Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
Razor: Thiers Issard Le Dandy (5/8", square point, carbon steel)
Lather: Martin de Candre – Absinthe
Post Shave: L’Occitane – Eau de Baux
First use of Absinthe for me. I really like the MdC base, it’s easy to work with and super slick, and the scent of Absinthe is nice. I think if I was given the soap to smell in a blind test, I’d have guessed that it’s a spearmint chewing gum fragrance, though. Primed with the knowledge that they were going for absinthe, I can sniff the anise/fennel, but it doesn’t scream fée verte to me. Not a problem, since it smells good anyway. Great all-EU-artisan shave.
The resilience of TSF is astounding. These numbers aren’t final until ShavingInCt confirms them, but it looks like HoM, last year’s winner, is done. The Mammoth Mafia seems to follow in the footsteps of the once mighty Order of the Stag.
Mon 24 Mar 2025
First use of Absinthe for me. I really like the MdC base, it’s easy to work with and super slick, and the scent of Absinthe is nice. I think if I was given the soap to smell in a blind test, I’d have guessed that it’s a spearmint chewing gum fragrance, though. Primed with the knowledge that they were going for absinthe, I can sniff the anise/fennel, but it doesn’t scream fée verte to me. Not a problem, since it smells good anyway. Great all-EU-artisan shave.
The resilience of TSF is astounding. These numbers aren’t final until ShavingInCt confirms them, but it looks like HoM, last year’s winner, is done. The Mammoth Mafia seems to follow in the footsteps of the once mighty Order of the Stag.
Scrape time: Mon 24 Mar 2025, 07:58:29 GMT