Mike’s Natural soaps seem to go for a light touch on fragrance — pleasant but modest and unassuming. Still, the lather is very good, usually requiring a dab or two of additional water during loading, probably due to the clay:
Distilled water; saponified tallow (beef) and stearic acid; vegetable glycerin; saponified kokum butter, avocado oil, and shea butter; lanolin, fragrance and/or essential oil(s); saponified coconut oil; kaolin clay, vitamin E.
Phoenix Artisan’s Starcraft is a 24mm brush, a little on the large side for me, but it works well and I like the retro look. Yaqi’s double-open comb head is a marvel, routinely delivering a comfortable shave with an exceptionally smooth result.
A splash from a Chiseled Face sample of Cinnawood Boroka, which smells exactly as you would expect, and I’m ready for the end of the week (though not the weekend — that will require one additional shave).