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Tuesday SOTD Thread, December 30th, 2025 (#931)
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SOTD - 2025-12-30: Adventus Calendar
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[OOOo]Adventus Day 23
Today's soap is Old Gold by Obsessive Soap Perfectionist (OSP). I'm not familiar with this company either; it looks like the main guy left the market and came back then left again. Wetshaving Store still has a couple of their products, but not this one.
It's a soap on the harder-side but not a triple-milled hard soap. I lathered it like I would Tabac: little soap and gradually a good amount of water. It gave a nice lather and a comfortable shave. It had a good medium scent throughout.
In today's satchel, I received a full bottle of Old Spice Classic Aftershave (sailboat, so I'm thinking it's from the 80s or 90s?). This matches the Old Spice cologne that I already had, so I went nuts with it. Old Gold is a pretty good dupe as I sit here in an Old Spice cloud. Tomorrow is the last day of Adventus. I'm feeling the transformation starting.
Have a good day!