My Mühle silvertipped Cosmo brush made a good lather from WK’s King of Bourbon. The ingredients are shown on the label, but in more detail on the website:
Potassium Stearate, Sodium Stearate, Aqua, Donkey Milk, Water Buffalo Milk, Glycerin, Potassium Tallowate, Sodium Tallowate, Potassium Ricinoleate, Sodium Ricinoleate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Sodium Shea Butterate, Garcinia Indica (Kokum) Butter, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Butter, Water Buffalo Whey, Linoleic Acid, Linolenic Acid, Humulus Lupulus (Hops) Extract, Lanolin, Fragrance, Citronellol, Linalool, Coumarin, Benzyl Benzoate
The fragrance is described thusly:
Well blended notes of Tobacco, Bourbon Vanilla from Madagascar, Ginger, Vetiver, Cypriol, Ylang-ylang and Cassia absolute. Gingery vanilla gives off boozy notes without being too sweet on the drydown. Tobacco comes into play in the middle notes. Woody and earthy notes from Cypriol and Vetiver tone down the sweetness.
It’s a very satisfying soap, and Phoenix Artisan’s Ascension tackled the stubble effectively. I do like that knob on the handle, especially when shaving the against-the-grain pass.
A splash of Musgo Real, and a new day begins, one with pollution down a little (thanks to some rain), but still quite high: 161 PM2.5. I have to go out, and I’ll wear an N95 mask — and return home quickly.
The readings and the risk ratings are clearly on different scales. Here’s what the risk factor shows:
