Jun. 25, 2024 A Yule of a Shave
Brush: Semogue 830
Razor: Karve Overlander Copper
Blade: Dorco Prime Platinum [4]
Lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Druantia
Post Shave: Bartigan & Stark - Campione splash
Post Shave: Ariana and Evans - Pistachio splash
This soap is supposed to be a celebration of Yule and a scent "perfect for crisp Winter days"; or that is what the artisan says.
So I take out the sample; on the label it talks about types of trees and stuff. Maybe that's a misprint; this is a soap about Yule after all.
Sniffed the soap; it smells weird, but all Southern Witchcrafts soaps do.
Lathered it up and put it on my face... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SCENT?!
Where is the smell of icing?!
Where is the smell of whipped cream?!
Where is the smell of cake sponge?!
Where is the chocolate?!
Does Southern Witchcrafts even know what a Yule is?!
Utterly disappointed that I don't smell like a delicious calorie-rich baked dessert but instead smell like a forest (I would have settled for a Black Forest cake, but not that kind of forest either; the kind with actual trees and bark), I rummaged through my collection of splashes and perfumes looking for anything that contained cake ingredients to try and salvage this shave.
Campione: Bergamot, that's a kind of citrus (citrus zest goes in cake); Vanilla too (chocolate would be better, but I won't be picky here).
Pistachio: I've had pistachio icing before and it was good; nuts sometimes go in cake (despite seemingly most people saying that it is sacrilegious).
Somehow, they go well together. Actually, why am I surprised? They are cake ingredients and cake is delicious!
So in the end all was not lost.