October 24th, 2026: MonsterMash

• Brush: Summer Break Soaps - Unbleached Zenith 28mm Boar
• Razor: EldrormR Industries MM24
• Blade: Accuforge GEM Microcoat (11)
• Lather: Snoot Soap Co. - Honeycrisp Homicide - Soap
• Post Shave: Southern Witchcrafts - Gothorum Tonstrina - Aftershave
• Post Shave: Oleo & Co. - Facial Toner - Toner
• Fragrance: Southern Witchcrafts - Autumn Ash - EdP

Theme justification - Today I'm combining Chiseled Face Apples of Aetherwood and Southern Witchcrafts Gravefruit II. CF markets AoA as a summer scent, which I find confusing given it's a soap built on apples and spices. Most apples are harvested in the fall, so I place this fragrance firmly in fall territory.

Gravefruit II was a seasonal SW release that their own listing pitches for “crisp autumn weather.” Together it's spiced apple cider with a grapefruit twist with incense underneath. I’m calling it Honeycrisp Homicide.

Relevant Post Shave or Frag - SW once described Autumn Ash as “the quintessential Fall fragrance.” Maple, smoke, pumpkin, ash, dirt. If a fragrance can be on theme by itself, this is it.

Daily challenge - Skipped today, I didn't get a chance to shave until after midnight.

$FOF - I didn’t have high hopes for a grapefruit and apple soap, but I was pleasantly surprised. Grapefruit was strong at first, but it eventually faded and the apple and spice from Aetherwood came forward. I probably wouldn’t want a tub of it, but I enjoyed the combination well enough.

Gothorum Tonstrina was a great palate cleanser. Clean, powdery barbershop with a bit of musk. Much calmer than the soap combo.

Finally: Autumn Ash, with smoke, maple and wet leaves. A bit of plum and dirt underneath. There's something about this fragrance that I find indescribable. It reminds me of mornings spent around a wood-fired stove, and the rich stink of decaying leaves.

Unfortunately the soap and splash give me frag burn, so I'm grateful to u/SamIAmShepard for the bottle of EdP. It's one I really cherish.