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Thursday SOTD Thread - June 13th, 2024

Share your shave of the day!

If you're participating in the Lather Games on the other website, today's theme is:

Dupelgänger

Product scent must demonstrably be a duplication of another company's fragrance (e.g. Stirling Executive Man is a dupe of Creed Aventus).

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June 13, 2024
Brush: Wild West Brushworks Deep Pearl 26mm Sweet Spot Badger
Razor: Thiers Issard Le Transatlantic 7/8" Full Hollow Round Point
Lather: Ethos Grooming Essentials - Succès - Soap
Post Shave: Ethos Grooming Essentials - Succès Skin Food - Splash
Post Shave: Thayers - Rose - Toner
Fragrance: Creed - Aventus
Talc: Yardley Classic
 
I was interested in trying Aventus dupes a couple of years ago. I tried a number of samples and actually bought tubs of some of them. Of the ones I have, I think Succès is the best. I doubt that it is note-for-note accurate but, to me, it has the best feeling of high-key freshness that real Aventus has.
Here is my artist's rendering of the cover.
Dupelgänger
Brush: APShaveCo - Butterscotch with 24 mm Tuxedo knot
Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 14 (8/8", extra hollow ground, stainless steel)
Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - AG 1889
Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Friends to the End
Fragrance: Maison Francis Kurkdjian - Baccarat Rouge 540
Theme: AG1889 is a dupe of Guerlain Jicky, and it's so good I keep using it despite getting all tingly from using it (yeah, I know).
Relevant post & frag: Bear with me: When I got my set of 1889, I immediately got a fresher version of Baccarat Rouge and said so on the discord. I was met with some push back, but who are you going to trust? My nose or some randos? So the relevance is that 1889 smells like a fresher variant of BR, and Friends to the end is the on theme version of BR. (Or vanilla, if you prefer my critics.)
Great shave with my prized Frio 14, hands down my best razor.
Challenge: A soap label
- Beautiful drawing.
  
  He must have practiced drawing perfect circles for hours!
  
  Much appreciated!
Thursday, June 13, 2024: Thursday Narcissism
Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
Brush: Zenith 506U XS Horse 🐎
Razor: Mühle R41 (3-piece)
Blade: Astra Superior Platinum (17)
Lather: Le Père Lucien Narcisse
Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
Postshave: Floid The Genuine
Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
Late-night DE shave - and a good one.
Have a good night!
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June 13, 2024
Brush: Maggard 24mm Synthetic
Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (4)
Lather: Barrister & Mann - Roam Two - Soap
Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - EdT
Roam Two is obviously a dupe of Roam, and not a very accurate one at that.

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