Floris 89
I went Floris 89 today. The Tres Claveles horsehair shaving brush worked up a very fine lather from the Floris 89 soap—very fine in that the bubbles were extremely small and the lather was quite dense, almost like shaving cream. Quite good, actually. The Mühle open-comb with a previously used Astra Keramik Platinum blade did a very smooth job, three passes. I generally do just one pass with the grain, one across the grain, and a final one against the grain, but the XTG passs is actually two passes on the chin and upper lip, though I don’t lather for the second: just two quick passes, one in each direction. And the final ATG pass may require some additional work in some areas (typically under my chin and jawline, where I also have to pull the skin to raise the stubble for the polishing pass).
A splash of Floris 89 aftershave, and I’m ready for my final first-semester Spanish class. I wonder how many will show…
