Blood Moon shave 26.05.21
Pre-shave: Hot Shower
Brush: Wolf Whiskers - a custom 30mm Blackwolf
Soap/Cream: Phoenix & Beau - Baskerville
Razor: Wolfman - WR2 / WHR7 (1.45)
Blade: Gillette - Stainless (red & white) (3)
Post-shave: Oaken Lab - Earth of Mankind AS splash / B&M - Roam AS balm
2 pass WTG daily shave = BBS. This shave is dedicated to the blood moon on the 26.05.21. What a howling good shave it was. So far this is the best shave I have ever had in 2 passes without going ATG or doing touchups.
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Holy moly werewolves fangs, the wolfman 1.45 is brilliantly efficient and smooth. Without doubt that is the best razor I have ever used. The first time I used it I was cautious and careful and rewarded with a great shave. This time I let loose and boy oh boy can this thing shave.
I planned this shave so the soap, splash, and balm would work together each adding their own elements. I think I absolutely nailed it.
The Soap, Baskerville is very strong and dark, and heavy on the birch tar and cedarwood, also being sophisticated, with the earthiness of vetiver, with dark spicey notes of labdanum and frankincense, and a little tonka bean to soften up the harshness of the cedarwood and birchtar. Absolutely brilliant soap from Phoneix and Beau. Carmine from TOTC was generous enough to release this one to me one from his personal stash.(thanks)
Next the balm, Oaken Lab - Earth of Mankind. Adding notes of clove, cassia, tobacco, vanilla, agarwood, patchouli, vetiver and sandalwood. These notes continue on with the wood, spice and earthy notes while introducing a little tobacco adding new scent element which works perfectly with the other dark scent notes.
Finally the balm. B&M have some really unique dark fragranced soaps splashes and balms. The one that worked the best which I had on deck was Roam. Tobacco absolute, smoke, leather, musk, thyme, damp earth, and grass. This is a very dark fragrance that really shines through on its tobacco, smoke, damp earth, musk notes. Again overlapping scent notes combine to accentuate the already present scents from the soap and splash. Because there is no clash of scent notes and the combining and overlapping of exisiting and similar scent notes makes this the ultimate dark, earthy, smokey, spicey combination of soap, splash, balm set that I have ever used. On the scent strength side this one is very strong. Forget adding a EDT or cologne it would be way overkill. These combined elements alone on the drydown had staying power for over 12 hours. It was only until this evenings shower until the scents was washed away.
If your not into dark scent notes and do not appreciate smokey elements or are female, stay away from what I used in this sotd, this one is strictly for the men.
