Nov. 6, 2021
Whipped out the MDC today - Fougere. After seeing the conversations about matching shave aftercare - I also grabbed two of the mentions - brut original aftershave, and D.R. Harris Arlington aftershave milk.
No fuss shave with Muhle R41 GT - my first use of a titanium razor. In hand it feels like a plastic toy - literally! Still keeps the blade feel and everything else similar to my R41 GS - albeit I believe the GS one is a tiny bit smoother - could be due to weight or me being more used to heavy razors. 93 number for 1993 birth year - great. Shaves great - so definitely a keeper. I really like the amount of blade feel the R41 have.
Lathered up with ease with the wolf whiskers brush. Maggards knot in there is great! Personally I wish it was set slightly deeper to get a tiny bit more backbone, but other than that it's awesome! Rather have less backbone than too much.
Plenty of luxurious lather appeared on the brush - slick yet quite thick. 3 Passes for BBS everywhere but the trouble spot. I stopped attempting at BBS in that place - since whenever I do, I always end up with irritation or weepers.
Scent wise... I feel like both brut and arlington are more of complimenting scents rather than being very similar. I find the MDC fougere quite green, with fern and cologne like scents there - albeit once lathered the scent isn't that strong at all to my nose (maybe top layer lost some scent by now? - I don't use it often ). The arlington aftershave feels quite similar yet different at the same time - I find it to compliment the MDC nicely, however the difference there is the citrus. According to the description - it's got orange, lemon, lime and fern in it. The fern is quite prominent, lime and lemon tend to be used in colognes more often than orange - so I guess the orange and probably amounts of lime and lemon add this additional citrus layer on top of the fern - which otherwise I feel like it would be very similar to MDC.
If you're looking into aftershave - the Arlington definitely would be a good choice. It isn't exactly the same as MDC fougere, yet it feels like an extension of it - carries on the scent similarity yet adds additional twist on top.
@Crossan