- Prep: Splash of Cool Water
- Razor: Wolfman - WR2 SB .85 Brushed
- Blade: Gillette - 7 o'clock (Black) Super Platinum (16)
- Lather: Barrister and Mann Omnibus - Smoking Bishop
- Brush: Semogue - Pharos C3 Pure Black Horse (1 uses)
- Post Shave: Generic - Witch Hazel Solution
Lather Games: Day: 25
Gear Pic :: Video
䷀ General Notes
Lather Games Day 25 is a Christmas or winter scent. So I used Smoking Bishop, which I love.
I also ended up doing the daily challenge, since I always shave with a hat.
䷀ Razor and Blade Notes
^(Wolfman - WR2 SB .85 Brushed ::: Gillette - 7 o'clock - Blk ‹16 uses›)
Felt the edge today, but was in control and comfortable. Easy hair removal and good feels.
Razor and Blade Performance/Comfort Rating: 4 out of 5 (Very Good)
䷀ Soap Notes
^(Barrister and Mann Omnibus - Smoking Bishop)
Them: "A Christmas Carol creates a particular image: cobbled London streets, swollen with carts and men in top hats and street urchins, all milling and shouting and running in the cold December air. You can practically feel the chill, see the clouds of steam as the crowds breathe, and hear the din of a thousand lives all playing out in the same space. It's a vivid, intensely nostalgic picture, one almost irrevocably associated with its author. ~ The story makes particular reference to a Victorian mulled wine known as 'Smoking Bishop,' so named because it's served heated to steaming, but not boiling, and drunk from warmed bowls or glasses (before you ask, we have no idea where the bishop part comes in). It's one of our favorite holiday punches here at Barrister and Mann"
"The soap version is a smooth, warm blend of wine, orange, grapefruit, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and pipe tobacco that conjures images of sipping a stiff drink near a roaring hearth, the air redolent with the scents and sounds of food and drink and good company. Effortlessly charming and good-natured"
Me: I enjoyed it. I picked up on a little vanilla, and some spices, which I assume are the cinnamon and nutmeg. They were well-blended and not so spicy that I didn't like it.
I didn't pick up on any tobacco or wine notes in the fairly blind first impression, so those notes are not strong. But I did notice something like anise or oud, or in that family, that may have been the blend of those two. It grounded the whole thing and kept it interesting and from being just a flavor focused, monotone scent. I liked it.
But on my second shave with this soap, I did pick up the wine around the 3rd pass. A note has to gradually open up, it seems.
Scent Strength: 6/10, nicely present during shaving.
Lather... I think 60 swirls, by the end, on the soap.
Was a fine slurry, but the smaller knot didn't give you the mature lather at the end.
3 passes just fine and very slick.
Hydration: Perfect (for me)
Bowl: No Bowl
䷀ Brush Notes
^(Semogue - Pharos C3 Pure Black Horse ‹1 uses›)
Not as scratchy and scrubby as the zenith 50/50, so I did like that better. But not as nice as the Zenith Extra Soft, by far.
A small knot, so i did have to add a bit more soap and water for the third pass. But was fine with the Slurry method.
Face not tender after shave, unlike it was with the 50/50.
During the Shave Feel:
Cheeks: Felt blade but comfortable
Neck: Felt blade but comfortable
After the Shave Closeness:
Cheeks: Near BBS - About as close as I'll ever get
Neck: Cut flush to where I just see the tips (above average for me)
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