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Just like clockwork, it’s July, and we’ve got a seasonal Black Label Collection. Let’s cut to the chase here:
Quick or Dead? - “Sarsparilla and sweetgrass, worn saddle leather, tobacco smoke and the remains of a spicy lime cologne. The essence of the wild west. When hard work meant your homestead, and if you weren’t Quick you’d sure as sin end up Dead (much like the armadillo roadkill that litters our wide open praries). Saddle up, yo.” Returning in Soap, Smooch!, Whipped! and a well-aged perfume oil.
Trauma - “Ripe peaches dripping with dragon’s blood, against a sweet skin-scent of Egyptian musk, amber and myrrh. Trauma strikes on a visceral level -a violation of skin and blood. An impact that leaves you seeing stars, an interruption of life’s sweetness.” I think we’ve had requests for this one every single month since it disappeared last summer. This year it’s back as Soap, Smooch!, Whipped!, a very wearable perfume oil, and a soywax Burn! votive. This is the perfect room scent, and we’re thrilled to offer these delicious peachy candles.
Neisthai - “Sultry evenings, sweet iced tea in glasses beaded with sweat. Age-old roses and magnolia blossoms. Fallen peaches and wild blackberries. Honeycrisps and banks of honeysuckle. Acres of cut clover, mown grass and old, musty wood. Neisthai, to return - the homecoming. This fragrance fuses classic Southern archetypes with the scent-memory of my own picturesque homestead garden. More than the sum of its parts, Neisthai draws on rich, gourmand notes, delicate florals, crisp fruits, and traditional base notes to create an evocative whole.” I’m still crazy about this sweet, dark summer scent. We brought it back as Soap, Smooch!, Whipped! and a lovely Burn! votive.
Pieman - “Bizarre blueberry and succulent blackberry, a touch of pie crust, and a breath of honeysuckle.” The Pieman is an old favourite - it’s been a while since we made a batch, so when we started getting requests, it didn’t take much for me to jump on board. We’ve reinvented this scent with a richer blend of berries - a little blackberry tartness to round out the blue sweetness, a greener summery honeysuckle, and the tiniest crumb of piecrust. Snag it as a Soap or Burn! votive.
Quark - “A puzzling juxtaposition of Pink Pepper and Peppermint, Basil and Bergamot, Geranium and Grapefruit.” Occasionally, we like to make a nice, goopy-lathering, all olive soap. We let it cure for months and you get a rock-hard bar of super-gentle soap. It’s soap-making at it’s purest - nothing flashy, just soap. This one is scented with nothing but essential oils, for a simple, memorable blend.
An additional note, this month’s Burn! release has been reformulated from the Sidewalk and Pipevine Swallowtail votives we released in June. Our feedback said that the candles weren’t quite burning as evenly as you’d like, so we ditched that smidgen of paraffin and went with 100% soywax. We think these are performing beautifully, and we’re excited to see what you think!
Find this Black Label collection with the usual suspects: The Soap Box Company, Scent Addict, The White Door, and Poshbrats.
On the new developments front, we are forever finalising our facial formulations (call us perfectionists, but your faces pretty much top our priorities list), working on top-secret collaborations, and brainstorming a truly awesome new project. This is something I’ve wanted to be able to do for years now, so it’s a little awesome to finally have it start coming together. A sneak peek?
That’s a fraction of a collection of single notes that are going into a new product. Really, feel free to speculate. It will be exponentially as awesome as you think.
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1 : an uncanny, articulate woman
2 : a deliberate antagonist or tease
3 : an intelligent woman in a tabloid or gossip
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Posted by Jett | July 14, 2009 11:46 PM
The candles burn more evenly, but the throw was better in the other candles. I think that Pipevine Swallowtail will always be my favorite, but Neisthai is a close second!
Posted by Lauren | July 20, 2009 12:04 AM