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Spring Greetings, you guys!
I am really beginning to enjoy the way our limited edition releases have shaped up. Scents that emerged as one-offs have given way to beautiful seasonal collections, and we’re stoked to offer some much-requested stuff this year!
Reappearing is, Pipevine Swallowtail - Aromatic basil and bitter tomato leaf in an ephemeral haze of neroli and tangerine. It is a beautiful creme coloured soap, shot through with burnt lavender, and polished with the smokey blue and grey of the namesake butterfly. This year, we’ve done this up in our signature light Whipped! creme, and a beautiful, orange-saturated, Smooch! body scrub.
Returning favourite Sidewalk evokes my favourite childhood memories with Hot concrete drenched in sunshowers. Summer melons, limeades and fresh-cut grass. It is a smooth soap, done up in cool pools of blue. We’ve had tons of requests for an equally-blue Smooch! which features silken clays (my concrete approximation) and jojoba beads, and is ideal to layer with our Whipped! creme.
And, returning in what’s become a yearly tradition, our Burn! votives available in both Pipevine Swallowtail and Sidewalk scents.
Debuting with this release is the first of (hopefully) many releases that focus more acutely on skincare. The Cucumber & Chamomile Toner features a wealth of botanical hydrosols and distillates. Allow me to excerpt from our “Distinguishing Features:” Chamomile hydrosol to reduce inflammation , sweet Patchouli hydrosol to relieve exhaustion, toning Witch Hazel, emollient Plaintain, refreshing Cucumber distillate, and a light spritz of uplifting Lime essential oil.
Our Staff Pick Smack! for April is Summersweet ! We’re bringing this back fairly recently - it was last August’s feature - but it’s my current favourite concoction, and hasn’t had nearly enough exposure! It is “A chic selection of Bluegrass, Raspberry Plum, Georgia Peach and light Vanilla Bean.” I also enjoy swapping the Raspberry Plum for a scoop of Berry Patch, just depending on whether you want the scent to be a little more light ‘n playful. As for accent Smack! I suggest a scoop of Unearthed, 2 of Bluegrass, and 1 Limeade to conjure a Sidewalk-y scent.
Hope you guys enjoy!
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Syndication:
I just recently got a bar of Sidewalk, and I just go in there and SMELL it sometimes. Seriously, I’m like a dog with this stuff, I can’t get enough of the scents. This one is so earthy and wet, like standing in puddle during a summer thunderstorm.
I also got a sample of the Dulces en Fuego and I will be buying a bunch of that next time I order. All I can say is :-OOO
You’re a genius. That is all.
I see that you once had a scent called Quick Or Dead. Any chance of me getting my mitts on that?
Posted by Regina | May 6, 2011 9:16 AM
Aww, I’m so pleased you’re enjoying Sidewalk! Your impression of a puddle in a summer thunderstorm… that’s exactly what we’re trying to evoke with the scent composition. To hear that we succeeded? Makes my week!
Quick or Dead is a summer/June release, so keep an eye out.
Posted by supervillainess | June 1, 2011 6:31 PM
Awesome. I just now saw this. Put in an order yesterday as soon as I got The Dirt, can’t wait!
I wrote a little blurb about y’all on my blog gushing appropriately about how much I love this stuff. Hope it sends some folks your way. http://villainess.net/static/smilies/ebomb_bling.gif
Posted by Regina | June 7, 2011 9:40 PM