Atlas Theme Soap:
Naranja by Dapper Dragon
Notes: Blood Orange
Feb 19, 2025 - BVWSC SLS - Dragonsbeard
- Brush: Wild West Brushworks Samurai 26mm Timberwolf Synthentic Knot
- Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Plus
- Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [24]
- Lather: Ethos Grooming Essentials - Dragonsbeard - Soap
February’s BVWSC sample generously came courtesy of @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social, who has selected some top tier soaps for us to try. This month’s selection is no different. Dragonsbeard is a warm, woody exploration of oud, and I thoroughly enjoyed the shave.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025: SLS
- Brush: Chisel & Hound “Spice Lily” - TurnNShave Tuxedo 26mm synthetic
- Razor: RazoRock - Game Changer .76
- Blade: Gillette - 7 O’Clock SharpEdge (4)
- Lather: ETHOS Grooming Essentials - Dragonsbeard
- Post Shave: Talent Soap Factory - Wallflower Aftershave splash
- Fragrance: Stirling - Stirling One EdT
Back with a second shave to try shifting to evening shaves. New job and commute have made it much more difficult to find time to run, so I’m going to start trying to fit it in before I need to leave. I’m not much of a morning person, so we’ll see how it goes.
I used up the rest of my Dragonsbeard smush for this shave. It’s a great scent and a very well-performing soap. I’d be interested in trying more ETHOS soaps in the future.
February 20, 2025 - Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club
- Brush: Wolf Whiskers – “Gianmaria” w/Maggard 26mm Synthetic
- Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
- Blade: Personna 74 (26)
- Lather: Ethos Grooming Essentials - Dragonsbeard - Soap
- Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Incorporeal - Aftershave
An excellent luxury shave compliments of @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social.
This is my first time using an Ethos soap, and I’m impressed! I loaded the entire smush, so I was not wanting for lather. I’ve seen this soap base used a lot on YouTube, and now I know why people are fans. I don’t know anything about the artisan, but I do know the price is slightly outside of my comfort zone. It seems like you get what you pay for, though.
The scent is pleasant and just interesting enough to catch my attention. It seems like a crowd pleaser without being too generic, if that makes sense.
Feb. 19, 2025
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts Green White Swirl W/ Griffith 26mm High Mountain SHD Fan
- Razor: Wolfman WR2-SB 1.05 Gap
- Blade: Personna P74 [15]
- Lather: Catie’s Bubbles - Glacé Herbe - Soap
- Post Shave: Catie’s Bubbles - Cool And Fresh - Aftershave
- Fragrance: Mancera - Wild Leather
Day 52 of all Bubbles all the time.
Froze my face off in solidarity with all of my northern friends and family dealing with the cold and snow.
- Catie’s count.
- Day 1 Florentine Fern.
- Day 2 Ménage a Lavande.
- Day 3 Valley of Fire.
- Day 4 Lancaster Leather.
- Day 5 Le Piment de La Vie.
- Day 6 Azure.
- Day 7 Waterlyptus.
- Day 8 Revolution (AirBud).
- Day 9 Retreat.
- Day 10 Le Nude (Sample).
- Day 11 Connecticut Shade.
- Day 12 Mille Chypre.
- Day 13 V.
- Day 14 Barnegat Bay Original Italian Style.
- Day 15 322
- Day 16 Porch Drinks.
- Day 17 Un Jour Gris
- Day 18 Grapefroot
- Day 19 Glace Herbe
Primidi 1 Ventôse an 233 de la Révolution, jour de Tussilage
- Preshave: Proraso White Preshave
- Brush: Yaqi 26mm Synthetic Bingcha (Iced Tea)
- Razor: Feather Artist Club SS Kamisori
- Blade: Feather Pro Guard (11)
- Lather:
Abbate y la Mantia IshtarEthos Grooming Essentials Dragonsbeard - Postshave: Naissance 702 Witch Hazel
- Postshave: Pitralon Classic After Shave
- Postshave: Nivea After Shave Balm
It’s the first day of the Windy month, and also, BVWSC!
@gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social’s Dragonsbeard is an intriguing scent: it reminded me somewhat of Telegrama, by Imaginary Authors – which must be the vanilla, because otherwise, there doesn’t seem any scent in common. It is slightly spicy and woody, and I like it!
This time, after my problems last time, I was prudent enough to use a synthetic brush, and it was easy to lather (even though it drowned it slightly). Improvements!
Have a good evening!
Edit: I fat-fingered the soap – obviously it was Dragonsbeard
Your lather is listed as Ishtar
Thanks, corrected!
Den tour part 3
Signature soaps a Capra unscented
Can’t believe I did a June to end of August run with this soap back in 22 as an unscented lather games to AA self challenge.
Unscented soaps suck, but the performance is good. By far the best UK artisan in my book. Also looking how little is left it’s probably going to be my next kill attempt.
Unscientific den ranking so far
- Wickham ninfeo di Egeria
- Signature a Capra
- Caties bubbles le marche du rasage
Man idk if I have the discipline to kill a tub of unscented soap
It’s Travel tub so was only half sized to begin at least
Nope, couldn’t do it
February 19, 2025
- Brush: Dogwood Handcrafts w/Maggard SHD 30mm Fan
- Razor: Gillette Tech (Z-4)
- Blade: Personna 74 (25)
- Lather: House of Mammoth - Santa Noir - Soap
- Post Shave: House of Mammoth - Santa Noir - Aftershave
I’m a dolt and forgot to use my BVWSC soap, so I will pay penance and enjoy a Luxury Shave later this evening. Looking forward to it!
19.02.2025
- Brush: TGS Galaxy 26 mm
- Razor: Leaf Thorn
- Blade: Perma-Sharp half DE
- Lather: Ethos - Dragonsbeard
- Post-Shave: OAM oli del benessere toner; Alterra men natural ASB
-> 2-pass head shave, very smooth sailing all around.
Dragonsbeard is rather interesting. Warm oud meets florals is what my nose thought of it at first. However, this didn’t change much once it was lathered. I was really grateful that it’s not one of the very animalistic/barnyard ouds and the overall scent strength wasn’t very high - I suppose this is good for some use cases. Judging by the high price point of Ethos though (over here at least), this wouldn’t be a soap high on my buy list. However, I am really grateful for the opportunity to try it! Thanks gcgallant for the sample.
Btw, I kinda had trouble to get the lather right. First pass was very sloppy and wet, the second - after some new loading and starting from scratch - much better. The base has good glide and doesn’t irritate my skin, so bonus point for that. Not as great as a mutton tallow base or something by WK, B+M or ZM, but perfectly serviceable.
Now it’s time for bed for me since I have another early shift tomorrow. Last one this week though, on the weekend it’s late shifts!
Atlas Shaves II - Day 19
- Brush: Trotter Handcrafts Daliesque 26mm Manchurian T1 Badger Knot
- Razor: Aylsworth Razors Drakkant Ti
- Blade: Gillette 7 O’Clock Super Stainless (Green) [23]
- Lather: H.A.G.S. - The Awakening - Soap (Vegan) (OSIRIS)
- Post Shave: H.A.G.S. - The Awakening - Aftershave (Alcohol Free)
No Dapper Dragon in the den, but this dupe of Tom Ford’s Bitter Peach has a very nice blood orange note.
Category ∑ Δ Daily theme soap 24 0 Artisan 40 0 Scenter 0 0 Half of the scent notes 10 +2 Airbudding the day 0 0 Cross posting 19 +1 Snitching 0 0 Snitching incorrectly 0 0 Goody Two-Shoes 13 +1 Total 106 +4 Wednesday, February 19, 2025: BVWSC - Dragonsbeard
- Brush: Summer Break Soaps “Elyria” - TurnNShave v9 28mm badger
- Razor: Eldrormr Industries - MM24
- Blade: Accuforge - GEM Microcoat (3)
- Lather: ETHOS Grooming Essentials - Dragonsbeard
- Post Shave: Barrister and Mann - Lavanille Aftershave splash
- Post Shave: Stirling - Glacial Unscented Aftershave balm
- Fragrance: Barrister and Mann - Lavanille EdT
For this month’s meeting of the Buena Vista Wetshaving Club we’re shaving with Dragonsbeard from ETHOS.
Artisan notes:
It combines Authentic Agarwood Oil and Oud Resin with essential oils of East Indian Sandalwood, Amber, Tonka Bean Butter, Madagascar Vanilla Bean Infusion Oil, and White Rose Absolute.
I wouldn’t call this a gourmand, as the oud was front and center to my nose. I did pick up on a little spiciness and vanilla, and maybe a hint of rose. It’s a very complex scent that I thoroughly enjoyed. The base also gave an excellent lather without too much effort.
Thanks for the smush @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social!
Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club - Wed Feb 19
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Weck Sextoblade Med Prep
- Blade: Kismet Rostfrei, Polymer beschichtet
- Lather: Ethos Grooming Essentials – Dragonsbeard
Dragonsbead is a nice warm and dark scent. Woody and a bit sweet, with deep oud. Thank you @gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social for the smush!
The scent reminds me of something, but I can’t put my finger on it right now. This is going to drive me nuts 😅
Good second luxury shave, good Buena Vista Wetshaving Social Club February meeting, good evening.
The scent reminds me of something, but I can’t put my finger on it right now. This is going to drive me nuts 😅
Telegrama?
The scent reminds me of something, but I can’t put my finger on it right now. This is going to drive me nuts 😅Telegrama?
nah, aside from vanilla, there doesn’t seem any scent in common 😉
- lather: Declaration Grooming - Scrooge
Atlas daily points: 2 points for matching scent notes +1 for crossposting on lemmy and reddit +1 points for making a spice girls meme of the remaining competitors
Atlas cumulative points: 87
I absolutely recognize @djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social!
👌
How often do we need to rehash that I showed you my face in confidence? tsk, tsk, tsk, now people are going to recognise me in the train.
It’s the cleavage that gives you away 🤩
doxxing my décolleté? How dare you
Day 19 of Atlas Shaves 2 – Electric Boogaloo Wed 19 Feb 2025
- Brush: Zenith 506B MB (27 mm × 51 mm Manchurian badger)
- Razor: Weck Sextoblade Med Prep
- Blade: Kismet Rostfrei, Polymer beschichtet
- Lather: Declaration Grooming – Scrooge
- Post Shave: Brut – Oceans
- Fragrance: Stirling Soap Co. – Island Man
LatherBot really has a thing for rare and extinct soap brands this month. I don’t have any Dapper Dragon soap. Luckily, Naranja with its single blood orange note gives me a number of options.
I went with Scrooge, which has notes of oak, cognac, blood orange, bitters, sandalwood, sea salt, clove, nutmeg, rum for two points.
I bought Brut Oceans following u/frankieIVfingers’ suggestion and it’s a fun pickup. It’s fresh and aquatic, diametrically opposed to the sharp green and woody original in initial feel, yet it still reminds me of it with aromatic and woody background notes. When I’m free of AS2EB-related duties, I’ll have to combine l try and combine this with BaM Waves.
A nice FLS to start the day before a BVWSC SLS later today.
Road to Victory:
Category ∑ Δ Daily theme soap 12 0 Artisan 36 0 Scenter 0 0 Half of the scent notes 14 +2 Airbudding the day 1 0 Cross posting 19 +1 Snitching 7 +1Snitching incorrectly -5 -5 Goody Two-Shoes 18 +1 Total 102 0 Did you have an improper snitch today? Is that why the points are striked through?
Sir, you missed some good lawyering on discord today
I’ll have to ask AI to give me a good summary.
Yes, I’m out
I disagree!
But, welcome to the freedom club.
Who am I to disagree? 🎉
