I was on the road last week where I rely on Proraso red for shaving. After a couple days with the great Proraso sandalwood scent, I was back home and getting ready to lather up the MdC for the evening shave. Standing there, I found myself musing on the Sandalwood scent and wishing that MdC would make one like it...or at least one with their fougere scent.
It only took a minute or so for me to go from musing to speculating on what an MdC/Proraso blend would be like. Would the Lavender MdC scent overpower the Proraso? What would the shaving qualities be like? Is mixing them even legal? Could I ever speak of this to others? If I did reveal my secret, would it result in being banned from the board?
I opened the bathroom window, took a big hunk of caution and tossed it out into a stiff breeze.
Using only 1/3 of a snurdle (precisely measured by my NIST sanctioned snurdler), I lathered up the two with a borrowed shavemac and went to town. It needs no elaboration that the lather was voluminous and high quality. Seems in that department the MdC shows no hesitation about slumming with the Proraso and the creamy Italian soap was more than happy to canoodle with its refined French counterpart. What was surprising, and delightful, is that the MdC scent completely disappeared and instead was replaced by the Proraso sandalwood. It was great. A best of both worlds combination.
It feels wrong making any change to such an expensive product as the MdC, something like dropping a few ice cubes into a vintage port, but I urge any of you who are not fond of the scent to give it a try. I did this several times in a row and noticed no diminution in the quality of the lather. I seem to get great skin care properties out of the MdC and they were undiminished. If you try it, maybe with your own favorite cream, then let us know how it works.
And Mods...am I in trouble?
oake
It only took a minute or so for me to go from musing to speculating on what an MdC/Proraso blend would be like. Would the Lavender MdC scent overpower the Proraso? What would the shaving qualities be like? Is mixing them even legal? Could I ever speak of this to others? If I did reveal my secret, would it result in being banned from the board?
I opened the bathroom window, took a big hunk of caution and tossed it out into a stiff breeze.
Using only 1/3 of a snurdle (precisely measured by my NIST sanctioned snurdler), I lathered up the two with a borrowed shavemac and went to town. It needs no elaboration that the lather was voluminous and high quality. Seems in that department the MdC shows no hesitation about slumming with the Proraso and the creamy Italian soap was more than happy to canoodle with its refined French counterpart. What was surprising, and delightful, is that the MdC scent completely disappeared and instead was replaced by the Proraso sandalwood. It was great. A best of both worlds combination.
It feels wrong making any change to such an expensive product as the MdC, something like dropping a few ice cubes into a vintage port, but I urge any of you who are not fond of the scent to give it a try. I did this several times in a row and noticed no diminution in the quality of the lather. I seem to get great skin care properties out of the MdC and they were undiminished. If you try it, maybe with your own favorite cream, then let us know how it works.
And Mods...am I in trouble?
oake
