Piccolo Slant Closed Comb
- Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (Green) (2)
- Lather: Noble Otter - Queen
- Post Shave: Thayer’s – Rose Petal Toner
- Fragrance: Andy Tauer – No. 2 L’air du désert Marocain
Honeysuckle Rose
Yesterday’s SOTD posts were fun because music. Glad to find out there are a few jazz aficionados around here.
My SOTD post from yesterday got a bit carried away, at least in terms of length. Today I’ll try to be more concise.
So for springtime-y scented soap I went with Noble Otter Queen, which the artisan describes as “learning more feminine,” and which has honey and floral notes. I contend that honey and flowers are springtime-y. I thought the scent might smell cloying, but it wasn’t. It has a soft honey fragrance, like the honey cake you get at your local Armenian bakery.
The aftershave is also an understated floral scent, Thayer’s Rose Petal Toner. I topped things off with a more challenging scent: L’air du désert Marocain by the Swiss perfumer Andy Tauer. I haven’t smelled anything else quite like it. It combines spice notes (coriander and cumin—which occasionally veer toward smelling like armpits) with an open, breezy quality. Does that sound like a springtime scent to you? To me it didn’t, but the manufacturer recommends it (“especially”) for springtime. It does have leafy and floral notes: petitgrain (leave and stems from a species of bitter orange tree), along with jasmine and rockrose.
I’m couldn’t participate in the today’s challenge due to most of my shave products being samples.
Brush Strokes: Early Spring edition
The most famous Chinese painting is known as Early Spring. It’s dated to 1072 CE and attributed to court painter named of Guo Xi. It’s a landscape painting, yet unlike any other landscape painting. I recommend going on Wikimedia Commons and examining a hi-res image this masterpiece.
#ROTY