Wednesday, July 24, 2024: 1st Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club Shave
- Preshave: Proraso Green Preshave
- Brush: Semogue C3 Galahad Horse 🐎
- Razor: Thiers-Issard 188 7/8 'Coq et Renard'
- Lather: Abbate y La Mantia Don José
- Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Floid The Genuine
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
It looks like I get to open the 1st Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club Shave! I did a midday shave.
First impression upon opening the sample: The banana is strong in this one. Second impression: A memory of one of the greatest films of all times hit me: Banana Joe! No way that this isn't a homage to Bud Spencer, the original Don José!
I don't know whether Bud Spencer is known in the US of A, and whether youngsters such as @DaveWave94@sub.wetshaving.social know who he is, but he was big in the 80s and 90s, and he was the preferred actor of my Latin teacher – which came as a surprise to us, but really shouldn't have: there definitely is a Herculean energy in him.
Concerning the shave: I confirmed that AYLM soaps, even in this base, don't do very well with the water we have here, and require approximately 50-100% more volume of soap per shave than the Zingari soap I used yesterday. Otherwise, good results. My head has not swollen yet, and while I feel a slight tickling on my skin, no serious reaction seems underway. I'll probably live another day. Will I place an order for Don José? Unlikely.
Anyways, have a good day, and enjoy your BVWSC shave!