SOTD by u/ginopono

2023-07-10 Meedley meedley meedley waaaAAH

• Brush: Summer Break Soaps - Custom
• Razor: Gilette Milord (1947-1950) #REGUS
• Lather: Wholly Kaw - Rebelle
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Oud Sigma
• Fragrance: Colornoise - Rock N Roll
• Blade: - Personna Super (5)

Challenge Accepted: Alright, draw a soap label...
Draw a soap label?
Draw [on] a soap label!
*sigh* Draw a soap label. I really do better with geometric/minimal; shapes are easy. Forms are not. Faces? Fuhgedaboudit.

Relevant Post-shave and Fragrance: Music and oud tie these together. The relevance of the "Rock N Roll" fragrance is obvious (I hope), but it also shares the oud note of the lather and post-shave. Oud Sigma is even relevant to the music theme, as well. If you're not familiar with the Ood from Doctor Who, they're a telepathically-linked species that was enslaved; after being freed they were free to sing. I think it's also worth mentioning that there is a musical intrument, the oud, named for and made of the wood, making the unifying scent note all the more appropriate.

Razor: I'm not a fan of this razor, but it doesn't have a date code and I only just got why the hashtag is "regus".

Brush: This beautiful brush is the creation of u/rocketk455, who bestowed it upon me after a month of scentless shaves last August. This would be my daily brush, because I love it, but it's not, because I don't want to wear it out. I'm also telling myself because the "rock" in u/rocketk455 is a tenuous link to music.

#FOF

Lather: Off the puck, sandalwood hits my nose prominently, and nothing else. Maybe oud comes through more than I think but gets mixed in with the sandalwood, but what I think oud is has only been informed by a couple of other scents.
During the shave, a dry, smoky scent reminiscent of Chiseled Face's Sherlock starts to come through. It is not a leafy tobacco, but a smoky, maybe even ashy one.

Post Shave: Oud takes ove with Oud Sigma, a product that I got very excited about when announced by Stirling, my being a fan of (much of) Doctor Who. It was a bit ofh a risk for me to jump on it so readily, especially considering that I'm not a fan of the only other oud scent I know: Razorock Tuscan Oud (boo Razorock). Oud Sigma is much softer, I feel, perhaps lightened by the pink pepper.

Fragrance: This brand, Colornoise, has a general synesthesia theme, and this fragrance boasts notes of smoldering incense, spicy oud, white woods, guitar riffs, and heart-thumping bass. Now, I don't know what anything after "oud" means, but I get ~~mostly~~ only incense out of this. Scent-wise, it's frankly more appropriate for hippy dippy, but it would have been ridiculous to not use it today. I think I also sprayed way too much of it on myself. I'm nose-blind to it now, but hopefully it's not overbearing.

#photocontest

Photo: Music
Okay, again, super surprising for today, I know. Now, I feel like Bowie alone would fit the theme, but just in case I also included my old iPod, a 5th-generation that I think I bought in 2006. It's a relic of a different time, isn't it?

[**2023-07-10 Meedley meedley meedley waaaAAH**](https://i.imgur.com/hUEVLTs.jpg)

* **Brush:** Summer Break Soaps - Custom
* **Razor:** Gilette Milord (1947-1950) #REGUS
* **Lather:** Wholly Kaw - Rebelle
* **Post Shave:** Stirling Soap Co. - Oud Sigma
* **Fragrance:** Colornoise - Rock N Roll
* **Blade:** - Personna Super (5)

**Challenge Accepted:**
Alright, [draw a soap label...](https://i.imgur.com/jstccTu.mp4)
[Draw a soap label?](https://i.imgur.com/3juKfvz.jpg)
[Draw [on] a soap label!](https://i.imgur.com/79Ib4RP.jpg)
[\**sigh*\* Draw a soap label.](https://i.imgur.com/gO6xoHO.jpg)
I really do better with geometric/minimal;
shapes are easy. Forms are not. Faces? Fuhgedaboudit.

**Relevant Post-shave and Fragrance:** Music and oud tie these together.
The relevance of the "Rock N Roll" fragrance is obvious (I hope), but it also
shares the oud note of the lather and post-shave. Oud Sigma is even relevant
to the music theme, as well. If you're not familiar with the Ood from
Doctor Who, they're a telepathically-linked species that was enslaved;
after being freed [they were free to sing](https://youtu.be/q1n-AD3q_Xw).
I think it's also worth mentioning that there is a musical intrument,
[the oud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oud), named for and made of the wood,
making the unifying scent note all the more appropriate.

**Razor:** I'm not a fan of this razor, but
[it doesn't have a date code](https://i.imgur.com/GbY5xyx.jpg) and I only
just got why the hashtag is "regus".

**Brush:** [This](https://i.imgur.com/xEsVjNl.jpg)
[beautiful brush](https://i.imgur.com/FTtmUOC.jpg) is the creation of
u/rocketk455, who bestowed it upon me after a month of scentless shaves last
August. This would be my daily brush, because I love it, but it's not, because
I don't want to wear it out. I'm also telling myself because the "rock" in
u/rocketk455 is a tenuous link to music.

#FOF

**Lather:**
Off the puck, sandalwood hits my nose prominently, and nothing else.
Maybe oud comes through more than I think but gets mixed in with the sandalwood,
but what I think oud is has only been informed by a couple of other scents.
During the shave, a dry, smoky scent reminiscent of Chiseled Face's Sherlock
starts to come through. It is not a leafy tobacco, but a smoky, maybe even ashy
one.

**Post Shave:**
Oud takes ove with Oud Sigma, a product that I got very excited about when
announced by Stirling, my being a fan of (much of) Doctor Who. It was a bit ofh
a risk for me to jump on it so readily, especially considering that I'm not a
fan of the only other oud scent I know: Razorock Tuscan Oud (boo Razorock).
Oud Sigma is much softer, I feel, perhaps lightened by the pink pepper.

**Fragrance:**
This brand, Colornoise, has a general
[synesthesia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia) theme, and this
fragrance boasts notes of smoldering incense, spicy oud, white woods,
guitar riffs, and heart-thumping bass. Now, I don't know what anything after
"oud" means, but I get ~~mostly~~ only incense out of this.
Scent-wise, it's frankly more appropriate for hippy dippy,
but it would have been ridiculous to not use it today. I think I also
sprayed way too much of it on myself. I'm nose-blind to it now, but hopefully
it's not overbearing.

#photocontest

**Photo:** Music
Okay, again, super surprising for today, I know. Now, I feel like Bowie alone
would fit the theme, but just in case I also included my old iPod, a
5th-generation that I think I bought in 2006. It's a relic of a different time,
isn't it?