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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by walden to c/wetshaving
 

Share your shave of the day!

If you're participating in the Lather Games on the other website, today's theme is:

Dupelgänger

Product scent must demonstrably be a duplication of another company's fragrance (e.g. Stirling Executive Man is a dupe of Creed Aventus).

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[–] gcgallant 5 points 5 months ago

June 13, 2024

  • Brush: Wild West Brushworks Deep Pearl 26mm Sweet Spot Badger

  • Razor: Thiers Issard Le Transatlantic 7/8" Full Hollow Round Point

  • Lather: Ethos Grooming Essentials - Succès - Soap

  • Post Shave: Ethos Grooming Essentials - Succès Skin Food - Splash

  • Post Shave: Thayers - Rose - Toner

  • Fragrance: Creed - Aventus

  • Talc: Yardley Classic
     


I was interested in trying Aventus dupes a couple of years ago. I tried a number of samples and actually bought tubs of some of them. Of the ones I have, I think Succès is the best. I doubt that it is note-for-note accurate but, to me, it has the best feeling of high-key freshness that real Aventus has.

Here is my artist's rendering of the cover.

[–] PorkButtsNTaters666 3 points 5 months ago

Thursday, June 13, 2024: Thursday Narcissism


Late-night DE shave - and a good one.

Have a good night!

~Shared via emacs & sotd.el~

[–] djundjila 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Dupelgänger

  • Brush: APShaveCo - Butterscotch with 24 mm Tuxedo knot
  • Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 14 (8/8", extra hollow ground, stainless steel)
  • Lather: Chicago Grooming Co. - AG 1889
  • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Friends to the End
  • Fragrance: Maison Francis Kurkdjian - Baccarat Rouge 540

Theme: AG1889 is a dupe of Guerlain Jicky, and it's so good I keep using it despite getting all tingly from using it (yeah, I know).

Relevant post & frag: Bear with me: When I got my set of 1889, I immediately got a fresher version of Baccarat Rouge and said so on the discord. I was met with some push back, but who are you going to trust? My nose or some randos? So the relevance is that 1889 smells like a fresher variant of BR, and Friends to the end is the on theme version of BR. (Or vanilla, if you prefer my critics.)

Great shave with my prized Frio 14, hands down my best razor.

Challenge: A soap label

[–] walden 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] PorkButtsNTaters666 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He must have practiced drawing perfect circles for hours!

[–] walden 2 points 5 months ago

Well, the graphing paper really helps, but credit where credit is due.

[–] djundjila 1 points 5 months ago

You'd think so but I was born with that gift

[–] djundjila 2 points 5 months ago

Much appreciated!

[–] walden 2 points 5 months ago

June 13, 2024

  • Brush: Maggard 24mm Synthetic
  • Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
  • Blade: Bolzano Superinox (German) (4)
  • Lather: Barrister & Mann - Roam Two - Soap
  • Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - Aftershave
  • Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. - Varen - EdT

Roam Two is obviously a dupe of Roam, and not a very accurate one at that.