SOTD by u/USS-SpongeBob

u/USS-SpongeBob posted on 2023-07-05 14:07:15-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

2023-07-05 Lather Games SOTD

  • Brush: Omega 11126 (24x55mm Boar) #OLDWORLD
  • Razor: Generic Mach III
  • Blade: Generic Mach III (21)
  • Lather: Nivea - Protect & Care Shave Cream
  • Post Shave: Nivea - Protect & Care Aftershave
  • Fragrance: Nautica - Voyage

I worked at the Shopper's Drug Mart down the street from my house years ago while I was in University. I still have bad dreams about it. And the intercom music was brutally repetitive... the featured playlist in today's thread topic is a recreation of pretty much every song they've included in their rotation over the last 20+ years. That job ruined a lot of songs for me.

Anyway, everything I used today came from that store. The chain actually has a pretty decent shave selection - usually some Proraso stuff, lots of Nivea, some variety of "10000-series" Omega boar brush (the model they stock changes from time to time), a few commercial safety razors and maybe a shavette some days... Decent for a huge Canadian pharmacy chain. They also have a cosmetics department with a medium-sized designer perfume collection, so I went with a bottle of Voyage I got for $20 on sale a few years back.

Also, everything except the brush is blue or decorated with blue trim, including the Chinese rice bowl I used as a lather bowl today.

Daily Challenge:

What would be in my perfect original shaving scent if I were the one making it? So far it's Colonia Nove, but I'm tinkering a bit here and there with some new ideas. Right now I'm mulling over a scent that I'll probably call "SandalwOud Spice"... I have a few pre-blended FOs that I really like that I think will blend nicely. It would go something like: Sandalwood (phony; woody-creamy character), Oudh (phony; dusty-earthy-woody character), Patchouli (real), Exaltolide, some phony leathery nuances, and a bit of a waaaaay-off-the-mark Old Spice dupe FO that just comes off vaguely woody-spicy without any of the detail of the original stuff, but nevertheless smells nice on its own merit.

#FOF because apparently wally cares about that or something

Detected Items:

This SOTD is part of the challenge
  1. Lather Games 2023
  2. Feats of Fragrance 2023
**2023-07-05 Lather Games SOTD**

* **Brush:** Omega 11126 (24x55mm Boar) #OLDWORLD
* **Razor:** Generic Mach III
* **Blade:** Generic Mach III (21)
* **Lather:** Nivea - Protect & Care Shave Cream
* **Post Shave:** Nivea - Protect & Care Aftershave
* **Fragrance:** [Nautica - Voyage](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Nautica/Nautica-Voyage-913.html)

I worked at the Shopper's Drug Mart down the street from my house years ago while I was in University. I still have bad dreams about it. And the intercom music was brutally repetitive... the featured playlist in today's thread topic is a recreation of pretty much every song they've included in their rotation over the last 20+ years. That job ruined a lot of songs for me.

Anyway, everything I used today came from that store. The chain actually has a pretty decent shave selection - usually some Proraso stuff, lots of Nivea, some variety of "10000-series" Omega boar brush (the model they stock changes from time to time), a few commercial safety razors and maybe a shavette some days... Decent for a huge Canadian pharmacy chain. They also have a cosmetics department with a medium-sized designer perfume collection, so I went with a bottle of Voyage I got for $20 on sale a few years back.

Also, everything except the brush is blue or decorated with blue trim, including the Chinese rice bowl I used as a lather bowl today.

Daily Challenge:

What would be in my perfect original shaving scent if I were the one making it? So far it's [Colonia Nove](https://www.instagram.com/p/CcJZxwnrVDj/), but I'm tinkering a bit here and there with some new ideas. Right now I'm mulling over a scent that I'll probably call "SandalwOud Spice"... I have a few pre-blended FOs that I really like that I think will blend nicely. It would go something like: Sandalwood (phony; woody-creamy character), Oudh (phony; dusty-earthy-woody character), Patchouli (real), Exaltolide, some phony leathery nuances, and a bit of a waaaaay-off-the-mark Old Spice dupe FO that just comes off vaguely woody-spicy without any of the detail of the original stuff, but nevertheless smells nice on its own merit.

\#FOF because apparently wally cares about that or something