Brush: Zenith r/Wetshaving exclusive MOAR BOAR (31 mm × 57 mm bleached boar)
Razor: Filarmonica 14 Doble Temple (8/8", extra full hollow, carbon steel)
Lather: House of Mammoth — Shire
Aftershave: House of Mammoth — Shire 2
Fragrance: House of Mammoth — Shire 2
Talc: Borotalco
Both brands today could be a Zoologist fragrance. I fear today’s match-up might get as bloody as the Stomping of The Talent of 2024 (I’m simultaneously horrified and relieved that the Tabacalypse of 2024 is no longer the point of reference for the biggest rout), but still I decided to go with the favourite today for one reason: Shire. It’s the scent of scout camps for me. Fresh spring air, tobacco, and smoke. If you add cheap beer then it’s the perfect time machine to go back to those happy but tired evenings when the kids are already in their tents and we’d sit in the kitchen tent, shooting the (deliciously Shire-scented) breeze and planning the day ahead. It’s a part of my life that I lost. The last scout camp I helped run was half-way through undergrad, and I like in a different part of the country now with zero connection to the local scene. Long story short, Shire is 100% happy nostalgia, so it had to win over Entropy Man, the (controversial) WK scent I was also considering for today.
I had a particularly smooth shave with the big Fili today, and I almost met the u/iamsms splash-feels-like-water-challenge but for a spot under my chin. So close.
Now I smell anachronistically great, I have a silky Borotalco finish, and my popcorn is ready for today’s March Madness.
The Elephantid-Bovine Showdown
Both brands today could be a Zoologist fragrance. I fear today’s match-up might get as bloody as the Stomping of The Talent of 2024 (I’m simultaneously horrified and relieved that the Tabacalypse of 2024 is no longer the point of reference for the biggest rout), but still I decided to go with the favourite today for one reason: Shire. It’s the scent of scout camps for me. Fresh spring air, tobacco, and smoke. If you add cheap beer then it’s the perfect time machine to go back to those happy but tired evenings when the kids are already in their tents and we’d sit in the kitchen tent, shooting the (deliciously Shire-scented) breeze and planning the day ahead. It’s a part of my life that I lost. The last scout camp I helped run was half-way through undergrad, and I like in a different part of the country now with zero connection to the local scene. Long story short, Shire is 100% happy nostalgia, so it had to win over Entropy Man, the (controversial) WK scent I was also considering for today.
I had a particularly smooth shave with the big Fili today, and I almost met the u/iamsms splash-feels-like-water-challenge but for a spot under my chin. So close.
Now I smell anachronistically great, I have a silky Borotalco finish, and my popcorn is ready for today’s March Madness.