October 9th, 2026: Favorite

• Brush: Semogue - 1800 Boar
• Razor: Puma 76 - Solingen - 13/16 Half Hollow (5)
• Lather: Barrister and Mann - Waits - Soap
• Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Tres Matres - Toner

Fantastic shave!

This was my first time using Waits, but keep reading to see how it is, in fact, my favorite.

I had the pleasure of attending the Maggard Meetup this year in Adrian, Michigan. Barrister and Mann was there, and Will and his girlfriend were doing something fun. They had 6 new scents available, and participants could smell each one and rank them from most to least favorite. The best scent(s) would go on to become a released product, but we didn't know names, scent notes, or anything else like that. We just smelled them blind and ranked them.

Fast forward to last month, and the Sessions Series was released. Waits, Two Walters, King, and Kanno were released. I decided to buy two tubs, and Will said we could email him to find out which scents were our personal favorites at the meetup.

Proof that Waits was my favorite pasted below -- straight from the artisan.

Hi 'walden'!

You bet! In order, you ranked them:

    Waits (your overall first choice)
    Two Walters (your overall second choice)
    King (your overall third choice)
    Kanno (your overall last choice)

Your fourth and fifth choices did not make it into production. Let me know if you have any other questions and thank you!

-Will

So as you can see, my favorite scent is Waits.

Daily Challenge: holy crap, I can't believe that worked. I upped the difficulty by using a dry boar brush. To be fair, I stopped soaking my Semogue brushes a while ago because they're ready almost as fast as a synthetic once broken in.