SOTD by u/USS-SpongeBob

u/USS-SpongeBob posted on 2023-07-19 15:56:45-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

2023-07-19 Lather Games SOTD

  • Brush: Semogue 1305 (22x55mm Boar)
  • Razor: Schick Injector Ɪ1 (1954-1957)
  • Blade: Schick Injector (21)
  • Lather: Geo F Trumper - Eucris - Cream
  • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Stirling Green
  • Fragrance: Ralph Lauren - Polo (vintage)

Chypre! Sheep-ruh! Shee-it it's cream day, not chypre day - aw hell, why not both?

Eucris is a smoky, woody, mossy chypre, deep and dark and ancient-smelling. Stirling Green is an inaccurate, brighter-and-fresher-than-authentic dupe of Polo. And Polo itself? Another mossy, woody, borderline smoky chypre. My specific bottle is a vintage Cosmair 1oz splash-on, back in the pre-reformulation glory days of the fragrance. It's not radically different than the current version but I do find it smoother and less cigarette-y. I think I could probably tell them apart in a blind test, but I couldn't tell you whether they smell different due to the change in formula (to meet IFRA requirements) or because my bottle is 30+ years old.

Oh, and cream-colored razor along with a green-and-cream brush to link the day's CREAM theme and my internal DARK GREEN CHYPRE theme together.

Detected Items:

This SOTD is part of the challenge
  1. Lather Games 2023
[**2023-07-19 Lather Games SOTD**](https://i.imgur.com/EvXyjet.jpg)

* **Brush:** Semogue 1305 (22x55mm Boar)
* **Razor:** Schick Injector Ɪ1 (1954-1957)
* **Blade:** Schick Injector (21)
* **Lather:** Geo F Trumper - Eucris - Cream
* **Post Shave:** Stirling Soap Co. - Stirling Green
* **Fragrance:** [Ralph Lauren - Polo (vintage)](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Ralph-Lauren/Polo-890.html)

Chypre! Sheep-ruh! Shee-it it's cream day, not chypre day - aw hell, why not both?

Eucris is a smoky, woody, mossy chypre, deep and dark and ancient-smelling. Stirling Green is an inaccurate, brighter-and-fresher-than-authentic dupe of Polo. And Polo itself? Another mossy, woody, borderline smoky chypre. My specific bottle is a vintage Cosmair 1oz splash-on, back in the pre-reformulation glory days of the fragrance. It's not radically different than the current version but I do find it smoother and less cigarette-y. I think I could probably tell them apart in a blind test, but I couldn't tell you whether they smell different due to the change in formula (to meet IFRA requirements) or because my bottle is 30+ years old.

Oh, and cream-colored razor along with a green-and-cream brush to link the day's CREAM theme and my internal DARK GREEN CHYPRE theme together.