September 18, 2024 - Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club
Brush: Maggard 24mm Tuxedo Synthetic
Razor: Blackland Era - Level 3 SB
Blade: Lord Platinum (4)
Lather: MacDuff’s Soap Company - Old Strathcona - Soap
Post Shave: Noble Otter - The Night Before - Aftershave
Post Shave: allMan - Refined - Balm
Fragrance: Barrister & Mann - Lavender, Interrupted - EdP
I’ve only ever heard good things about the MacDuff’s soap base, and it indeed has a lot of great qualities. I half expected to see Xanthan Gum in the ingredients, but it’s just your typical butters, oils, and yogurts, and milks.
This shave felt a little rough, but I can’t blame the soap. The slickness was excellent, so I’ll blame the blade. I don’t have much experience with Lord Platinum, but 4 shaves might be past the limit. Closeness and comfort were not on par with the past few days.
Luckily I have a lot of the sample left thanks to the generous portion from @[email protected] , so I’ll be able to try again with a better blade.
The scent is a good one. Like @[email protected] I get an initial hit of anise, despite there being no anise in the marketing materials. I really enjoy the smell of anise, so bring it on.
I never really got into the barbershop genre, but the description talks about how it’s based on a fougere, just without the lavender. I can definitely get behind a lavender-free fougere. Similar to how Shawn Maher replaced oakmoss with sage in Seaforth! Heather, MacDuff(is that the guys real name?) replaced lavender with rosewood. I’m sure there are other “variations” of a fougere out there, but these are the only ones I’ve noticed. I can’t say I’m good enough to pick out rosewood, but I at this point in my shaving journey, lavender has been a bit overused and I appreciate the absence.
I also like the fact he uses real tree moss (oakmoss) according to the ad copy. I have no idea if I’ve used anything with real oakmoss before. I used to get frag burn a lot, so if anyone is going to be sensitive to oakmoss it’s probably me, but I had no problem at all.
September 18, 2024 - Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club
I’ve only ever heard good things about the MacDuff’s soap base, and it indeed has a lot of great qualities. I half expected to see Xanthan Gum in the ingredients, but it’s just your typical butters, oils, and yogurts, and milks.
Ingredients
Stearic Acid, Tallow, Glycerine, Castor Oil, Kokum Butter, Shea Butter*, Cocoa Butter, Camellia Seed Oil*, Mango Butter, Aloe, Goat Milk, Hydrolyzed Oat Protein, Sodium Lactate, Argan Oil*, Jojoba Oil*, Pumpkin Seed Oil*, Tremella Seed Extract, Silk Peptides, Green Tea Extract, Tetrasodium EDTA, Yogurt, Parfum
This shave felt a little rough, but I can’t blame the soap. The slickness was excellent, so I’ll blame the blade. I don’t have much experience with Lord Platinum, but 4 shaves might be past the limit. Closeness and comfort were not on par with the past few days.
Luckily I have a lot of the sample left thanks to the generous portion from @[email protected] , so I’ll be able to try again with a better blade.
The scent is a good one. Like @[email protected] I get an initial hit of anise, despite there being no anise in the marketing materials. I really enjoy the smell of anise, so bring it on.
I never really got into the barbershop genre, but the description talks about how it’s based on a fougere, just without the lavender. I can definitely get behind a lavender-free fougere. Similar to how Shawn Maher replaced oakmoss with sage in Seaforth! Heather, MacDuff(is that the guys real name?) replaced lavender with rosewood. I’m sure there are other “variations” of a fougere out there, but these are the only ones I’ve noticed. I can’t say I’m good enough to pick out rosewood, but I at this point in my shaving journey, lavender has been a bit overused and I appreciate the absence.
I also like the fact he uses real tree moss (oakmoss) according to the ad copy. I have no idea if I’ve used anything with real oakmoss before. I used to get frag burn a lot, so if anyone is going to be sensitive to oakmoss it’s probably me, but I had no problem at all.