SOTD by u/USS-SpongeBob - Djudge Portal

u/USS-SpongeBob posted on 2023-07-01 11:18:43-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

2023-07-01 Lather Games SOTD - 🍁🍁🍁CANADA DAY EDITION🍁🍁🍁

Brush: SHAVE⭐DANDY St Vincent (26x55mm AP Shave Co SynBad Synth) #FAUXFUR
Razor: Wolfman WR1 #CNC
Blade: Lord Classic (Green box)
Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz - Sir Irisch Moos Shave Stick
Post Shave: Aqua Velva - Original Sport
Fragrance: Alfred Sung - Sung Homme

I've been on the lookout for a stick of SIM to call my own since /u/RuggerRigger introduced me to the stuff in 2019, so I was pretty excited when /u/J33pGuy13 got his hands on an entire box of NOS shave sticks and sold one to me for a very reasonable price. (Edit: as mentioned in the comment below, SIM was already on its way out so RuRi didn't want to spare any for me to sample, but he did let me huff his shave stick. Wink wink.)

Performance was pretty good; secondary slickness would have been better if they upped the glycerin a little. Scent is a classic fern up front in the style of Fougère Royale. Using FR as a reference point, I would say SIM is generally smoother and more mellow. The citruses and spices still brighten it up and highlight the freshness of the greenery, but it isn't as harsh as something like Reserve Fern or Fougère Trois. And the drydown? Much rounder, softer... not as weedy / powdery as FR. While I was unable to stomach more than a few shaves each of Reserve Fern and Trois, I can definitely see myself eventually using up this whole shave stick.

For the rest of today's shave I took the date into consideration and decided to go all-Canadian (aside from the blade), and by sheer coincidence the only Canadian aftershave and fragrance I own are absolutely perfect olfactory counterparts to the Moos. AV Original Sport is only available up here in Canada and I have no idea why, because I feel like it would sell just as well in other countries; its opening is very much like the drydown of Irisch Moos + some fruity citrus (less sparkle, more juice) and the drydown is mossy and woody, like a little brother to Polo Green sans its ash tray of cigarette butts. And then Sung Homme? Even more of the same vein of smooth-mossy-green-soap character.

Yessir, very satisfied with this Moos. What a gloriously early-80s-smelling Canada Day this is shaping up to be.

My only regert today is that Sung Homme isn't coloured green to match the other products, so I took some liberties in Photoshop for my SOTD photo.

P.S. Sorry fellow judges, I will try to keep future SOTDs shorter than this. I ain't aiming for any #FOF prizes this year, I promise.

Detected Items:

Razor: Wolfman WR1 [#CNC ]
Brush: SHAVE⭐DANDY St Vincent (26x55mm AP Shave Co SynBad Synth) [#FAUXFUR ]
Lather: Mäurer & Wirtz - Sir Irisch Moos Shave Stick
Post Shave: Aqua Velva - Original Sport
Fragrance: Alfred Sung - Sung Homme

This SOTD is part of the challenge


      **2023-07-01 Lather Games SOTD - 🍁🍁🍁[CANADA DAY EDITION](https://i.imgur.com/vmnvMFq.jpeg)🍁🍁🍁**  

* **Brush:** SHAVE⭐DANDY St Vincent (26x55mm AP Shave Co SynBad Synth) #FAUXFUR  
* **Razor:** Wolfman WR1 #CNC  
* **Blade:** Lord Classic (Green box)  
* **Lather:** [Mäurer & Wirtz - Sir Irisch Moos Shave Stick](https://www-m--w-de.translate.goog/aktuelles/detail/sir-irisch-moos-die-kraft-der-natur?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp)  
* **Post Shave:** [Aqua Velva - Original Sport](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Williams/Aqua-Velva-Original-Sport-44950.html)  
* **Fragrance:** [Alfred Sung - Sung Homme](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Alfred-Sung/Sung-Homme-1652.html)

I've been on the lookout for a stick of SIM to call my own since /u/RuggerRigger introduced me to the stuff in 2019, so I was pretty excited when /u/J33pGuy13 got his hands on an entire box of NOS shave sticks and sold one to me for a very reasonable price.  (Edit: as mentioned in the comment below, SIM was already on its way out so RuRi didn't want to spare any for me to sample, but he did let me huff his shave stick.  Wink wink.)

Performance was pretty good; secondary slickness would have been better if they upped the glycerin a little.  Scent is a classic fern up front in the style of Fougère Royale.  Using FR as a reference point, I would say SIM is generally smoother and more mellow.  The citruses and spices still brighten it up and highlight the freshness of the greenery, but it isn't as harsh as something like Reserve Fern or Fougère Trois.  And the drydown?  Much rounder, softer... not as weedy / powdery as FR.  While I was unable to stomach more than a few shaves each of Reserve Fern and Trois, I can definitely see myself eventually using up this whole shave stick.

For the rest of today's shave I took the date into consideration and decided to go all-Canadian (aside from the blade), and by sheer coincidence the only Canadian aftershave and fragrance I own are absolutely perfect olfactory counterparts to the Moos.  AV Original Sport is only available up here in Canada and I have no idea why, because I feel like it would sell just as well in other countries; its opening is very much like the drydown of Irisch Moos + some fruity citrus (less sparkle, more juice) and the drydown is mossy and woody, like a little brother to Polo Green sans its ash tray of cigarette butts.  And then Sung Homme?  Even more of the same vein of smooth-mossy-green-soap character.  

Yessir, very satisfied with this Moos.  What a gloriously early-80s-smelling Canada Day this is shaping up to be.

My only regert today is that Sung Homme isn't coloured green to match the other products, so [I took some liberties in Photoshop for my SOTD photo.](https://i.imgur.com/v5xUNv6.jpeg)

P.S. Sorry fellow judges, I will try to keep future SOTDs shorter than this.  I ain't aiming for any #FOF prizes this year, I promise.