SOTD by u/Tetriside

July 13, 2023 – Hippy Dippy Baloney

• Brush: Wild West Brush Works Purple Swirl w/ Oumo SHD Manchuria 28mm
• Razor: Razorock Game Changer .84
• Blade: Wizamet (8)
• Lather: Siliski Soaps – Incense
• Post Shave: Epsilon – Blue Mediterranean
• Fragrance: Dior – Fahrenheit

Challenge: I’m using a soap called Incense, so the song Incense and Peppermints is the first thing that came to mind. I don’t listen to much music from this era. I’m familiar with the song from, and associate it with, the movie Austin Powers, which I watched repeatedly as a teenager. The movie parodies hippie culture just as much if not more so than James Bond films. I haven’t watched it in a long time, but I think the song plays during a flashback of a party in Austin’s hippie pad.

Thanks to for the smoosh. It’s a shame Siliski closed down. This is a really good soap. I don’t have many memories of incense. This is a genre that’s harder for me to know what I’m smelling. Siliski Incense smells pretty much like every store I’ve ever walked into that sold glass pipes and bongs. The fragrance is earthy, dirty, musty, a bit spicy, and smells like some sort of tree bark. It’s not my favorite thing, but I don’t hate it.

I bought this sample of Epsilon Blue Mediterranean specifically for today. The fragrance is a dupe of Floid Blue, which I’m not familiar with. The description states “The Blue Mediterranean fragrance will surprise you with main notes of patchouli.” When I first put it on, it was hard for me to get past the smell of menthol. Now that it’s dried down a bit, I definitely smell patchouli. This fragrance is less hippy and more of a cool powdery barbershop. It’s a bit minty, earthy, and dirty. But it’s mellowed out by some floral notes. I smell lavender.

I chose Dior Fahrenheit today because there’s a patchouli base note listed on its fragrantica page. The fragrance is leathery, floral, slightly woody, and spicy with a bit of musk. The floral notes are soft and feel fresh. The spice is mostly nutmeg and patchouli, and there’s a consistent pairing of musk and amber.

After about 30 minutes, the floral notes start to become more prominent. The spicy notes feel softer. The amber is stronger. More woody notes come through. I smell cedar.

I like this fragrance a lot. It does a great job of taking what are typically heavy fragrance notes and makes them feel fresh and aromatic. There’s a strong juxtaposition between veg tanned leather and fresh flowers. The fragrance is on the masculine side due to the spicy, musky notes. This one is better suited to colder weather, which we don’t get a lot of in the south east. One day, I would like to get a full bottle of this.

#FOF

**July 13, 2023 – Hippy Dippy Baloney**

* **Brush:** Wild West Brush Works Purple Swirl w/ Oumo SHD Manchuria 28mm
* **Razor:** Razorock Game Changer .84
* **Blade:** Wizamet (8)
* **Lather:** Siliski Soaps – Incense
* **Post Shave:** Epsilon – Blue Mediterranean
* **Fragrance:** Dior – Fahrenheit

Challenge: I’m using a soap called Incense, so the song [Incense and Peppermints](https://youtu.be/RghL1rViX34) is the first thing that came to mind. I don’t listen to much music from this era. I’m familiar with the song from, and associate it with, the movie Austin Powers, which I watched repeatedly as a teenager. The movie parodies hippie culture just as much if not more so than James Bond films. I haven’t watched it in a long time, but I think the song plays during a flashback of a party in Austin’s hippie pad.

Thanks to for the smoosh. It’s a shame Siliski closed down. This is a really good soap. I don’t have many memories of incense. This is a genre that’s harder for me to know what I’m smelling. Siliski Incense smells pretty much like every store I’ve ever walked into that sold glass pipes and bongs. The fragrance is earthy, dirty, musty, a bit spicy, and smells like some sort of tree bark. It’s not my favorite thing, but I don’t hate it.

I bought this sample of Epsilon Blue Mediterranean specifically for today. The fragrance is a dupe of Floid Blue, which I’m not familiar with. The description states “The Blue Mediterranean fragrance will surprise you with main notes of patchouli.” When I first put it on, it was hard for me to get past the smell of menthol. Now that it’s dried down a bit, I definitely smell patchouli. This fragrance is less hippy and more of a cool powdery barbershop. It’s a bit minty, earthy, and dirty. But it’s mellowed out by some floral notes. I smell lavender.

I chose Dior Fahrenheit today because there’s a patchouli base note listed on its fragrantica page. The fragrance is leathery, floral, slightly woody, and spicy with a bit of musk. The floral notes are soft and feel fresh. The spice is mostly nutmeg and patchouli, and there’s a consistent pairing of musk and amber.

After about 30 minutes, the floral notes start to become more prominent. The spicy notes feel softer. The amber is stronger. More woody notes come through. I smell cedar.

I like this fragrance a lot. It does a great job of taking what are typically heavy fragrance notes and makes them feel fresh and aromatic. There’s a strong juxtaposition between veg tanned leather and fresh flowers. The fragrance is on the masculine side due to the spicy, musky notes. This one is better suited to colder weather, which we don’t get a lot of in the south east. One day, I would like to get a full bottle of this.

#FOF