Review (5/5): Couldn't be happier
Heads up, same review for the oil and balm as I've been using them in tandem:
I ordered without any reviews... I couldn't be happier. This oil absorbs well and isnt greasy. I've been using it at night before bed to keep my beard from drying out at night (cold winters, low humidity, fine hair... it sucks). I've been pairing it with the code balm during the day to keep my beard soft, hydrated, and held in place when I brush it.
For the oil I've been using a cheap mustache comb that came with my trimmers, placing oil in the comb teeth and combing my beard from my neck forward to spread the oil followed by using a firm boar brush to work it into my skin from the neck forward.
For the balm I have been using a medium soft boar brush and scraping an end of the bristles lightly into the balm and brushing it into my beard from the face to the neck to style it.
I dont know if I'm doing this right, but I'm happy with the results. Both hydrate and absorb well and have a long lasting scent that, although the ingredient list makes one think of a "darker" or heavier smell, actually is light/bright smelling and would, in my opinion as a gay man, compliment any "aqua" scented style of cologne very well. All of the other brands I have tried I havent found anything that went well with my cologne (dunhill desire blue), but this does. I'm very happy with this purchase and plan to buy the oil and balm again in the future. I wish this scent came in the mustache wax as well, though I do like the scent of the fertile crescent wax.