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Every year, I am newly surprised to find that our birthday (On August 14th) has come and gone. The sad, delightful fact, is that we don’t have a lot of time to stop for milestones. The new developments, and fabulous fanbase that have kept us going for seven years also keep us too busy to stage a proper retrospective. It’s a daily celebration, another opportunity to do something we love, for people who love what we do. 
So, happy birthday! Seven years, and tons o’ soap later, we’re still delighted to bring you the bizarre indulgences you adore!
To celebrate, we’ve made our favourite confection… Birth Rite! Layer cake. Lightly spiced with cinnamon and ginger, frosted with berries, and grounded with a resinous skin-scent - precious amber, sweet myrrh, tonka bean and peppercorn. We’ve got our classic Polka Dot Soap, and the lucious, silken Whipped!. Extrait so your fresh-baked scent can last all day, and our triple-decker Smooch! done up in extra-rich layers of incense, spicecake and fresh berry icing. And then, for added deliciousness, the Birth Rite Lite Smack! Layers of Incense, Buttercream Cupcake and Spicetrade, topped with a scoop of Berry Patch stars as this month’s Staff Pick.
For this round, Birth Rite is available from all the usual suspects. And I strongly suspect that we won’t be celebrating my own birthday in March with Birth Rite, so we’ll be extending the run of the Soap item through September, and a bit into October (depending upon stock). Feel free to snag a few extra bars!
Other new developments? August’s Summer Sweet Smack! got very little publication, but it’s probably… one of my top 5 combos, to date. It is A chic selection of Bluegrass, Raspberry Plum, Georgia Peach and light Vanilla Bean. And I’ll probably be using this one year-round. Another late-summer treat, Peachberry Custard Soap, Summer’s late peaches and berry preserves sunk into a sweet, heavy custard filling. This is easily more custard than peachberry, but the fruity bits add a nice light, freshness to the otherwise oversweet goo.
Another season, another fit of retrograde Mercury. Provided you haven’t already lost all your pertinent details, you may enjoy our recurring Retrograde Extrait - a lovely perfume oil of Seamless layers of incense and earth - amber, oppopanax, sandalwood, egyptian musk, old oakmoss - sweetened with tonka and black vanilla. Clarifying Bulgarian lavender, a black haze of orchid, osmanthus and narcissus and a jolt of raw black pepper and clary sage. .
And speaking of Extrait, we are pleased to introduce the entire catalog in sample format. You’re welcome to select a Six Pack of 1 ml vials (done up in signature Villainess style) of your choice, or purchase the gift-boxed 27 Scent Sampler and experience the entire line in a single glorious act of fragrant self-indulgence. We won’t judge you, in any event. 
These sample sizes have been much-requested, and are long awaited, so we hope you all enjoy them as much as we do!
Many thanks for 7 awesome years!
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What are your other 4 top Smack combos?
Posted by Tai | September 3, 2010 12:38 PM
These are just my personal picks (not necessarily best-sellers), but…
Summersweet A chic selection of Bluegrass, Raspberry Plum, Georgia Peach and light Vanilla Bean
Birth Rite Lite - Layers of Incense, Buttercream Cupcake and Spicetrade, topped with a scoop of Berry Patch.
Black Out - Two scoops of Incense sweetened with Chocolate Mousse and Honey Nut.
“Perversion” (One of my favourite BPALs) - Suede x 2, Vanilla Bean, Unearthed
“Saw-Scaled Viper” (Another one to layer w/ my favourite BPAL) Spicetrade, Vanilla Bean, Incense x 2
Posted by supervillainess | September 5, 2010 2:00 PM
Nice! I just ordered Summersweet, and Birth Rite is next on my list. Perversion sounds like it might be similar to the Villainess perfume oil, which I love. Thanks for the recommendations!
Posted by Tai | September 8, 2010 3:16 PM