Hot flannel and Pears transparent soap.
Extro Arancia Italiana applied liberally with the soft caress of the PAA Phantom Aerolite. Baurmann 5/8 just off the diamond after a refresh. Bio oil and a splash of the old Tabac.
After a night of kebabs, beers and honey rum, catching up with an old buddy (40+ years of friendship) and staying up till 4am talking, drinking and listening to tunes, with only 5h kip, today's shave was all set to be simply functional or even perfunctory. If I had any sense of self preservation I would have used the Tech, but as I'm a bit low at the moment (and had just refreshed the edge on the Baurmann) I decided I'd give it a run out to focus on something.
There is a part of me that finds using a blue brush with orange soap strangely jarring, but the Arancia just smells so good, and the soft caress of the big synth, as soppy as it sounds, was really comforting, even though I usually prefer more backbone. The Baurmann didn't have much to do, as I had used the tech yesterday, and the edge was a tad crisp, pretty much straight from the diamonds with just a few passes on bare leather. Nonetheless it was efficient and gave a DFS with 3 passes, no blood, if a little raw. I chose the bio oil to soothe and replenish, which is a nice finish. The familiar nostalgic scent of Tabac rounded off my feelgood shave today, by no means perfect but y'know, just nice.