A combined shipment from Stirling and Barrister and Mann arrived today. From Stirling, I finally got my replacement Varen tub (and added the frag) and got a tub of Mountain man to replace my soon-to-be-killed sample of it.

Braeburn was pointed out to me as a possible alternative to SBS Teacher’s Pet (now sadly UnObTaInIuM) and it was a great tip. Dickens is a replacement from balm that has… not aged well, and Beaudelaire was on discount and I certainly can’t resist trying a Fougère with Mousse de Saxe. Especially not if this is how Will describes it:

Beaudelaire: A proprietary fougère that incorporates my recreation of Mousse de Saxe. […] I describe it as the perfume Oscar Wilde would have worn. Rich, creamy, bright at the top, leathery and dirty at the bottom.

edit: I just only now realised that Beaudelaire the frag isn’t spelled like the Baudelaire the author.

      • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialOPM
        3·
        7 months ago

        Silver Mountain Man Mondays sounds like a great new edition to the canon. It should probably include a Bowie knife instead of a razor though ;-)

        • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social
          2·
          7 months ago

          With a Bowie knife you’re always prepared to do the “That’s not a knife. That’s a knife” scene from Crocodile Dundee. I find SMW to be a terrific EdP for spring/summer. Very high-key.

          • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.socialOPM
            1·
            7 months ago

            In a few years, when free AI is powerful enough, you know there will be a LG contestant generating a Wetshave Dundee parody move where “that’s a knoife” refers to a Fili 14 or one of those 12/8" Ukranian straights.