2023-07-16
The Shave Mercantile's Country Barber (produced by Music city Suds) has as it's advertising copy:
"Classic Country Barber - Limited Edition - Shaving Soap is our homage to the country icons that made the sound of Nashville. Handcrafted and powdery smooth with notes of Bergamot, Basil Leaf, Oakmoss, White Patchouli, Powder, stage lights, whining steel guitars, and some country blues."
It does deliver on this "scent-scape" even seeming a bit musky sweet for this kind of scent despite declaring no musky notes. In use the soap is good but not of excellent tier. Afterwords perhaps a bit drying. Likeable enough and really a nice take on the type of scent but would be best paired with an aftershave balm - but no, no, no, that is not part of an old-school experience. We need the soothe that only comes after a bite the bullet howl with a slap of alcohol fueled aftershave.
Enter an actual time honored barbershop beast - Jerris Osage Rub. So, Osage rub started out life as a hair tonic. Much like u/RedMosquitoMM I am going to site an entry from a blog called "From Pyrgos" but this one is specific to Osage Rub Osage Rub: Classic Coolness .
Let's put it this way - Osage Rub started out as a hair tonic to "invigorate the scalp" and do other almost patent medicine type stuff. Throw that on a balding head and the tingle and cold will make you feel like something just might be accomplished. However some crappy but quick thinking barber somewhere upon performing a really poor shave leaving his ~~victim~~ client sliced and probably seething decided I have to do something quick - doused his palm in several squirts and slapped it on the poor fellas face. The shock of the alcohol and overwhelming coolness of ice quickly made the ~~client~~ victim forget anything about the sad shave he had just received - and it stuck. Well that or the marketing changed - lol (kinda like with Aqua Velva).
Picked out the straight this morning to go along with the scenario.
Take care and have a good one.