Wednesday SOTD Thread - September 4th, 2024 (#451)
Share your shave of the day!
Share your shave of the day!
Interesting SOTD today, of the kind that don't happen during AA.
This tub of Reserve Classic was a gift by the very generous @DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social, formerly u/Teufelskraft. I know that Reserve Classic is the resurrection of the scent of a 1970s Gillette aftershave, but it really reminds me of a slightly greener Tabac Original. Thank you DaveWave for the thoughtful gift!
Classic bridges the stanky chasm between Tabac and Varen, and while we all know intellectually that Tabac is a fougère, Classic offers the opportunity to know it viscerally.
Beaudelaire smells more like a fougère than mousse de saxe to me in isolation, but following it up on Classic, really makes the MdS pop, and I observed a liquorice-like note for the first time. Very nice. The Tabac EdT entering this green stanky scentscape starts out drier, more aromatic than usual.
I know I'm very late to the party, but I'm going to enjoy playing with Classic combinations.
Thank you DaveWave for the thoughtful gift!
No problem! Figured you'd like this one a lot. To me, the similarity to Tabac Original is very strong. If it's indeed a resurrection of a 1970s Gillette aftershave, then Gillette copied the homework of Tabac 🤔
Sep 4, 2024 - Orange You Glad I Didn't Say Banana
Rating: 4/5
September 4, 2024
$Discord
Tub kill!
wallygator killed a tub of Petrichor yesterday. Small world!
September 4, 2024
Brush: Zenith B40 28mm Boar
Razor: Iwasaki 13/16" Full Hollow Square Point Tamahagane
Lather: House of Mammoth - Smash - Soap
Toner: Thayers - Rose - Toner
Aftershave: Ariana & Evans - Peach & Cognac - Aftershave
2 passes. Bowl lather. Excellent shave.
Smash and Peach & Cognac go very well together IMO, and the Tamahagane steel on the Iwasaki takes such an incredible edge. The Zenith B40 keeps marching on. Even though it is only its fourth day, I'm starting to get lather to flow through the brush.
Pretty much an unparalleled shave today.