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November 26, 2025 — BVWSC
- Brush: Zenith B40 28mm Boar
- Razor: J.A. Henckels Friodur 472 13/16" Full Hollow Square Point
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - Soap
- Aftershave: Noble Otter - Monarch - Aftershave
2 passes. Face lather. Excellent shave.
This is November’s Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club day and my first try of a Fanzine Saponifications soap; our soap choice this month. For me, the scent strength was mild but that may be due to it being a smush. That’s not a criticism, though. I picked up the leather and a touch of vetiver and black pepper. The soap base is just fine and worked well in my travel bowl lathering method. I listened to the u/raymoonie’s interview of u/TheStallionPartThree. Kudos to the Stallion for his efforts. Thanks, also, to @walden@sub.wetshaving.social for the smush and all he does.
November 26, 2025 - BVWSC
- Brush: Chisel & Hound The Diplomat 26mm v19 Fanchurian Badger Knot
- Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Ti
- Blade: Gillette 7’OC-SS
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - Soap
- Post Shave: Noble Otter - Ace - Splash
For November’s BVWSC meeting, @walden@sub.wetshaving.social generously provided smushes of Fanzine Saponifications’ Caravaggio made by u/TheStallionPartThree.
The leather, vetiver, and pepper scent notes I was picking up worked well with the supportive notes from Ace by Noble Otter.
I think that the playing card series did not do as well as Cody thought it would. Of the three I’ve tried, I think Ace should come back under another name. Great scent. I think it would go well with Caravaggio.
I agree that Ace was criminally overlooked.
November 26th, 2025: BVWSC
- Brush: Maggard Razors 24mm Synthetic
- Razor: Joseph Rogers & Sons Near Wedge (2)
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - Soap
- Post Shave: Old Spice - Original - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Nivea - Sensitive - Balm
- Fragrance: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - EdP
$discord
Today is the mostly-monthly meeting of the Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club, a small group of wetshavers dedicated to an open internet who partake in the open-source versions of Reddit - namely https://sub.wetshaving.social and https://wetshav.ing. There's also an open source chat (in addition to IRC which is also open source?(not sure really, maybe it depends on how its hosted. Maybe an expert can chime in)), https://chat.wetshav.ing.Anyway, enough boring stuff. I'm a big fan of Fanzine Saponifications. The soap base is easy to use, and the two scents that I've smelled are really great. This one, Caravaggio, is an off-the-shelf dupe of Killian - Dark Lord. Dark Lord is really incredible and I've finished off a sample of it. Caravaggio is Dark Lord adjacent, but excellent in its own right.
Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club Meeting – Wed 26 Nov 2025
- Brush: Chisel and Hound – Screwdjriver with v28 Fanchurian
- Razor: GEM Micromatic Clog-Pruf Peerless (gen 2)
- Blade: Personna GEM PTFE
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications – Caravaggio
- Post Shave: Pitralon - Swiss version
“Fate loves the peerless.” — GEMes Russell Lowell
First time tying a soap from our u/TheStallionPartThree, and this base is solid! It lathers easily, hydrates gradually, and produces slick lather. On the first try!
The scent was fairly faint to my nose, but I’m dragging a stubborn cold with me so that might just be me. Kudos to the Stallion!
Interesting discoloration on that smush… I wonder what caused that?
No idea. The envelope showed no sign of damage, and i would have expected simple oxidation to manifest more uniformly. A mystery.
Luckily, it hasn’t messed with latherability
Mine looks similarly, btw
Must be something in the air over in that part of the world 🤣
I did a pretty typical packing job with these. Scrape out some soap with a plastic scraper, smear it on wax paper, fold the wax paper over to smush the smush out, etc. No skin contact or any other funny business. Who knows!
MMOC++!
Agreed!
^but this is a Clog-Pruf 🙃^
Ha! I guess my reading comprehension decreases first thing in the morning. 🙄
Been there ☕
SOTD - 2025-11-26
- Prep: Proraso - Crema Pre Barba Protettiva (blue)
- Bowl: Captain’s Choice - Obsidian Copper
- Brush: Semogue - Owners’ Club Cherry Wood Boar 24mm Boar
- Razor: RazoRock - Superslant - L3
- Blade: Feather - New Hi-Stainless (1)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Arance Mandarini (sample)
- Post Shave: Hâttric - Classic Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling Soap Co. - Glacial Unscented Balm
- Post Shave: Proraso - Polvere Post Rasatura
- Tool: wsdb
- Tags: $discord
Have a good one!
Quintidi 5 Frimaire an 234 de la Révolution, jour de Cochon: Buena Vista
- Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic Bingcha (Iced Tea)
- Razor: Thiers Issard Le Grelot (2)
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications Caravaggio
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Epsilon Blue Mediterranean
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
The Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club has reconvened, this time with a soap provided by Walden. The smush lathered up very nicely, and the scent is also very pleasant.
I got the impression that this scent belongs to the Midnight Stag/Valley of Ashes family. It is not the proletarian uncle who is covered in motor oil and shows his butt crack whenever he bows down; it is not the sophisticated librarian who spends his evenings in a leather armchair reading. Here, I rather see the young man who just bought a leather jacket, and is on his way to the bar.
A very good first impression!
Have a good day!
26. November 2025
- Brush: AP Shave Co. black & clear handle w/ 30 mm Tuxedo Fan knot
- Razor: Leaf Thorn
- Blade: Derby Premium
- Lather: Los Jabones de Joserra - The Witcher
- Post Shave: Zingari Man - The Master
- Alum: Osma Alum block
2 passes on the head, 1 on the neckline. A great shave except for one nicked mole on my neck.
This combo is slowly becoming one of my personal all-time favourites, the spicy notes in both scents are working wonderfully in conjunction. Thankfully, no tingling or any other adverse reactions from the soap anymore. I don’t know what was the cause during my first use of it. The Vetonia base is top notch; unfortunately José doesn’t have a dedicated internet presence for his business so his goods could be even more well-known.
'nuff said. Enjoy your Wednesday, folks 👍🏻
I have two soaps from Los Jabones de Joserra; Blas de Lezo and Noir. The Witcher looks awesome. Oud, amber, vanilla, tobacco. Checks every box for me. I agree with you about The Master. That’s an underappreciated scene by Shawn.
Yeah, he’s really good. We did your Noir for one BVWSC and it was a really interesting scent to me too… My other LJdJ is “Masala Connection” and I think you’d appreciate that scent even more. Bergamot, Cinnamon, Patchouli, Black Pepper, Cedar, Leather and Tonka Bean - it’s a very bold scent. The Witcher has a bit more sweetness due to the vanilla, Masala Connection is basically just spices, wood and leather. I don’t know how these work so well as a combination, but they somehow do…
So far I haven’t had a single product scented by Shawn Maher that I disliked. Truly a master perfumer.
I agree with you about Shawn. There isn’t one scent of his I’ve tried that didn’t hit for me. Masala Connection does sound great, especially for the cold months.
I was always wondering why so many artisans hired/collaborated with him to scent their products, now I know - he can do fresh interesting citrus like GraveFruit II as well as dark spicy barbershop scents like The Master.
Unfortunately I couldn’t find a link to an american shop that carries that soap for you 😕 tariffs make ordering from Italy, Greece or Germany totally unviable for you in the US.
Thanks for looking! Pasteur Pharmacy and The Razor Company both carry LJdJ here in the states, and neither store has inventory of the product. I’m certain that’s due to tariffs. I can wait.
November 26th, 2025: BVWSC - Caravaggio Edition
- Brush: Zenith/Stirling - 510SE-XL 31mm Boar
- Razor: Chiseled Face Titanium Legacy Razor
- Blade: Personna Lab Blue (1)
- Lather: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - Soap
- Post Shave: Fanzine Saponifications - Caravaggio - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
- Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts - Valley of Ashes - EdP
For today's meeting of BVWSC we're shaving with Fanzine Caravaggio. This is not new to me, as I bought a tub in the initial release. It's a soap I always enjoy shaving with.
Killer scent, excellent lather, what's not to like?
It's been about a month since I used my CF Legacy as well. This things gives me such a close shave, especially with Lab Blue blades. Such a killer razor!
November 26th, 2025: SLS
- Brush: AP Shave Co. “Amber Smoke” - Silksmoke 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Gillette Super Speed Black Tip
- Blade: Van Der Hagen Stainless (1)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Hygge - Soap
- Post Shave: Stirling - Christmas Eve - Aftershave
- Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented - Balm
- Fragrance: Stirling - Christmas Eve - EdT
