SOTD 26 January-1 February 2025

​​Monday, January 27

Fine American Blend~~Kent BK8~~2011 Mühle R41/Weber Bulldog/Feather~~Amouage Opus XIV Royal Tobacco
Have a great day!

soap: Ariana & Evans Unmasked
brush: TnS Sparkling Water Skew - Milton H5
razor: Charcoal Goods Gen 1 brass - lvl1 e lvl2 open comb
blade: Rex platinum teflon
tonic: TFL Acqua Hosmetica
after: Ethos Dragonsbeard Revitalizing Serum 
beard oil: Beard Octane Liquid Gold

Tuesday SOTD

Razor: OneBlade GENESIS

Blade: Feather FHS-10 (2)

Brush: 2011 Semogue Finest Badger 2

Bowl: Corbell Pedestal 4"

Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Iced Enigma Machine Cube 2.0

Pre-Shave Balm: TSD Oakmoss Sandalwood

Shave Soap: Dragonsbeard

Butter: Saponificio Varesino Puro Burro di Karitè

Aftershave: Dragonsbeard

Tuesday January 28, 2025
Razor: Paradigm Ti Diamondback
Blade: Wizamet
Brush: Knothead "Kentuckian" / Timberwolf
Soap: MacDuff's Birth of the Cool
AS : Witch Hazel + DCCS Small Batch Shave Tonic
Fragrance:
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 2,274

Sunday Shave
RAZOR: Blackland Vector Polished Stainless Steel
BLADE: Schick Proline
BRUSH: Oumo Venus Kaleidoscope 26mm SHD Badger
LATHER: Noble Otter Soap Co. Two Kings Shaving Soap
POST: Noble Otter Soap Co. Two Kings Aftershave

Great Composition Jim!  I love the colors.

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - Shave of the Day

Brush  ||  Trotter Handcrafts
Soap  ||  Stone Field Sippin' By The Fire
Razor  ||  Blackland Blackbird / Gillette Nacet (1)
Post  ||  Alum Block / Witch Hazel
A/S  ||  Derby City Chop Shop Small Batch Winter Reserve

Memory Lane Monday ...
(or a reasonable facsimile thereof)
 
As it happens, I ordered PAA CaD and Clubguy two weeks ago.  That order was largely the result of my rekindled interest in the vintage shaving and grooming scents that I grew up with.  These are scents I may have seen my dad or uncles use, or smelled at the local barber shop, and possibly even used myself as a young man.  So it is with great interest that I have been reading the recent related discussion by more discriminating shavers than me. 

Those of you who read the fine print underneath "Memory Lane Monday" will see that exactness is not guaranteed.  I added the disclaimer for a few reasons.  First it makes some allowance for my limited ability to to distinguish between faithful and more approximate replicas, or to describe scents clearly - especially the details.  Second, the leeway allows for homages which - perhaps by design - are not exact replicas. 

This is the case with PAA Clubguy, which differs by design from Pinuad Clubman, to which Clubguy is an homage.  Fragrantica readers describe Clubman notes as "Oakmoss, Citruses, Herbal Notes, Spicy Notes".  OTOH the Clubguy product page, lists the Clubguy notes as "Top: Talc, Bergamot, Lime, Rosemary &  Spearmint. Mid: Geranium, Lavender, Pepper, Tobacco. Base: Tonka Bean, Amber, Oakmoss, Vanilla. Fresh Citrus, Woody, Spicey, Green & Clean!"  Douglas Smythe, the proprietor of PAA, describes his thinking on the above referenced product page.

I have no trouble discerning the nod to Pinaud when I sniff the products, so I am satisfied as far as "memory lane value" goes.  I bought the soap/AS set, and IMO they are both fine products, and I am satisfied with both.  If my dad could magically come back to life for one last shave, I think he would want to know where he could find them. 
 

 
Brush ....  Elite Malachite
Soap .....  PAA Clubguy
Razor ....  Tatara Amakuni
Blade ....  Proline P-30
Post .....  PAA Clubguy AS
Finish ...  Castle Forbes Gentlemen's Cologne EDP

Razor: Merkur safety razor 39C
Blade: Personna Platinum, #2
Shaving brush: Alexander Simpson Barbican, Boar Bristle, Faux Ivory
Shaving Soap: Saponificio Varesino Stella Alpina
After Shave: Saponificio Varesino Stella Alpina After Shave

Blutt BR-1 1.20 / Astra SS / Wald J4 / Ethos

Soap: Extrò Cosmesi Zero
brush: DG Jefferson The Thaw - B16 28mm
razor: Wolfman WR1 0.54 dc / TRH8 Ti
Blade: Winner By Gillette platinum
after: A&B Cosmetics Black Woody