My face and I have kind of settled on the following weekly regiment because of the sensitivity of my skin (mostly on my neck). On Monday I shave with a blade. Tuesday through Friday I shave with an electric. Saturday and Sunday are typically spent providing my face with much-needed relief. Shaving is almost always a painful and humiliating experience for me. By Wednesday morning my entire neck is inflammed and covered in ingrown hairs. I’m convinced that having to wear a tie to work isn’t helping the situation.

For years I was a regular Gillette whore, upgrading whenever they came out with a new razor. First it was the Sensor, then the Sensor Excel, finally I settled on the Mach 3 Turbo. Last year they introduced a model with 5 blades, the Fusion, and even though I was tempted to pick one up off the shelf, I never did because the blades themselves were twice as expensive as my dependable Mach 3 Turbo. Last weekend the Gillette company was kind enough to provide me a sample of it’s Fusion brand razor to try out.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have seen the promised land, and it is the Gillette Fusion.

Further research is obviously necessary. To begin with, I don’t know if I’m just experiencing the typical euphoria that I experience whenever I replace the blade on my razor (60% more euphoria because of the two additional blades). However; I strongly suspect that the “Flexible Comfort Guard,” which appears to cover nearly 2/3rds more surface area than the microfins on my Mach 3 Turbo, has something to do with the improved experience. We’ll also have to see if I experience my typical levels of irritation on my neck tomorrow morning.

Of course, I shouldn’t get ahead of myself. All this giddiness over a new razor will likely be tempered when I apply my typical formula of taking the relative happiness that this new razor is providing, dividing it by the cost of blade refills, and determining if it’s actually worth it.

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