SOTD by u/MrTangerinesky

DAY 4 LATHER GAMES! I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU!

• Prep: Water
• Brush: Omega Roma - Colosseum 31mm synth
• Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy AL
• Blade: Nacet
• Lather: Talent Soap Factory - Oktoberfest
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Smash
• Fragrance: Cartier - Declaration

Another late post, but from tomorrow, everything will be different! Today I devoted my day so that future LG post for me are in a way scheduled and I don't have to stay up very late!

So why did I choose what I chose today? Well!

Let's first start off with the razor, because the razor is the reason the soap came to me, but the soap is the reason I used the razor today! Razor was previously owned by u/Onionmiasma, and during a passaround he asked me if, after it ended, I would like it for myself. He proposed an offer I couldn't resist, and I caved.

Now the soap. Around December last year, while browsing ETSY, for interesting/new soaps artisans, a very interesting soap label caught my attention, turns out it was TSF. Very quickly an array of unique to blatantly strange scent choices for a shaving soap was upon my gaze. If anyone hasn't figured it out, I'm a sucker for unique/strange/innovative soap scents. I was stumped between two, the one used in today's shave and another one, which has a bacon scent, the only other one I've seen or heard of, other than WK(one day TSF's Bacon scented soap will be added to my collection). So since the soap fit the theme, somehow I wanted to add to the experience and use the Legacy that came together with the soap. So once again my life in the LG is saved by Onion.....

How does it smell you say?

Well, Onion gave it a sniff before sending it and was like "nah peace out", his description of the scent was to the extent of "Smells like an unfinished bottle of beer you opened yesterday and you're smelling it today". I myself agree with him to some degree, but there is a bit more, you can also find notes of yeast. In the end I enjoy the scent, and might do a whole month of daily shaves with it. Peeps in Bulgaria also fancied it and took some smushes to try out.

Now the base!

As far as I know, TSF, has a couple of bases. Matilda, something else(maybe), and this base. TSF describe the base of Oktoberfest as a "dual-lye vegan shave soap". I had a great time lathering it, very easy, intuitive and it provided for a great shave. The scent when lathered was quite decent and persistent. My only gripe is probably that after washing the face, there was this "squeaky" feeling of the skin, which leads me to believe the soap is a bit too harsh and washes away some important skin oils, but I could be wrong, I am not a chemist.

Fun Fact: Did you know that Oktoberfest in Germany is held in September? Why? Because the weather in October was usually already cooler and the days are significantly shorter, one let the Oktoberfest begin in September! One of the very few instances where the "effective" and "practical" labels that people give Germans is just not the case.

Comment continues bellow as a reply, thank you for the understanding!

[DAY 4 LATHER GAMES! I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU!](https://i.imgur.com/XhDMKVd.jpg)

* **Prep:** Water
* **Brush:** Omega Roma - Colosseum 31mm synth
* **Razor:** Chiseled Face - Legacy AL
* **Blade:** Nacet
* **Lather:** Talent Soap Factory - Oktoberfest
* **Post Shave:** House of Mammoth - Smash
* **Fragrance:** Cartier - Declaration


Another late post, but from tomorrow, everything will be different! Today I devoted my day so that future LG post for me are in a way scheduled and I don't have to stay up very late!

So [why ](https://i.imgur.com/5lLcl9R.jpeg)did I choose what I chose today? Well!

Let's first start off with the razor,[ because the razor is the reason the soap came to me, but the soap is the reason I used the razor today](https://i.imgur.com/vBliBwx.jpeg)! Razor was previously owned by u/Onionmiasma, and during a passaround he asked me if, after it ended, I would like it for myself. He proposed an [offer ](https://i.imgur.com/nhlSobu.jpeg)I couldn't resist, and I caved.


Now the soap. Around December last year, while browsing ETSY, for interesting/new soaps artisans, a very interesting soap label caught my attention, turns out it was TSF. Very quickly an array of unique to blatantly strange scent choices for a shaving soap was upon my gaze. If anyone hasn't figured it out, I'm a sucker for unique/strange/innovative soap scents. I was stumped between two, the one used in today's shave and another one, which has a bacon scent, the only other one I've seen or heard of, other than WK(one day TSF's Bacon scented soap will be added to my collection). So since the soap fit the theme, somehow I wanted to add to the experience and use the Legacy that came together with the soap. So once again my life in the LG is saved by [Onion.....](https://i.imgur.com/c860Yl0.jpeg)

**How does it smell you say?**

Well, Onion gave it a sniff before sending it and was like ["nah peace out"](https://i.imgur.com/EtonEkL.jpeg), his description of the scent was to the extent of "Smells like an unfinished bottle of beer you opened yesterday and you're smelling it today". I myself agree with him to some degree, but there is a bit more, you can also find notes of yeast. In the end I enjoy the scent, and might do a whole month of daily shaves with it. Peeps in Bulgaria also fancied it and took some smushes to try out.

**Now the base!**

As far as I know, TSF, has a couple of bases. Matilda, something else(maybe), and this base. TSF describe the base of Oktoberfest as a "dual-lye vegan shave soap". I had a great time lathering it, very easy, intuitive and it provided for a great shave. The scent when lathered was quite decent and persistent. My only gripe is probably that after washing the face, there was this "squeaky" feeling of the skin, which leads me to believe the soap is a bit too harsh and washes away some important skin oils, but I could be wrong, I am not a chemist.

Fun Fact: Did you know that Oktoberfest in Germany is held in September? Why? Because the weather in October was usually already cooler and the days are significantly shorter, one let the Oktoberfest begin in September! One of the very few instances where the "effective" and "practical" labels that people give Germans is just not the case.


Comment continues bellow as a reply, thank you for the understanding!