LG SOTD Jun 27, 2024 - MEASURING UP WITH THE BEAR NECESSITIES

#photocontest

Theme Steampunk (Vintage brass telephone speaker. Retro-computer console from Terry Gilliam's Brazil, a masterwork of retro-futuristic overload)

• Brush: Alpha Brush & Shaving Co. - Bully Boy 28mm #TOLL
• Razor: Muhle - Hexagon - R41 head #CNC
• Blade: Muhle - Stainless Razor Blade [3]
• Lather: Murphy and McNeil / Black Mountain Shaving - DFS Horizons - Shaving soap - Kodiak base
• Post Shave: First Line Shave / Black Mountain Shaving - Crossroads - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Givenchy - Xeryus - vintage

Today’s singalong:

https://youtu.be/6BH-Rxd-NBo?feature=shared

WY?

One of the first English language sentences that I learnt as a teenager was from a joke based on a white man who compares his penis tattoo to that of a tall Jamaican.

The joke is rooted in a racial stereotype that is at the center of this interesting NYT op-ed from almost two decades ago.

I wonder if the Wendy joke contributed to making my brain forge some association between a thoroughly-unraveled body of information and the value of one’s masculinity.

Maybe this is the secret origin of my wordiness. 

Could the dick-measurement social instinct be the reason why some of you are uncomfortable with my posts being “too long”?

Are scent notes lists some kind of dick measuring contest?

THANKS FOR BEARING WITH ME

Before the end of the LG, I really wanted to shave with a bear tallow soap, also to homage u/enndeegee and his choice of prize for the Scruba Awards.

Murphy and McNeil’s Kodiak base is excellent, especially in terms of post-shave feel. I find it very interesting that someone ended up trying to saponify tallow sourced not from a yard animal, or edible game, but from a predator whose population is thinned down within the narrow boundaries of local regulations.

Bears have a strong symbolic presence in the world's cultures since the dawn of humankind, when our ancestors depicted them on the walls of caves.

When I shave with a soap that I know contains bear tallow, my mind is pervaded by a sense of awe that I haven't felt, for example, at the idea of shaving with a bison tallow soap. The symbolic power of certain animals is extremely intriguing to my skeptic mind.

WELCOME TO OUR LISTS OF SCENT NOTES AND HAVE A NICE DAY

For my lather and AS I picked two scents formulated by Joseph Katon of Black Mountain Shaving.
He definitely seems to have fun with long lists of notes:

HORIZONS features 18 notes, divided in:
Top: Lavender, bergamot, lemon, ginger, mandarin orange, tangerine, basil, rosew**d
Middle: Honey, Cinnamon (synthetic), cashmere, jasmine sambac, Haitian vetiver, sandalwood, iris, carnation, patchouli, cedar
Base: Leather, amber, labdanum, benzoin, oak moss, musk, tobacco, tonka, bourbon vanilla

CROSSROADS also features 18 notes:
Apple, Bergamot, Orange, Grapefruit, Oakmoss, Basil, Rosemary, Juniper, Carnation, Jasmine, Freesia, Cypress, Vetiver, Cashmeran, Patchouli, Vanilla, Amboxan, Sandalwood

A XERYUS OVERLOAD

I completed my shave with this monumental 1980s fougère by Alberto Morillas.
According to Fragrantica, it counts TWENTY NINE NOTES:
Top notes: Lavender, Jasmine, Green Notes, Lemon, Violet, Bergamot, Nutmeg Flower, Mandarin Orange, Lily-of-the-Valley, Ylang-Ylang and Rose
Middle notes: Cypress, Juniper Berries, Carnation, Geranium, Tarragon, Coriander, Petitgrain, Sandalwood, Cyclamen and Cinnamon.
Base notes: Oakmoss, Balsam Fir, Leather, Vetiver, Amber, Cedar, Incense and Musk.

My scent writeup today is much shorter: Horizons is nice but a bit "heavy" on the long run, I am happy I did not get the complementary postshave or EDP, it would've been too much.

Crossroads is nicely contrasted and flows well into Xeryus' big Cinemascope and Technicolor spectacle.

FOF

A SINISTER SHAVE

My razor was chosen before I found out about the daily challenge.
As I have "franken'd" my Hexagon by replacing its DE89 head with an open comb, this has been a very slow shave with the "devil's hand". Managed not to get nicked, but I realized how hard it is to focus on a non-dominant hand, and how terrible it must've been up to the generation of my parents, when left-handed students were forced to become right-handed.

ROTY

[LG SOTD Jun 27, 2024 - MEASURING UP WITH THE BEAR NECESSITIES](https://imgur.com/a/1Ol7Har)

#photocontest

Theme Steampunk (Vintage brass telephone speaker. Retro-computer console from Terry Gilliam's Brazil, a masterwork of retro-futuristic overload)

* **Brush:** Alpha Brush & Shaving Co. - Bully Boy 28mm #TOLL
* **Razor:** Muhle - Hexagon - R41 head #CNC
* **Blade:** Muhle - Stainless Razor Blade \[3\]
* **Lather**: Murphy and McNeil / Black Mountain Shaving - DFS Horizons - Shaving soap - Kodiak base
* **Post Shave:** First Line Shave / Black Mountain Shaving - Crossroads - Aftershave
* **Fragrance:** Givenchy - Xeryus - vintage

Today’s singalong:

[https://youtu.be/6BH-Rxd-NBo?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/6BH-Rxd-NBo?feature=shared)

**WY?**

One of the first English language sentences that I learnt as a teenager was from [a joke based on a white man](https://jokes.fandom.com/wiki/Welcome_to_Jamaica,_Have_a_Nice_Day) who compares his penis tattoo to that of a tall Jamaican.

The joke is rooted in a racial stereotype that is at the center of [this interesting NYT op-ed](https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/books/chapters/hung-a-meditation-on-the-measure-of-black-men-in-america.html) from almost two decades ago.

I wonder if the Wendy joke contributed to making my brain forge some association between a thoroughly-unraveled body of information and the value of one’s masculinity.

Maybe this is the secret origin of my wordiness. 

Could the dick-measurement social instinct be the reason why some of you are uncomfortable with my posts being “too long”?

Are scent notes lists some kind of dick measuring contest?

**THANKS FOR BEARING WITH ME**

Before the end of the LG, I really wanted to shave with a bear tallow soap, also to homage u/enndeegee and his choice of prize for the Scruba Awards.

Murphy and McNeil’s Kodiak base is excellent, especially in terms of post-shave feel. I find it very interesting that someone ended up trying to saponify tallow sourced not from a yard animal, or edible game, but from a predator whose population is thinned down within the narrow boundaries of local regulations.

Bears have a [strong symbolic presence in the world's cultures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_bears) since the dawn of humankind, when our ancestors depicted them on the walls of caves.

When I shave with a soap that I know contains bear tallow, my mind is pervaded by a sense of awe that I haven't felt, for example, at the idea of shaving with a bison tallow soap. The symbolic power of certain animals is extremely intriguing to my skeptic mind.

**WELCOME TO OUR LISTS OF SCENT NOTES AND HAVE A NICE DAY**

For my lather and AS I picked two scents formulated by Joseph Katon of Black Mountain Shaving.
He definitely seems to have fun with long lists of notes:

HORIZONS features 18 notes, divided in:
Top: Lavender, bergamot, lemon, ginger, mandarin orange, tangerine, basil, rosew\*\*d
Middle: Honey, Cinnamon (synthetic), cashmere, jasmine sambac, Haitian vetiver, sandalwood, iris, carnation, patchouli, cedar
Base: Leather, amber, labdanum, benzoin, oak moss, musk, tobacco, tonka, bourbon vanilla

CROSSROADS also features 18 notes:
Apple, Bergamot, Orange, Grapefruit, Oakmoss, Basil, Rosemary, Juniper, Carnation, Jasmine, Freesia, Cypress, Vetiver, Cashmeran, Patchouli, Vanilla, Amboxan, Sandalwood

**A XERYUS OVERLOAD**

I completed my shave with this monumental 1980s fougère by Alberto Morillas.
According to [Fragrantica](https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Givenchy/Xeryus-861.html), it counts TWENTY NINE NOTES:
Top notes: Lavender, Jasmine, Green Notes, Lemon, Violet, Bergamot, Nutmeg Flower, Mandarin Orange, Lily-of-the-Valley, Ylang-Ylang and Rose
Middle notes: Cypress, Juniper Berries, Carnation, Geranium, Tarragon, Coriander, Petitgrain, Sandalwood, Cyclamen and Cinnamon.
Base notes: Oakmoss, Balsam Fir, Leather, Vetiver, Amber, Cedar, Incense and Musk.

My scent writeup today is much shorter: Horizons is nice but a bit "heavy" on the long run, I am happy I did not get the complementary postshave or EDP, it would've been too much.

Crossroads is nicely contrasted and flows well into Xeryus' big Cinemascope and Technicolor spectacle.

# FOF

**A SINISTER SHAVE**

My razor was chosen before I found out about the daily challenge.
As I have "franken'd" my Hexagon by replacing its DE89 head with an open comb, this has been a very slow shave with the "[devil's hand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_against_left-handed_people)". Managed not to get nicked, but I realized how hard it is to focus on a non-dominant hand, and how terrible it must've been up to the generation of my parents, when left-handed students were forced to become right-handed.

# ROTY