WetShaving
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Décadi 20 Nivôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Van
I received a mail today from Le Père Lucien (4 shaving soaps and an after-shave; I will not be able to kill 4 soaps this year, I'm afraid...), and I also got a smush of his Traditionnel soap. So why not start with this one? First impressions: It provides a good and protective lather, but the smell reminded me disturbingly of a Bouquet Garni that I would put into soup.
Official scent notes: Lavender, eucalyptus, thyme, rosmary
~Now that I see it, I should have listened to Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel while shaving.~
Excellent shave with the 1912.
Have a good evening!
~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~
That sounds like the gourmand nobody asked for 😅
Whiskey-labeled soaps who end up smelling like smoked sausages are on the same page 😓
Public service question: which one is/are these?
Meißner Tremonia - Strong'n'Scottish is the offender. They were probably going for the smoky, earthy notes of good Scotch - but to me, it only resembles the smell of smoked "Knackwurst" 😥
Thanks 👍
If Cuero Oscuro is chosen for March, I could include a sample of it in your letter - in case you actually want to try that and not just look to avoid that soap 😂
That is very kind of you – let me think about it. Ideally, I'd have a sausage-sauerkraut flavored soap 😜