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Tridi 3 Germinal an 233 de la Révolution, jour d'Asperge

• Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
• Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic Bingcha (Iced Tea)
• Razor: Feather Artist Club SS Kamisori
• Blade: Feather Pro Guard (13)
• Lather: Martin de Candre Absinthe
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

I have been sloppy with posting this weekend: Friday, I killed Ishtar (RIP). The last shave was meh, and confirmed my mixed feeling about this soap. I loved the scent at the beginning, but then, we sort of fell out with each other, for several reasons.

This year I have been particularly undisciplined with soap purchases, and Friday, I got both MdC Absinthe and SV Tundra Artica. I was more intrigued by Absinthe, and so I tried it tonight. It was my first time with a MdC soap, and I don't think I have the base nailed (I could probably have hydrated it more). The scent feels very week to me (but then, it's hayfever season, so this might not tell you much.

They say:

Created in 2024 for the semi-century Martin De Candre , the razing soap " Absinthe " is inspired by the herbaceous freshness of the famous elixir of yesteryear. Green and invigorating notes , slightly lemony , recall the aromatic of hysope and lemon balm . The heart of the fragrance is marked by the aniseed and spicy of star anise , fennel and green anise . Your shaving becomes synonymous with a sweet and intoxicating freedom.

I got a slight lemon scent off the puck, and a mix of fennel and anise. When lathered, all I got was a slight scent of anise – which is very nice, though.

And although I should have added more water, the soap was extremely slick – way beyond any other soap I have tried recently. After all, a very promising first contact, and I'm looking forward to using it more.

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Wordering about BVWSC: next Wednesday is the last Wednesday in March. Would there be any soap that everyone here has, if smushes don't arrive?

Seville? Tabac? Spiced? Entropy Man? The Stag? Valley of Ashes? Arkadia? Electric Sheep?

I had him on matrix, and he has a lot of things going on. He will probably take a break from social media for a while.

He did post the smushes though, so I hope nothing got lost!

No, not yet. There have been strikes in Germany, so let's hope for the best

Nonidi 29 Ventôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Frêne

• Brush: Semogue Owner's Club Boar 🐗 'Taj'
• Razor: Thiers-Issard 188 7/8 'Coq et Renard'
• Lather: Abbate y la Mantia Ishtar
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Pitralon Classic After Shave
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

There is one more shave left in Ishtar – but I definitely will finish it with a synthetic brush.

Have a good night!

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Septidi 27 Ventôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Sylvie

• Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic Bingcha (Iced Tea)
• Razor: Puma 100
• Lather: Abbate y la Mantia Ishtar
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: TFS Witch Hazel & Oak
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

Ishtar is slightly green, and that will have to do for St. Patrick's day.

Have a good night!

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You have a DE razor - what could possibly go wrong?

Quintidi 25 Ventôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Thon

• Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic Bingcha (Iced Tea)
• Razor: Koraat 14.2 Straight Razor
• Lather: Abbate y la Mantia Ishtar
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: TFS Witch Hazel & Oak
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

Continuing Ishtar, I guess 10 more shaves in there.

Have a good day!

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The difficult thing is not to get lather rn the whig!

Quartidi 24 Ventôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Pâquerette

• Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
• Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic Bingcha (Iced Tea)
• Razor: Ertan Süer L'Ours Russe (7/8th)
• Lather: Abbate y la Mantia Ishtar
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Pitralon Classic After Shave
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

Continuing with the kill on Ishtar. Good shave, and for once, I made a picture of me shaving:

I don't remember which razor the second one was, but it sure was yummy.

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LLMs have made some progress. I heard good things about Gemini Flash, and there have clearly been major improvements. Here are my latest attempts to generate a logo for this instance.

First shot – Gemini Flash seems to have some prejudice against Lemmy:

Yet, when I asked Gemini to create a picture of Stalin shaving, this seems to be against the guidelines, so no joy.

On the other hand, straight razors are no longer a problem:

But dysorthography is still a problem:

Could the ballots be stuffed?

Chinese bots are outraged by certain TSF logos and names, and the latest congress of the CCP decided that this artisan cannot win MM.

Duodi 22 Ventôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Persil; also: Megalodon Mittwoch

• Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
• Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
• Razor: Ertan Süer L'Ours Russe (7/8th)
• Lather: HAGS Megalodon
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

The Hathor base is really good.

Good night, everyone!

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Good hunting!

Primidi 21 Ventôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Mandragore: Zingari Zischtig

• Brush: Chisel & Hound Blaireau de la République with 24mm G5 Synthetic
• Razor: Puma 100
• Lather: Zingari Man The Watchman
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Pitralon Classic After Shave
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

Good shave: the Puma has the same buttered toast feedback like the Star razor – which is quite nice. I don't get as close a shave with this razor as with other straights I have, but I might have to improve the edge. But it delivers good comfortable shaves. And I notice that this year, I have only used my Russian Bear more often than the Puma. Animal spirits!

Have a good evening!

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Nonidi 19 Ventôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Cerfeuil

• Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic Bingcha (Iced Tea)
• Razor: Thiers-Issard 188 7/8 'Coq et Renard'
• Lather: Abbate y la Mantia Ishtar
• Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
• Postshave: Pitralon Classic After Shave
• Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm

Progressing on the Ishtar kill.

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The important question: can you lather with one hand?

What's that brush? 👀👀

It sure beats the hell out of anything we have in the U.S.!

I don't know: I guess you have few remaining trains, but they run more or less as expected. In iny case, et is beaten by every other coutry in the region here. But I've heard that in 5 years, it should be better 😬

You are going to win so yugely that you will grow tired of winning.