SOTD by u/djundjila

Christmas in July's Eve

• Brush: AKA Fashion Olive Wood with 26 mm Maggard knot
• Razor: Weck Sextoblade Med Prep
• Blade: Kismet Rostfrei, Polymer beschichtet (2)
• Lather: Natural Skincare Hampshire – Unisex Shaving Soap No. 3
• Post Shave: Spartium – Meštar
• Fragrance: Creed – Wind Flowers

The relevant theme for today's post and frag is gifts as an extension of the daily theme.

The lather is a gift by the very generous u/Semaj3000. This soap seems to be a modern alternative to Mitchell's Wool Fat in that is has the same skin feel, but lathers like a modern soap. The light lavender scent is pleasant, and the soap reminds me that my skin seems to love lanolin. The green and earthy Meštar was a gift by the very generous u/VisceralWatch two years ago, and I suspect it may have originally been a git from u/Sapat1 to veedubs. I've never received a frag gift from a Lather Games participant (I choose to believe that this deplorable state is caused by me being the lone Helvetic participant and nobody can legally ship frags to me at a reasonable price), so I went with the next best thing, a gift from my Lather Games fan club, a.k.a. my inlaws. My sister in law gave me this bottle on our last visit after we decided that it smells better on me *. The scent is marketed towards women, but I really enjoy the prominent pink pepper note (which doesn't exist, apparently, but I'm convinced I smell it) on a base of light florals.

For today's challenge, I would like to thank the participants of these LG and point out their kindness. The Games had to be postponed to July because I didn't finish the portal on time, and even though this is a major pain in the butt given the proximity to Austere August, Sample September, TabOktoberfest, and BBS November, turning the second half of the year into a 5 month monoblock of special months, absolutely nobody gave me any grief about it. Thank you!

* She didn't give me the decant shown in the SOTD pic, but the full bottle. I decanted a bit so as to not travel with the full bottle this week. (Proof of bottle possession)

#### [Christmas in July's Eve](https://imgur.com/c1spDwq)

* **Brush:** AKA Fashion Olive Wood with 26 mm Maggard knot
* **Razor:** Weck Sextoblade Med Prep
* **Blade:** Kismet Rostfrei, Polymer beschichtet (2)
* **Lather:** Natural Skincare Hampshire – Unisex Shaving Soap No. 3
* **Post Shave:** Spartium – Meštar
* **Fragrance:** Creed – Wind Flowers

The relevant theme for today's post and frag is gifts as an extension of the daily theme.

The lather is a gift by the very generous u/Semaj3000. This soap seems to be a modern alternative to Mitchell's Wool Fat in that is has the same skin feel, but lathers like a modern soap. The light lavender scent is pleasant, and the soap reminds me that my skin seems to love lanolin. The green and earthy Meštar was a gift by the very generous u/VisceralWatch two years ago, and I suspect it may have originally been a git from u/Sapat1 to veedubs. I've never received a frag gift from a Lather Games participant (I choose to believe that this deplorable state is caused by me being the lone Helvetic participant and nobody can legally ship frags to me at a reasonable price), so I went with the next best thing, a gift from my Lather Games fan club, a.k.a. my inlaws. My sister in law gave me this bottle on our last visit after we decided that it smells better on me *. The scent is marketed towards women, but I really enjoy the prominent pink pepper note (which doesn't exist, apparently, but I'm convinced I smell it) on a base of light florals.

For today's challenge, I would like to thank the participants of these LG and point out their kindness. The Games had to be postponed to July because I didn't finish the portal on time, and even though this is a major pain in the butt given the proximity to Austere August, Sample September, TabOktoberfest, and BBS November, turning the second half of the year into a 5 month monoblock of special months, absolutely nobody gave me any grief about it. Thank you!

\* She didn't give me the decant shown in the SOTD pic, but the full bottle. I decanted a bit so as to not travel with the full bottle this week. ([Proof of bottle possession](https://imgur.com/1MQdASq))