SOTD by u/ginopono

2023-07-11 Summertime Madness

• Brush: Qshave Pure Badger #WEDONTNEEDNOSTINKINGBADGERS
• Razor: Bambaw Sea Green #RAINBOW
• Lather: Zingari Man - The Navigator
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Island Man
• Fragrance: Bath & Body Works - Mountain Frost
• Blade: - Feather (1)

Relevant Post-shave and Fragrance: As required by the challenge

Challenge Accepted: Oh, man, I dodged a bullet today. I was about to use Moon's Astoria, because it's an aquatic-woodsy scent and "a heavy-hitter for summer use", except it's also "sure to be popular in the cooler months" and thus explicitly marketed for multiple seasons. So I reverted to my plan A: Navigator. On the upside, this one makes for a more interesting palette of colors. Instead of a bunch of poorly-matched green, we have the blues and white of the sky and ocean water, the brown wood of the ship and the figurehead's hair, the green of her scales, and the gold of her compass.
(I promise the mermaid's scales are greener than it looks. In person, it matches the razor's "sea green" perfectly).

#FOF

I still don't really know what an aquatic scent is, but Navigator is explicitly identified as such in Zingari's description, so at least she did that work for me. I do feel confident saying (obviously influenced by the label's imagery) that the soap smells like salty ocean air.
Meanwhile, Island Man is too fruity for my taste. The glacial menthol of this bottle completely overwhelms the senses when putting it on, but the fruity comes back strong. (Update: I smelled it on myself long into the day, quite more so than the fragrance)

Finally, this bizarre ~~BBW~~ Bath & Body Works scent is a mystery. I've had this bottle for over 20 years, and I used it all the time in high school. A friend of mine was convinced it was "Cool Water for Men" (she seemed to like it, which is why I used it all the time). Well, I recently got some Davidoff Cool Water for Men so that I could compare, and I don't think it's close at all. Even so, her calling it that is why it represents the quintessential aquatic in my brain-space, even though I can't find any information about what this scent is supposed to be. I might still use it all the time, but it hasn't been available in forever so I don't want to use it up.

#photocontest

Photo: Masterpieces
Did someone say "vaguely-defined themes"? It may well be inevitable that I'll fail to come up with a way to cover one of the photo themes, but today is not that day. Today, I count myself under the category of "etc"! No, I'm not referring to the photo itself.
The conveniently-hued book upon which my shaving supplies for today rest contains the best version of what was quite literally my master piece, oh so many years ago.

[**2023-07-11 Summertime Madness**](https://i.imgur.com/aZincCz.jpg)

* **Brush:** Qshave Pure Badger #WEDONTNEEDNOSTINKINGBADGERS
* **Razor:** Bambaw Sea Green #RAINBOW
* **Lather:** Zingari Man - The Navigator
* **Post Shave:** Stirling Soap Co. - Island Man
* **Fragrance:** Bath & Body Works - Mountain Frost
* **Blade:** - Feather (1)

**Relevant Post-shave and Fragrance:** As required by the challenge

**Challenge Accepted:**
Oh, man, I dodged a bullet today. I was about to use Moon's Astoria, because
it's an aquatic-woodsy scent and "a heavy-hitter for summer use", except
it's also "sure to be popular in the cooler months" and thus explicitly
marketed for multiple seasons. So I reverted to my plan A: Navigator.
On the upside, this one makes for a more interesting palette of colors.
Instead of a bunch of poorly-matched green, we have the **blues** and **white**
of the sky and ocean water, the **brown** wood of the ship and the
figurehead's hair, the **green** of her scales, and the **gold** of her
compass.
(I promise the mermaid's scales are greener than it looks. In person, it
matches the razor's "sea green" perfectly).

#FOF

I still don't really know what an aquatic scent is, but Navigator is explicitly
identified as such in Zingari's description, so at least she
did that work for me. I do feel confident saying (obviously influenced by the
label's imagery) that the soap smells like salty ocean air.
Meanwhile, Island Man is too fruity for my taste. The glacial menthol of this
bottle completely overwhelms the senses when putting it on, but the fruity comes
back strong. (Update: I smelled it on myself long into the day, quite more so
than the fragrance)

Finally, this bizarre ~~BBW~~ Bath & Body Works
[scent](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Bath-Body-Works/Mountain-Frost-45792.html)
is a mystery. I've had this bottle for over 20 years, and I used it all the
time in high school. A friend of mine was convinced it was "Cool Water for Men"
(she seemed to like it, which is why I used it all the time). Well, I recently
got some Davidoff Cool Water for Men so that I could compare, and I don't think
it's close at all. Even so, her calling it that is why it represents
the quintessential aquatic in my brain-space, even though I can't find any
information about what this scent is supposed to be. I might still use it all
the time, but it hasn't been available in forever so I don't want to use it up.

#photocontest

**Photo:** Masterpieces
Did someone say "vaguely-defined themes"? It may well be inevitable that I'll
fail to come up with a way to cover one of the photo themes, but today is not
that day. Today, I count myself under the category of "etc"!
No, I'm not referring to the photo itself.
The conveniently-hued book upon which my shaving supplies for today rest
contains the best version of what was quite literally my *master* piece,
oh so many years ago.