- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Fatip - Lo Storto - Testa Dentata
- Blade: Mühle
- Lather: D.R. Harris – Arlington
- Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Roman Spice
- Fragrance: Zoologist – Dodo
I'm really loving this Zenith Badger so far. Good flow through even though it feels quite dense, pleasant scritch and backbone. I might have to come to terms with me being too much of a philistine to fully appreciate expensive knoots, because this feels great and I'm not sure the my B3 and B16 are better! Let's see if the break-in process changes my mind.
Theme: D.R. Harris was founded in 1790, so this definitely qualifies, even recursively for several generations of fathers.
Relevant post & frag: Arlington is a typical classic cologne scent, aromatic citrus. This scent category was created in 1709 when Johann Maria Farina recreated the fragrance of Italian spring. Well it is still spring for a few days and do you know what else is in Italy? Rome is, and that's where Roman Spice is from! "Roman Spice" is almost certainly a reference to silphium (°), the spice used in ancient Roman cuisine that was so delicious that with the rise of the Roman Empire, Roman purchasing power became strong enough to create the economic conditions in which the plant it's produced from was systematically overharvested in the entire Mediterranean region. The plant is now extinct like -- you guessed it -- the Dodo. Boom.
Challenge: not this year.
(°) Listen to the excellent Dr Emma Southon and Janina Matthewson in episode 85 of their podcast if you're looking for more info on Roman cuisine and its extravagance.