Sunday SOTD Thread - March 23rd, 2025 (#649)

Lather: Talent Soap Factory - Slow Dancing in the Dark

Day 12 of the TSF Domination era. We got by last round with the help of a couple surprise heel turns. Will our new allies be enough to get the TSFamily through to the next round? HELL YEAH!

This scent does sound nice and mild. What smells do you pick up most in it?
- Mostly sweet honey, the hay and floral stuff is very much in the background

Lather is Dr. K's Peppermint shave soap

Very good soap imo, and it's a very hard puck

Haven't used my pig brush in a while, I forgot how good it feels. Much stronger backbone than my badger and also very soft hairs.

Tridi 3 Germinal an 233 de la Révolution, jour d'Asperge

Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic Bingcha (Iced Tea)
Razor: Feather Artist Club SS Kamisori
Blade: Feather Pro Guard (13)
Lather: Martin de Candre Absinthe
Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

I have been sloppy with posting this weekend: Friday, I killed Ishtar (RIP). The last shave was meh, and confirmed my mixed feeling about this soap. I loved the scent at the beginning, but then, we sort of fell out with each other, for several reasons.

This year I have been particularly undisciplined with soap purchases, and Friday, I got both MdC Absinthe and SV Tundra Artica. I was more intrigued by Absinthe, and so I tried it tonight. It was my first time with a MdC soap, and I don't think I have the base nailed (I could probably have hydrated it more). The scent feels very week to me (but then, it's hayfever season, so this might not tell you much.

They say:

Created in 2024 for the semi-century Martin De Candre , the razing soap " Absinthe " is inspired by the herbaceous freshness of the famous elixir of yesteryear. Green and invigorating notes , slightly lemony , recall the aromatic of hysope and lemon balm . The heart of the fragrance is marked by the aniseed and spicy of star anise , fennel and green anise . Your shaving becomes synonymous with a sweet and intoxicating freedom.

I got a slight lemon scent off the puck, and a mix of fennel and anise. When lathered, all I got was a slight scent of anise – which is very nice, though.

And although I should have added more water, the soap was extremely slick – way beyond any other soap I have tried recently. After all, a very promising first contact, and I'm looking forward to using it more.

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Congrats on the kill! That's a very rare event for me.
Thrill of the kill!
I have absinthe on the docket for tomorrow
Congrats on the kill!
I have half a tub of MdC Absinthe that I’ve used once so far. It’s very nice but gives me a bit of a toothpaste feeling. I need to spend more time with it before knowing how I really feel.

Sun 23 Mar 2025: Day 12 of March Madness

Brush: Мужской Материк with Maggard Tuxedo knot
Razor: Wolfman Satin WR1 dual comb 0.74 mm gap head on hollow WRH1 handle
Blade: Feather new Hi-Stainless
Lather: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Fleur de France
Post Shave: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Fleur de France
Fragrance: Spearhead Shaving Company – Seaforth! Fleur de France

Travel shave with the mountain den. FdF is so good. Go Spearhead!

March 23, 2025

Brush: Wolf Whiskers – "Gianmaria" w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
Razor: Merkur Futur
Blade: Personna 74 (50)
Lather: Barrister & Mann - Fougère Classique - Soap
Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Santa Noir - Aftershave
Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

Celebrating 50 shaves on a blade. This blade has been working really well in mild razors, so today I tried a not-mild razor. It was fine. Tomorrow I'll switch back to something mild.

MARCH MADNESS 2025 DAY 23

Brush: Marble w/ Maggard G5
Razor: Blackland Blackbird
Blade: Gillette Silver Blue
Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - Top of the World
Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Top of the World splash
Fragrance: Spearhead Seaforth! Leather

Non dickholing with a pretty big contrast on the scents today. C Bub gang rise.

Sunday, March 23, 2025

Brush: Summer Break Soaps "Elyria" - TurnNShave v9 28mm badger
Razor: Chiseled Face - Titanium Legacy Razor
Blade: Personna - Lab Blue (6)
Lather: Barrister and Mann - Roam Two
Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Roam Two Aftershave splash
Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Roam Two EdT

With Stirling out, I'm putting my support behind Barrister and Mann. I love the complexity of their scents, and the soap always performs marvelously.

Roam Two is an absolute favorite of mine. The way the soap, splash, and frag play off one another to create a larger whole is more impressive than any other scent I own. I'm a big fan.

Have a great day y'all, and let's go BaM!

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March 23, 2025

Brush: Thäter Faux Ivory 29mm 2-band Silvertip
Razor: Koraat 14-2.0 8/8" Full Hollow
Lather: Barrister and Mann - Seville - Soap
Aftershave: Barrister and Mann - Seville - Aftershave

2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.

I'm supporting BaM today. Seville is a classic.