SOTD by u/solongamerica

u/solongamerica posted on 2024-06-11 22:08:08-07:00 (Pacific Standard Time). Reddit Comment (See markdown)

June 11, 2024

  • Brush: Zenith Boar 24 x 48 mm
  • Razor: Fatip Piccolo Slant Closed Comb
  • Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (Green) (2)
  • Lather: Noble Otter - Queen
  • Post Shave: Thayer’s – Rose Petal Toner
  • Fragrance: Andy Tauer – No. 2 L’air du désert Marocain

Honeysuckle Rose

Yesterday’s SOTD posts were fun because music. Glad to find out there are a few jazz aficionados around here.

My SOTD post from yesterday got a bit carried away, at least in terms of length. Today I’ll try to be more concise.

So for springtime-y scented soap I went with Noble Otter Queen, which the artisan describes as “learning more feminine,” and which has honey and floral notes. I contend that honey and flowers are springtime-y. I thought the scent might smell cloying, but it wasn’t. It has a soft honey fragrance, like the honey cake you get at your local Armenian bakery.

The aftershave is also an understated floral scent, Thayer’s Rose Petal Toner. I topped things off with a more challenging scent: L’air du désert Marocain by the Swiss perfumer Andy Tauer. I haven’t smelled anything else quite like it. It combines spice notes (coriander and cumin—which occasionally veer toward smelling like armpits) with an open, breezy quality. Does that sound like a springtime scent to you? To me it didn’t, but the manufacturer recommends it (“especially”) for springtime. It does have leafy and floral notes: petitgrain (leave and stems from a species of bitter orange tree), along with jasmine and rockrose.

I’m couldn’t participate in the today’s challenge due to most of my shave products being samples.

Brush Strokes: Early Spring edition

The most famous Chinese painting is known as Early Spring. It’s dated to 1072 CE and attributed to court painter named of Guo Xi. It’s a landscape painting, yet unlike any other landscape painting. I recommend going on Wikimedia Commons and examining a hi-res image this masterpiece.

#ROTY

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This SOTD is part of the challenge
  1. Lather Games 2024
  2. Rookie of the Year 2024
**June 11, 2024**

* **Brush:** Zenith Boar 24 x 48 mm
* **Razor:** Fatip Piccolo Slant Closed Comb
* **Blade:** Astra Superior Platinum (Green) (2)
* **Lather:** Noble Otter - Queen
* **Post Shave:** Thayer’s – Rose Petal Toner
* **Fragrance:** Andy Tauer – No. 2 L’air du désert Marocain

**Honeysuckle Rose**

Yesterday’s SOTD posts were fun because music. Glad to find out there are a few jazz aficionados around here.

[My SOTD post from yesterday](https://www.reddit.com/r/Wetshaving/comments/1dcek85/comment/l82k5h8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) got a bit carried away, at least in terms of length. Today I’ll try to be more concise.

So for springtime-y scented soap I went with Noble Otter Queen, which the artisan describes as “learning more feminine,” and which has honey and floral notes. I contend that honey and flowers are springtime-y. I thought the scent might smell cloying, but it wasn’t. It has a soft honey fragrance, like the honey cake you get at your local Armenian bakery.

The aftershave is also an understated floral scent, Thayer’s Rose Petal Toner. I topped things off with a more challenging scent: L’air du désert Marocain by the Swiss perfumer Andy Tauer. I haven’t smelled anything else quite like it. It combines spice notes (coriander and cumin—which occasionally veer toward smelling like armpits) with an open, breezy quality. Does that sound like a springtime scent to you? To me it didn’t, but the manufacturer [recommends it](https://www.tauerperfumes.com/l-air-du-desert-marocain.html) (“especially”) for springtime. It does have leafy and floral notes: petitgrain (leave and stems from a species of bitter orange tree), along with jasmine and rockrose.

I’m couldn’t participate in the today’s challenge due to most of my shave products being samples.

**Brush Strokes: Early Spring edition**

The most famous Chinese painting is known as *Early Spring*. It’s dated to 1072 CE and attributed to court painter named of Guo Xi. It’s a landscape painting, yet unlike any other landscape painting. I recommend going on Wikimedia Commons and [examining a hi-res image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Guo_Xi_-_Early_Spring_%28large%29.jpg) this masterpiece.

#ROTY