June 20, 2024 – LG Day 20 – Summer has begun
- Brush: AP Shave Co. Pure Bliss SHD 24mm x Heritage Collection Merit 99-4 Handle
- Razor: Chiseled Face Legacy Aluminum
- Blade: Gillette Nacet
- Lather: Zingari – The Gatherer
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth – Smash
- Fragrance: Kerosene – Summer of 84
Today’s shave is in memory of u/loudmusicboy. Just to be clear, the man behind that account is alive and well. But the u/loudmusicboy persona? Dead. He should probably just change his Reddit handle to boringcorporateman. See, today’s lighthouse shave was supposed to be done together. Just the two of us, like old times. But he has eschewed internet fun to step up the corporate ladder. He’s traded in his music posters for charts about this quarter’s growth. His tattoos have sloughed off his body and have been replaced with a business suit that fused with his skin. I’ve even heard that he stopped teaching yoga and now spends Saturday mornings golfing with his coworkers, pretending to have a good time. We used to have fun, he and I. Drinking all night, staring at the stars, talking about girls and how we’d never be stiff like our dads. We listened to metal in basements that were hot and smelled of blood and sweat. Now he worries about meeting deadlines and listens to the Dave Matthews Band. We always talked about how we’d never grow up. We would be different. We would stay cool.
That young man I once knew is dead.
~~Anyway, I shaved in front of one of the most iconic lighthouses in the country, Portland Head Light.~~ A torrential rain and active thunderstorm foiled my plans.
I shaved in my backyard, with the rain having ~~unfortunately~~ fortunately slowed down right before I wandered outside. To make it a little more interesting, I didn’t bring a mirror and recorded a 30 second timelapse.
The Gatherer represents “summer’s masculine potential.” It’s among the ideal peach scents for me. It smells neither like peach rings (one of my favorite gummy candies) nor farmers market peaches, and yet with one whiff, it’s unmistakably peach. With the zesty, powdery orange and light floral musks, it becomes complex but maintains its clear peach trajectory. Impressively wearable. Smash has a sharper and sweeter peach accord, bolstered by the sugar cube and accentuated by bourbon, with a somehow buttery essence to it. Finally, the explosion of citrus that is Summer of 84. Imagine slicing into a grapefruit – zest essence spraying, juice spilling out, the aroma flying into your nose with reckless abandon. Yes, sweet and smooth melon, salty sea water, and white florals give a backbone and tie it to the rest of the shave, but it’s ultimately grapefruit all the way. This is the most summery shave I could have possibly asked for. #FOF