Pre: Valobra Glicerlanolina soap, Myrsol Emulsion
Brush: Tony Forsyth P&C LE 2017 Platypus
Soap: Australian Private Reserve Fougère Bourbon Rose
Razor: Wilkinson Sword Sticky
Blade: Vintage Wilkinson Sword Super Sword (1)
Post: Myrsol Emulsion
Splash: Australian Private Reserve Fougère Bourbon Rose
Only us wet shaver aficionados appreciate it, but sometimes you can have a shave that makes you glad to be alive.
I had one tonight.
After several shaves with the very aggressive ATT H2, I dialed it all the way back to the super-mild Wilkinson Sword Sticky. However, paired with a very sharp blade (cue a vintage Super Sword), and you still have a very efficient weapon. The Sticky is just so easy to use - you can glide it around with relative freedom, and if it were not for audio feedback, you'd wonder if you've forgotten to load a blade. Three very comfortable passes, and a decent clean-up thanks to the mildness of the razor and the residual slickness of the soap, and I was BBS.
But the star of the show was the soap. Australian Private Reserve have just released three winter soaps and aftershaves, and I've just snared a couple. I have always rated APR soaps as top shelf, and this was no exception. Great cushion, glide, and residual slickness. And the scent- WOW! The Artisan described it during early formulation as "A beautiful, dirty, deep winter
Fougère accented by the smoky Réunion island Bourbon Rose." That just about nails it. I could wax lyrical about the complexity of this scent, but rather than bore you with technicalities, I'll simply state that this is the soap and aftershave that Tony Soprano would use before heading out in a tux to the annual Goodfellas Ball.