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[โ€“] snooting@wetshav.ing 5 points 4 days ago

February 10th, 2026

  • Brush: Zenith/Stirling - 510SE-XL 31mm Boar
  • Razor: Supply SE Adjustable
  • Blade: Ted Pella Injector (1)
  • Lather: Stirling - Seine Reserve - Soap
  • Post Shave: Stirling - Seine Reserve - Aftershave
  • Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
  • Fragrance: Stirling - Seine Reserve - EdT

Today's challenge soap is Hoffman's Shave & Soap Co. - Winter Cascade. Scent notes are: Florals, Spice, Gardenia, Frankincense, Musk, Oakmoss.

I don't have any soap from Hoffman's, but I do have several soaps that match 50% scent notes. Stirling - Seine Reserve didn't have any scent notes listed on Stirling's website when they released it for Black Friday 2024, but they did note that it's a dupe of Rive Gauche by Yves Saint Laurent. Taking the Fragrantica scent notes as guidance we have:

Top notes are Aldehydes, Green Notes, Honeysuckle, Bergamot, Peach and Lemon; middle notes are Rose, Iris, Ylang-Ylang, Lily-of-the-Valley, Geranium, Jasmine, Magnolia and Gardenia; base notes are Oakmoss, Tahitian Vetiver, Musk, Sandalwood, Amber and Tonka Bean.

3/6 gets me there, and lets me shave with a damn fine scent.

Road to $ASS victory:

Category โˆ‘ ฮ”
Daily theme soap 6 0
Artisan 16 0
Scenter 0 0
Half of the scent notes 8 +2
Airbudding the day 1 0
Cross posting 10 +1
Snitching 6 0
Snitching incorrectly 0 0
Goody Two-Shoes 10 +1
Total 57 +4