Buttercream is not a classic fragrance, nor should it be, just as chocolate-chip cookies are not a main dish, nor should they be. But little bits of entertaining novelty are pleasant to encounter — the chocolate chips of daily life. Mama Bear’s Buttercream is a pleasant change of pace, even if but for a step or two, and a shave stick seems the ideal format for such novelties: a little, but not too much.
And, as usual, with soft water a glycerin-based soap — like Mama Bear’s soaps or Col. Conk’s — provides a very nice lather indeed. I added water to my Sabini brush a couple of times to bring forth the full lather, but once it was there, it was a pleasure (and a buttercream-fragranced pleasure this morning).
I have the impression that Fendrihan’s Mk II stainless-steel razor (here coated in bronze) does not get the recognition and praise that such an excellent razor deserves. This really is one of the best razors I own, and the price for this stainless-steel razor strikes me on the bargain side of reasonable. With three easy passes, I achieved a perfectly smooth and undamaged face.
A splash of Mr. Taylor’s aftershave and I’m reading for the day.
The tea this morning is Murchie’s London Afternoon: “Fragrant rose petals are interwoven with smoky Lapsang Souchong, sweetened with creamy vanilla and a touch of bright bergamot.”