2024-06-24 - The gift of giving
- Lather: Barrister and Mann - Behold the Whatsis!
- Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Nightman
- Fragrance: Summer Break Soaps - Remote Learning
- Razor: Wolfman Razors - Guerrilla
- Brush: Summer Break Soaps
Unifying Theme: Xmas Eve in June
Xmas Eve in June:
The lather and aftershave both came from
u/souleater7173
as part of Onion's PIF train late last year. Thank you, yet again.
The gorgeous brush is courtesy of
u/rocketk455
from his Anosmiac Torture Parade a couple years ago.
This is absoutely my favorite brush that I will ever own,
but it's is one of those things where I ironically don't use it as much as I
might because I want to avoid any kind of wear.
Meanwhile, the frag kind of counts for Xmas in June because he threw that in
as a bonus when we paid for the Remote Learning soap and a/s.
So I'm counting it.
Finally, I won the Wolfman in last year's Games.
Thanks to them for their continued sponsorship.
Exclusives Wishlist:
I think u/stirlingsoap was long ago playng with the idea of doing one for
our little, uh, Community.
To be honest, I'm not sure what kind of scent it could be.
but I would be giddier than a grapefruit goulash if they continued their
established pattern of name choices by naming it something along the lines of:
Dreamatorium
Kickpuncher II
Nadir
The Darkest Timeline
Greendale Seven
El Tigre Chino
Rod's probably sick of me suggesting that, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#FOF
Speaking of grapefruit,
Whatsis! is all the grapefruit your grandmother can handle.
I'm a fan of actual grapefruit. As grapefruit scents go, I've tried exactly two,
and I think I prefer Noble Otter's Firefighter.
Whatsis! is fine.
Moving on, I think I'm the third,
maybe fourth person to have this particular bottle of
Nightman and the corresponding tub of soap.
I haven't used it more than a couple times because I've been focusing on other
tubs, but maybe I'll pass it along to someone else to try.
That's not to say I don't like it though. I wouldn't say I dislike it. I would,
however, say that it smells a bit like... gasoline? Or under the hood of a car?
That's not quite it... some kind of rubber or plastic, maybe.
Yeah, that's it; it's like the industrial smell of some newly-manufactured,
nondescript thing right after you take it out of the package.
Well, when I phrase it like that, I wouldn't expect
u/souleater7173
to have liked it.
I suspect it mellows into its "citrus-forward" components
(oh, hey, it has that in common with Whatsis!),
but I didn't give it much of a chance before Remote Learning.
Boy howdy, what a scent to follow that but Remote Learning!
I actually haven't figured this one out.
Doritos are definitely there, but does it also have the Mountain Dew?
Is it like those jars that contain both peanut butter and jelly in the same jar?
Do they still have those?
That's not to say that I have an interest in that stuff, but I digress.
It's definitely mostly Doritos.
#photocontest Onion
Yes, that's an actual onion. Seriously.
No, not the obvious grapefruit; that's an obvious grapefruit,
which was as messy as it was disappointing.
No, I mean the ~~pale, round, misshapen blob~~ onion in front
(I promise I was still talking about the literal onion!).