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Atlas Shaves Theme:

Fitjar Islands Slåtterøy - Notes: Citrus, Chamomile, Cedar, Coriander, Bay

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Feb. 25, 2025

  • Brush: Chisel & Hound Strawberry Fields V24
  • Razor: Wolfman WR2-SB 1.05 Gap
  • Blade: Personna P74 (16)
  • Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - X - Croap
  • Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - X - Aftershave

Day 57 of pick a bubble any bubble.

Love X, the scent, the lather, the splash. It’s all great. Gonna need to grab the frag soon.

  • Catie’s count.
  • Day 1 Florentine Fern.
  • Day 2 Ménage a Lavande.
  • Day 3 Valley of Fire.
  • Day 4 Lancaster Leather.
  • Day 5 Le Piment de La Vie.
  • Day 6 Azure.
  • Day 7 Waterlyptus.
  • Day 8 Revolution (AirBud).
  • Day 9 Retreat.
  • Day 10 Le Nude (Sample).
  • Day 11 Connecticut Shade.
  • Day 12 Mille Chypre.
  • Day 13 V.
  • Day 14 Barnegat Bay Original Italian Style.
  • Day 15 322
  • Day 16 Porch Drinks.
  • Day 17 Un Jour Gris
  • Day 18 Grapefroot
  • Day 19 Glace Herbe
  • Day 20 Colonia.
  • Day 21 Blugère
  • Day 22 Pine Barrens.
  • Day 23 Whack and Unwrap
  • Day 24 Two To Mango
  • Day 25 X

Atlas Shaves II - Day 25

  • Brush: Chisel & Hound Fu Dao Flare 26mm v20 Fanchurian Badger Knot
  • Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Ti
  • Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [24]
  • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Alighieri - Soap
  • Post Shave: House of Mammoth - 福 (Fú Dào) - Splash
  • Fragrance: House of Mammoth - 福 (Fú Dào) - Eau de Parfum

Today's theme soap Fitjar Islands' Slåtterøy has the following scent notes: Citrus, Chamomile, Cedar, Coriander, Bay. Unfortunately, I don't have any Fitjar Islands soaps in my den, so it came down to finding enough scent note matches.

I finally settled on the Dior Fahrenheit for Men dupe Stirling's Alighieri with 3 of 5 scent note matches: leather, cedar, sandalwood, vetiver, musk, amber, nutmeg, tonka bean, citrus, lavender, chamomile, and florals.

Category Δ
Daily theme soap 24 0
Artisan 52 0
Scenter 3 0
Half of the scent notes 14 +2
Airbudding the day 0 0
Cross posting 25 +1
Snitching 1 0
Snitching incorrectly 0 0
Goody Two-Shoes 16 0
Total 135 +3
[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 day ago

February 25, 2025

  • Brush: Simpson Trafalgar T3
  • Razor: Fatip Classic Testina Gentile
  • Blade: Personna 74 (30)
  • Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Nag Champa - Soap
  • Post Shave: Spearhead - Seaforth! Leather – Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Goodfellow & Co. - Face Lotion - Kelp & Sea Mineral

30! I don't remember if I've made it to 30 uses on a blade before, but if I have, it was a Personna 74. GEM blades last some people a long time, but I've always tossed them before then (I think).

[–] pridetwo@sub.wetshaving.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
  • lather: Spearhead Shaving Co. - Seaforth! Leather

Atlas daily points: 0 points for messing up matching scent notes +1 for crossposting on lemmy and reddit

Atlas cumulative points: 109

Messed up because I didn't catch leather says west indies bay and not just bay for notes. But them's the breaks, I'll go out the same way I played the game. Good luck to Sahenders who seems to be in the strongest position to finish with his airbud intact. I'll shave along with everyone through the end of the month for funzies, but as the rules say: out is out.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 day ago

Congratulations on a solid run.

[–] snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

  • Brush: Chisel & Hound "Spice Lily" - TurnNShave Tuxedo 26mm synthetic
  • Razor: RazoRock - Game Changer .76
  • Blade: Gillette - 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (5)
  • Lather: Mike's Natural Soaps - Orange, Cedarwood, & Black Pepper
  • Post Shave: Talent Soap Factory - Wallflower Aftershave splash
  • Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
  • Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Roam Two EdT

This was a nice cheery combination of scents to start the morning. Today's my last day at work before a week and a half in Europe with my wife. Looking forward to it!

Have a great day y'all.


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[–] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where are you going? Anywhere near enough to have a drink?

[–] snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mostly just London and Paris, with one night (Thursday) in Amsterdam.

I suspect that would be a long trip for you just to have a drink with some rando. ;)

Yeah, that's a bit far😄

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] snooting@sub.wetshaving.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Basically just London and Paris, with a first night in Amsterdam. She’s already in the Netherlands for a work conference, so I’m meeting her there as our jumping off point.

[–] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Day 25 of Atlas Shaves 2 – Electric Boogaloo Tue 25 Feb 2025

  • Brush: Rubberset 400-3 with a 26 mm unbleached Zenith boar knot at 56 mm loft
  • Razor: Zwilling J. A. Henckels Friodur 14 (8/8", extra hollow ground, stainless steel)
  • Lather: Fitjar Islands – Slåtterøy
  • Post Shave: Old Spice – Original
  • Fragrance: Imaginary Authors – Sundrunk

I'm back from a near DQ experience for the second time, and with a rare match to boot. Again, it's preparation for Lather Games 2021 saving my butt, because I bought this sample for it.

Bay rums aren't really my thing. I associate their smell with something sickly sweet, like a summer garden where some of the ripe fruit have fallen to the ground and insects swarm the rips where sweet warm fruit mush oozes out. Otherwise a fine shave with the big Frio14, and Sundrunk fixed the scentscape for me by adding the freshest of fresh fruit.

Back on the Road to Victory:

Category Δ
Daily theme soap 18 +6
Artisan 52 0
Scenter 0 0
Half of the scent notes 16 0
Airbudding the day 1 0
Cross posting 25 +1
Snitching 7 0
Snitching incorrectly -5 0
Goody Two-Shoes 24 +1
Total 138 +8
[–] sahenders@sub.wetshaving.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks! A welcome lucky break 😄

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks for making the post. This time it was just me forgetting to schedule it!

No worries! It'll be easier when they can be planned in advance once as2eb is done