Thursday SOTD Thread - February 20th, 2025 (#618) [Atlas Shaves Edition]

Atlas Shaves II - Day 20

• Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Space Portal 25mm Mühle STF Synthentic Knot
• Razor: Blackland Razors Blackbird Ti
• Blade: Gillette Platinum [20]
• Lather: Zingari Man - Amir - Soap
• Post Shave: Zingari Man - Amir - Splash

I only had a WCS exclusive with ZM, The Soloist, but since WCS is not considered the artist in this case, I went with ZM's Amir.

Amir scent notes:
Top: Rose, Lemon, Smoke
Mid: Woods, Cedar, Amber
Base: Oud, Musk, Patchouli, Labdanum

Category	∑	Δ
Daily theme soap	24	0
Artisan	40	0
Scenter	0	0
Half of the scent notes	12	+2
Airbudding the day	0	0
Cross posting	20	+1
Snitching	1	+1
Snitching incorrectly	0	0
Goody Two-Shoes	14	+1
Total	111	+5

• lather: Southern Witchcrafts - Arcane Abyss

Atlas daily points: 2 points for matching scent notes +1 for crossposting on lemmy and reddit

Atlas cumulative points: 90

Feb. 20, 2025

• Brush: Grizzly Bay Blast Evo 28mm TNS V8 Badger
• Razor: Lambda Razors Athena
• Blade: Perma-Sharp (3)
• Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - Colonia - Croap
• Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Colonia - Aftershave
• Fragrance: Acqua Di Parma - Colonia

Day 53 of the Bubbles Parade. Colonia is perfect. Not over or under scented, the lather is slick and thirsty. Premium base is where it’s at.

• 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 20 of Atlas Shaves 2 – Electric Boogaloo Thu 20 Feb 2025

• Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
• Razor: Weck Sextoblade Med Prep
• Blade: Kismet Rostfrei, Polymer beschichtet
• Lather: Southern Witchcrafts and Chatillon Lux – La Forêt de Analingus for Excellence in Shitposting
• Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts and Chatillon Lux – La Forêt de Analingus for Excellence in Shitposting
• Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts and Chatillon Lux – La Forêt de Analingus for Excellence in Shitposting

After the kooky, naughty, obstreperous, and bellicose @pridetwo@sub.wetshaving.social tried to get me kicked out of AS2EB for pointing an inconsistency in his SOTD, a fierce legal battle ensued over my fate, spearheaded by the firewallden of djustice, @walden@sub.wetshaving.social, and now I am, like Lazarus, back from the dead. I still lost yesterday's points, which would appear to indicate that P2 was not entirely wrong. To the untrained eye, that is of course.

Today's theme is West Coast Shaving - Campfire with notes of cedar, cypress, and smoke. To celebrate the saving of my ass, I'm showing it some love with La Forêt de Analingus and its notes of cypress, oakmoss, cedar, vetiver, rose, geranium, juniper, bergamot, grapefruit, vanilla, benzoin, musk, patchouli, and a little more butthole

Read to Victory:

Category	∑	Δ
Daily theme soap	12	0
Artisan	36	0
Scenter	0	0
Half of the scent notes	16	+2
Airbudding the day	1	0
Cross posting	20	+1
Snitching	7	0
Snitching incorrectly	-5	0
Goody Two-Shoes	19	+1
Total	106	+4

Thursday, February 20, 2025

• Brush: Zenith/Stirling - 510SE-XL 31mm boar
• Razor: Gillette - Slim Adjustable (L4, 1966)
• Blade: Personna - Lab Blue (4)
• Lather: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber
• Post Shave: Chiseled Face - Ghost Town Barber Aftershave splash
• Post Shave: Ginger's Garden - Unscented Aftershave balm (+ menthol)
• Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Ubrique EdP

Oh boy, here I go killing again! Back on the GTB grind.

Ubrique arrived today, and I'm not yet sure how I feel about it. The EdP is a really nice, warm, smoky leather. There's a lot of complexity here, though, so I'll need to spend more time with it.

Praise the weekend!

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February 20, 2025

• Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts w/Maggard SHD 30mm Fan
• Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
• Blade: Personna 74 (27)
• Lather: Van Der Hagen - Deluxe - Soap
• Post Shave: Barrister & Mann - Petrichor - Aftershave
• Post Shave: House of Mammoth/Declaration Grooming - Cerberus - Liniment

A very decent shave. I have been using some super duper artisan soaps lately, and figured I'd take a break and use something more "commercial". This stuff is available in the USA at most grocery stores.

The puck is rather small, so I smushed it into an empty tub to make loading easier. The lather was really not bad at all. No complaints, and it has a nice almond type scent.