July 29, 2023 – LG23 Day 29: Sandalwood Saturday
- Brush: DG B13 Butterscotch 28mm
- Razor: Eversharp Eagle TTO #UNICORN
- Blade: Voskhod (2)
- Lather: Nõberu of Sweden – Sandalwood
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann – Adumbrare
- Fragrance: Burberry – London for Men
Today’s shave
I decided to forgo my typical shave and went right for the head today and found another razor I could be comfortable with using in the shower. The Eversharp Eagle sometimes misknown as the Krona, is quite similar to the Lady Gillette, which I have also tried on occasion. I’ve blind shaved for so many years, I guess it was natural to finally be able to use a safety razor over a cartridge.
The Nõbertu Sandalwood soap was quite slick and made, from what I couldn’t see, a decently creamy lather. The scent is on the very light side and I might be detecting some leathery notes with the sandalwood. Nice enough that I’d be interested I further exploring the brand, but it seems they might me more mainstream focused than artisan wetshaving.
Thanks to the sandalwood note in Adumbrare, I can pull some more happiness into this shave from the lack of fragrance in the so. When I learned about this one it was late in the game. I was happy to have found this sealed bottle at the Maggard Meetup PIF table.
Finishing off with Burberry London whose notes do not actually include sandalwood. It’s tobacco notes play in common with Adumbrare. The citrusy and woody notes are a natural matchup to boost the warm woody notes of sandalwood.
Fragrant Theme
Overall the scents of the soap, aftershave , and fragrance combine into what could be made into its own delightful fragrance.
Daily Challenge
I was never good at cheating on tests. Not that I tried it a lot, I was always more worried about the consequences of being caught than those of just being an underachiever. But I would also argue that the results of being compared to my over achieving younger brother and sister have been a cloud that has seemed to loom behind me.
Let’s give the Djudges some crib notes anyway.
Best Shave by a Sock Puppet, ̶h̶a̶n̶d̶s̶ ̶f̶e̶e̶t̶ foot down goes to Sapo on Leftorium Challenge day. He didn’t want to bother with the hassle of creating a Reddit account, so forward your accolades and Maggard credits to me.
Best Lather by a Sock Puppet also goes to Sapo for the Lather With a Sock daily challenge.
Best Triple-Team Attempt at Masochistic Frugality (though I will graciously donate my share of the reward, should I win, to Dollar Tree Dan), though only two participants used the same instrument, goes to Team Dollar Tree: u/OnionMiasma, u/Priusaurus, and me.
Most Consistently Organized (ROTY) posts as judged from a random sampling of posts goes to u/curbside_champ. User has a standardized setup with easy-to-read formatting. Had I been a djudge and been required to actually read them, these are just the posts I want to read when scoring against a rubric.
Most Exciting New Bulgarian Shaver (ROTY) goes to u/djanovshaving. He flexed his shave muscles right away, posting from the set of The Voice of Bulgaria. He also shaved while slinging some serious 7.62×39 lead down range, and in the mountains of his motherland and educated us on Bulgarian culture along the way. Simply amazing.
Best ROTY Overall goes to u/tsrblke who slugged it out every day like he was mad at being mistaken for a two-wheeler. He brought his family as seemingly willing spectators in his farcical antics and genuinely participated in the best spirit of the games.
Best Use of The Bean award goes to none other than u/OnionMiasma. Not only does he succeed in his purpose, but encourages a fellow citizen to join our ranks. The only logical reason someone would laugh and run away from a strange man shaving in front of the Bean, is that they are hurrying to catch the next AP Shave Co. brush drop and maybe get in on some cheese soap and Mtn Dew aftershave.
Photo Contest
As I was a photojournalist by trade for several years, I know what I like. The Djudges have their own ideas. Good luck to them in picking a winner and good luck to all entrants.
Feet of Fragrance award undoubtedly goes to u/hairykopite for his nimble-footed leg shave.
Feats of Fragrance award goes to… the award is a tie between the equally illustrious and eloquatious u/RedMosquitoMM and u/chronnosseur420 for their fragrantically fantastic olfactory expositions.
As for the overall winner, it would be a disservice to try and come up with a winner with such fantastic SOTDs and a high level of hijinks. You have an u enviable job this year, Djudges. I’ll look forward to the final results!