SOTD by u/ginopono

2024-06-22 - Sound and Light

• Lather: Declaration Grooming - Son et Lumière
• Post Shave: Declaration Grooming - Son et Lumière
• Fragrance: Declaration Grooming - Son et Lumière
• Razor: Wolfman Razors - Guerrilla
• Brush: Yaqi Metal Timberwolf

Spooky Season: Many autumn-themed scents don't do much for me, so I was pleased as pepperspray when I saw the description for this scent:

[...] Son et Lumiere is a drizzly autumn walk through a (clean) city.

Unifying Theme: Doin' the triple

Halloween:
I expect a number of carved onions today, possibly with the Toyota emblem carved into them.

Alright, so there's this thing I picked up at a Goodwill a couple years ago for a Games photo. It's a pumpkin and I figure I can carve it with this razor.

I have no idea what it's made of, but it gave the razorsaw hell and it doesn't look like I should be breathing this stuff.

That slice does make it—strictly speaking—successfully carved, but I think I can do better. Before starting, I sawed off the stem in order to better clamp it down, revealing that the thing is hollow.

I wonder.... Hey, it broke!

What is that made of? I don't know how to identify fiberglass, but it doesn't seem to be outside the realm of possibility, so I'm calling that 1 legitimately-scary carved pumpkin.

#FOF
I realize I'm out of FOF now, but I just want to say that Son et Lumière is a contender for my top 5 favorite scents, among Abyss and Tobacconist. It's a rain-smell that doesn't exist (and not just because autumn doesn't exist).

Well, it's not a rain that I'm familiar with, but that's just because I associate rain-smell with creosote. It's criminal that there aren't any scents that feature creosote. But I digress.

I will add that once, when I was wearing this in the creosote-scented rain, I had the distinct impression that I exuded the unmistakable smell of wet dog.

#photocontest I don't think I'd ever encountered he name "Bokeh Balls" before, but you'd be hard-pressed to convince me you didn't have this exact label in mind when you chose to include it in the list.

[**2024-06-22 - Sound and Light**](https://i.imgur.com/VXfbOhO.jpg)

* **Lather:** Declaration Grooming - Son et Lumière
* **Post Shave:** Declaration Grooming - Son et Lumière
* **Fragrance:** Declaration Grooming - Son et Lumière
* **Razor:** Wolfman Razors - Guerrilla
* **Brush:** Yaqi Metal Timberwolf

**Spooky Season:** Many autumn-themed scents don't do much for me, so I
was pleased as pepperspray when I saw the description for this scent:
> [...] *Son et Lumiere* is a drizzly **autumn** walk through a (clean) city.

**Unifying Theme:**
[Doin' the triple](https://youtu.be/6enYxAF41DA?si=zoNfemHYsQO8_Rzt)

**Halloween:**
I expect a number of carved onions today,
*possibly* with the Toyota emblem carved into them.

Alright, so there's [this thing](https://i.imgur.com/lDN8BWi.jpg)
I picked up at a Goodwill a couple years ago for a Games photo.
It's a pumpkin and I figure I can carve it with
[this razor](https://i.imgur.com/GCTv6YA.jpg).

I have no idea what it's made of, but it
gave [the razorsaw hell and it doesn't look like I should be breathing this stuff.](https://i.imgur.com/shwYxBn.jpg)

That [slice](https://i.imgur.com/jmnmknF.jpg)
does make it—strictly speaking—successfully carved, but
I think [I can do better](https://i.imgur.com/XHdQmNK.jpg). Before starting,
[I sawed off the stem](https://i.imgur.com/8wGo4YE.jpg) in order to better clamp it down,
revealing that the thing is hollow.

[I wonder....](https://i.imgur.com/m9lZRgE.mp4)
Hey, [it broke!](https://i.imgur.com/pxTCQFH.jpg)

What *is* that made of?
I don't know how to identify fiberglass,
but it doesn't seem to be outside the realm of possibility,
so I'm calling that 1 legitimately-scary carved pumpkin.

#FOF
I realize I'm out of FOF now, but I just want to say that *Son et Lumière*
is a contender for my top 5 favorite scents, among *Abyss* and *Tobacconist*.
It's a rain-smell that doesn't exist
(and not just because autumn doesn't exist).

Well, it's not a rain that I'm familiar with,
but that's just because I associate rain-smell with
[creosote](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larrea_tridentata).
It's criminal that there aren't any scents that feature creosote.
But I digress.

I will add that once, when I was wearing this in the creosote-scented
rain, I had the distinct impression that I exuded the unmistakable smell of wet dog.


#photocontest
I don't think I'd ever encountered he name "Bokeh Balls" before,
but you'd be hard-pressed to convince me you didn't have this exact label in
mind when you chose to include it in the list.