Jun. 27, 2024
Brush: Stirling Soap Company Finest Badger Shave Brush Badger
Razor: Gillette Ball End Tech
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue [1]
Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Bonaparte - Soap
Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Unscented - Aftershave
Osma: Osma - Osma
Scuttle:* Georgetown Pottery - G20
This is a really fun challenge in my view. It was intersting going through my den today and trying to figure out what might qualify.
I chose Bonaparte because it’s a pretty unique Stirling scent to me. Rod made pretty clear in his social media post about it that he was encouraging people to not buy it. I wasn’t able to find the 2023 post, but back in 2018 when it was rereleased Rod said, “you will likely hate it. Don’t buy it” and that he discontinued it because of all the refund requests they got. He also said it is one of his favorite scents.
The notes are:
Thyme, Rosemary, Bergamot, Lavender, Petitgrain, Lime, Lemon, Orange, Grapefruit, Ylang Ylang, and Tangerine.
I don’t get the hate on this one. It’s citrus forward, but overall a pleasant scent and a pleasant shave.
Unfortunately despite the enjoyable scent the shave was not very enjoyable. The Feather was tugging out of the gate so I switched over to a GSB. It improved things a lot, but still nothing compared to what I would get with an SE. I also blame the brush somewhat—I don’t use this brush often for a reason.