October 2020 Acquisitions

[Dr Watson]

A vintage butterscotch Rooney boar brush, which appears to be NOS. I have not used a real boar brush before, and I'm looking forward to trying it.

I had a vintage Rooney boar, good brushes. Definitely give it a couple of palm lathers before using it on your face would be my advice as it may be a bit scratchy until the tips begin to split.

 

[Optometrist]

A couple of Peach & Cognac backups

 

[Holyzeus]

A couple of Peach & Cognac backups

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That good ?

 

[Optometrist]

That good ?

Yep.

 

[Holyzeus]

Yep.

Enabled, she’s gonna kill me

 

[Shaverrific666]

Enabled, she’s gonna kill me

Good performer, Bal. All will be forgiven once she feels your face. Everything with come up smelling of ro.. peaches!

 

[Holyzeus]

Good performer, Bal. All will be forgiven once she feels your face. Everything with come up smelling of ro.. peaches!

Hhhmm, I doubt it very much!
Anyway, ordered!

 

[Northam Saint]

That’s the handle, waiting for the knot !

 

[N_Architect]

£22, majestic scent.

 

[N_Architect]

150gr. BV soap bar for a tenner.




Plus two perfumes and two scented after shaves:




The Joop I always wanted to try, the BV Pour Homme Parfum however was a tough call.
It was a blind buy as the event was a bazaar 80% off and no sampling/tester was generally available.
They had all four BV scents, and from these the BV Pour Homme Extreme as well as the Parfum are discontinued (at least to my understanding).

After opening the BV PH shave cream jar, I can say that indeed the PH is quite more balanced than all other editions.

Last but not least, Molton Brown: £3.60/100ml bottle, shower gels, conditioners,, body lotions, shampoos, you name it - all scents.
How to resist?

 

[TobyC]

Baton handle Treet razor with the somewhat hard to find green handle.

 

[culcreuch]

AnBBas synthetic and Travel Tube...brought to my attention by @Electrif . The brush will get a run out later. It has a larger glue bump than I would like but I bought it for the travel tube....and for what I paid for the complete set....I am not really worried if the brush is a disaster!

 

[koenfucius]

A Haden made brush

 

[pimple8]

I agree. Thing is if I wanted an unscented soap I'd choose one. Both Moon soaps had unacceptable weak scents. I don't normally make a big deal about scents but these soaps aren't cheap and they are marketed as 'scented'. Also after watching reviews on YouTube you would think these are some of the greatest scented soaps of all time. Slight exaggeration but you catch my drift.

Haven't tried those two, but i have Union & Havana, and I can't say the scent is weak.

 

[Blackmass]

Haven't tried those two, but i have Union & Havana, and I can't say the scent is weak.

The two I bought were from the same shop so maybe a batch?
Kensurfs mentioned the Sorrento was "very light". Other reviewers on YouTube thought Old School had a strong scent.