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Brush: Semogue Pegasus mistura 26mm
Razor: Muhle Rocca R94
Blade: Bic Chrome platinum
Lather: Australian Private Reserve - Raconteur
Post Shave: Australian Private Reserve - Raconteur
Fragrance: Australian Private Reserve - Raconteur
Day 30 of APRil, it's finally done! Used my stankiest APR for the final day. Gonna go detox with a cheap dupe in good soap tomorrow.
April 30, 2025
I picked LGC this morning thinking that I need to start making an honest effort at killing this. I wrapped up and sprayed my EdT and today was the first time I ever smelt the cinnamon note of it and it almost blew my head off. It adds nice spicy ness and powderyness to it that Iβm just now identifying.
Hey look it's everyone's favourite black sea glass brush aficionado.
I actually shaved first thing. Next in line was no scrubs but that's been bumped to last as it's special. So instead it's the first shave of a NO double header.
Northern elixir. A scent my daughter really likes and good for hot weather. She says it smells like a cold forest and she's not wrong
April 30th, 2025
$discord
Great soap base if you ask me.
Birthday shave π. This is the Soft Heart version of 42 that came with the finger balm back in 2021. I recently picked up a trick of it with the soap in Excelsior on the discord BST because I wanted the alcohol splash and the frag.
Happy birthday! π
Thank you!
