shavefan
I’m not a fan
Had my 1st shave with SC this morning, here are my initial thoughts...
First, I opened all the sample containers last night to take a whiff of each one. Interesting. My initial thought was that most of them have the same "vibe" scent wise. I get an underlying soapy scent on all, followed by their respective scent profiles. Most, IMO, are in the spicy earthy category. Many took me back to my childhood, but I wasn't exactly sure why. Then later last night it hit me...When i was around 7-8yo back in the early 70's, once a year my parents would take us kids to a village out on the country in upstate New York for a day trip. This place had a lot of artists and artisans, pottery, glass blowers, sculptures, painters, etc. My dad referred to it as "hippie hollow". Anyway, in a lot of the shops they sold incense and I would walk around smelling all the different kinds of incense and that's what a lot of these SC scents remind me of.
Anyway, I picked 5 that I will try this week, the first one this morning was "Musk". Best I can describe the scent is a sweet cologne profile with a bit of earthiness. Very pleasant. Scent strength is fairly strong, about a 7.5/10 to my nose.
The cream is firm, croap like. I scooped out a fingernail size of Musk into my later bowl and proceeded to load my Simpson Duke 2. Lather is very easy to build and it can take a fair amount of water without getting airy. I face lathered and ended up with a very nice creamy lather, not "Santa Clause foam" but really nice rich & creamy. I did a 3 pass with no issues and had plenty of lather left over. A little bit of SC goes a long way, nice. Lathering also opened up the scent a bit and again, I found it very pleasant. I could still get whiffs of the scent from my skin up to about an hour later.
Post shave feel is very nice and soft with just a bit of tightness creeping in after about 30min, but that's not unusual for me. I used no post shave products, just a warm water rinse.
All in all, I found my 1st shave with SC very pleasant. No issues to report, just a solid shave.
First, I opened all the sample containers last night to take a whiff of each one. Interesting. My initial thought was that most of them have the same "vibe" scent wise. I get an underlying soapy scent on all, followed by their respective scent profiles. Most, IMO, are in the spicy earthy category. Many took me back to my childhood, but I wasn't exactly sure why. Then later last night it hit me...When i was around 7-8yo back in the early 70's, once a year my parents would take us kids to a village out on the country in upstate New York for a day trip. This place had a lot of artists and artisans, pottery, glass blowers, sculptures, painters, etc. My dad referred to it as "hippie hollow". Anyway, in a lot of the shops they sold incense and I would walk around smelling all the different kinds of incense and that's what a lot of these SC scents remind me of.
Anyway, I picked 5 that I will try this week, the first one this morning was "Musk". Best I can describe the scent is a sweet cologne profile with a bit of earthiness. Very pleasant. Scent strength is fairly strong, about a 7.5/10 to my nose.
The cream is firm, croap like. I scooped out a fingernail size of Musk into my later bowl and proceeded to load my Simpson Duke 2. Lather is very easy to build and it can take a fair amount of water without getting airy. I face lathered and ended up with a very nice creamy lather, not "Santa Clause foam" but really nice rich & creamy. I did a 3 pass with no issues and had plenty of lather left over. A little bit of SC goes a long way, nice. Lathering also opened up the scent a bit and again, I found it very pleasant. I could still get whiffs of the scent from my skin up to about an hour later.
Post shave feel is very nice and soft with just a bit of tightness creeping in after about 30min, but that's not unusual for me. I used no post shave products, just a warm water rinse.
All in all, I found my 1st shave with SC very pleasant. No issues to report, just a solid shave.
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