WetShaving
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Octidi 28 Frimaire an 233 de la RΓ©volution, jour de Truffe
It is Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club again! I was very excited about this one, because I had never before used a House of Mammoth soap. The smell I could identify was essentially leather and smoke, but the whole thing being rounder than in Oro Valley.
What they say about it:
Yeah. It reminded me of Fumoir des Anges by Annette Neuffer, but less brutal with the smoke.
I thought since they are heavy on smoke, the Stag would complement it well β but I don't know: the Stag is for me distinctly blue-collar, maybe proletarian, and this one clearly isn't. Maybe after all, I did get the light, fragile and delicate part of the scent. And who would have thought, it is very fitting for the day, since it contains truffle notes, and today is the day of the truffle in the French calendar!
This is a scent that did not immediately vibe with me, but I believe that there are very good chances that it would grow on me if I bought the full tub π€
Thanks to @walden@sub.wetshaving.social for this smush!
~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~
What did you think of your first use of the HoM base?
It was not the supercreamy lather I got from Old Strathcona, but it was good, not outstanding. But I don't hahe it dialed in, and with all the hype surrounding HoM, it's difficult to see how I could not have been a bit disappointed if I didn't find it the best thing since the invention of fire π€·
I've heard people say it's the type of soap that you don't need to load very heavy, but I find the opposite to be true. The more the better. It's hard to gauge if smushes are going to be enough soap -- hopefully nobody suffered from having to under-load.
In general Tusk is so-so for me. It's easy to accidentally over hydrate in my experience, and you won't know it has too much water based on how it looks, only by the lack of slickness.
I'm surprised by how differently I perceived this scent. I got none of the smoke and leather.
must have been confiscated by Swiss customs
The Germans seemingly confiscated it too, no smoke at all for me and perhaps just a faint touch of old leather (could've been the vetiver though). π€
Me neither, zero smoky notes - and I actually hoped for those...
Same!