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February 22, 2025
Posting a day late. Traveling with the family. Nice shave. I like these blades.
Atlas Shaves II - Day 22
The first and last shaves with a GEM blade are always the toughest. To be fair, it's been way too long since I've used the MM24. It was overall a great shave with Stirling's Ozark Mountain.
It took long enough for LatherBot to come around to Stirling, but no British Leather in the den unfortunately.
| Category | โ | ฮ |
|---|---|---|
| Daily theme soap | 24 | 0 |
| Artisan | 48 | +4 |
| Scenter | 0 | 0 |
| Half of the scent notes | 12 | 0 |
| Airbudding the day | 0 | 0 |
| Cross posting | 22 | +1 |
| Snitching | 1 | 0 |
| Snitching incorrectly | 0 | 0 |
| Goody Two-Shoes | 15 | +1 |
| Total | 122 | +6 |
Atlas daily points: 4 points for matching artisan +1 for crossposting on lemmy and reddit
Atlas cumulative points: 100
Saturday, February 22, 2025
This is my first shave with Ubrique, and I'm very impressed. It's a much spicier and richer leather scent than the Seaforth! Leather. A bit of tangy citrus and smoke, but much less coriander/bergamot brightness.
I'd situate it somewhere between Stirling's Oro Valley (an Ombre Leather dupe) and the Seaforth! Leather. The soap isn't quite as bright to my nose as Oro Valley, but it has a similar smoky/citrus (but much more complex) vibe. Obviously, the performance is top-notch like every other BaM soap.
The EdP is absolutely excellent. Dark leather, smoke, much more citrus, and a background of peppery goodness. I'm definitely a fan. I'd say this is worth picking up on its own at least if the soap and splash don't appeal to you.
The Clog-Pruf shaved great as always. Just an excellent start to my Saturday.
Easy one today with Stirling finally making an appearance.
Read to Victory:
| Category | โ | ฮ |
|---|---|---|
| Daily theme soap | 12 | 0 |
| Artisan | 44 | +4 |
| Scenter | 0 | 0 |
| Half of the scent notes | 16 | 0 |
| Airbudding the day | 1 | 0 |
| Cross posting | 21 | +1 |
| Snitching | 7 | 0 |
| Snitching incorrectly | -5 | 0 |
| Goody Two-Shoes | 20 | +1 |
| Total | 118 | +6 |
Satsuma++
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Stirling with a boar brush is always such a lovely lather.
Yes, they are such a good match ๐
