LG SOTD Jun 14 2024 - EYES EYES BABY
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Theme: Eyes (Eyes in the sky, Eye ring on Hydra, Eye-shaped background to contain bowl that contains shave sample)
- Brush: Alpha Brush & Shaving Co. - Bully Boy 28mm
- Razor: Henson - AL-13 Medium Blue #CNC #RAINBOW #STAINLESSLESS
- Blade: Treet - Carbon Steel [2]
- Lather: Seaforth - Sea Ice Lime - sample
- Post Shave: Dr. Jon's - Hydra - sample
- Fragrance: Etro - Lemon Sorbet - Eau de Toilette - sample
I had almost forgotten how good Seaforth base is.
I had been skeptical about the scent, on the (misleading) base of an off-the-tub whiff, which felt a little plasticky. Once lathered, the scent is remarkably good, with the spicy/mossy drydown nicely balancing the citrus top notes.
However, Sea Ice Lime's cooling component feels already too much for me, so at present (while temperature is still below 30°C) I'm not planning to go full tub. I am usually not interested in open refrigerator effect. But things may soon change once the heat becomes unbearable.
Unbearable heat was the circumstance that made me appreciate Dr. Jon's AS cooling properties last year, when I managed to lay my hands on some remaining stock at Maggard's and TOC, after Dr. Jon ad gone RIPped.
Hydra offers a tart, kind of unripe-lemon citrus accord, that is better on its own than layered on Sea Ice Lime (which provides a more perfume-like, three-dimensional smell). Wish I had dickholed here.
I got this Etro Lemon EdT sample a few years ago in a department store, and then forgot about it, until I found it at the bottom of a samples container. Being inspired by a lemon-flavored crushed ice recipe, it felt like the perfect complement for my citrus / cool shaving products.
With this EdT I was expecting a shallow sweet citrus accord, and was pleasantly surprised to find out that the fragrance also features aromatic green notes: with respect to my low expectations, this felt pretty good, a lemon + herbaceous fougere that on my skin didn't feel fake or chemical. I am not a big fan of lemon-forward frags, but this was a more than decent final step for today's shave
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SPECIAL CHALLENGE: my chaotically-stacked Tower of Babel, a reminder of humankind's doomed dream to have one comprehensive shaving horizon that may put together all preferences and languages.
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