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Friday SOTD Thread, October 17th, 2025 (#857)
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October 17, 2025 -- Fougère Friday
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
I leaned into the fougère today with a mostly-French setup and totally enjoyed it. I loaded the MdC heavily and hydrated it close to soupiness. Wonderful. I was reminded of u/EldrormR's go with the brain bowl and was thinking, "I might do that 🤔". But I won't.
The OG Fabergé Brut was a great finish to the shave. Nothing more is needed.
Same!
We have another person doing a MdC speed run. Putneyjc is about 5 or 6 weeks in.
I’m impressed. Which scent is he using?
Vetyver
That earthy, woody, grassy scent doesn't get old for most of us. I like the scent but I think Rose would be very difficult to tolerate for months.
I would also have a hard time with months of only rose.
I actually haven’t met a rose scent I’d be willing to use exclusively until it was gone. Have you?
I really like Rose de Pushkar, but using exclusively one soap is a garantee to go nose-blind to it. I'm not willing to do this with a scent that I like.
I tend to overuse scents that I like, drop them for a while, and then rediscover how great they are. This is primarily why I like changing the soaps I use with the season.
I think I could go through Rosa Oud from Eufros in one go. WestMan Alma (Red Roses · Passion Fruit · Passion Flower · Musk · Cedar · Oud) would work for me too. Otherwise, not a rose scent that is primarily just rose.
Oh man, those both sound fantastic!
They are! Good candidates for BVWSC I guess.