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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (9 children)

It depends. Blow torches are odorless unless the canister is leaking. Flare guns don't smell like anything unless they've been recently discharged, and even then it's probably not a strong odor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I used to have a crusty old sample that someone sent me during my first Lather Games. It's pink, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This looks like a New England forest.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No that's ok. I saw it last night and was too tired to think about it!

This tub was free from Ben, so it's a perfect winner.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is yours a 2-piece handle? I got the same kind of razor from Vis.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

November 5, 2024

  • Brush: Summer Break Soaps w/Maggard 28mm Silvertip Badger
  • Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
  • Blade: Personna Lab Blue (4)
  • Lather: Speick - Cream
  • Post Shave: Spearhead - Seaforth! Heather - Toner
  • Post Shave: allMan - Refined - Balm
  • Fragrance: Geoffrey Beene - Grey Flannel - EdC

Another fine shave with Speick. Good stuff, although I find that you need to use sort of a lot of product.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Oh cool. I didn't even have a chance to vote though!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Maybe it'd be fun to give 2 days worth of consolation points to people who are DQ'd to see if anyone is smart enough to purposefully throw the game on the last day.

Thinking about it more, I don't like that idea.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I really like this idea.

Things that pop into my head:

  1. Have a backup soap choosing method in case ShavingInCT's Discord bot takes a dump at an inopportune time.
  2. If the first quiz answer is PAA, for example, consider waiting for the next one.
  3. Maybe give a tad bit of flexibility in case the game picks some super odd-ball soap that nobody has with scent notes from another planet. If it seems like everyone is going to burn their airbud allowance on one day, that would stink. Maybe 2 airbud days?
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

November 4, 2024

  • Brush: AP Shave Co. - 24mm 2Bed Synthetic
  • Razor: Chiseled Face - Legacy Raw Titanium (#69)
  • Blade: Personna Lab Blue (3)
  • Lather: Speick - Cream
  • Post Shave: Aqua Velva - Musk - After Shave Cologne
  • Post Shave: allMan - Refined - Balm

Luxury shave, as they call it.

If Speick was ubiquitous where I lived (like, available at the drug store), I wonder if I would take it for granted. I find it to be a really excellent, nice smelling shave product that I really enjoy using.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Thrill of the kill!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago
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The Lather Games theme (from the other website) is:

Information Overload

"Product marketing must list at least 10 scent notes.
Note: remember that notes are scent descriptors used for marketing - not actual ingredient lists.
Caveat: fragrance dupes will count the number of notes listed in the dupe's marketing description - not the original product's description."
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Roam Two is a great scent that is not OG Roam, but still great. It wasn't on sale.

Promises - marketed for winter, an interesting scent that's absolutely worth the $5 I paid for it.

Cootie Killer 2.0 hand soaps - I got 6 of them for $2.50 each. I've never smelled Le Grand Chypre before so buying 3 bottles was a small risk, but it was worth it. It smells like a lemon-lime type of soft drink. Fougere Classique is so stanky and awesome, but I might be the only one in the house to use it.

 

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Wildcard Wednesday

"Product can be any singular product you want to use - it doesn't even have to be soap.  But here's the catch: any subsequent shave by other LG participants on the same day with the same product will be disqualified; only the earliest submitted shave will earn points for being on-theme.
Note: For the purposes of counting brands for the Soap Brands bonus point, whatever you use here will be counted as whatever brand it is.  Palmolive dish soap?  Palmolive.  Skippy peanut butter?  Skippy.  Barrister and Mann Cootie Killer?  Barrister and Mann.  Home-made soap?  Assume it's branded however you would usually brand it if you made something.  Two soaps superlathered together?  Whoops, that's a disqualification."
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If you're playing asking with the lather games on the other website, today's theme is:

Christmas in July, but in June

"Product must be:
     - Explicitly marketed as a Winter scent OR
     - Explicitly marketed for a holiday occuring between Winter Solstice and Vernal Equinox OR
     - Strictly feature pine, fir, or spruce.  (Evergreens with dirt or lichen?  Nope.  No dirt allowed in the living room - only the tree!)
Caveat: Products explicitly marketed for multiple seasons or other seasons do not count (eg. ""a summer breeze through pine trees"")."
 

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For those playing along with the Lather Games on the other website, today's theme is:

Sweet Sunday

Product must be a sugary sweet gourmand.  Products inspired by sweet, desserts, etc. are good candidates for this theme.
 

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The Lather Games theme for today (from the other website) is:

Spooky Season

Product must be:

    Explicitly marketed as an Autumn scent OR
    Explicitly marketed for a holiday occuring between Autumnal Equinox and Winter Solstice OR
    Products that prominently feature spicy accords may be accepted.
 

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If you're following along with the Lather Games at the other website, today's theme is:

Fougère Friday

"Product scent must demonstrably be a fougère (one of the most prevalent fragrance families in men's fashion).  It should be marketed as a fougère or classified as one on a reputable site.
Note: The mere presence of lavender, coumarin, and oakmoss in a product does not make it a fougère (nor does their absence necessarily rule the category out)!  Ask an expert ahead of time if in doubt.
Caveat: WK Fern Concerto is not eligible for this theme because of reasons.  Just ignore that one."
 

Share your shave of the day! For those of you following along with the Lather Games on the other website, today's theme is:

Sunny Days

"Product must be:
     - Explicitly marketed as a Summer scent OR
     - Explicitly marketed for a holiday occuring between Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox OR
     - Prominently feature aquatic or citrus accords.
Caveat: Products explicitly marketed for multiple seasons or other seasons do not count (eg. ""Christmas oranges"")."
 

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The Lather Games theme (from the other website) is:

Don't have a Cow, Man!

"Product may not contain animal-derived ingredients of any kind (e.g. tallow, egg, yogurt, silk products, lanolin, animal milk, etc.).
Note: ""stearic acid"" is usually vegetable-derived unless explicitly labeled otherwise."
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