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Our next reseller spotlight is accompanied by a delightful edition to the Villainess catalog (sort of). But first, the scents!
We began working with Brittany from Poshbrats in mid-2008 and were so taken with the concept that it wasn’t long before we were inspired to design a couple of suitable exclusive scents. After all, “life’s little luxuries are indeed necessities!”. What could better serve the Villainess Indulgence Credo? 
The concept breakdown (into P&B) wasn’t super-original, but I loved working with the chic sophistication of Posh versus the indulgent (slightly juvenile) sweetness of Brats. So Posh is A rich heart of dragon’s blood resin, white peach, and crushed pomegranate washed with sheer plumeria and lightly spiced with sarsaparilla. Blending fruits with resins is a near-signature Villainess shtick, but for good reason. The right resin, paired with the right fruit, can yield a light, lasting skin-scent. Posh is no exception, and by using a slightly-floral Dragon’s Blood resin we create a beautiful opportunity to fuse it with the slightly-fruity plumeria. And then sarsaparilla is a very flexible “spice.” It’s spice notes open the perfume with a light bite - perfect top-notes - but it’s earthy woodiness provides a dirtiness that ties it all back into that resinous base. Add a succulent shot of peach, and Posh rockets into my top 10.
Posh got done up as a soap, in a beautiful shade of royal purple garnished with gold at Brittany’s suggestion…
… And appears in our Whipped! and Extrait products, as well as a Smooch! scrub (sugar drenched in peach syrup - ridiculous).
Brats is a fusion of two distinctly different families of sweets - hard candies versus sticky candies - Ribbon candy spliced with butterscotch, salted caramels and a resinous melange of sticky sweets. I suppose butterscotch technically qualifies as a hard candy, but we’re working with a gooier toffied version and… well, it smells sticky. The hard candies in this concoction are old fashioned, general store barrels of ribbon candies and barber-pole sticks, fruits spliced with rosewater. Since we’d already included the gold and purple from the Poshbrats logo, we had to get a blushing pink in this soap. Of course, all those sweets will inevitably turn a cold-process soap shades of caramel, so we just extended the ribbon candy concept into the visual component:
While I adore a stripey soap, the Brats Smooch! is probably my favourite application of the scent, as it’s perfectly accented by 4 different sugars.
And then, the Whipped! and Extrait aren’t too shabby.
One of the real pleasures of working with Brittany has been a shared vision - indulgent body products gone global. So establishing Poshbrats as a reliable, UK/EU based reseller? A brilliant way around ever-increasing shipping charges, and prohibitive/fluctuating exchange rates. 
Transatlantic inconvenience goes both ways, and we are hella pleased to make both Posh & Brats scents available to stateside customers for the foreseeable future!
Vil·lain·ess \ 'vi-lən-nəs \ n : a woman who is a villainVil·lain·ess \ 'vi-lən-nəs \ n
1 : an uncanny, articulate woman
2 : a deliberate antagonist or tease
3 : an intelligent woman in a tabloid or gossip
4 : the fall-girl in a particularly difficult situationVillainess. Redefining "bad."
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POSH smells absolutely delightful. I thought it was going to be MUCH sweeter, but it is really well balanced and quite interesting.
yum yum yum yum!
Posted by Mary | August 31, 2010 3:16 PM
I can thoroughly recommend Posh Brats for UK Villainesses. I love the Posh scent (I do like your floral/fruit/dirt blends - Miss Edith is a big favourite, as is Nesthai) but I surprised myself with how well I liked Brats too.
Posted by Grace London | September 4, 2010 6:23 AM