Wholly Kaw’s Project Leather lather is very nice: thick, slick, and smelling good — “refined notes of Leather Suede blended with Cardamom, sensuous Vanilla and Tobacco notes, with Oud and Bourbon added for substantivity.” His formula includes hops extract and more. The soap responded well to this RazoRock 24mm synthetic.
I got an extremely nice shave with my Gillette 1940s Aristocrat, so nice I checked which blade it bore: Wilkinson Sword. Three comfortable passes to an impeccably smooth face.
A splash of Geo. F. Trumper Spanish Leather (augmented with a couple of squirts of Grooming Dept Hydrating Gel) and the weekend begins.
The tea this morning is Mark T. Wendell’s Pu-erh Tuo Cha tea, the one that comes in small tissue-wrapped nest shapes. “Pu-erh tuo cha tea yields a dark, full-bodied brew that has a unique damp and earthy aroma taste. It retains its flavor through several infusions very well.