SOTD 10-16 July 2016

Timeless SB
Voskhod Teflon Blade
TOBS Lemon & Lime Shave Cream
Omega Black Badger
Dove Post Shave Balm
Old Spice After Shave

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Head & face shower shave. 1 days growth.

Technique:  WTG / XTG / ATG/clean-up.
Prep: Shower.      
Soap: Barrister and Mann - Rhapsody
Brush: BSB-Ti w/HMW Extra Dense
Razor: Star 1912
Blade: Gem by Personna(1)
Post: Barrister and Mann - Rhapsody

This was my first time using Rhapsody soap, but I've been using the splash periodically for the past week.  While the margins are getting tighter and the field is getting packed with top-notch artisans, Barrister and Mann's Glissant soap base remains my personal benchmark.  It hits all the right criteria for me: ease of lather, durability, water range, density and cushion, slickness, and post-shave feel.  That's not to say that I haven't used other soaps that are slicker than Glissant, for instance, but Glissant manages to meet all the criteria well and consistently.

In true Barrister_N_Mann  fashion, Rhapsody is a unique and complex scent.  Upon lathering, I get a rather striking and robust pungent pear blossom aroma.  There's no mistaking this is the foremost scent of this soap.  Pear blossom is a complex scent all by itself.  I have quite a bit of experience with the scent as I was surrounded by pear trees where I grew up.  The scent of a pear blossom changes quite a bit over its lifetime.  The early blossom is bitter and green and later, at full bloom, it evolves to the familiar pungent scent that travels on the wind quite well.  As the blossom yellows and then browns, it peaks with a sickly sweet scent with acrid notes.  Rhapsody seems to hit this just before the sweetness really hits.  It's not all pear blossom, though.  As the shave progressed, the profile got deeper and heavier with warm sandalwood and patchouli and finally a musky vanilla.

The splash starts the step-wise introduction of the aforementioned notes in just about the same order, only faster, of course.  The dry-down is a pleasant pear blossom, vanilla, and musk that seem to be equally distributed. Much later, probably around 4 hours, I detect a transient peppery note before it fades.

Rhapsody is not your typical floral scent.  It accurately captures the pungent essence of pear blossoms without being single-faceted by incorporating somewhat subtle complementary notes.

July 10, 2016
Timeless OC with Triad Ti
Persona Lab Blue (1)
Doug Korn DK7 with Druida Manchurian
Nuavia Rossa
Witch Hazel

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Love it Clint!

Sunday, July 10, 2016

The One Blade
Feather FHS-10
BSB-2 Vie Long Fan
MDC Fougere
Witch Hazel
Whipped Shea Butter
Fine Platinum



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Classic Cobra
Paladin
Eufros
Myrsol

Wonderful photo and setup!

Sundays SOTD
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Razor: Timeless Razor SB
Blade: Personna 74 (D1)
Brush: SOC 2012 Limited Edition Boar/Badger
Bowl: Corbell Pedestal Bowl 4"
Pre Shave Scrub: MRGLO
Pre Shave Oil: AOS Unscented
Shave Soap: Antica Barbieria Colla
Post: Monster Alum Block
Aftershave: Floid Amber (Italian)

Thank you, David.
I am learning.
I am still hung up on boots and bonnet.


Mickey

Thank you, David.
I am learning.
I am still hung up on boots and bonnet.


Mickey

Hey, Mickey, keep asking those questions because I learn from them, as well.

Classic Cobra
Paladin
Eufros
Myrsol

Wonderful photo and setup!

Thank you very much, Guy!