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June 1, 2009

June Dirt!

This update requires very little commentary - we’ve already spoiled half of it in the Villainess Blog! For those of you not following along, allow me to recap… Sidewalk is a rare experiement in ozone and earth. “Hot concrete drenched in sunshowers. Summer melons, limeades and fresh-cut grass.” “Fresh” is a slightly pedestrian concept for Villainess. I mean, it’s just not what we do. So I really enjoyed the reinvention process, and the chance to infuse “fresh” with warmth and sweetness and a wealth of summer smells from my childhood.

Killer Treez, on the other hand… “The bleeding sap of a thousand fallen conifers covered in maple syrup. “ This one sprang from a hypothetical soap we discussed on the forums. Instead of using maple syrup like we speculated, I loaded this with pine tar - a supersticky, astringent, old-skool cure all. Supposed to be fab for psoriasis and various skin conditions. Anyways, it smells like you slaughtered an x-mas tree in a cedar closet and then polished off a short stack covered in maple syrup. Needless to say, I’m pleased.

The Pipevine Swallowtail is one of those big North American birds you see in summer. Not as classic as the Monarch, but just as elegant. The caterpillars like to nosh on (surprise) Pipevines so they make for a nasty poisonous mouthful for unsuspecting predators. Adults bear big orange eyespots on their wings as “don’t eat me” advertisement. My interpretation consists of: “Aromatic basil and bitter tomato leaf in an ephemeral haze of neroli and tangerine.”

All 3 scents are available in our fabulous Soap format, and will be ready to ship by June 4th.

Additionally, we’re happy to introduce the first of (hopefully many) the new Villainess votive candles. Burn! appears in Black Label high-form in our 2 new favourite scents - Pipevine Swallowtail and Sidewalk. Not terribly different from our well-loved Tarts, Burn! features a similar blend of strongly-scented soywax and paraffin, but with an all-cotton (lead free!) low-smoke wick. I have really enjoyed these in my home - containers are, well, self-contained and sometimes less-fussy than tarts. Of course, candle smoke typically irritates my allergies, so I was pleasantly surprised to discover that these are virtually fume-free! I sincerely hope you enjoy them, and look forward to stocking some of our general catalog scents.

Other additions include the (blogged about) Mud Sampler! (which features a teaser of our soon-to-be-released Crushed Mud!), and The Dad-Pack. Dad’s our notoriously hard to shop for, and with Father’s Day around the corner, we thought we might give you an extra option. Our most-macho soaps in Antihero and Byzantium, a little Ennui Whipped! (unscented, so no one will realise they need moisturising), and a wee sample of Grundy Smooch! (our effort towards enabling the exfoliant-resistant).

We are running a little late this month (plenty of shenanigans with facial care prototypes) - this was actually intended to be our May release, with a small summer-revisitation in July. We are still making plans for our July release (we’ve had multiple inquiries about Trauma - and yes, it’s coming back!), and should have at least part of our facial line ready for release shortly. Keep an eye on our blog for all the latest news!

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the candles look lovely - any idea when they’ll be in stock? =)

Posted by Liz | June 4, 2009 10:19 AM

I was thrilled to read about the scent of Pipevine Swallowtail. I love the scent tomato plants impart when lightly bruised or moved (and don’t get me started on basil, I have some sitting in a glass in my kitchen, scenting everything and waiting to get its leaves on some nice tomatoes and mozzarella) - of course, I was like the last to know and it’s gone! will this be back before summer’s end?

Posted by ghibbitude | June 21, 2009 3:49 PM

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