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This should be the first of several entries featuring the exclusive scents we’ve designed for our fabulous resellers. It occurred to me that fans who are new to Villainess, or who haven’t had reason to give our resellers a try, might be completely unaware of some truly essential scents. And, if these are old favourites of yours, maybe you’ll want to give them a try again. 
When we design scents for our resellers, the process can vary. Sometimes we collaborate - we work with suggestions and requests from a given scent family (gourmand, floral, citrus, etc.). In other instances, resellers are kind enough to trust me, and we hook them up with whatever latest concoction is lurking around in R&D stage. Black Out was one of the latter, so when we first discussed designing exclusives for Magical Omaha (the Scent Addict’s predecessor) I was thrilled that Cindy seemed just as excited about the concept as I was.
Black Out is Dark cocoa and oppoponax, blackened with patchouli, cyanide and a breath of aniseed. Inspired by a ridiculous chocolate and almond layer cake, this scent manages to hit all my fragrant-weak-spots. The chocolate is very dark, and grounded with a dry patchouli, so it doesn’t really evoke a sense of the gourmand. Since the sweetness comes from the almond and oppoponax it dances a sort of borderline sickly-sweet. A little more anti-freeze sweet than dessert, yeah? 
Black Out also marks the first of my obsession with oppoponax. I’ve cultivated an abiding fondness for sweet myrrh, and frankly it’s a struggle not to spike everything with it.
The “breath” of aniseed puts off more potential fans than anything, but we promise - it really is a mere “breath.” Since Black Out was originally composed for Soap format, it was an easy matter to accent each bar with a beautiful aniseed star…
…for a mere suggestion of sharpness. Of course, no aniseed essential oil makes its way into the blend, so other products (like the matching Whipped!) actually get short-changed in re: to licorice! 
The Black Out Smooch! is another favourite that exemplifies everything I love about the Body Conditioning format. It’s perfectly smooth, a creamy balm accented with a single aniseed star, and then at the bottom, a luscious paste of crushed almonds and cocoa. It’s barely exfoliating and an almost completely pointless exercise in indulgence.
Find Black Out at Magical Omaha or the Scent Addict in Soap, Smooch!, Whipped! and Perfume Oil formats.
For our part, we’re happy to feature Black Out Smack!. This one is composed of Two scoops of Incense sweetened with Chocolate Mousse and Honey Nut. and it does a fair job of evoking the original blend. While the Officially Sanctioned Blend uses two scoops of Incense (since the single note runs a little light) you could easily sub one with an extra scoop of Chocolate Mousse or get a little more accurate/adventurous with a scoop of Unearthed.
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