July 10, 2023 A song about a soap
- Brush: r/wetshaving Zentih MOAR BOAR 31mm #OLDWORLD #CHONK
- Razor: Razorock – Eco
- Blade: Permasharp (1)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Boat Drinks
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Reserve Waves
- Fragrance: Jill Sander – Sun men
Ohh, Boat drinks,
r/wetshaving ordered boat drinks,
scent scores on the summer scale,
Everything seems to be right.
#FOF
Did you know the song is about a soap? Ahem, the soap is about a song?
Stirlings writes: “Our goal was to capture the essence of this intoxicating tune and we think we’ve done just that.” I thought by tune they meant the imagination of a carribean summer cruise they want to evoke with it. Turns out there is a real tune to the soap. And its label got a parrot, because Fans of Jimmy Buffet are called Parrotheads. Well, i am too young to know much about Jimmy Buffet. I guess I heard his name in sitcoms where they make comparisons to him, for example in ‘married with children’.
Boat drinks is about beeing homesick. Buffets songs are about island escapism and alcohol, so I got told.
What do we find in the soap? Months ago I would have said cherry, but now I think its lots of banana with frangipani and rum. Maybe this is not my type of drink, but as a soap I enjoy it. I was a bit out of practice with the brush, but had a good lather. With a fresh blade I am getting good shaves again with the Eco.
My sub-theme today is more derived from the names. Sun, waves, boat drinks. A wonderfull holiday combination. Unfortunately, its all broken by the aftershave. Its scent does not match the rest of my setup. Too much lavender brings this composition in a herbalous and dark direction.
The fragrance of Jill sander is fitting well to the soap. In a creamy composition we smell a warm combination of bergamot, cedarwood and again frangipani. I guess the later is responsible for the creamy scent.
My setup, besides the orange fragrance is a warm up to tomorrows challenge.
Daily Challenge:
I used Dalle2 with the prompt: “A parrot drinking a cocktail on a surfboard”. Then I started to draw it with a pen and put my own ideas to it. It’s my alternative label for “Boat drinks”.
To be honest, I think on the current label the parrot makes the phteven meme face.