SOTD by u/USS-SpongeBob

2024-06-02 LG SOTD

• Brush: AP Shave Co × SHAVE⭐DANDY Ocean Waves Rocket (26x55mm Synth)
• Razor: Fatip Gentile
• Blade: Astra Blue
• Lather: Van der Lovett - Sailor's Blend
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - SB-129
• Fragrance: Nautica - Voyage

Everything on theme, sort of; the razor and blade aren't nautical on their own, but they both arrived packaged in blue boxes to match the blue brush, blue-boxed soap, aftershave dupe of a blue-juiced fragrance, and blue-juiced fragrance that shipped in a blue box.

Van der Lovett was a Dutch grooming company that commissioned soaps from the same factory that made the old Tabac-style hard soaps for Fine (same soap formula and everything), so they stopped selling soap back when that factory shut its doors back in 2020. Seems like VdL finally shut down entirely a few months ago, making them another candidate for RIP in Piece day. Sailor's Blend was an aquatic described as having bergamot, green apple, jasmine, bamboo, cedar wood, and amber; mostly it just smells fresh, pleasant, and teal... nothing particularly distinct about any individual accord. Lather is exactly what you would expect from the old tallow version of Fine / Tabac soaps.

Followed that up with another nautically-named citrus aquatic aftershave and yet another nautically-named woody aquatic fragrance from Nautica. Nothing spicy here today! Just nautical names, aquatic aromas, and blue boxes.

**2024-06-02 LG SOTD**

* **Brush:** AP Shave Co × SHAVE⭐DANDY Ocean Waves Rocket (26x55mm Synth)
* **Razor:** Fatip Gentile
* **Blade:** Astra Blue
* **Lather:** Van der Lovett - Sailor's Blend
* **Post Shave:** [Stirling Soap Co. - SB-129](https://www.azzaro.com/en/fragrances/azzaro-chrome)
* **Fragrance:** [Nautica - Voyage](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Nautica/Nautica-Voyage-913.html)

Everything on theme, sort of; the razor and blade aren't nautical on their own, but they both arrived packaged in blue boxes to match the blue brush, blue-boxed soap, aftershave dupe of a blue-juiced fragrance, and blue-juiced fragrance that shipped in a blue box.

Van der Lovett was a Dutch grooming company that commissioned soaps from the same factory that made the old Tabac-style hard soaps for Fine (same soap formula and everything), so they stopped selling soap back when that factory shut its doors back in 2020. Seems like VdL finally shut down entirely a few months ago, making them another candidate for RIP in Piece day. Sailor's Blend was an aquatic described as having bergamot, green apple, jasmine, bamboo, cedar wood, and amber; mostly it just smells fresh, pleasant, and teal... nothing particularly distinct about any individual accord. Lather is exactly what you would expect from the old tallow version of Fine / Tabac soaps.

Followed that up with another [nautically-named](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1RvxAOwI30) citrus aquatic aftershave and yet another nautically-named woody aquatic fragrance from Nautica. Nothing spicy here today! Just nautical names, aquatic aromas, and blue boxes.