SOTD Saturday 25 April - Friday 1 May 2026

[TRS]

Soap: Savon Mystere: Full Throttle ( ASA 2.1 )

What is the aromatic composition of this soap?

 

[motto]

SOTD 20260425
Prep: Cella Gel pre barba
Bowl: Symmetrical Pottery
Brush: Declaration Grooming B15
Soap: Noble Otter Orbit
Razor: Karve CB OC C Brass
Blade: Gillette Thin Blade
Post: Alum Rub
AS: Noble Otter Orbit

Best Regards
Marco

 

[CRISANTO]

Saturday, April 25, 2026.
Martin de Candre: Huile végétale camomille et citron pre shave. Noble Otter, Rawr: Shaving soap & lotion aftershave. Dscosmetic, Jade G7, synthetic hair 30 mm. Jose Monserrat Pou, Filarmónica 14, Doble Temple, Water rippley emerald green scales by Pablo Fuertes @Airforce. Ferrari, Bright neroli, EdT.

 

[Electrif]

How many shaves did you get out of your last blade?

This is only the third shave I've had with the Asylum. I'm busy trying out all the injector blades I have in my collection. The Proline B blade was only on its 2nd use, I usually get up to 7 shaves from one. As for the other blades, it's around the same.

 

[slapo]

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Best shave yet with the Ti Yaqi Mellon with the heavyweight Barbaros handle

The Kalyon handle looks pretty good with a double open comb head, doesn't it?

 

[sphetnik]

Razor: Timeless 0.68 Titanium (TiBam handle)
Brush: Highlander handle (RWSC Special Edition) + Boti NC finest two band knot
Soap: Joserra “Șoaptele Primăverii” (RWSC Special Edition)


Smooth and efficient shave, with excellent balance from the Timeless head. The soap delivered a rich, slick lather, and the “Șoaptele Primăverii” scent matched perfectly with the spring weather outside — fresh, bright, and very well suited for this time of year. The brush had great backbone with soft tips, making the whole experience feel effortless. Finished off with a warm, elegant fragrance to round everything out.

 

[Bauhaus]

Lambda Athena | SMN | Simpson Chubby 1 SB

 

[TobyC]

 

[FatBoyFan]

Date Night Shower & Shave,
Proraso red, Omega EVO , Noble Otter BarrBarr , Two-Tone Ti Bird , Tatra Premium , Omega alum , HAGS Barberwood aftershave & Faceless Balm , not in pic HAGS Barberwood EDP. Awesome three pass shave. The Bird has not flown in too long, good to use it.

 

[art101980]

Saturday night out shave
Stainless steel blackbird x GSB
Signature soaps
Chubby 2
Post shave balm was Baxter of California
Fragrance was le labo another 13

Enjoy the rest of your weekend folks

 

[Randy]

House Of Mammoth - Mood Indigo (Tusk Base)
Yaqi Arctic Sky Deep Blue 2Band 24mm
Rockwell 6c #6
Gillette 7 o' clock "Super Stainless" #3
HAGS - Creature Lives Splash Skinfood
Davidoff CoolWater EDT
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Mood Indigo smells like you've left that blues club late at night, tired but feeling good, a little less alone. You take a look up at the night sky and breathe a bit, and sort of unconsciously hum the tune.

Notes: black pepper, blueberry, rum, vetiver, oud, night sky

For some reason the description matches 100% with the scent I'm smelling. Manly, "late night" with some smokiness from the Oud, but nothing dirty. The blueberry gives this "acidity", but it's very well balanced. Very nice and kinda dark scent, perfect for night occasions and not similar to anything else.

Tusk Base: Stearic Acid, Water, Potassium Hydroxide, Duck Fat, Beef Tallow, Glycerin, Babassu Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Lactate, Fragrance, Argan Oil, Murumuru Butter, Daikon Seed Extract, Tocopherol, Silk Amino acids, Lanolin, Hydrolyzed Oats, Willow Bark Extract, Allantoin.

Benjamin (Ben) Esposito is the owner and this is one of his flagship scents.
I suspect that the soap base is made in collaboration with Vida Perez (Oleo SoapWorks, now Chicago Grooming) based on my research.

Tonight I used a 2Band , to test my lather technique and to feel the "stealing lather" experience, one of the main reasons I don't like badgers. If someone gave me a very expensive badger brush, I would sell it and buy 10 synthetics. But that's just me. I'm not a lather expert either way, so synthetics help me a LOT in that. I love their face feeling too (very sensitive face that gets easily irritated).

Loaded for over 40 seconds for a final lather that wasn't heavy or superdense, but had this great residual slickness (killer "ghost lather"). A soap hasn't to be like liquid glue to provide a good shave or can accept tons and tons of water. Had good protection. The soap behaves like a full fat one, but without the lather part. If that makes sense. At least with the badger.

I did 2 passes (WTG, ATG) and some touch ups with water only, and the result was excellent. No heat, no burn from the splash (a good clone of Bleu De Chanel, although nothing comes really close to the original masterpiece).
Smooth skin and very well hydrated.

The 6c although not a piece of art, it's a shaving machine that does what it's supposed to do. Well worth the hype back then and in the chrome version is definitely a vfm razor. The 6# is aggressive but smooth enough, minimal pressure or it bites, especially on the ATG pass.

While not a high end soap and definitely behind Omnibus, Ultima, K2e, McDuffs, Orion, I liked this base and even the badger stole a lot of lather is was still stable and creamy but not really heavy as I prefer it. Lacks availability too and the shipping is insane. Wouldn't bother to buy it again.

Thanks for your time.

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[brit]

The Weekender
M-3 Brit Tech(Canadian Market)
Simpson Special
Pears
Beckham

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[Occams Razor]

Razor: Yaqi Mellon SLOC in titanium
Blade: Suneko #3
Brush: Yaqi Heavy Metal 24mm Timberwolf knot
Bowl: Copper Eight Immortals
Cream / Soap: Body Shop Maca Root and Aloe
Aftershave: Gillette

Todays shave was incredible. BBS finish with almost no AS sting. Nirvana!
Lather: 2/2
Face: 2/2
Neck: 2/2
Comfort, AS feedback: 2/2
Zen: 2/2
Rating: 10/10

Soundtrack:
Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down

View: https://youtu.be/vbqGWTxwZEA?si=jIzUnZYbvqwa7u2N

 

[JD55]

Autostrop

 

[Ram57]

Sunday SOTD

Razor: OneBlade Core
Blade: Feather FHS (7)
Brush: MS Faux Horn 30MM 2-Band
Bowl: Buffalo Horn 6”
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Ice Cube 2
Pre-Shave Oil: Stirling's Bay Rum
Shave Soap: Meißner Bay Rum
Balm: Stirling's Bay Rum Witch Hazel
Aftershave: TOBS Bay Rum​