{"title":"Earthy Scents","description":"\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEarthy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngelica, Patchouli, Valerian, and Vetiver are all Earthy type scents that have strong notes that can be musky or bitter.  Wood type scents can also fall into this category but it embraces a wider scope of elemental aromas.  Earthy can also include leather, tobacco and burnt wood.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tombstone-cologne-aftershave-w-alum-menthol","title":"Tombstone Cologne\/Aftershave | Made w\/ Genuine Lady Banksia Rose From Tombstone, Arizona!","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Original Wild West Blend - Made in Arizona, USA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gunpowder, Leather, Tobacco, Geranium, Bergamot, Lady Banksia White Rose [Sourced From Tombstone]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Find the ENTIRE Tombstone Collection Here!\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/tombstone-collection\" class=\"button\" style=\"color: #07548f;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the ENTIRE Tombstone Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #073763;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen you hear the word Tombstone (Arizona), like a trigger, it immediately conjures up images of Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan Earp, and that rascal Doc Holliday on that fateful day, rugged, ready and cool as cucumbers. Maybe a quote from one of the movies automatically leaves your lips...\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut what about the scent?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot only did I do my homework on old time perfuming for this one but I also even went as far as visiting the bustling little mining town of yore to take it all in. [8x!]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat my nose picked up on was the heavy scent of horse saddle and holster leather, gun powder from spent shotguns and pistols of the reenactment, sweet \u0026amp; intoxicating whiffs of opium seeping from the canvas flaps of makeshift opium dens, tobacco scents escaping the mouths of the doomed McLaury \u0026amp; Clanton boys, and the beat up spittoons precariously rocking on the floorboards of the rowdy saloons. Then there are the sweet floral scents of the overly painted faced ladies of the night to consider...and last but not least, the complex, sophisticated aroma of Earl Grey steeping in a tea cup below the hung-over mug of Doc Holliday in his chair at the card table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFun Fact:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The worlds second oldest and largest Rose bush is in Tombstone! The Lady Banksia Rose, white as snow and full with bloom every April! The scent engulfs the town every spring and has since 1885!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnother Fun Fact\u003c\/strong\u003e, I personally steam distill Lady Banksia Rose hydrosol from flowers from this very bush! That's right folks, our Tombstone aftershave\/cologne contains Tombstone in it's very genetic make-up!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuch like a gunfight, each note in the scent profile, like each gunslinger in the shootout, takes its turn and has its way with you. That added menthol feels like cold steel pressed up against your neck. So put some swagger in your shave today with a blast from the past. \u003cstrong\u003eTombstone\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eyou ain't no daisy!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100ML Glass Flask, External Use Only\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eIngredients: Alcohol, Lady Banksia White Rose Water, Aloe, Glycerin, Menthol, Essential\/Fragrance Oils\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eHandmade In Arizona, USA\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":716261025,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/tombstone-cologneaftershave-made-w-genuine-lady-banksia-rose-from-tombstone-arizona-840313.jpg?v=1726347988"},{"product_id":"sangre-de-drago-aftershave-cologne-with-oud-sandalwood","title":"Sangre De Drago Aftershave\/Cologne - With Oud \u0026 Sandalwood","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWelcome to a dark, mysterious world, magic in a bottle, ancient, primal and alive. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSangre De Drago is a potent, mystical, alchemical blend of \u003cstrong\u003eDragons Blood*, (Mysore) Sandalwood, Indonesian Oud (Agarwood)*, Benzoin, Tonka, Linaloe Wood, Spruce Hemlock, Amyris and Tobacco Absolute\u003c\/strong\u003e. Each note spinning in a whirlpool of Labdanum \u0026amp; Sage Hydrosol and sensual Orange Blossom Water. Take a leap of faith into the dark depths of Sangre De Drago and submit to the reverie. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/sangre-de-drago-collection\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Sangre De Drago Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with all PAA's unique Aftershave\/Colognes you will find nothing but the best ingredients inside every bottle:  Labdanum Hydrosol*, Sage Hydrosol*, Orange Blossom Water*, Alum, Aloe Vera, and Glycerin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eSangre De Drago Aftershave \u0026amp; Cologne \u003c\/b\u003egives you the\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eprotection of a modern aftershave with the all-day staying power of a cologne...\u003cem\u003enot your average splash!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2-MKuF31MM\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Alcohol, Labdanum \u0026amp; Sage Hydrosols, Orange Blossom Water, Essential\/Fragrance Oils, Aloe, Glycerin, Absolutes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100 ml (3.4 fl oz)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* Learn More About What's Inside!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSangre De Drago, \u003c\/strong\u003e is a natural tree resin also known as \u003cb\u003eDragon's Blood\u003c\/b\u003e or “Blood of the Dragon”. It is extracted from a medium size tree that grows in the Amazonian regions of South America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabdanum Hydrosol\u003c\/strong\u003e, also known as \u003ci\u003eRock Rose Hydrosol\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003cspan\u003eCistus Hydrosol\u003c\/span\u003e, possesses a rather distinctive herbaceous aroma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhite Sage Hydrosol\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cspan\u003eWoodsy, dry, herbal.... A natural balancer, deodorizer, and cleanser, sage hydrosol has potential for many uses. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrange blossom water\u003c\/strong\u003e is diluted from the neroli essential oil, which comes from the bitter orange tree. It has a strong sweet floral\/citrusy scent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndonesian Oud\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Contain a vast scent profile.  Beautiful oils. The Indonesian profile is quite different from Indian, Cambodian, and Borneo oils. It is typically strong in the mid-range, boasting pleasant jungly notes, fresh rainforesty notes, and most significantly, the smell of burning Oud chips is expressed so clearly in oils from this region. If distilled properly with high-grade wood, Indonesian oils can be among the most intoxicating of Oud oils, able to communicate a clarity of agarwood scent that is unparalleled.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1093298397,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/sangre-de-drago-aftershavecologne-with-oud-sandalwood-559943.jpg?v=1726347771"},{"product_id":"la-tierra-mojada-aftershave-cologne-after-the-rain-scent-petrichor","title":"La Tierra Mojada Aftershave\/Cologne | A Phoenix Shaving Classic! (Petrichor)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Tierra Mojada: The Wet Earth | Part 3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAhhhh the alpha brainwave inducing scent that fills the air after a fresh rain, how soothing, and sensual it is, \u003cem\u003eno?  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rain evaporating on hot, steamy, Arizona streets, Cactus, Petitgrain and White Sage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeart Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Neroli, Hydrangea, Heather and Juniper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Vetiver \u0026amp; a touch of Patchouli. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is commonly believed by most scientists that the reason humans connect so heavily with this scent dates back to ancient times when so much relied on a good storm to maintain the crops that ensured our survival as a species. \u003cem\u003eCatharsis maybe?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Find The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/la-tierra-mojada-collection\" class=\"button\" style=\"color: #07548f;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo once again another Phoenix Shaving Classic returns with a few new tweaks! This really is a throwback to 2014 for us. We originally created this scent almost as a response to our epic move into the desert it would seem! With its release \u003cem\u003eLa Tierra\u003c\/em\u003e became an instant hit with the frag heads in the community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe, like many, were sad to see it go back in 2016, but as always, we needed to make some room. Eventually, as we have seen many times before, people came out of the woodwork after it was discontinued. Turns out we were not alone in our love of the scent. 2020 once again seemed like the proper time to take a look back in hindsight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHonestly, not much has changed from our original scent blend to our latest aside from ratios. Imagine an old, crackling album on a turntable spinning as Fran and I flip on or off different toggles and sliders on the equalizer. To stretch that image even further, I'll say our latest take on this epic accord puts it now \u003cem\u003ein stereo\u003c\/em\u003e. Now, more finely tuned, you will find it is more well balanced; damper, earthier, more sophisticated, with sharper wet floral elements and more playful undertones of petrichor. The keyword here is clearly: \u003cem\u003eMore.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's right people, fans of damp, wet, restorative petrichor scents will immediately fall in love with this one. Not only is La Tierra Mojada a stand alone scent, we also designed it to be used in combination with \u003ca title=\"Mega Flora\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e \u0026amp; \u003ca title=\"Terra Preta\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/a\u003e! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen combined, you will suddenly find yourself deep in a damp, primeval forest, maybe on another timeline. Alone or combined La Tierra Mojada is simply enchanting!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is Petrichor and why is it so damn sexy?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003ePetrichor\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"nowrap\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"IPA nopopups\"\u003e\/\u003cspan title=\"\/ˈ\/ primary stress follows\"\u003eˈ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'p' in 'pie'\"\u003ep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɛ\/ short 'e' in 'bed'\"\u003eɛ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'t' in 'tie'\"\u003et\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'r' in 'rye'\"\u003er\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɨ\/ 'e' in 'roses'\"\u003eɨ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'k' in 'kind'\"\u003ek\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɔər\/ 'ore' in 'bore'\"\u003eɔər\u003c\/span\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek, petra, meaning ‘stone’, + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe term was coined in 1964 by two researchers, Isabel Joy Bear (Australian) and Roderick G. Thomas (British), for an article in the journal Nature. In the article, the authors describe how the smell derives from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is absorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, a metabolic by-product of certain Actinobacteria, which is emitted by wet soil, producing the distinctive scent; ozone may also be present if there is lightning. In a follow-up paper, Bear and Thomas (1965) showed that the oil retards seed germination and early plant growth.This would indicate that the plants exude the oil in order to safeguard the seeds from germination under duress.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIngredients: Alcohol, Vetiver Hydrosol, Essential Oils Fragrance, Seaweed Extract, Vegetable Glycerin, Aloe Vera, Willow Bark Extract\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100 Ml Glass Flask\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4650772481,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/la-tierra-mojada-aftershavecologne-a-phoenix-shaving-classic-petrichor-5295382.jpg?v=1754695409"},{"product_id":"harvest-moon-aftershave-cologne-seasonal-w-hedione-liquid-silk-aloe-more","title":"Harvest Moon Aftershave \u0026 Cologne | Epic Scent, Epic Part 3 of Trilogy! | A Phoenix Shaving Classic!","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScent Profile: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eOud (\u003cem\u003eAgarwood\u003c\/em\u003e), Green Tobacco, Black Currant, Tobacco Absolute, Hay Absolute, Peru Balsam, Smoke, Spanish Moss, White Sage. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFind the entire \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/search?q=Harvest*%20Moon*\u0026amp;type=product\" title=\"Harvest Moon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHarvest Moon Line ====\u0026gt; HERE\u003c\/a\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ngSD-ic3BQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3 in our Roswell Trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Roswell_New_Mexico_1947_medium.jpg?16472443906899422965\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: left;\" width=\"389\" height=\"381\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Mexico 1947,  Small Town Carnival\u003c\/strong\u003e - A calliope riffs in the background, ungrounded as the untamed notes whirl like sand devils drifting, unguided into the twilight. There is an energy, a pulse, an electricity to the smokey, dusty, active arid air...\u003cem\u003ea charge, a mystery,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ea secret.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiles outside the town limits \u003cem\u003ean event\u003c\/em\u003e takes place, a mingling of space and time, a blurring of liquid reality, an accidental curiosity touches down. lost time on a lover's lane lit up, the desert seems to burn without heat...\u003cem\u003eto breathe without breath.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sensual mood seeping through the cracks of one world into the next. A saucer sifting through the weave of a bread basket, an innocence still as a gasp held back, riddled with questions; rhetorical answers, a blanket, a veil , festive paper lanterns festooned, a secret witnessed by a smug, conspiring \u003cem\u003eHarvest Moon.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Roswell_New_Mexico_Aftershave_Cologne_large.jpg?6006656169042079659\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"174\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark and as complex as Al Fin or Tombstone, but easily as classic as CaD, Quite Possibly A Barbershop of Mars Scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOud (\u003cem\u003eAgarwood\u003c\/em\u003e), Green Tobacco, Black Currant, Tobacco Absolute, Hay Absolute, Peru Balsam, Smoke, Spanish Moss, White Sage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso Contains: Spanish Moss Hydrosol, Glycerin, Hedione, Liquid Silk (non-animal source), Carrot Seed Extract, Aloe Vera and White Sage Hydrosol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e100Ml Glass Flask - Easy Pour Reducer Spout\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e*Liquid Silk is from a non-animal source\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Harvest_Moon_Aftershave_large.jpg?6006656169042079659\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"515\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":7884207297,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/harvest-moon-aftershave-cologne-epic-scent-epic-part-3-of-trilogy-a-phoenix-shaving-classic-380333.jpg?v=1726347414"},{"product_id":"solstice-seasonal-shaving-soap-sage-sweetgrass-cedar-rose-hay-absolute-and-benzoin-resin","title":"Solstice Aftershave Cologne | The Soul of the Desert","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile: \u003c\/strong\u003eSage, Sweetgrass, Cedar, Rose Absolute and Benzoin Resin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolstice is a very magical, contemplative blend of aromatics, by default adding more \u003cem\u003estreet cred\u003c\/em\u003e to the \"Ceremony\" of Wet Shaving. A real aid in turning your shave den into a truly sacred space.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: The artwork was inspired by \u003ca title=\"Cathedral Rock\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cathedral_Rock\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCathedral Rock\u003c\/a\u003e in Sedona, Arizona, known as The Vortex to some.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFind the entire \u003ca title=\"Solstice\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/search?q=Solstice*\u0026amp;type=product\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSolstice Line =======\u0026gt; HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6iJQcU2FYB8\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving spent much time in Sedona, I can testify there is a certain vibe there, possibly just a by-product of the overwhelming natural beauty and the ancient, majestic rock formations. Being a special place for the Native Americans and their ancestors before them this seemed the perfect place to pay tribute to in the design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile there I picked the brains of certain individuals on the traditional uses of such herbs and resins, truly fascinating stuff whether or not you subscribe to all the mystical woo woo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eone of the most epic scents. What a fantastic line!\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRodrigo Zedán,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eParagon Shaving\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Sage_Stuff_medium.jpeg?v=1532628186\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Tahoma, Verdana\" color=\"#000099\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e - The word sage or salvia comes from the Latin word salvare, which means \"To Heal.” Sage has long been used in “smudging” ceremonies to promote purification, protection, and longevity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesert Sage or White Sage is one of the most sacred herbs among Native Americans used to purify the mind, body and spirit before prayer, meditation, ritual or ceremony and to purify sacred items such as pipes, bowls, and eagle feathers. The scent of desert sage is somewhat sharp, clean, light and refreshing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCedar was offered to the fire to smudge the sweat lodge and people. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSweetgrass is excellent for centering ourselves. Sweetgrass is a rare grass which is found growing wild in very few places; Sweet grass grows high in the Rocky Mountains. It is said this grass never dies. It is one of those great smells reminding us of the mountains and open air.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBENZOIN GUM RESIN was u\u003cspan color=\"black\"\u003esed for purification and prosperity. Often used as a base for incense blends. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSage, Sweetgrass, Cedar, Rose Absolute and Benzoin Resin, a mystical power-pack for sure. Similar concoctions have been used universally across the globe in many a religious rite, purification, temple and church alike. At the end of the day us humans are really not so different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100 Ml\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e DENATURED ALCOHOL, WHITE SAGE HYDROSOL PEPPERMINT HYDROSOL, ROSE H2o ESSENTIAL \/ FRAGRANCE OILS, RESINS LIQUID SILK \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(non-animal source), ALOE VERA, ABSOLUTES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10364233089,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/solstice-aftershave-cologne-the-soul-of-the-desert-977005.jpg?v=1726347820"},{"product_id":"agharta-aftershave-cologne-part-3-of-the-agharta-trilogy","title":"AGHARTA Aftershave\/Cologne | Part 3 of the AGHARTA Trilogy | Distinctive, Bold \u0026 Adventurous!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/AGHARTA_AD_Final_large.jpg?12298592709528216483\" alt=\"AGHARTA\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eFirst and foremost, for those who just want the straight notes of AGHARTA, behold: Talc, Ambergris, Amyris, French Vanilla Bean, Japanese Sandalwood, Cedar and Oak Moss.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/agharta-collection\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the Agharta Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e[Our Story Begins Below]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with all PAA's unique Aftershave\/Colognes you will find nothing but the best ingredients inside every bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eINGREDIENTS: Alcohol, Rose Water, Essential Oils \u0026amp; Resins Glycerin, Hedione, Seaweed Extract, Aloe Vera\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCheck out our entire \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/search?q=AGHARTA**\u0026amp;type=product\" title=\"AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAGHARTA Line ========\u0026gt; HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eNow for those who are fans of our trilogy soaps, this is for you! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eRead on...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eThis my friends has been a long time coming, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAGHARTA.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The final installment of our recent trilogy and what an adventure it's been. For those that follow what we do here, you know PAA is more than about just shaving, but about an experience. Maybe a shave happening in our own unique PAA universe or your own shave realm\/dreamscape pieced together by stimulating all the senses. I hope that opening up a new jar of our suds or aftershave is like walking into a movie theater as the lights begin to dim, or discovering lost treasure, or listening to a vinyl record and following along with the liner notes. \u003cem\u003eI know it is for me!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eSoapmaking for me doesn't just end when the soap is cured. There's the story, the label design, the photos and artwork chosen to tell the tale, the research, the scent research and how they work with each other, the dry erase board, the clippings, sometimes even the travel. (Remember I'm the guy who drove to Roswell, New Mexico just to release a soap!) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eThis approach, if you want to call it that, seems to confuse some, especially those that really are not paying attention. They see maybe bits and pieces, flashes and confuse it for something that it's not. With their mouths always full with critique they really never have a chance to hear what's being said. Which often says more about them than us. Often I am reminded of \u003cem\u003eFlatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions\u003c\/em\u003e by Edwin Abbott, where the denizens of Flatland are so fast to demonize, fear or despise something so quickly without understanding what they are actually seeing, \u003cem\u003eho hum.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eIf it was all just about money, I would just make soap and save myself some heartache. This is what we do, maybe it's a tad eccentric, maybe it's art, but it certainly drives me day in and out and I am very grateful to be able to do what I do; pouring all my interests and passions into one cup. I wish that everyone could sip from a similar cup! So thank you again to those that \u003cem\u003e\"get it\"\u003c\/em\u003e and have stuck with us...\u003cem\u003eBut I digress. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe AGHARTA Trilogy, AKA: The Shaver Mystery is what I believe to be our most epic yet! Not only do all three soaps thematically work in unison to tell pieces of the ongoing saga, but the scents are also interchangeable! Meaning, they compliment each other opening up a truly creative mix and match experience! So get creative with them in your daily combinations!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow for a little background. I am a huge fan of adventure, fantasy and sci-fi...I geek out to it, hard. The more obscure the better. One of my favorite authors and not too well known to most is\u003cspan style=\"color: #9900ff;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Sharpe_Shaver\" title=\"Richard Shaver\" style=\"color: #9900ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRichard Sharp Shaver\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cem\u003eWhat's in a name?\u003c\/em\u003e The man was either a genius or completely out of his mind! I was first introduced to him in my early teens by my best friends older brother. (Who would have guessed I would be a Sharp Shaver myself some day. T\u003cem\u003ehere is no such thing as coincidence.\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis outrageous and sometimes perverse tales of the inner earth colored my adolescent mind and probably not for the better. The fantastical worlds he created were a well spring of endless possibility. What made these stories all the richer (pun intended) was that he believed them to be true!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI won't take up space with a bio on Mr Shaver but I encourage you all to look him up, absolute madness of the wunder kind! So I refer to this trilogy as The Shaver Mystery in an homage and in hopes of at least one person \u003cem\u003e\"getting it\"\u003c\/em\u003e...but not holding my breath! :)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat said, that was my introduction to the concept of the hollow earth. From that point on it was always of interest to me be it fiction or theory, i ate it all up and continue to do so finding new material on the subject or revisiting the classics. Note, I am not admitting to subscribe to such a belief but in reverie I do often entertain the possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUp until this point, the trilogy has only really been cryptically told in images and prosaic fragments from the prior 2 releases:\u003cspan style=\"color: #9900ff;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/products\/high-jump-47-epic-artisan-shave-soap-classic-masculine-scent\" title=\"High Jump 47 Artisan Shave Soap\" style=\"color: #9900ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHigh Jump 47\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"color: #9900ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/products\/strange-island-epic-artisan-shave-soap-sage-lavender-copaiba-balsam\" title=\"Strange Island ARtisan Shave Soap\" style=\"color: #9900ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStrange Island\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. If you are just tuning in, I suggest you read those two sales pages first and in order. Please approach them with a willing suspension of disbelief. Maybe fill in the blanks with your own whimsical additions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeck, you could even go back to last years Harvest Moon Trilogy and start there! That was \u003cspan style=\"color: #9900ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/products\/dixie-aftershave-cologne-contains-aloe-carrot-extract-liquid-silk-hedione-more\" title=\"Dixie Aftershave Cologne\" style=\"color: #9900ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDixie\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/products\/the-wow-signal-aftershave-cologne-w-alum-aloe-liquid-silk-more-3-5-oz\" title=\"The Wow Signal! Aftershave Cologne\" style=\"color: #9900ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe WOW Signal\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand finally \u003cspan style=\"color: #9900ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/products\/harvest-moon-artisan-shaving-soap-seasonal-4oz\" title=\"Harvest Moon Artisan Shave Soap\" style=\"color: #9900ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHarvest Moon\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/products\/limited-edition-steeplechase-sport-crown-king-kokum-butter-artisan-shave-soap-4oz\" title=\"Steeple Chase ARtisan Shave Soap\" style=\"color: #9900ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSteeplechase\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e was also an offshoot of the story as was Ciderhouse 5, supplemental if you will. Much like \u003cspan style=\"color: #9900ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/products\/cold-spices-3-0-artisan-shave-soap-lightly-mentholated\" title=\"Cold Spices Artisan Shave Soap\" style=\"color: #9900ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCold Spices\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is a supplemental part of \u003cem\u003ethis\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy. Most of my labels are telling some kind of tale and are created for those with eyes to see, sort to speak. I consider them pillars holding up the PAA Universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut I digress yet again, \u003cem\u003epardon.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow we get to AGHARTA, the journey is over. Up until this point AGHARTA too was propelled by visual snippets and lyrical fragments but from here on in I subconsciously, it would seem, decided to take a more traditional approach, a scent description that accidentally turned into possibly a novella. Sigh, this is so typical for me, nothing is ever simple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI really did just set out to write, \u003cem\u003eI swear\u003c\/em\u003e, another fragmental description of the scent and the scene. This was around 7 o'clock pm last night and lasted till about 10 pm. I awoke today and was back at it sporadically throughout the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI really wanted folks to be able to climb into the story with me and see what I was seeing when pushing and pulling at all these things and concepts; conspiracy, scent; painting with smell, mystery, soapmaking, adventure, label and artwork design, Douglas Smythe, and all that jazz. I really owe it to the lot of you that have been patient enough to play\/follow along and even do some digging yourselves, bravo!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a whole wacky world out there still and I do belief there is much more to be discovered under our oceans, on land, deep in the jungles, in my labels (!) and as you may have guessed by now, underneath our feet! I want you to keep that excitement you feel welling up inside you as you read these words, it's infectious and should be shared and applied to your everyday life, it's okay to be a grown up kid and it's ok to geek out on soap, you already know that much. Be kind to each other and now lets begin our race of Good vs Evil, shall we?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSPECIAL THANKS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e to the staff and rangers of Kartchner Caverns, AZ! I can only imagine what you were thinking when we barged in dressed for a journey to the center of the earth!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Agharta_Journey_1_Color_480x480.jpg?v=1469676748\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eMay 2016 - Deep Underground\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"VRIL!\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eDouglas woke up kicking and screaming in cold sweats, nearly rolling himself out of his makeshift tent. Another hauntingly real nightmare that faded just as fast as it came on. In vain he tried to grasp at the fleeting images that playfully flitted in the dim atmosphere around his bed roll. In his dream they were being pursued, for what he did not know and by whom he could not see? \u003ci\u003eNo one could possibly know they were here.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eLooking around at the darkness that engulfed him and his small, sleeping band of \"would be\" explorers. \u003ci\u003eWould be\u003c\/i\u003e meaning: if they weren't lost they \u003ci\u003ewould be \u003c\/i\u003eexploring. It had already been over a month now of trekking through these mysterious ancient tunnels, getting nowhere, and almost a year since this whole misadventure began...\u003ci\u003eand how did it begin?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eApril 20, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eHome after 3 weeks of traveling for work he could finally sit down, just sit, nothing more except, maybe stare at \u003ci\u003enothing\u003c\/i\u003e, completely zone out. Maybe gaze at a door knob for a few hours, anything as long as it was mindless and \u003ci\u003eun-thought-provoking.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eIt had been go, go, go since the moment he boarded the plane out of Phoenix, nonstop wet shaving action! But now he needed to process it all, call his family, make a quick meal, unpack, pour himself a much needed drink and maybe pay some bills. Motivated by that last thought, he picked through the pile of mail that was spilling out of the drop slot of his front door in an arch; suspended animation. He should have had the post office hold it for him. He made a mental note for next time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eThere were a few women's catalogs for Fran, loads of junk mail for both of them and some random letters. Douglas Smythe was a huge fan of a good old fashioned handwritten letter, though his handwriting, if you could even define it as such, was that of a 3rd grader’s, simply put, \u003ci\u003eatrocious\u003c\/i\u003e. He knew this and it seemed not to bother him, if it did, he never let on. It did bother a few of his \"pen pals\" however but being who they are, \u003ci\u003ekind\u003c\/i\u003e, they never mentioned it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eHe separated the junk from the obvious epistolaries and headed towards the kitchen to have a bowl of cereal. Over this sad little \u003ci\u003edinner\u003c\/i\u003e he picked through the letters and began to place them in the order he would read them in. He discovered among them six that did not contain return addresses and in a script he did not recognize, possibly written in pen and ink? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eTypically he would insert his prized antique letter opener into the upper right corner of the flap and slice the envelope open, but he was not at his desk. He could get up and improvise with a butter knife, but moving more than he had to was out of the question. So uncharacteristically, he gently peeled open the letter as one does when given a wrapped gift by a stranger or a new friend, so as not to come off like the impatient beast we all are. The envelope seemed very old and opened quite easily. Inside were two pages folded twice and yellowed with age, they looked to have been torn from a diary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e\"What the hell?\" Doug said out loud becoming interested. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eConfused he turned the envelope over again and checked the date stamp, 1947, “\u003ci\u003eRight” \u003c\/i\u003ehe thought. Underneath the faded ink, a single 15 cent Airmail stamp was affixed to the corner. It didn't make sense. He then delicately unfolded the brittle pages and began to read what appeared to be journal entries from one \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAdmiral Richard E. Byrd\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eEach envelope contained more of the \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ejournal entries\u003c\/span\u003e, entries that seemed to border on the incoherent ramblings of a man gone mad! When Doug was done reading and rereading the journal he looked at the clock, it was now 1:46 am.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e\"Damn, I wanted to be in bed and in a deep coma by now.\" he mumbled scoldingly, and then, poured himself a drink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eBut he suspected he was onto something big and digging into the details while physically and mentally exhausting, was always worth it, and maybe added a little more \u003ci\u003ewoo woo\u003c\/i\u003e to it all, at least at this hour. The entries not only described a strange ancient world seemingly beneath our very feet but also referenced a map. A map that contained detailed instructions, and locations of entrance ways all over the globe, but most importantly, a direct route to the mythical, inner earth city of AGHARTA. \u003ci\u003eOf course, there was no map included. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eHad to be a joke he thought. He finished his gin and tonic and then with a sly smirk, he mixed another and stirred it with his finger. Fran, his girlfriend and partner in crime, had been away visiting with some old college friends on the East Coast. It suddenly became clear they were obviously playing some sort of trick on him, and in his, by now, over exhausted state, had been sucked into their clever prank. She would be home in a few days and he would confront her then. For now, he reinserted the silly, probably tea stained parchments, back into their rightful envelopes. In doing so he noticed something odd. A strange pattern on the inside of the enclosure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eAfter carefully prying it open and flattening the false envelope on the table, it was clear this was a portion of an antiquated, hand drawn map. In a few minutes and with great anticipation, he laid all six pieces out before him on the coffee table. \u003ci\u003eIt was a puzzle! \u003c\/i\u003eHe hated puzzles, ever since he was little. He always felt like he was putting together something that someone else took apart\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Cleaning up someone else's mess never appealed to him. But this time it was different, he was part of something, seeing something through, part of an epic tale that was still being told. Besides, it was only six pieces, hard to screw up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e\"Damn it, where'd I put the scotch tape?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e                                                              *     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eAlmost 12 months later Douglas and a rather skeptical Fran were making their way around the Superstition Mountains, East of Phoenix, Arizona. A truly spooky place and home to the myth of \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe Lost Dutchman's Mine\u003c\/span\u003e or so the story goes. Not as well known, Geronimo was said to have secret subterranean tunnels in and all around this place also. Tunnels that crisscrossed over into Mexico as well as other nearby states. Apaches would be seen in the Superstitions one minute and then suddenly, they’d disappear only then to re-surface a day later and miles or even states away! At the time this was considered great magic but over the years it came down that this was done through access to ancient tunnel systems that had been in place long before the Native Americans discovered them and put them to use confounding the white man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eWith map in hand, Douglas and Fran found the entrance to what the Hopi called the underworld, home to the Ant People and what Admiral Byrd referred to as the Inner Earth. Rather than an immediate great expanse it was more of a corridor between two worlds and it would seem they had many, many miles to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e                           \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e               \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e                \u003c\/span\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Maria_480x480.jpg?v=1469676748\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eApril 20, 1935\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eA world away and many years before in Berlin,\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eMaria Orsic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e head medium of the newly reestablished Vril Society stares out the window of the grand dining room of a Gothic era manor. The Vril Society combined ancient pagan and Eastern religion with modern occult and Nazi ideology. As in the days of old when great leaders and common folk would travel many miles to consult the oracles of \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDelphi\u003c\/span\u003e so were the mediums of the Vril society used. But unlike in those days of old the common \u003ci\u003evolk\u003c\/i\u003e or people, were not welcome. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eMany high ranking members of the Nazi party were secretly passing in and out of the doors of this new\/old black church. \u003c\/span\u003eThe mediums used were all women with long, natural hair, unlike the popular short style of the time. It was believed the length of the hair functioned like a cosmic or psychic antenna. Antennae that would aid them in communication with the dead, the unborn and even aliens. Being the head seer Maria Orsic had it good, to a certain extent, in fact once removed, she was running the country. Aside from the most powerful woman in Germany she was also considered possibly, the most beautiful, a fact she knew well and put to good use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e                                                                           \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBorn on Hallow's Eve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eEver since she was a young girl she knew she was different, she learned very quickly that she could see and feel things few others could. She had very few friends growing up her own age, those that were, were often ghosts from other times and usually, other places. She was also a rather bright girl and this was recognized in her by a new teacher from her village that took a special interest in her. He was a very worldly man who wore a red moustache and was rumored to practice alchemy by the old women of the town. He went by the name \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHerr Germain\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p7\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eEven when she was off to study at university, a great privilege for a woman back then, especially of such common stock, Herr Germain kept her under his tutelage visiting her at night with sacred texts. As tradition would dictate, these occult lessons lasted only as long as a candle would burn. However soon was g\u003c\/span\u003eone the curious little girl trying to control the strange unruly forces that flowed through her. She had become by now, a cold, cunning, beautiful and ambitious young woman. She seemed to favor dabbling more on the darker side of the craft than on the light. So much so, even Herr Germaine felt uncomfortable around her. It would seem he had created a monster, and with this in his mind he confronted her one evening before her studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eNo one really knows what happened to the mystical scholar after that night. Maybe he left the city, maybe he took flight, but he was gone and she was now unstoppable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eLike a shooting star she shot in and out of certain influential social and political circles...\u003ci\u003eshe had a gift.\u003c\/i\u003e She was of great use to many of the rich and powerful around Austria and Germany. When is the best day to travel? Who do the stars recommend I marry? When do I sell? When do I buy? When do we overthrow the standing government? When do we ring in the new vision? She was very successful in the \"advice\" she administered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eIn many an ancient manuscript she would see the word Vril, an easy to overlook word that sounded nonsensical to most, but magical to those with ears to hear. The first time she heard the word Vril was in a conversation at a party in Vienna. A young, driven man with a hacking cough and a dark look in his eyes brought it up. He was speaking of a book he had read not long before, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Coming Race\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. Fantastic stuff, pure science fiction and easy to forget, \u003ci\u003ebut she didn't (and nor did he).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eNow 8 years later she was running and shaping the Vril Society, not to mention the destiny of the country. Vril was real, Vril was obtainable, Vril would mean endless power for her and the fatherland. \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe Spear of Destiny\u003c\/span\u003e was already in their possession and other powerful relics were being discovered around the world everyday by their stormtroopers. But if they could attain Vril, and if the legends were true, she could amplify her powers by 10 fold. She knew where it was, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/span\u003e, but getting to the fabled land was proving much more of a task than the Great Mistress Orsic was used to. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eThen one day while \u003ci\u003escrying\u003c\/i\u003e she saw a foggy figure in a pith helmet, mispronouncing German words and waving a map. Who was this and from what time was he from? He was clearly American she could tell that much by the body language even before he spoke a lick of his native tongue. But anymore detail was vague and fading fast. The practice of scrying or looking into a mirror, bowl of water, or pretty much anything reflective, was not an exact science and a lot was left to interpretation, \u003ci\u003eunless you really knew what to look for.\u003c\/i\u003e Before long the scene before her dissipated but she would try to revisit this specter again later and learn more when her head was clearer. This was the closest she had come to obtaining what in her mind was her magical birthright. Her whole life up until now had been just preparation for the journey she knew she was about to embark upon. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e                                                               *     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eIt had been days of endless hiking and snacking in between meals for Fran and Doug. The caverns were truly an archeologists dream; cave art from all throughout the ages adorned the walls and relics and ruins of all kinds and from all cultures littered their path. It was always exciting to stumble upon something new and always a bit freaky and less inspiring to stumble upon the skeletal remains of others who had made their way into the tunnels before them. They would wonder out loud what their stories were and how they came to their eventual end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eDuring one of these \"wonderings\" Douglas was interrupted by a low scratchy moan, which he assumed at first was Fran's stomach signaling lunch time, lunch was important stuff. But judging by the concerned look on her face he quickly realized it came from up ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eThey both raked their flashlights across the cavern, wielding them like light sabers. \"I think \u003ci\u003eit\u003c\/i\u003e came from up above, from that overhanging ledge!\" Fran whispered as gravel fell down on them like rain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eBefore Douglas could get a word in or crack a joke, \u003ci\u003eit \u003c\/i\u003ewas on top of him. \u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e seemed like all hands; frantically poking and grabbing, not for Doug's side arm but for his canteen. Water bottle in hand and a push from Doug the \u003ci\u003eit \u003c\/i\u003esprang back\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewildly\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebegan to chug. Soon the thing began gasping and making sounds, making words, stringing them together into sentences and gasping some more. Unfortunately these words were not in English, but Fran soon figured them to be German or a similar dialect. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e\"It's a man!\" Doug blurted out, followed by a softer; \"duh.\" to himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eIndeed it was a man, a wild man in a rather improvised outfit of this and that, with a great beard and long, stringy red hair. He didn't smell bad but he didn't smell good either. Douglas searched through his backpack for a granola bar and his German language book. With flashlight in mouth he skimmed the pages briskly. Knowing that this trip would take them all over and under the world he brought a small stack of different language primers and split them up between both of their packs. At the time, Fran complained about the extra weight but now she seemed more than grateful for the extra 25 pounds of books and snacks he and she had been lugging around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eFirst off, German was \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003eDoug's language. It did not come natural to him as such was the case with Spanish. \u003ci\u003eBut he tried.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\"W\u003c\/span\u003eer und was hubschrauber waren Ihre welpen geboren am?\" For emphasis and to drive his introduction home, he waved a scotch taped map in front of the stranger and tapped his chest. The man looked at Douglas blankly. Fran looked on painfully and hoped for the best, giving Doug a supportive thumbs up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\"Let's try this again, Mein gynäkologe ist eine schwindlig...\" Douglas stammered looking up and feeling pretty sure of himself handing the wild man a granola bar, then continued; “…schwester und getränke wie ein toaster\" This did not have the effect he was hoping for, but it did have an effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\"Great, just great, I hope what \u003ci\u003eyou're on\u003c\/i\u003e wasn't in the water!\" said the man with a light hint of a German accent, dropping the snack and putting his finger in his mouth touching the back of is throat and forcing himself to gag. With a pang of loss, Doug’s eyes followed the granola bar as it fell to the ground. Both Fran and Douglas exhaled and looked at each other relieved and somewhat hungry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd then there were 3.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e                                                  *     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eIt turns out the man was far from wild, in fact, he was quite cultured and very well spoken. Once he caught his breath and realized they were not trying to drug him, he introduced himself as Aldous and apologized for his rudeness. He had been wandering the caverns without a torch for weeks now, surviving on grubs and giant toadstools whenever he stumbled upon them.The only real thing he could recall, and it was much less a real thing and more like just a made up, silly word, was \u003ci\u003eVril \u003c\/i\u003eand it was very important that he locate it. He also considered the possible fact that this was a delusion due to a healthy portion of those curious, giant cave mushrooms that made up most of his diet. But yet still, a small part of himself couldn't dismiss it so easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e                                                             *     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003eThe more research Maria did the more intel on this stranger from the future she procured. It also turned out that 12 years from now a US Admiral, ironically with the last name Byrd, would accidentally fly into AGHARTA. It is this Admiral that apparently had the foresight and ability to send the map to a one Mr. Douglas Smythe almost 70 years into the future. \u003ci\u003eBut why?\u003c\/i\u003e Her information was still piecemeal and thin but it looked as though this odd looking man in a pith helmet was nothing more than an eccentric soapmaker from the future. \u003ci\u003eIt made no sense.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003e                                                            *     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003eAs the days past, Aldous became more coherent and was actually quite fun to have around. From what he could remember and from what Fran and Doug could piece together, Aldous had been bumbling around down here in the dark for a lot longer than a few weeks, and possibly ages! What a brilliant mind however, he knew everything about everything, a Jack of all trades, \u003ci\u003emaster of all!\u003c\/i\u003e He knew all about the process of making soap and perfuming, was old hat to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003eAfter awhile both Fran and Doug felt they could contribute nothing of interest to the ongoing orations and just let the man ramble on as they walked. It was much like listening to an audio book on a long trip, so much so, each was hesitant to \"pull over to a rest area\" in risk of missing one captivating detail escaping Aldous' mouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003eSuddenly in the middle of one of Aldous' stories Doug noticed the compass. The needle seemed to be second guessing itself, whirling around it's case and then wandering back slowly. It was at this time they all noticed they felt lighter too, and reinvigorated. They could move faster through the endless passage at greater speed. How odd, \u003ci\u003ebut how cool.\u003c\/i\u003e Aldous explained this away in terms of magnetism, what we and most top dwellers commonly confuse for gravity. They were getting close he assured them but when pressed how he could be so sure, he pleaded the 5th. Either Aldous \u003ci\u003ewas \u003c\/i\u003ea bit mad or maybe holding something back, which was hard for them to believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003eThere was now a strange, whimsical tinge to the cavern air. It creeped up on the nose like the salt of the sea does as one gets closer to the beach. But it wasn't water or salt, not even ozone, but a surreal sweetness with a rather rich, distinctive boldness to it. Words actually fail in describing it, \u003ci\u003eat least in English and bad German.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p10\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p8\"\u003eIf synesthesia had her say, she would describe it as a mythological symphony performed by all the heroes and villains of all the sagas, and all the epics, from all the myths up through all the science fiction films of the 20st century and all of what’s to come. Could this new, sudden appreciation of the air around them also be explained away by magnetism? If so, one would wager to bet it was that of a different sort. They were now drawn ever so nearer, as if hooked under nostril by a near do well succubus (or incubus in Fran's case). They moved on with a renewed and unexplained urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e                                                           *     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eMaria walked up and down the line of men in deep thought as she inspected the soldiers she had assembled as her team. 4 specialists, 2 scientists and 23 foot soldiers, many, including the scientists, were members of the Vril Society and occultists in their own right. It was in her best interest to play this expedition close to the vest and the less curious eyes from outside her inner sanctum the better off the mission was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eThere were two entrances to the hollow earth she learned of, one was located on a \u003ci\u003estrange island\u003c\/i\u003e off the antarctic but another portal was much closer in the Bavarian Forest. The door to the underworld was reported to be through an ancient oak tree located dead center in the forest. She had handed over the coordinates to one of her specialists but packed a dousing wand as well, just in case. It was only known among a few within the craft that dousing was not only useful for locating underground springs but also other inter dimensional pockets and spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eRecalling all that she had recently learned through scrying, time seemed to play by different rules within the realms of the inner Earth. She was convinced it was layered with other dimensions that were alive and interweaving between space and time. Just the sort of stuff a dowsing rod would be drawn to. If all that failed however, there was always the Spear of Destiny which she had wrapped in cloth tape in an effort to disguise it as a walking stick. She felt rather intuitively it would direct her directly to the tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p6\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003eThe Spear was believed to be the very one that the roman soldier Longinus used to pierce Christ's side at the crucifixion. Whether it was or wasn't, so many believed it to be, thus making it a rather potent or charged talisman none the less. That's really how magic works, through intent and\/or through popular belief. They boarded their train to Bavaria feeling prematurely victorious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e                                                             *     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eAs she had suspected, the simple use of the coordinates, map and compass proved futile. The compass was of little use once they had entered the dark, evergreen canopy of the forest. The needle spun like a drunken dervish on ice skates. Same went for the dousing rod, useless. In the end they were led by the growing pull of the spear. They came upon a shady glade and in the center of it stood a giant, ancient oak tree, the portal to the inner world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eThe Oak Tree let off a certain energy, almost tonal, captivating all the human senses. Shaking off the reverie, one of the scientists planted a green candle firmly into the ground in front of the great trunk and lit it with a match. He then gingerly, began to knock on the massive tree. Three then gave pause. After a few seconds, six more. Again he paused. Finally nine more raps. A heavy door within the sacred oak swung out on invisible hinges. Everyone except Maria exhaled with relief. Now to find this Smythe \u003ci\u003echaracter\u003c\/i\u003e and his small team.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e                                                         \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Mushrooms_480x480.jpg?v=1469676748\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eIt was time to set up camp again. It really had become second nature to the group by now. Doug would set up the \"tents\". At this point in their quest the tents had deteriorated way past any real usefulness due to this unique environment they were not designed for. But the very act of setting them up tended to keep him grounded and sane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eThe metal posts seemed to oxidize and corrode more and more with every new day losing critical, structural integrity. Twice Doug had awakened nearly suffocating, inhaling nylon and creating, not necessarily an unpleasant sound but a comical, vibratory buzz reminiscent of someone playing the hair comb. So he resorted to using pieces of scrap wood and roots he found along the way in place of the original posts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eThe nylon material seemed to be getting thinner too, so cheap rain ponchos were repurposed and thrown over the clumsy shelters. Not like there was a chance of rain but it did help to maintain heat at night. It also helped create a false sense of security, creating a barrier between them and whatever strange critters and creatures were out there only now starting to make their presence known. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eThey only seemed to be blurs at first as they lazily ducked into the rocks and crevices for cover from the strangers. But as our heroes grew closer to their destination, some of these strange beings became more curious and gave them a sniff or two before disappearing through another hidden tunnel or simply dematerializing. It was always tough to say for sure their method of exit. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eOne memorable and popular \u003ci\u003esniffer\u003c\/i\u003e, if you will, was what many a surface dweller would call a Bigfoot and in parts of Scotland, Am Fear Liath Mòr (Greyman). The creature was easily 8 feet in height, covered in hair and had a certain \u003ci\u003eeffluvium\u003c\/i\u003e about him that would really assault ones nose within 15 feet of the it. The eyes and facial expressions were so very human causing a certain connection between our travelers and the beast. Then it was gone. This became such a common occurrence with this particular fellow that they gave him a nickname, \u003ci\u003eJonathon\u003c\/i\u003e. Then, after awhile, they gave his nickname a nickname, \u003ci\u003eJon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eThen there were the trailing, glowing orbs seen through the corners of their eyes. They were heading in the same direction they were going, as if caught in the same invisible current. If looked upon directly, they would disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eDouglas was familiar with a similar phenomenon and called them \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrairie Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. There were frequent sightings of these out West in the US as well as reports from as far away as Tibet. Aldous was astounded, he knew nothing of them. In all the time he had spent trapped in this maze, he had never come upon them. He theorized that they may be some unknown classification of bioluminescent animal, sentient and possibly the reason for the little parties no longer need for flashlights. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\"The veil is thin here.\" He cryptically declared and then noticeably caught himself before giving any further an explanation. Fran raised an eyebrow and gave Doug a look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo tents\u003c\/i\u003e, though hardly protective, they were still a welcomed escape away from certain anxiety inducing stimuli lurking around without leashes outside in the caverns. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut let us return to the daily chores.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p9\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eAs Doug creatively constructed the tents Fran and Aldous would begin to prepare dinner, which was a regular vaudeville routine. Two cooks despite lacking a kitchen, were still two cooks too many. They could never agree on anything and each would micromanage the other. Fran would eventually win in the end. Her Kung Fu was definitely stronger than his. After eating they all sat around the fire and pored over the map making plans for the next day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eEveryone did their own meager laundry and by now Doug had gifted Aldous some of his extra clothing. Washing was done in a collapsible wash basin whenever they came upon a spring or underground river.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eThe topic of conversation this particular night before cashing in was not that of the map but about their strange new companion, Jonathon or Jon. Aldous was convinced their fury, ripe smelling friend was trying to communicate something of great importance to them, \u003ci\u003ebut what? \u003c\/i\u003eHis appearances became less random and now a few times a day rather than once every now and again as it had begun a few weeks back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eAnother oddity they had also noticed were the fresh \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003erunes\u003c\/span\u003e on the walls; etched in with a sharp stone or quartz only moments before they had stumbled across them. Was this also Jon trying to convey something? \u003ci\u003eA warning or a welcome?\u003c\/i\u003e A signpost to AGHARTA maybe?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eThen there were also small piles of rocks or what Aldous called Cairns. Historically, these were man (or creature) made trail markers, or at least in modern times. Further back in the past and prehistory they were used to convey many different messages, mark dates and even bury the dead. It was unclear what all this meant and a tad unnerving to the group but they kept such thoughts to themselves as they fell asleep each night exhausted under thin nylon breathing perfumed air.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWere they lost?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e                                                            *     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eTraveling through the corridors of the inner earth proved difficult for Maria and her team without a map to consult. The spear did help by pulling, but pulling where? She needed to find Smythe and collect the journal entries along with the map. Without the key details contained within them they were almost as good as lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p9\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e                                                              *     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\"We're lost!\" Douglas sighed removing his pith hat and wiping away the sweat on his forehead with a dirty bandana. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\"What do you mean we're lost?\" asked Fran sitting down on a rock next to him, removing a shoe and dumping out some misplaced stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\"The panels of the map, they are in the wrong order.\" he held the map under her nose and pointed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eFran didn't know why she or any of them hadn't noticed this before. It was more than obvious; streams that should have been connecting from panel to panel stopped dead and the path they had been following stopped and started at different places. Something was wrong, \u003ci\u003eand where was Aldous?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p9\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e                                                             *     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eAldous thought he heard a \u003ci\u003e\"pssssst\"\u003c\/i\u003e from behind him as the three of them traipsed at their own pace along the trail. He turned his head back in time to see a finger from around a bend they had just past curling and beckoning him back. He shrugged his shoulders and turned to see what this was all about, he'd catch up with Doug and Fran in a jiff, seemed harmless enough. But that was not to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThen there were 2.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e                                                          To Be Continued\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/AGHARTA_AD_Final_480x480.jpg?v=1469676748\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":19532891649,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/agharta-aftershavecologne-part-3-of-the-agharta-trilogy-distinctive-bold-adventurous-677661.jpg?v=1759252070"},{"product_id":"red-planet-aftershave-cologne-with-alum-aloe-sandalwood-hydrosol-and-more","title":"Red Planet 369 Artisan Aftershave\/Cologne | Classic Martian Barbershop Scent!","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSame Great Classic Martian Barbershop Scent, KILLER New Label Redesign, no?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eScent Notes: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSandalwood,\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eFrankincense, Myrrh, Patchouli, Rose, Cedarwood, Amber\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eRed Planet is an exotic, Sensual, Atomic Age fragrance that will stir up desire and mystery...\u003cem\u003ethat few can resist\u003c\/em\u003e. The vast expansiveness of the ancient, Martian desert-scape, the riddle of The pyramid shaped formations; Powdery soft woody notes dance on top of a warm, dynamic musk that surrounds a beatific floral accord, brightened by a splash of citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #07548f;\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/red-planet-369\" title=\"Find the ENTIRE Red Planet Collection Here!\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the ENTIRE Red Planet Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI especially appreciate this scent come fall \u0026amp; winter. While it's naturally masculine \u0026amp; musky (in a good way), there is also something very comforting \u0026amp; warming about this particular blend. May you enjoy this Phoenix Classic in Good Health \u0026amp; Spirits!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.5 Classic Flask w\/ Easy Pour Reducer Top\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003eIngredients: Alcohol, Sandalwood \u0026amp; Deer’s Tongue Hydrosol, Essential Fragrance Oil, Glycerin, Aloe Vera, Carrot Seed Extract \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21529019457,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/red-planet-369-artisan-aftershavecologne-classic-martian-barbershop-scent-322874.jpg?v=1726347732"},{"product_id":"sangre-de-drago-eau-de-parfum-edp-30ml","title":"Sangre De Drago Eau De Parfum (EDP) - 30ml","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSangre De Drago is a dark, mysterious world, magic in a bottle, ancient, primal and alive.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSangre De Drago is a potent, mystical, alchemical blend of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDragons Blood*, Mysore Sandalwood, Indonesian Oud (Agarwood)*, Benzoin, Tonka, Linaloe Wood, Spruce Hemlock, Amyris and Tobacco Absolute\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eTake a leap of faith into the dark depths of Sangre De Drago and submit to the reverie. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/sangre-de-drago-collection\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Sangre De Drago Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2-MKuF31MM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e* Learn More About What's Inside!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSangre De Drago, \u003c\/strong\u003e is a natural tree resin also known as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDragon's Blood\u003c\/b\u003e or “Blood of the Dragon”. It is extracted from a medium size tree that grows in the Amazonian regions of South America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eIndonesian Oud\u003c\/strong\u003e: Contain a vast scent profile.  Beautiful oils. The Indonesian profile is quite different from Indian, Cambodian, and Borneo oils. It is typically strong in the mid-range, boasting pleasant jungly notes, fresh rainforesty notes, and most significantly, the smell of burning Oud chips is expressed so clearly in oils from this region. If distilled properly with high-grade wood, Indonesian oils can be among the most intoxicating of Oud oils, able to communicate a clarity of agarwood scent that is unparalleled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection data-related-products=\"\" class=\"product-section--container product-row--container related-products--container\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eYou read right folks, I decided to give in and finally give you what you have been asking for, a full on Eau De Parfum. True to form, it lasts even longer than our already long lasting aftershave cologne! I created a small batch in order to test the waters but if these prove successful, I will continue creating EDPs for the masses!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e30 ml Bottle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIngredients: Denatured Alcohol, Fragrance (Essential Oils, Fragrance Oils, Absolutes)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":7538297339952,"sku":"","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/sangre-de-drago-eau-de-parfum-edp-30ml-772835.jpg?v=1726347774"},{"product_id":"al-fin-eau-de-parfum-edp-30ml","title":"Al Fin Eau De Parfum (EDP) | Lightly Mentholated","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAl Fin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e Al Fin contains the essential oils \u0026amp; fragrance oils of Rose, Bay Leaf, Lemon Myrtle, Vetiver, White Clover, Cypress, Helichrysum, Amber, Geranium \u0026amp; Tobacco Absolute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/al-fin\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The AL FIN Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAl Fin: In the spirit of Alt Innsbruck, Al Fin utilizes menthol as a scent note also. The fleeting, cooling sensation is truly a bi-product of this approach...but certainly makes for a refreshing spritz! Only a small amount of menthol is added, a \"kiss\" if you will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe scent-scape of a dream inhabited by mythical beasts and beings. Ancient knowledge and magik, romance, a first kiss on a summer night long ago. Esoteria, alchemy and sensuality adrift on a breeze. Etta James on a car radio, a drive-in theater, staring at a night full of shooting stars from the beach where the warm waves lap like liquid tongues at your toes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is Al Fin.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e30 ml Bottle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIngredients: Denatured Alcohol, Menthol, Essential\/Fragrance Oil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":7606955900976,"sku":"","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/al-fin-eau-de-parfum-edp-lightly-mentholated-886046.jpg?v=1726346761"},{"product_id":"red-planet-eau-de-parfum-edp-30ml","title":"Red Planet 369 Eau De Parfum (EDP) | 30ml","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSame Great Classic Martian Barbershop Scent, KILLER New Label Redesign, no?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eScent Notes: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSandalwood,\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eFrankincense, Myrrh, Patchouli, Rose, Cedarwood, Amber\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eRed Planet is an exotic, Sensual, Atomic Age fragrance that will stir up desire and mystery...\u003cem\u003ethat few can resist\u003c\/em\u003e. The vast expansiveness of the ancient, Martian desert-scape, the riddle of The pyramid shaped formations; Powdery soft woody notes dance on top of a warm, dynamic musk that surrounds a beatific floral accord, brightened by a splash of citrus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #07548f;\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/red-planet-369\" title=\"Find the ENTIRE Red Planet Collection Here!\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the ENTIRE Red Planet Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI especially appreciate this scent come fall \u0026amp; winter. While it's naturally masculine \u0026amp; musky (in a good way), there is also something very comforting \u0026amp; warming about this particular blend. May you enjoy this Phoenix Classic in Good Health \u0026amp; Spirits!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e30 ml Bottle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIngredients: Denatured Alcohol, Essential\/Fragrance Oil, Resin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":7616496730160,"sku":"","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/red-planet-369-eau-de-parfum-edp-30ml-153855.jpg?v=1726347769"},{"product_id":"copy-harvest-moon-eau-de-parfum-30ml","title":"Harvest Moon Eau De Parfum | 30ml | A Phoenix Shaving Classic!","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScent Profile: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOud (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgarwood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Green Tobacco, Black Currant, Tobacco Absolute, Hay Absolute, Peru Balsam, Smoke, Spanish Moss, White Sage. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ngSD-ic3BQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e You read right folks, I decided to give in and finally give you what you have been asking for, a full on Eau De Parfum. True to form, it lasts even longer than our already long lasting aftershave cologne!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3 in our Roswell Trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew Mexico 1947,  Small Town Carnival - A calliope riffs in the background, ungrounded as the untamed notes whirl like sand devils drifting, unguided into the twilight. There is an energy, a pulse, an electricity to the smokey, dusty, active arid air...a charge, a mystery, a secret.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiles outside the town limits an event takes place, a mingling of space and time, a blurring of liquid reality, an accidental curiosity touches down. lost time on a lover's lane lit up, the desert seems to burn without heat...to breathe without breath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA sensual mood seeping through the cracks of one world into the next. A saucer sifting through the weave of a bread basket, an innocence still as a gasp held back, riddled with questions; rhetorical answers, a blanket, a veil , festive paper lanterns festooned, a secret witnessed by a smug, conspiring Harvest Moon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark and as complex as Al Fin or Tombstone, but easily as classic as CaD, Quite Possibly A Barbershop of Mars Scent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmain class=\"site-main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-section-static-product\" class=\"shopify-section product--section\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"product--container layout--two-col\" data-product-wrapper=\"\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"product--outer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\" data-product-description=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e30 ml Bottle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIngredients: Denatured Alcohol, Essential\/Fragrance Oil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/main\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12478123147312,"sku":"","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/harvest-moon-eau-de-parfum-30ml-a-phoenix-shaving-classic-927092.jpg?v=1726347462"},{"product_id":"controversy-ea-de-parfum-patchouli-sandalwood-leather-rose-tobacco","title":"Controversy Ea De Parfum - Patchouli, Sandalwood, Leather, Damar Resin, Rose \u0026 Tobacco Absolute","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eControversy\u003c\/i\u003e, blood red, \u0026amp; rich in depth - Potent, Masculine \u0026amp; Mysterious. This is definitely a night time scent! The interplay between the Leather and patchouli is like sniffing electricity! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/b\u003e: Patchouli, Sandalwood, Leather, Damar Resin, Rose \u0026amp; Tobacco Absolute. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis my friends was originally titled \u003ci\u003eBad Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e and the brain child of my good friend Tim Blem. He wanted a Guns n Roses tribute scent to offer with his handmade brushes. It was discontinued a few years back but Tim always said if I wanted to revive it and the demand was there I was more than welcome to...\u003ci\u003ethat day has come.\u003c\/i\u003e [You can stop the emails!]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/oakmoss-sandallwood-scent_medium.jpg?v=1536430063\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: left;\" width=\"138\" height=\"180\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI thought \u003ci\u003eControversy\u003c\/i\u003e was a rather fitting new name for a scent based on one of the most dangerous and controversial rock bands of all time, but I also thought it needed a facelift. I felt the new Rocket Queen Alien image now adorning the label was more inline with the PAA Universe and somewhat elegant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/patchoulileaves_medium.jpg?v=1536430193\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"125\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDo not let the addition of Patchouli frighten you off, for it is much, much more than that. The interplay between all the notes is quite lively and electrifying. A few of our testers who claimed to despise patchouli fell in love with this scent...\u003ci\u003eincluding myself! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWhat makes this EDP especially pure \u0026amp; potent is the inclusion of Red Sandalwood chips, Dried Patchouli, Thick Tobacco Absolute and Damar Resin in which it is steeped for 6 weeks. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Resin_Damar_Lumps_medium.jpg?v=1536429987\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamar Resin \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDammar Resin (Shorea wiesneri) from Indonesia, also known as cats-eye resin, a bright, elevating gum resin - Damar which\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ein Malay means resin or \"torch made from resin\". Damar unfurls a sweet, fresh and citrus like scent when dissolved into alcohol; an alchemical wedding! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnjoy this pure and beautiful blood red blend of animal magnetism in a bottle and Rock On!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e30Ml\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIngredients: Denatured Alcohol, Fragrance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12490280140848,"sku":"","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/controversy-ea-de-parfum-patchouli-sandalwood-leather-damar-resin-rose-tobacco-absolute-546680.jpg?v=1726347110"},{"product_id":"phoenix-artisan-accoutrements-controversy-aftershave-cologne-patchouli-sandalwood-leather-damar-resin-rose-tobacco-absolute","title":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Controversy Aftershave Cologne | 100 ml (3.4 fl oz)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eControversy\u003c\/i\u003e, rich in depth - Potent, Masculine \u0026amp; Mysterious. This is definitely a night time scent! The interplay between the Leather and patchouli is like sniffing electricity! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/b\u003e: Patchouli, Sandalwood, Leather, Damar Resin, Rose \u0026amp; Tobacco Absolute. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis my friends was originally titled \u003ci\u003eBad Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e and the brain child of my good friend Tim Blem. He wanted a Guns n Roses tribute scent to offer with his handmade brushes. It was discontinued a few years back but Tim always said if I wanted to revive it and the demand was there I was more than welcome to...\u003ci\u003ethat day has come.\u003c\/i\u003e [You can stop the emails!]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/oakmoss-sandallwood-scent_medium.jpg?v=1536430063\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: left;\" width=\"138\" height=\"180\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI thought \u003ci\u003eControversy\u003c\/i\u003e was a rather fitting new name for a scent based on one of the most dangerous and controversial rock bands of all time, but I also thought it needed a facelift. I felt the new Rocket Queen Alien image now adorning the label was more inline with the PAA Universe and somewhat elegant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/patchoulileaves_medium.jpg?v=1536430193\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"125\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDo not let the addition of Patchouli frighten you off, for it is much, much more than that. The interplay between all the notes is quite lively and electrifying. A few of our testers who claimed to despise patchouli fell in love with this scent...\u003ci\u003eincluding myself! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWhat makes this EDP especially pure \u0026amp; potent is the inclusion of Dried Patchouli, Thick Tobacco Absolute and Damar Resin in which it is steeped for 6 weeks. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Resin_Damar_Lumps_medium.jpg?v=1536429987\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamar Resin \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDammar Resin (Shorea wiesneri) from Indonesia, also known as cats-eye resin, a bright, elevating gum resin - Damar which\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ein Malay means resin or \"torch made from resin\". Damar unfurls a sweet, fresh and citrus like scent when dissolved into alcohol; an alchemical wedding! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnjoy this pure and beautiful blood red blend of animal magnetism in a bottle and Rock On!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e100 Ml\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAlcohol, Rosewater, Essential\/Fragrance Oil, Hedione, Glycerin, Aloe Vera, Liquid Silk \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(non-animal source)\u003c\/span\u003e, Resin, Tobacco Absolute \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12491717607472,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/phoenix-artisan-accoutrements-controversy-aftershave-cologne-100-ml-34-fl-oz-602829.jpg?v=1726347706"},{"product_id":"phoenix-artisan-accoutrements-controversy-artisan-shave-soap-patchouli-sandalwood-leather-damar-resin-rose-tobacco-absolute","title":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Controversy Artisan Shave Soap | Formula CK-6","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eControversy\u003c\/i\u003e, rich in depth - Potent, Masculine \u0026amp; Mysterious. This is definitely a night time scent! The interplay between the Leather and patchouli is like sniffing electricity! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/b\u003e: Patchouli, Sandalwood, Leather, Damar Resin, Rose \u0026amp; Tobacco Absolute. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis my friends was originally titled \u003ci\u003eBad Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e and the brain child of my good friend Tim Blem. He wanted a Guns n Roses tribute scent to offer with his handmade brushes. It was discontinued a few years back but Tim always said if I wanted to revive it and the demand was there I was more than welcome to...\u003ci\u003ethat day has come.\u003c\/i\u003e [You can stop the emails!]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI thought \u003ci\u003eControversy\u003c\/i\u003e was a rather fitting new name for a scent based on one of the most dangerous and controversial rock bands of all time, but I also thought it needed a facelift. I felt the new Rocket Queen Alien image now adorning the label was more inline with the PAA Universe and somewhat elegant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/patchoulileaves_medium.jpg?v=1536430193\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"125\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDo not let the addition of Patchouli frighten you off, for it is much, much more than that. The interplay between all the notes is quite lively and electrifying. A few of our testers who claimed to despise patchouli fell in love with this scent...\u003ci\u003eincluding myself! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMany Have Sworn There Is Tallow In Our CK Formula!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur CK high butter formula is loaded with high quality ingredients giving you the closest shave and leaving your post shave skin feeling smooth and soft. Aside from the Kokum, Shea and Cocoa butters you will also find avocado oil...\u003cem\u003ethe ultimate cocktail of skin food! \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAND though it may seem as such, there is ZERO Tallow or Lanolin in this formula!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4oz Tub of (AWESOME!)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Capuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12491734089776,"sku":"","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/phoenix-artisan-accoutrements-controversy-artisan-shave-soap-formula-ck-6-635420.jpg?v=1726347705"},{"product_id":"phoenix-artisan-accoutrements-controversy-artisan-shave-soap-aftershave-bundle-deal-patchouli-sandalwood-leather-damar-resin-rose-tobacco-absolute","title":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Controversy Artisan Shave Soap \u0026 Aftershave Bundle Deal | Formula CK-6","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime for some Controversy! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eControversy\u003c\/i\u003e, rich in depth - Potent, Masculine \u0026amp; Mysterious. This is definitely a night time scent! The interplay between the Leather and patchouli is like sniffing electricity! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/b\u003e: Patchouli, Sandalwood, Leather, Damar Resin, Rose \u0026amp; Tobacco Absolute. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis my friends was originally titled \u003ci\u003eBad Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e and the brain child of my good friend Tim Blem. He wanted a Guns n Roses tribute scent to offer with his handmade brushes. It was discontinued a few years back but Tim always said if I wanted to revive it and the demand was there I was more than welcome to...\u003ci\u003ethat day has come.\u003c\/i\u003e [You can stop the emails!]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/oakmoss-sandallwood-scent_medium.jpg?v=1536430063\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: left;\" width=\"138\" height=\"180\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eI thought \u003ci\u003eControversy\u003c\/i\u003e was a rather fitting new name for a scent based on one of the most dangerous and controversial rock bands of all time, but I also thought it needed a facelift. I felt the new Rocket Queen Alien image now adorning the label was more inline with the PAA Universe and somewhat elegant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/patchoulileaves_medium.jpg?v=1536430193\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"125\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDo not let the addition of Patchouli frighten you off, for it is much, much more than that. The interplay between all the notes is quite lively and electrifying. A few of our testers who claimed to despise patchouli fell in love with this scent...\u003ci\u003eincluding myself! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWhat makes this EDP especially pure \u0026amp; potent is the inclusion of Dried Patchouli, Thick Tobacco Absolute and Damar Resin in which it is steeped for 6 weeks. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Resin_Damar_Lumps_medium.jpg?v=1536429987\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamar Resin \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDammar Resin (Shorea wiesneri) from Indonesia, also known as cats-eye resin, a bright, elevating gum resin - Damar which\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ein Malay means resin or \"torch made from resin\". Damar unfurls a sweet, fresh and citrus like scent when dissolved into alcohol; an alchemical wedding! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnjoy this pure and beautiful blood red blend of animal magnetism in a bottle and Rock On!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAftershave Info:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e100 ml (3.4 fl oz) Glass Flask\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAftershave Cologne Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Alcohol, Rosewater, Essential\/Fragrance Oil, Hedione, Glycerin, Aloe Vera, Liquid Silk \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(non-animal source)\u003c\/span\u003e, Resin, Tobacco Absolute \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtisan Shave Soap Info:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4oz Tub of (AWESOME!)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoap Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Capuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Discount","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12491751063600,"sku":"","price":44.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/phoenix-artisan-accoutrements-controversy-artisan-shave-soap-aftershave-bundle-deal-formula-ck-6-670162.jpg?v=1726347705"},{"product_id":"cavendish-eau-de-parfum-edp-an-original-phoenix-shaving-classic-pipe-tobacco","title":"Cavendish Eau De Parfum (EDP) | An Original  Phoenix Shaving Classic | Pipe Tobacco","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Smoking_Pipe_994141ad-95b5-4e43-aaa1-703da144184a_large.jpg?v=1540686898\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: right;\" width=\"227\" height=\"363\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark Kentucky \u0026amp; Burley Tobacco, Cherry Wood, Vanilla Bean, Hiba Wood, Sweet Northern Grass Tree Resin, Tobacco Absolute, Leather \u0026amp; a kiss of Smoke. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThis my friends, is the Original Pipe Tobacco Scent Shave Product! It's true, the 2nd scent I ever made and a personal favorite being that Cavendish is\/was always my favorite blend to puff...\u003cem\u003eThe Earl Grey of Pipe Tobacco!\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCavendish\u003c\/b\u003e is a very aromatic blend of dark Kentucky and Burley tobacco, enhanced with the delicate taste of cherry and just a touch of vanilla. Reminiscent of a heavily fermented leather pouch of loose pipe tobacco projecting a round, rustic yet exquisite, sweet nostalgic aroma. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/search?q=Cavendish*\u0026amp;type=product\" title=\"Cavendish\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFind The Entire Cavendish Line =====\u0026gt; HERE!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e30 ml Bottle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIngredients: Denatured Alcohol, Essential\/Fragrance Oil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13640261894192,"sku":"","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/cavendish-eau-de-parfum-edp-an-original-phoenix-shaving-classic-pipe-tobacco-213527.jpg?v=1726346949"},{"product_id":"atmotic-artisan-shave-soap-ultra-premium-formula-ck-6-distinct-superb-profound","title":"Atmotic Artisan Shave Soap - Ultra Premium Formula CK6 - Distinct, Superb, Profound","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eImagine a floating barbershop set up on the deck of an ancient airship and you will immediately understand this very unique scent blend.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAtmotic was originally offered as the exclusive soap that came with our Shatterproof \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/products\/the-crown-king-shatterproof-travel-scuttle\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTravel Scuttle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e as many of you know, but everyone who tried it Freaked...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efor real. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile: \u003c\/strong\u003eAtmotic quite cleverly evokes the spirit of travel; Aged Oak, Dogwood, Patchouli and Ginger! Rich, Bold, Well-Traveled and Cultured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/atmotic-collection\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Atmotic Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePeople actually got mad that it wasn't available in full size, the angry emails were off the hook! Note: There were also some very reasonable folks shooting us emails and PMs as well, which we appreciated and took to heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally, the goal was to create something special and exclusive to include with the Travel Scuttle, \u003cem\u003esimple as that\u003c\/em\u003e. I didn't want folks getting a sample soap they already owned! But it soon became clear we were going to have to release a full line of Atmotic or inadvertently incite a riot. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHonestly, when I created the blend I knew there would be trouble, the stuff is really just \u003cem\u003egood\u003c\/em\u003e. It possesses a depth that is simply profound; robust, think 19th Century Adventurist!  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is truly a superb blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter, Astrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, Platonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoap Net Wt 4 oz (113 g)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":22155825250352,"sku":"","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/atmotic-artisan-shave-soap-ultra-premium-formula-ck6-distinct-superb-profound-651910.jpg?v=1726346818"},{"product_id":"solstice-artisan-shave-soap-aftershave-bundle-deal-ultra-premium-formula-ck-6-5-oz-sage-sweetgrass-cedar-rose-hay-absolute-and-benzoin-resin","title":"Solstice Artisan Shave Soap \u0026 Aftershave Bundle Deal | Ultra Premium Formula CK-6","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolstice is a very magical, contemplative blend of aromatics, by default adding more \u003cem\u003estreet cred\u003c\/em\u003e to the \"Ceremony\" of Wet Shaving. A real aid in turning your shave den into a truly sacred space.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eone of the most epic scents. What a fantastic line!\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRodrigo Zedán,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eParagon Shaving\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile: \u003c\/strong\u003eSage, Sweetgrass, Cedar, Rose Absolute and Benzoin Resin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6iJQcU2FYB8\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: The artwork I created was inspired by \u003ca title=\"Cathedral Rock\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cathedral_Rock\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCathedral Rock\u003c\/a\u003e in Sedona, Arizona, known as The Vortex to some.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHaving spent much time in Sedona, I can testify there is a certain vibe there, possibly just a by-product of the overwhelming natural beauty and the ancient, majestic rock formations. Being a special place for the Native Americans and their ancestors before them this seemed the perfect place to pay tribute to in the design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile there I picked the brains of certain individuals on the traditional uses of such herbs and resins, truly fascinating stuff whether or not you subscribe to all the mystical woo woo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Tahoma, Verdana\" color=\"#000099\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSAGE\u003c\/strong\u003e - The word sage or salvia comes from the Latin word salvare, which means \"To Heal.” Sage has long been used in “smudging” ceremonies to promote purification, protection, and longevity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesert Sage or White Sage is one of the most sacred herbs among Native Americans used to purify the mind, body and spirit before prayer, meditation, ritual or ceremony and to purify sacred items such as pipes, bowls, and eagle feathers. The scent of desert sage is somewhat sharp, clean, light and refreshing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCedar was offered to the fire to smudge the sweat lodge and people. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSweetgrass is excellent for centering ourselves. Sweetgrass is a rare grass which is found growing wild in very few places; Sweet grass grows high in the Rocky Mountains. It is said this grass never dies. It is one of those great smells reminding us of the mountains and open air.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBENZOIN GUM RESIN was u\u003cspan color=\"black\"\u003esed for purification and prosperity. Often used as a base for incense blends. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSage, Sweetgrass, Cedar, Rose Absolute and Benzoin Resin, a mystical power-pack for sure. Similar concoctions have been used universally across the globe in many a religious rite, purification, temple and church alike. At the end of the day us humans are really not so different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCheck out the entire\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Solstice\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/search?q=Solstice*\u0026amp;type=product\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSolstice Line ======\u0026gt; HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSoap Net Wt 4 oz (113 g)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAftershave Ingredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e DENATURED ALCOHOL, WHITE SAGE HYDROSOL PEPPERMINT HYDROSOL, ROSE H2o ESSENTIAL \/ FRAGRANCE OILS, RESINS LIQUID SILK \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(non-animal source), ALOE VERA, ABSOLUTES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100 ml (3.4 fl oz)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"No Discount","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":22155857723440,"sku":"","price":44.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/solstice-artisan-shave-soap-aftershave-bundle-deal-ultra-premium-formula-ck-6-797790.jpg?v=1726347786"},{"product_id":"copalli-aftershave-cologne","title":"Copalli Artisan Aftershave\/Cologne | Resinous, Ambrosial \u0026 Balsamic","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"diraboutblurb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFrom Jungle Smoke to Your Shave Den!\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"diraboutblurb\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/b\u003e: Black Copal Forward, with a kiss of Palo Santo. Ethereal, Aromatic, Resinous, Ambrosial and Balsamic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixshaving.com\/collections\/copalli-collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Copalli Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCopalli has been part of the Phoenix Shaving lineup for years now, but the story behind it began long before the first bottle was ever poured. I spent years chasing this scent, determined to capture the magic of my first encounter with Black Copal in Central America. From the moment I experienced it, I knew I had stumbled onto something extraordinary. The more I learned about its history and cultural significance, the more convinced I became that my first impression had been right!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere The Story Began (For Me)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eI remember catching my first whiff of Black Copal wafting through the humid air while crossing the border between Costa Rica and down into Panama by motorcycle. This border was so much less formal than what one would ever see in the states. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eImagine a whimsical bazaar or carnival without rides happening in between worlds. Tents, tables, booths, baskets, food, livestock, Singer Pedal Sewing Machines, artisanos, gypsies, jugglers, sketchy money changers with rigged calculators, policia with big guns...\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eand me, D. Smythe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003ePushing a beat up, no working headlamp, 250cc Yin Yang Motorcycle through the crowd wearing sunglasses and a bandana over my mouth to keep out the dust. (Yes the irony of the bike name did not go unnoticed. And Yes, Yin Yang motorcycles really exist!)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eRather than rush through I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and seek out some new, rare, obscure gem of a hot sauce. I was really into hot sauce back then. I enjoyed the many different colors and flavors I was finding during my time down South, but my primary use of it was to hopefully kill any parásitos or parasites I may have picked up while traveling in these parts. \u003cb\u003e#StruggleIsRealVivid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSo, I happily trudged along from booth to booth pushing that damn bike. I actually had no business wasting time like that when I would be losing daylight in only a couple of hours and still had a long ways to go. No new \u003ci\u003esalsa\u003c\/i\u003e had caught my eye yet and before one could, something hooked me by the nose and led me to a  booth tucked away in between a cage of baby chickens and someone selling bags of colored liquid. Some where to drink, others were to scare away flies. (I swear)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eA thick, rich, heavy smoke poured out from the stall creating a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere, mixing and mingling with the dust of the day. A tiny old man beckoned to me from behind a table covered in tapestries and tiny ceramic bowls that streamed of weaving, webbing plumes of smoke! I waved back at him pointing at my bike and shrugging my shoulders, indicating I couldn't leave it for fear of theft. But he nodded his head and rose from where he sat, directing me with both hands now towards his tables. I vividly remember saying to the bike as we proceeded under the cloth overhang, \u003ci\u003e\"ok, we're going in\",\u003c\/i\u003e as I patted the gas tank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe man spoke for a long time in a mix of English, Spanish and some indigenous dialect. Somewhere in a conversation about the mystical, sacred resin known as Copal de la Noche he noticed my dilapidated headlamp. He looked back at me eyebrow raised and said something, confused I just responded with a smile and nod. Next thing I knew, with tools in hand, he was repairing my light. \u003ci\u003eSweet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eI left slightly before it got dark with two sticks of Palo Santo, a satchel full of \"God Food\" and my bike back in the race to the next hostel . I could still smell the smoke pouring out of that old man's tent for kilometers before it faded into the jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn life, unlike on tv, we don't truly have a soundtrack, at least not continuously or seamlessly. We do however have what I like to call a Smelltrack, it's always going, non-stop since birth. All of my memories after that fateful day down in \"Central A\" are smoke stained with Black Copal. When I started a few years back experimenting with tree resins and perfuming I knew it would eventually lead back to Copalli.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Most Epic Scent You Never Heard Of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor the last decade you may have heard me refer to Copal as the Sandalwood of Mesoamerica. I know, a tad vague and also confusing. To clarify, (IMO) what Sandalwood is to the East, Copal is to the Americas, Mesoamerica in particular. Meaning, it is\/ has been used in much the same way that Sandalwood was\/is and has been, since man set foot on the America(s). Some uses include religious ceremonies such as ritual offerings to the gods, Insect Repellent, Ancient Magic, as Perfume, as Incense, and on and on!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFun Fact:\u003c\/b\u003e The Aztecs referred to Copal as \u003ci\u003eFood Of The Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, if that doesn't tell you how epic it is...\u003ci\u003eand how long we gringos have been missing out!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut What is Copal? Plant, Animal, Mineral, Mystery?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCopal is a tree resin that has been used since pre-Columbian times in various ceremonies throughout Central \u0026amp; South America. The word copal is a shortened version of \u003ci\u003e“copalli” \u003c\/i\u003ewhich is a Nahuatl word that means incense; to the Mayan people it was called \u003ci\u003ePom\u003c\/i\u003e and others have nicknamed it \u003ci\u003eYoung Amber*\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn modern times copal is widely used as a standalone or as an ingredient in the blend of many incense fragrances.  It's really magical stuff and what I find to be a perfect mid-summer scent!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Fun Fact 2:\u003c\/b\u003e Are you a fan of Amber? You know that hard, golden resin that has been known to encase ancient insects? You probably had a piece at some point or another in your life, or at least held some...\u003ci\u003eit's so cool, a real time capsule! \u003c\/i\u003eI actually remember seeing a shaving brush handle made from the stuff years back too...\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEPIC! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWell, that is Copal! Or, Antique Copal from thousands of years back to be more precise, hence its nickname, \u003ci\u003eYoung Amber.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsn't it odd?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e It's like Copal was always near, we just never knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt this point you are probably wondering what Palo Santo is. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePalo Santo is also considered to be a sacred tree but possessing a very strong, aromatic wood as well. Palo Santo can be distilled into an essential oil or be used as a resin but even more interestingly, it can be cut into sticks and burned like sage or incense. The scent is fresh and alive - slightly resinous, and almost minty with sparkly notes of citrus. In some cases, because of different environmental factors, it can also smell like baked apples or burnt sugar. In short,\u003ci\u003e the stuff is a perfumers dream!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGet Excited, Shave Cadets!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAnticipate the magic and turn that next shave into pure adventure!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIngredients: Alcohol Denat, Palo Santo Hydrosol, Essential \/ Fragrance Oils, Buruti Oil, Pracaxi Oil Hedione, Guayusa Extract, Glycerin, Willow Bark Extract, Aloe, Copal Resin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"notespyramid notespyramidb\"\u003e100 ml (3.4 fl oz)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29157961105456,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/copalli-artisan-aftershavecologne-resinous-ambrosial-balsamic-974575.jpg?v=1726347009"},{"product_id":"copalli-artisan-shaving-soap-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-5-oz","title":"Copalli Artisan Shaving Soap | Ultra Premium CK-6 Formula","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFrom Jungle Smoke to Your Shave Den!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/b\u003e: Black Copal Forward, with a kiss of Palo Santo. Ethereal, Aromatic, Resinous, Ambrosial and Balsamic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixshaving.com\/collections\/copalli-collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Copalli Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCopalli has been part of the Phoenix Shaving lineup for years now, but the story behind it began long before the first bottle was ever poured. I spent years chasing this scent, determined to capture the magic of my first encounter with Black Copal in Central America. From the moment I experienced it, I knew I had stumbled onto something extraordinary. The more I learned about its history and cultural significance, the more convinced I became that my first impression had been right!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere The Story Began (For Me)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eI remember catching my first whiff of Black Copal wafting through the humid air while crossing the border between Costa Rica and down into Panama by motorcycle. This border was so much less formal than what one would ever see in the states. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eImagine a whimsical bazaar or carnival without rides happening in between worlds. Tents, tables, booths, baskets, food, livestock, Singer Pedal Sewing Machines, artisanos, gypsies, jugglers, sketchy money changers with rigged calculators, policia with big guns...\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eand me, D. Smythe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003ePushing a beat up, no working headlamp, 250cc Yin Yang Motorcycle through the crowd wearing sunglasses and a bandana over my mouth to keep out the dust. (Yes the irony of the bike name did not go unnoticed. And Yes, Yin Yang motorcycles really exist!)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eRather than rush through I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and seek out some new, rare, obscure gem of a hot sauce. I was really into hot sauce back then. I enjoyed the many different colors and flavors I was finding during my time down South, but my primary use of it was to hopefully kill any parásitos or parasites I may have picked up while traveling in these parts. \u003cb\u003e#StruggleIsRealVivid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSo, I happily trudged along from booth to booth pushing that damn bike. I actually had no business wasting time like that when I would be losing daylight in only a couple of hours and still had a long ways to go. No new \u003ci\u003esalsa\u003c\/i\u003e had caught my eye yet and before one could, something hooked me by the nose and led me to a  booth tucked away in between a cage of baby chickens and someone selling bags of colored liquid. Some where to drink, others were to scare away flies. (I swear)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eA thick, rich, heavy smoke poured out from the stall creating a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere, mixing and mingling with the dust of the day. A tiny old man beckoned to me from behind a table covered in tapestries and tiny ceramic bowls that streamed of weaving, webbing plumes of smoke! I waved back at him pointing at my bike and shrugging my shoulders, indicating I couldn't leave it for fear of theft. But he nodded his head and rose from where he sat, directing me with both hands now towards his tables. I vividly remember saying to the bike as we proceeded under the cloth overhang, \u003ci\u003e\"ok, we're going in\",\u003c\/i\u003e as I patted the gas tank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe man spoke for a long time in a mix of English, Spanish and some indigenous dialect. Somewhere in a conversation about the mystical, sacred resin known as Copal de la Noche he noticed my dilapidated headlamp. He looked back at me eyebrow raised and said something, confused I just responded with a smile and nod. Next thing I knew, with tools in hand, he was repairing my light. \u003ci\u003eSweet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eI left slightly before it got dark with two sticks of Palo Santo, a satchel full of \"God Food\" and my bike back in the race to the next hostel . I could still smell the smoke pouring out of that old man's tent for kilometers before it faded into the jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn life, unlike on tv, we don't truly have a soundtrack, at least not continuously or seamlessly. We do however have what I like to call a Smelltrack, it's always going, non-stop since birth. All of my memories after that fateful day down in \"Central A\" are smoke stained with Black Copal. When I started a few years back experimenting with tree resins and perfuming I knew it would eventually lead back to Copalli.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Most Epic Scent You Never Heard Of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor the last decade you may have heard me refer to Copal as the Sandalwood of Mesoamerica. I know, a tad vague and also confusing. To clarify, (IMO) what Sandalwood is to the East, Copal is to the Americas, Mesoamerica in particular. Meaning, it is\/ has been used in much the same way that Sandalwood was\/is and has been, since man set foot on the America(s). Some uses include religious ceremonies such as ritual offerings to the gods, Insect Repellent, Ancient Magic, as Perfume, as Incense, and on and on!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFun Fact:\u003c\/b\u003e The Aztecs referred to Copal as \u003ci\u003eFood Of The Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, if that doesn't tell you how epic it is...\u003ci\u003eand how long we gringos have been missing out!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut What is Copal? Plant, Animal, Mineral, Mystery?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCopal is a tree resin that has been used since pre-Columbian times in various ceremonies throughout Central \u0026amp; South America. The word copal is a shortened version of \u003ci\u003e“copalli” \u003c\/i\u003ewhich is a Nahuatl word that means incense; to the Mayan people it was called \u003ci\u003ePom\u003c\/i\u003e and others have nicknamed it \u003ci\u003eYoung Amber*\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn modern times copal is widely used as a standalone or as an ingredient in the blend of many incense fragrances.  It's really magical stuff and what I find to be a perfect mid-summer scent!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Fun Fact 2:\u003c\/b\u003e Are you a fan of Amber? You know that hard, golden resin that has been known to encase ancient insects? You probably had a piece at some point or another in your life, or at least held some...\u003ci\u003eit's so cool, a real time capsule! \u003c\/i\u003eI actually remember seeing a shaving brush handle made from the stuff years back too...\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEPIC! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWell, that is Copal! Or, Antique Copal from thousands of years back to be more precise, hence its nickname, \u003ci\u003eYoung Amber.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsn't it odd?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e It's like Copal was always near, we just never knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt this point you are probably wondering what Palo Santo is. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePalo Santo is also considered to be a sacred tree but possessing a very strong, aromatic wood as well. Palo Santo can be distilled into an essential oil or be used as a resin but even more interestingly, it can be cut into sticks and burned like sage or incense. The scent is fresh and alive - slightly resinous, and almost minty with sparkly notes of citrus. In some cases, because of different environmental factors, it can also smell like baked apples or burnt sugar. In short,\u003ci\u003e the stuff is a perfumers dream!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGet Excited, Shave Cadets!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAnticipate the magic and turn that next shave into pure adventure!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4 oz (113 g)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eExternal Use Only, Discontinue Use if Irritation Occurs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandmade In Arizona, USA\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29158041649200,"sku":"","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/copalli-artisan-shaving-soap-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-282519.jpg?v=1726347110"},{"product_id":"copalli-artisan-shave-soap-aftershave-cologne-ultra-premium-formula-ck-6-resinous-ambrosial-balsamic","title":"Copalli Artisan Shave Soap \u0026 Aftershave\/Cologne | Ultra Premium Formula CK-6 | Resinous, Ambrosial \u0026 Balsamic","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"diraboutblurb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom Jungle Smoke to Your Shave Den!\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"diraboutblurb\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/b\u003e: Black Copal Forward, with a kiss of Palo Santo. Ethereal, Aromatic, Resinous, Ambrosial and Balsamic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixshaving.com\/collections\/copalli-collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Copalli Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCopalli has been part of the Phoenix Shaving lineup for years now, but the story behind it began long before the first bottle was ever poured. I spent years chasing this scent, determined to capture the magic of my first encounter with Black Copal in Central America. From the moment I experienced it, I knew I had stumbled onto something extraordinary. The more I learned about its history and cultural significance, the more convinced I became that my first impression had been right!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere The Story Began (For Me)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eI remember catching my first whiff of Black Copal wafting through the humid air while crossing the border between Costa Rica and down into Panama by motorcycle. This border was so much less formal than what one would ever see in the states. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eImagine a whimsical bazaar or carnival without rides happening in between worlds. Tents, tables, booths, baskets, food, livestock, Singer Pedal Sewing Machines, artisanos, gypsies, jugglers, sketchy money changers with rigged calculators, policia with big guns...\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eand me, D. Smythe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003ePushing a beat up, no working headlamp, 250cc Yin Yang Motorcycle through the crowd wearing sunglasses and a bandana over my mouth to keep out the dust. (Yes the irony of the bike name did not go unnoticed. And Yes, Yin Yang motorcycles really exist!)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eRather than rush through I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and seek out some new, rare, obscure gem of a hot sauce. I was really into hot sauce back then. I enjoyed the many different colors and flavors I was finding during my time down South, but my primary use of it was to hopefully kill any parásitos or parasites I may have picked up while traveling in these parts. \u003cb\u003e#StruggleIsRealVivid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSo, I happily trudged along from booth to booth pushing that damn bike. I actually had no business wasting time like that when I would be losing daylight in only a couple of hours and still had a long ways to go. No new \u003ci\u003esalsa\u003c\/i\u003e had caught my eye yet and before one could, something hooked me by the nose and led me to a  booth tucked away in between a cage of baby chickens and someone selling bags of colored liquid. Some where to drink, others were to scare away flies. (I swear)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eA thick, rich, heavy smoke poured out from the stall creating a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere, mixing and mingling with the dust of the day. A tiny old man beckoned to me from behind a table covered in tapestries and tiny ceramic bowls that streamed of weaving, webbing plumes of smoke! I waved back at him pointing at my bike and shrugging my shoulders, indicating I couldn't leave it for fear of theft. But he nodded his head and rose from where he sat, directing me with both hands now towards his tables. I vividly remember saying to the bike as we proceeded under the cloth overhang, \u003ci\u003e\"ok, we're going in\",\u003c\/i\u003e as I patted the gas tank.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe man spoke for a long time in a mix of English, Spanish and some indigenous dialect. Somewhere in a conversation about the mystical, sacred resin known as Copal de la Noche he noticed my dilapidated headlamp. He looked back at me eyebrow raised and said something, confused I just responded with a smile and nod. Next thing I knew, with tools in hand, he was repairing my light. \u003ci\u003eSweet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eI left slightly before it got dark with two sticks of Palo Santo, a satchel full of \"God Food\" and my bike back in the race to the next hostel . I could still smell the smoke pouring out of that old man's tent for kilometers before it faded into the jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn life, unlike on tv, we don't truly have a soundtrack, at least not continuously or seamlessly. We do however have what I like to call a Smelltrack, it's always going, non-stop since birth. All of my memories after that fateful day down in \"Central A\" are smoke stained with Black Copal. When I started a few years back experimenting with tree resins and perfuming I knew it would eventually lead back to Copalli.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Most Epic Scent You Never Heard Of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor the last decade you may have heard me refer to Copal as the Sandalwood of Mesoamerica. I know, a tad vague and also confusing. To clarify, (IMO) what Sandalwood is to the East, Copal is to the Americas, Mesoamerica in particular. Meaning, it is\/ has been used in much the same way that Sandalwood was\/is and has been, since man set foot on the America(s). Some uses include religious ceremonies such as ritual offerings to the gods, Insect Repellent, Ancient Magic, as Perfume, as Incense, and on and on!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFun Fact:\u003c\/b\u003e The Aztecs referred to Copal as \u003ci\u003eFood Of The Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, if that doesn't tell you how epic it is...\u003ci\u003eand how long we gringos have been missing out!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut What is Copal? Plant, Animal, Mineral, Mystery?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCopal is a tree resin that has been used since pre-Columbian times in various ceremonies throughout Central \u0026amp; South America. The word copal is a shortened version of \u003ci\u003e“copalli” \u003c\/i\u003ewhich is a Nahuatl word that means incense; to the Mayan people it was called \u003ci\u003ePom\u003c\/i\u003e and others have nicknamed it \u003ci\u003eYoung Amber*\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn modern times copal is widely used as a standalone or as an ingredient in the blend of many incense fragrances.  It's really magical stuff and what I find to be a perfect mid-summer scent!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Fun Fact 2:\u003c\/b\u003e Are you a fan of Amber? You know that hard, golden resin that has been known to encase ancient insects? You probably had a piece at some point or another in your life, or at least held some...\u003ci\u003eit's so cool, a real time capsule! \u003c\/i\u003eI actually remember seeing a shaving brush handle made from the stuff years back too...\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEPIC! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWell, that is Copal! Or, Antique Copal from thousands of years back to be more precise, hence its nickname, \u003ci\u003eYoung Amber.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsn't it odd?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e It's like Copal was always near, we just never knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt this point you are probably wondering what Palo Santo is. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePalo Santo is also considered to be a sacred tree but possessing a very strong, aromatic wood as well. Palo Santo can be distilled into an essential oil or be used as a resin but even more interestingly, it can be cut into sticks and burned like sage or incense. The scent is fresh and alive - slightly resinous, and almost minty with sparkly notes of citrus. In some cases, because of different environmental factors, it can also smell like baked apples or burnt sugar. In short,\u003ci\u003e the stuff is a perfumers dream!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGet Excited, Shave Cadets!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAnticipate the magic and turn that next shave into pure adventure!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAftershave Cologne Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e: Alcohol Denat, Palo Santo Hydrosol, Essential \/ Fragrance Oils, Buruti Oil, Pracaxi Oil Hedione, Guayusa Extract, Glycerin, Willow Bark Extract, Aloe, Copal Resin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100 ml (3.4 fl oz)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoap Net Wt 4oz (113 g)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"notespyramid notespyramidb\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"No Discount","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29158177505328,"sku":"","price":44.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/copalli-artisan-shave-soap-aftershavecologne-ultra-premium-formula-ck-6-resinous-ambrosial-balsamic-281497.jpg?v=1726347110"},{"product_id":"agharta-solid-cologne-contains-prickly-pear-oil-a-high-energy-musk","title":"AGHARTA Solid Cologne | Contains Prickly Pear Oil | Inner Earth Barbershop","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e Talc, Ambergris, Amyris, French Vanilla Bean, Japanese Sandalwood, Cedar and Oak Moss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/agharta-collection\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Agharta Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAGHARTA is one of our most EPIC, Classic Original Phoenix Shaving Scents...nowhere else on the surface of the planet does this fragrance exist! A darker, unique interpretation of traditional barbershop scent. Those who know, know...\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eas above, so below!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSolid Cologne?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI must confess, I was not a believer in Solid Colognes until recently! Many times when asked if I would ever consider doing one, my default answer was always:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Solid Colognes are for hippies and little girls.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI really believed this. I mean, I vividly remember my little sister getting some that came with a doll of hers when she was 5! I also remember seeing the stuff on offer in many a new age store on the shelf next to the incense in intricately carved soapstone compacts, lol. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI assure you dear reader, my answer wasn't meant to be hurtful or mean spirited, and I admit I was simply wrong and uneducated in the ways of this magical stuff!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo what changed my mind you ask? Quite simply, it was the history. It turns out I actually owned a book on solid perfumes! I know, how is this possible? But it does happen. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhenever I delve into anything I go full tilt and many years back, when I began working on honing my skills as a perfumer, I ordered every book out there! Some books were even in French! And one, as I mentioned, was on Solid Perfumes... totally didn't read the subtitle when ordering it, all I read was \"Perfume\". When it arrived, uninterested, I tossed it to the side, only to stumble upon it once more, years later, while transferring books to a new shelf.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd after the many requests from people over the years I did become more curious as to what all the hoopla was about in regards to the balm. So I put the tome on my bed and promised to take a quick gander at it before I fell asleep that night. That gander turned into a marathon session, a real page turner!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am embarrassed to say I was way wrong, my previous exposure to the stuff was very limited, and I really had no right making up my mind to write it off so quickly. Solid Perfumes \u0026amp; Colognes were born out of a rich history and are totally different animals when it comes to scent carriers. I was looking at them completely wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFact is, a Solid Cologne is a much more personal, intimate, and tactile creation when compared to say, an Eau De Parfum, Cologne, or Aftershave. It is not meant for everyone in the room to smell but rather those closest to you, as well as yourself. It isn't meant to live on the shelf in your bathroom, but more as a travel companion tucked in your backpack, briefcase, gym bag or carry on!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is part of the history!\u003c\/em\u003e Back in the day, solid perfumes were kept close, often on the body, hidden in the secret compartment of a ring, or worn close to the heart in a locket or metal ball called a Pomander. It was always there for a quick whiff or application to the hot spots or facial hair. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany men and women even carried scent boxes with them back in the day for inhaling while walking the fowl streets of medieval cities! Some of these boxes and compacts held multiple scents to be enjoyed one at a time or all at once or in different combinations. The sniffer could turn on or off the different scents of the accord...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat's just AWESOME! \u003c\/em\u003eLike playing your own composition on a musical instrument. Scent for scents sake!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven plague doctors got in on the act and kept solid perfume on themselves as well. Many now know that doctors of that time wore curious bird like masks, the beak of which was stuffed with aromatic herbs. These herbs were thought to prevent the spread of the plague, and they were also used to eclipse the stench coming off the patients. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat you may not know is these doctors also came outfitted with a cane that hid a secret flip lid in the handle. This compartment held a blended, solid perfume that could be accessed in a pinch and smeared under the nose. \u003cem\u003eBrilliant!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Ancient Egypt, solid perfumes were a large part of the culture. An Egyptian  woman often wore what was called an unguent, or scent cone, containing the perfume, on the top of her head. Unlike modern solid perfumes, which are mixed with wax and oils, these ancient fragrances were blended with animal fat, and during the course of the hot day it would melt and anoint the wearer...\u003cem\u003ethat's pretty epic!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI could go on, but instead, I encourage you to do your own research. I promise you it is fascinating and will give you a greater appreciation of Solid Cologne and Perfumes!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo, with the weight of history dancing in my head I went to work on creating my own Solid Cologne, and it came out wonderful! Rather than dissolving absolutes, resins, and balsams into alcohol as I typically would for an alcohol based perfume, I carefully heated them, and along with the scent oils, blended them into the Beeswax, Shea Oil, Jojoba oil, Prickly Pear Oil matrix.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI find that, as the perfumer, the scent stays truer longer to the original shape I was going for. Meaning, \u003cstrong\u003evolatile top notes last longer\u003c\/strong\u003e and heart notes fade slower too! Base notes will last much, much longer as they mix and mingle more organically with your own body chemistry and natural oils seamlessly. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolid Cologne is a total and complete departure from the chemical reaction one experiences with an alcohol based product. It is more like a harmonious alchemical marriage, than a quick burn and evaporate dry down effect. Very different energetics when compared, and don't misunderstand me, they are both wonderful, but again, unique from each other, and that's what I didn't understand before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven the mechanics of application are different. Apply it once or revisit it many times during the day as a pick me up, no one will even notice when you do. There's a very sensual element at play here, like a secret with yourself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI really have to say, this whole process enriched me as a perfumer, I truly felt part of a greater work. Ok, it's getting a little woo woo, but I think you are picking up what I'm putting down, no? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's true, I really misunderstood solid perfumes in the past and dismissed them way too soon in my arrogance. If you are like I was, I encourage you to become humble and check them out, otherwise you are doing yourself a great disservice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow...How DO I Use Solid Cologne?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRub a finger across the top of the solid cologne and apply it to the pulse points \u0026amp; hot spots: wrists, neck, inside of elbow, behind the ears, and heart. You can also use in the beard, moustache or hair. 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A short distance away, a giant antenna supports a mass of mysterious, needling vines as they climb their way towards the sun in a slow, undulating rhythm of cling. At the base of the antenna is another mound of green, suggesting perhaps it was once a small UHF station. The air surrounding this scene is damp and thick with humidity. Airborne seed pods of all different sizes and colors are whirling like disturbed dust in a ray of sunlight coming through a window pane on a sleepy Sunday morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn abundance of trees, various and looming, of unknown species grow steadily towards the sky, dwarfing what we ever could recall of those majestic Northern California Redwoods. Huge birds, reptiles, and insects partake in the cacophony of this immense rain forrest scene and symphony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, at precisely the same moment that a giant Venus fly trap clamps down on an unsuspecting lizard, is when it appears. Just like that, no warning, no reason, no sound...a cube. About the size of an average microwave oven, sleek, black, and hovering in place silently. It seems to scan the invasive green landscape, spinning slowly in a circle, taking it all in. If it could, it would give an impressed whistle. Then in a flash of white light it disappears just as suddenly as it previously arrived. However, in that same moment, on that same spot, a group of strangers flash into sudden existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“He was here.” The man said, pulling off his pith helmet and wiping sweat off his brow with the back of the same hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“How do you know?” Asked the woman standing next to him, but before he could answer another voice spoke up, “because he can smell it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe man in the pith hat and woman both turned and in unison shout in surprise, “Aldous”!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis in turn scares the living bejeezus out of the 100 pound malamute that was, up until the outburst, caught up on his own suspicious scent trail. No, it wasn't that pesky, meddling CUBE he was picking up on, though its charcoal like ozone musk was undoubtedly fresh and still hanging on the breeze like a lightening strike. No this other distinctive scent was both more menacing and more intriguing. Green, slightly spicy, feisty, unruly, and teeming with life. It danced in front of the mesmerized malamute like a dangling mystical carrot of taboo, like a phantom or trickster spirit, reminiscent of the coyotes he had bumped into accidentally in the Arizona desert after dark. But now Huxley's reverie was broken and he just stared at the strange looking human before him. \"This better be good...\" he thought, \"or at least call for a lunch break.\" His stomach grumbled as if to punctuate that last point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAldous stood naked as a jaybird before them except for a turban, and in that same instance Ludmilla suddenly materialized. Aldous made a high pitched shriek and disappeared in a white flash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Damn it, he's gone again!\" Doug blurted out while making an exaggerated show of feeling the air wildly with his hands where Aldous just was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He really needs to stop doing that.\" he added. \"I think he likes you Ludmilla,\" Fran added. Ludmilla just stood there looking confused and doubtful, still wearing her cloak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, Aldous reappeared in a smart plaid sports jacket, jeans, a t-shirt, and a cap in place of the turban. \"Sorry, still getting used to this Time Hopping thing.\" Doug just pointed his finger at Aldous, and said in the same tone he would to Hux, \"Stay.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey all now looked around slowly. Where were they? Judging by the strange make of the grounded crafts and vehicles in the what one could imagine were at one time streets, they were at some point in the future...but when? \"Why would the CUBE lead us here?\" asked Douglas and continued, \"Mega Flora \u0026amp; Fauna for all the eye can see.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I'm not sure.\" answered Fran in a distracted tone as she knelt down poking at the gelatinous substance glistening on the twisting vines that covered the road. She then looked up at everyone and matter of factly asked, \"How did we all escape the 1920s?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat was actually a really good question. The last thing Doug remembered was being lifted up by his hood and thrown into the back of a wagon outside the great carnival tent they had been rolling around in right before all hell broke loose. Had they all collectively time hopped together? At this point it seemed as if the phenomenon had an intelligence of its own and they in fact had zero control over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore they had an opportunity to compare notes, or get their bearings, off in the distance the CUBE reappeared. It didn't seem to pay them any attention and hovered off mysteriously into the jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll at once the group met each others gaze, and without vocalizing the same shared thought, decided to follow it quietly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 minutes after they were out of sight, Maria Orsic and her small band of Nazi soldiers magically appeared. \"He was here...\" She said making no attempt to hide the fact that she was sniffing the air, \"...Smythe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e                                                                 *   *   *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Mega_Flora_Ad_2_480x480.jpg?v=1587507170\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmediately after entering the forrest both Fran and Doug felt uneasy, they could not help but sense they were being watched, even Ludmilla \u0026amp; Hux were on guard. Aldous, on the other hand couldn't appear more at home in the lush \u0026amp; fecund surroundings, yapping on and on about his short time as a vaudeville sensation. Every so often he would stop in mid sentence to delight in the smell a giant species of flower, and then he'd pick right back up in his diatribe on this and that. Douglas completely tuned him out and kept his eyes on the CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug first crossed paths with CUBE one strange day 5 years back on a trip to Blythe, California. He was there to check out some unique geoglyphs located there. He had reason to believe these ancient \"messages to the gods\" were actually part of a greater world treasure map of some sort, not intended for gods or aliens, but to the future generations that they knew would eventually take to the air...as they had, in their prime. It was Doug's suspicion that the builders of these vast glyphs were done by the diaspora of a once great, and by that time, fractured advanced civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSadly, a lot of this true \"world map\" was destroyed by progress, and simply by honest folks over time that had no idea what they were looking at, if they could even distinguish what it was at all. Thanks to modern LIDAR technology, which is used to survey vast expanses of land from the air, it was possible to see even more of what was on this theoretical map. Douglas was doing just that with a drone Fran had cleverly modified. He commanded the drone from his phone as it flew at a hight of 400 feet. The task was monotonous, similar to mowing the lawn in the sky. For that very reason Fran had decided to stay back at the lab in Arizona, doing more clever Fran things. The scan was for the most part automated. It relied on a digital grid system generated by the program utilizing a standard GPS guidance system. Meaning, he didn't have to look up all day operating a joy stick. But that didn't mean he wasn't looking up, in fact, Doug's eyes were most of the time on the sky...and that, my friend, is how he came to spot CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What is that?\" Doug thought out loud, startling Huxley who snoozed in a slender section of shade offered by a nearby Organ Pipe Cactus. It really just appeared out of nowhere. Was it another drone? He scanned the landscape looking for a pilot but there was no one around and he was so far away from anyone or anything. Blythe was one of those towns where folks typically only stopped for gas or if they broke down. Was it a balloon? Maybe A Box Kite? At a height of 400 feet, with the afternoon sun directly behind the object, it was tough to say. But it was moving as if guided by something, and was coming uncomfortably close to the drone as it plotted along merrily on its invisible grid. It seemed to be checking it out. Doug dug through his backpack looking for his monocular. Huxley, now interested, bounded over to help. Well, that is if \"helping\" meant poking around for Cliff Bars, which is how he interpreted Doug's actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeering through the spyglass Doug searched the sky until he came upon the object. It was a perfectly black CUBE. He guessed it was just slightly bigger than the drone. Now the CUBE suddenly seemed to realize it was being observed and locked one of its 6 sides on Douglas. The hair on the back of his neck stood up and an eery feeling reeled down his spine as he saw the CUBE honing in and picking up speed as it closed the distance between them. It was at this point that Huxley took notice of the incoming black box, or more like \"Lunch Box\", at least in Huxley's mind. As Doug sprinted towards the Jeep Huxley fixed his stare on the rapidly approaching toy. Then with the CUBE only a few short feet away, and ready to dive bomb the Jeep as Doug dove into the hatch, Huxley leaped into the air, jaws open and ready. The giant malamute landed, rolling through the dry sand wrestling his prize into submission. Huxley quickly realized the object definitely was not lunch, nor was it edible. The CUBE, much to his surprise tasted like old people feet, an acquired taste for sure. He quickly spit it out with much gusto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug hopped out of the back of the Jeep and walked over to the CUBE, now motionless on the ground. He gently kicked at it with caution and trepidation, as one does with an unexploded firecracker. There was no movement. There were obvious bite marks on parts of it but in a matter of seconds they were gone! The CUBE then slowly rose to eye level and began to give the human who had caused him so much trouble a once over. It then lowered itself down to Huxley level and repeated the scan. Then, once more it rose up to look head long into Doug's eyes creating some sort of strange, invisible link between the two. And in an instant Doug was in the CUBES head. He understood immediately what the CUBE was up to...but it didn't quite add up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CUBE suddenly broke the mental tether, lowered itself, slashed one of Doug's tires and shot off into the sky. \"What the?\" said Douglas as he and Hux stared off after it, and then at each other shrugging. That was the first time they bumped into CUBE, but certainly would not be the last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Be Continued...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31914159767600,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/mega-flora-aftershavecologne-an-epic-green-serene-smoother-take-on-fougere-868364.jpg?v=1759255413"},{"product_id":"mega-flora-artisan-shaving-soap-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-5-oz","title":"Mega Flora Artisan Shaving Soap | Ultra Premium CK-6 Formula | An Epic Green, Serene, Smoother Take On Fougère","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMega Flora! \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e[\u003cem\u003eThe Shaver Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eContinues Below, Scroll Way Down!]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: French Lavender, Bergamot, Petitgrain, Rose Geranium, Tonka Bean, Clary Sage, Fir Needle, Pine, Juniper, Chamomile, Bamboo, Cedarwood, Haitian Vetiver, Rose Absolute, Hay Absolute, Oakmoss Absolute.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Mega Flora Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo say this is a complex scent would be an understatement. I mean, with one glance at the scent profile you will see 16 different scent notes in this accord! What I \u003cem\u003ecan\u003c\/em\u003e promise is this is a very sophisticated, well blended aromatic experience! A very smooth take on a class of Fougère called \u003cem\u003eAromatic\u003c\/em\u003e. An Aromatic Fougère will often include herbacious notes, spices and woody notes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI personally find Mega Flora to be enchanting. The way the scent develops is an exercise in lycanthropy or shape shifting! The lead in is a double helix of French Lavender and Tonka Bean, a sweet, seductive siren song that hooks you by both nostrils and drags you into the forest! The woods are made up of Bamboo, a kiss of Citrus, Rose and Evergreen. Weaving playfully in between the trees are the soothing, herbaceous notes of Chamomile and Clary Sage. Lastly are the \u003c\/span\u003edeep, heavy, slightly sweet and resinous undertones of Haitian Vetiver and Earthy Oakmoss \u0026amp; Hay.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreen, Serene \u0026amp; Smooth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are a fan of green original fragrances or just love a thoughtful, smooth \u0026amp; sophisticated modern fragrance, Mega Flora is just what you are looking for. Take a step into the unknown,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003etake a step into the woods!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Net Wt 4 oz (113 g)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExternal Use Only, Discontinue Use if Irritation Occurs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandmade In Arizona, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Mega_Flora_Part_1_Ad_480x480.jpg?v=1587507015\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Saga Continues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[For those following the ongoing adventure! If you are unaware of the PAA Universe, you must read The AGHARTA Trilogy, Organism 46b, John Frum \u0026amp; ESP!]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSomewhere In Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImagine a world overtaken, or rather reclaimed by the Earth in all her reckless and untidy glory. Let's face it, mama nature was never meant to be a house wife in any epoch. Order and domestication is not a good look for her. She made the choice, a long time ago, to just let it all hang out, to allow things to sort themselves out, and if humans or the gods didn't like it, too bad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the feral landscape of this new horizon an ancient parking garage is now crumbling to dust, its gnarled and exposed rebar makes an excellent support for the vines and vegetation that now cover what is left of the structure. A short distance away, a giant antenna supports a mass of mysterious, needling vines as they climb their way towards the sun in a slow, undulating rhythm of cling. At the base of the antenna is another mound of green, suggesting perhaps it was once a small UHF station. The air surrounding this scene is damp and thick with humidity. Airborne seed pods of all different sizes and colors are whirling like disturbed dust in a ray of sunlight coming through a window pane on a sleepy Sunday morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn abundance of trees, various and looming, of unknown species grow steadily towards the sky, dwarfing what we ever could recall of those majestic Northern California Redwoods. Huge birds, reptiles, and insects partake in the cacophony of this immense rain forrest scene and symphony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, at precisely the same moment that a giant Venus fly trap clamps down on an unsuspecting lizard, is when it appears. Just like that, no warning, no reason, no sound...a cube. About the size of an average microwave oven, sleek, black, and hovering in place silently. It seems to scan the invasive green landscape, spinning slowly in a circle, taking it all in. If it could, it would give an impressed whistle. Then in a flash of white light it disappears just as suddenly as it previously arrived. However, in that same moment, on that same spot, a group of strangers flash into sudden existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“He was here.” The man said, pulling off his pith helmet and wiping sweat off his brow with the back of the same hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“How do you know?” Asked the woman standing next to him, but before he could answer another voice spoke up, “because he can smell it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe man in the pith hat and woman both turned and in unison shout in surprise, “Aldous”!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis in turn scares the living bejeezus out of the 100 pound malamute that was, up until the outburst, caught up on his own suspicious scent trail. No, it wasn't that pesky, meddling CUBE he was picking up on, though its charcoal like ozone musk was undoubtedly fresh and still hanging on the breeze like a lightening strike. No this other distinctive scent was both more menacing and more intriguing. Green, slightly spicy, feisty, unruly, and teeming with life. It danced in front of the mesmerized malamute like a dangling mystical carrot of taboo, like a phantom or trickster spirit, reminiscent of the coyotes he had bumped into accidentally in the Arizona desert after dark. But now Huxley's reverie was broken and he just stared at the strange looking human before him. \"This better be good...\" he thought, \"or at least call for a lunch break.\" His stomach grumbled as if to punctuate that last point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAldous stood naked as a jaybird before them except for a turban, and in that same instance Ludmilla suddenly materialized. Aldous made a high pitched shriek and disappeared in a white flash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Damn it, he's gone again!\" Doug blurted out while making an exaggerated show of feeling the air wildly with his hands where Aldous just was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He really needs to stop doing that.\" he added. \"I think he likes you Ludmilla,\" Fran added. Ludmilla just stood there looking confused and doubtful, still wearing her cloak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, Aldous reappeared in a smart plaid sports jacket, jeans, a t-shirt, and a cap in place of the turban. \"Sorry, still getting used to this Time Hopping thing.\" Doug just pointed his finger at Aldous, and said in the same tone he would to Hux, \"Stay.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey all now looked around slowly. Where were they? Judging by the strange make of the grounded crafts and vehicles in the what one could imagine were at one time streets, they were at some point in the future...but when? \"Why would the CUBE lead us here?\" asked Douglas and continued, \"Mega Flora \u0026amp; Fauna for all the eye can see.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I'm not sure.\" answered Fran in a distracted tone as she knelt down poking at the gelatinous substance glistening on the twisting vines that covered the road. She then looked up at everyone and matter of factly asked, \"How did we all escape the 1920s?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat was actually a really good question. The last thing Doug remembered was being lifted up by his hood and thrown into the back of a wagon outside the great carnival tent they had been rolling around in right before all hell broke loose. Had they all collectively time hopped together? At this point it seemed as if the phenomenon had an intelligence of its own and they in fact had zero control over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore they had an opportunity to compare notes, or get their bearings, off in the distance the CUBE reappeared. It didn't seem to pay them any attention and hovered off mysteriously into the jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll at once the group met each others gaze, and without vocalizing the same shared thought, decided to follow it quietly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 minutes after they were out of sight, Maria Orsic and her small band of Nazi soldiers magically appeared. \"He was here...\" She said making no attempt to hide the fact that she was sniffing the air, \"...Smythe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e                                                                 *   *   *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Mega_Flora_Ad_2_480x480.jpg?v=1587507170\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmediately after entering the forrest both Fran and Doug felt uneasy, they could not help but sense they were being watched, even Ludmilla \u0026amp; Hux were on guard. Aldous, on the other hand couldn't appear more at home in the lush \u0026amp; fecund surroundings, yapping on and on about his short time as a vaudeville sensation. Every so often he would stop in mid sentence to delight in the smell a giant species of flower, and then he'd pick right back up in his diatribe on this and that. Douglas completely tuned him out and kept his eyes on the CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug first crossed paths with CUBE one strange day 5 years back on a trip to Blythe, California. He was there to check out some unique geoglyphs located there. He had reason to believe these ancient \"messages to the gods\" were actually part of a greater world treasure map of some sort, not intended for gods or aliens, but to the future generations that they knew would eventually take to the air...as they had, in their prime. It was Doug's suspicion that the builders of these vast glyphs were done by the diaspora of a once great, and by that time, fractured advanced civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSadly, a lot of this true \"world map\" was destroyed by progress, and simply by honest folks over time that had no idea what they were looking at, if they could even distinguish what it was at all. Thanks to modern LIDAR technology, which is used to survey vast expanses of land from the air, it was possible to see even more of what was on this theoretical map. Douglas was doing just that with a drone Fran had cleverly modified. He commanded the drone from his phone as it flew at a hight of 400 feet. The task was monotonous, similar to mowing the lawn in the sky. For that very reason Fran had decided to stay back at the lab in Arizona, doing more clever Fran things. The scan was for the most part automated. It relied on a digital grid system generated by the program utilizing a standard GPS guidance system. Meaning, he didn't have to look up all day operating a joy stick. But that didn't mean he wasn't looking up, in fact, Doug's eyes were most of the time on the sky...and that, my friend, is how he came to spot CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What is that?\" Doug thought out loud, startling Huxley who snoozed in a slender section of shade offered by a nearby Organ Pipe Cactus. It really just appeared out of nowhere. Was it another drone? He scanned the landscape looking for a pilot but there was no one around and he was so far away from anyone or anything. Blythe was one of those towns where folks typically only stopped for gas or if they broke down. Was it a balloon? Maybe A Box Kite? At a height of 400 feet, with the afternoon sun directly behind the object, it was tough to say. But it was moving as if guided by something, and was coming uncomfortably close to the drone as it plotted along merrily on its invisible grid. It seemed to be checking it out. Doug dug through his backpack looking for his monocular. Huxley, now interested, bounded over to help. Well, that is if \"helping\" meant poking around for Cliff Bars, which is how he interpreted Doug's actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeering through the spyglass Doug searched the sky until he came upon the object. It was a perfectly black CUBE. He guessed it was just slightly bigger than the drone. Now the CUBE suddenly seemed to realize it was being observed and locked one of its 6 sides on Douglas. The hair on the back of his neck stood up and an eery feeling reeled down his spine as he saw the CUBE honing in and picking up speed as it closed the distance between them. It was at this point that Huxley took notice of the incoming black box, or more like \"Lunch Box\", at least in Huxley's mind. As Doug sprinted towards the Jeep Huxley fixed his stare on the rapidly approaching toy. Then with the CUBE only a few short feet away, and ready to dive bomb the Jeep as Doug dove into the hatch, Huxley leaped into the air, jaws open and ready. The giant malamute landed, rolling through the dry sand wrestling his prize into submission. Huxley quickly realized the object definitely was not lunch, nor was it edible. The CUBE, much to his surprise tasted like old people feet, an acquired taste for sure. He quickly spit it out with much gusto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug hopped out of the back of the Jeep and walked over to the CUBE, now motionless on the ground. He gently kicked at it with caution and trepidation, as one does with an unexploded firecracker. There was no movement. There were obvious bite marks on parts of it but in a matter of seconds they were gone! The CUBE then slowly rose to eye level and began to give the human who had caused him so much trouble a once over. It then lowered itself down to Huxley level and repeated the scan. Then, once more it rose up to look head long into Doug's eyes creating some sort of strange, invisible link between the two. And in an instant Doug was in the CUBES head. He understood immediately what the CUBE was up to...but it didn't quite add up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CUBE suddenly broke the mental tether, lowered itself, slashed one of Doug's tires and shot off into the sky. \"What the?\" said Douglas as he and Hux stared off after it, and then at each other shrugging. That was the first time they bumped into CUBE, but certainly would not be the last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Be Continued...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31914454974512,"sku":"","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/mega-flora-artisan-shaving-soap-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-552311.jpg?v=1759255415"},{"product_id":"mega-flora-artisan-shaving-soap-aftershave-cologne-bundle-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-5-oz-1","title":"Mega Flora Artisan Shaving Soap \u0026 Aftershave Cologne Bundle | Ultra Premium CK-6 Formula | An Epic Green, Serene, Smoother Take On Fougère","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMega Flora! \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e[\u003cem\u003eThe Shaver Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eContinues Below, Scroll Way Down!]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst 50 Bundles Come With A Limited Edition Holographic Label!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: French Lavender, Bergamot, Petitgrain, Rose Geranium, Tonka Bean, Clary Sage, Fir Needle, Pine, Juniper, Chamomile, Bamboo, Cedarwood, Haitian Vetiver, Rose Absolute, Hay Absolute, Oakmoss Absolute.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Mega Flora Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo say this is a complex scent would be an understatement. I mean, with one glance at the scent profile you will see 16 different scent notes in this accord! What I \u003cem\u003ecan\u003c\/em\u003e promise is this is a very sophisticated, well blended aromatic experience! A very smooth take on a class of Fougère called \u003cem\u003eAromatic\u003c\/em\u003e. An Aromatic Fougère will often include herbacious notes, spices and woody notes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI personally find Mega Flora to be enchanting. The way the scent develops is an exercise in lycanthropy or shape shifting! The lead in is a double helix of French Lavender and Tonka Bean, a sweet, seductive siren song that hooks you by both nostrils and drags you into the forest! The woods are made up of Bamboo, a kiss of Citrus, Rose and Evergreen. Weaving playfully in between the trees are the soothing, herbaceous notes of Chamomile and Clary Sage. Lastly are the \u003c\/span\u003edeep, heavy, slightly sweet and resinous undertones of Haitian Vetiver and Earthy Oakmoss \u0026amp; Hay.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreen, Serene \u0026amp; Smooth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are a fan of green original fragrances or just love a thoughtful, smooth \u0026amp; sophisticated modern fragrance, Mega Flora is just what you are looking for. Take a step into the unknown,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003etake a step into the woods!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Else Is In It?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Addition to our favorite skin foods like\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAloe Vera \u0026amp; Vegetable Glycerin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewe also include some new ones!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaiden Hair Fern Extract\u003c\/strong\u003e: Has been used throughout history in traditional herbal therapies for topical skin irritations. What could be more fitting for an aftershave, especially a Fougère (Fern in French).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBamboo Extract\u003c\/strong\u003e: I\u003cspan\u003es historically reported to be an anti-irritant, meaning \u003c\/span\u003eBamboo Extract\u003cspan\u003e is an excellent skin food to include, providing much needed soothing and calming \u003c\/span\u003ebenefits\u003cspan\u003e to freshly shaven skin!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLavender Hydrosol\u003c\/strong\u003e: Being beneficial both topically for skin\u003c\/span\u003e health, and promoting a sense of relaxation and calm, lavender hydrosol can help the body unwind and relax.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100 Ml\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAftershave\/Cologne Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Alcohol, Lavender Hydrosol, Essential \u0026amp; Fragrance Oils, Aloe Vera, Glycerin, Bamboo \u0026amp; Maiden Hair Fern Extract\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSoap Net Wt 4 oz (113 g)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Mega_Flora_Part_1_Ad_480x480.jpg?v=1587507015\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Saga Continues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[For those following the ongoing adventure! If you are unaware of the PAA Universe, you must read The AGHARTA Trilogy, Organism 46b, John Frum \u0026amp; ESP!]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSomewhere In Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImagine a world overtaken, or rather reclaimed by the Earth in all her reckless and untidy glory. Let's face it, mama nature was never meant to be a house wife in any epoch. Order and domestication is not a good look for her. She made the choice, a long time ago, to just let it all hang out, to allow things to sort themselves out, and if humans or the gods didn't like it, too bad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the feral landscape of this new horizon an ancient parking garage is now crumbling to dust, its gnarled and exposed rebar makes an excellent support for the vines and vegetation that now cover what is left of the structure. A short distance away, a giant antenna supports a mass of mysterious, needling vines as they climb their way towards the sun in a slow, undulating rhythm of cling. At the base of the antenna is another mound of green, suggesting perhaps it was once a small UHF station. The air surrounding this scene is damp and thick with humidity. Airborne seed pods of all different sizes and colors are whirling like disturbed dust in a ray of sunlight coming through a window pane on a sleepy Sunday morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn abundance of trees, various and looming, of unknown species grow steadily towards the sky, dwarfing what we ever could recall of those majestic Northern California Redwoods. Huge birds, reptiles, and insects partake in the cacophony of this immense rain forrest scene and symphony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, at precisely the same moment that a giant Venus fly trap clamps down on an unsuspecting lizard, is when it appears. Just like that, no warning, no reason, no sound...a cube. About the size of an average microwave oven, sleek, black, and hovering in place silently. It seems to scan the invasive green landscape, spinning slowly in a circle, taking it all in. If it could, it would give an impressed whistle. Then in a flash of white light it disappears just as suddenly as it previously arrived. However, in that same moment, on that same spot, a group of strangers flash into sudden existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“He was here.” The man said, pulling off his pith helmet and wiping sweat off his brow with the back of the same hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“How do you know?” Asked the woman standing next to him, but before he could answer another voice spoke up, “because he can smell it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe man in the pith hat and woman both turned and in unison shout in surprise, “Aldous”!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis in turn scares the living bejeezus out of the 100 pound malamute that was, up until the outburst, caught up on his own suspicious scent trail. No, it wasn't that pesky, meddling CUBE he was picking up on, though its charcoal like ozone musk was undoubtedly fresh and still hanging on the breeze like a lightening strike. No this other distinctive scent was both more menacing and more intriguing. Green, slightly spicy, feisty, unruly, and teeming with life. It danced in front of the mesmerized malamute like a dangling mystical carrot of taboo, like a phantom or trickster spirit, reminiscent of the coyotes he had bumped into accidentally in the Arizona desert after dark. But now Huxley's reverie was broken and he just stared at the strange looking human before him. \"This better be good...\" he thought, \"or at least call for a lunch break.\" His stomach grumbled as if to punctuate that last point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAldous stood naked as a jaybird before them except for a turban, and in that same instance Ludmilla suddenly materialized. Aldous made a high pitched shriek and disappeared in a white flash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Damn it, he's gone again!\" Doug blurted out while making an exaggerated show of feeling the air wildly with his hands where Aldous just was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He really needs to stop doing that.\" he added. \"I think he likes you Ludmilla,\" Fran added. Ludmilla just stood there looking confused and doubtful, still wearing her cloak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, Aldous reappeared in a smart plaid sports jacket, jeans, a t-shirt, and a cap in place of the turban. \"Sorry, still getting used to this Time Hopping thing.\" Doug just pointed his finger at Aldous, and said in the same tone he would to Hux, \"Stay.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey all now looked around slowly. Where were they? Judging by the strange make of the grounded crafts and vehicles in the what one could imagine were at one time streets, they were at some point in the future...but when? \"Why would the CUBE lead us here?\" asked Douglas and continued, \"Mega Flora \u0026amp; Fauna for all the eye can see.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I'm not sure.\" answered Fran in a distracted tone as she knelt down poking at the gelatinous substance glistening on the twisting vines that covered the road. She then looked up at everyone and matter of factly asked, \"How did we all escape the 1920s?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat was actually a really good question. The last thing Doug remembered was being lifted up by his hood and thrown into the back of a wagon outside the great carnival tent they had been rolling around in right before all hell broke loose. Had they all collectively time hopped together? At this point it seemed as if the phenomenon had an intelligence of its own and they in fact had zero control over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore they had an opportunity to compare notes, or get their bearings, off in the distance the CUBE reappeared. It didn't seem to pay them any attention and hovered off mysteriously into the jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll at once the group met each others gaze, and without vocalizing the same shared thought, decided to follow it quietly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 minutes after they were out of sight, Maria Orsic and her small band of Nazi soldiers magically appeared. \"He was here...\" She said making no attempt to hide the fact that she was sniffing the air, \"...Smythe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e                                                                 *   *   *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Mega_Flora_Ad_2_480x480.jpg?v=1587507170\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmediately after entering the forrest both Fran and Doug felt uneasy, they could not help but sense they were being watched, even Ludmilla \u0026amp; Hux were on guard. Aldous, on the other hand couldn't appear more at home in the lush \u0026amp; fecund surroundings, yapping on and on about his short time as a vaudeville sensation. Every so often he would stop in mid sentence to delight in the smell a giant species of flower, and then he'd pick right back up in his diatribe on this and that. Douglas completely tuned him out and kept his eyes on the CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug first crossed paths with CUBE one strange day 5 years back on a trip to Blythe, California. He was there to check out some unique geoglyphs located there. He had reason to believe these ancient \"messages to the gods\" were actually part of a greater world treasure map of some sort, not intended for gods or aliens, but to the future generations that they knew would eventually take to the air...as they had, in their prime. It was Doug's suspicion that the builders of these vast glyphs were done by the diaspora of a once great, and by that time, fractured advanced civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSadly, a lot of this true \"world map\" was destroyed by progress, and simply by honest folks over time that had no idea what they were looking at, if they could even distinguish what it was at all. Thanks to modern LIDAR technology, which is used to survey vast expanses of land from the air, it was possible to see even more of what was on this theoretical map. Douglas was doing just that with a drone Fran had cleverly modified. He commanded the drone from his phone as it flew at a hight of 400 feet. The task was monotonous, similar to mowing the lawn in the sky. For that very reason Fran had decided to stay back at the lab in Arizona, doing more clever Fran things. The scan was for the most part automated. It relied on a digital grid system generated by the program utilizing a standard GPS guidance system. Meaning, he didn't have to look up all day operating a joy stick. But that didn't mean he wasn't looking up, in fact, Doug's eyes were most of the time on the sky...and that, my friend, is how he came to spot CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What is that?\" Doug thought out loud, startling Huxley who snoozed in a slender section of shade offered by a nearby Organ Pipe Cactus. It really just appeared out of nowhere. Was it another drone? He scanned the landscape looking for a pilot but there was no one around and he was so far away from anyone or anything. Blythe was one of those towns where folks typically only stopped for gas or if they broke down. Was it a balloon? Maybe A Box Kite? At a height of 400 feet, with the afternoon sun directly behind the object, it was tough to say. But it was moving as if guided by something, and was coming uncomfortably close to the drone as it plotted along merrily on its invisible grid. It seemed to be checking it out. Doug dug through his backpack looking for his monocular. Huxley, now interested, bounded over to help. Well, that is if \"helping\" meant poking around for Cliff Bars, which is how he interpreted Doug's actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeering through the spyglass Doug searched the sky until he came upon the object. It was a perfectly black CUBE. He guessed it was just slightly bigger than the drone. Now the CUBE suddenly seemed to realize it was being observed and locked one of its 6 sides on Douglas. The hair on the back of his neck stood up and an eery feeling reeled down his spine as he saw the CUBE honing in and picking up speed as it closed the distance between them. It was at this point that Huxley took notice of the incoming black box, or more like \"Lunch Box\", at least in Huxley's mind. As Doug sprinted towards the Jeep Huxley fixed his stare on the rapidly approaching toy. Then with the CUBE only a few short feet away, and ready to dive bomb the Jeep as Doug dove into the hatch, Huxley leaped into the air, jaws open and ready. The giant malamute landed, rolling through the dry sand wrestling his prize into submission. Huxley quickly realized the object definitely was not lunch, nor was it edible. The CUBE, much to his surprise tasted like old people feet, an acquired taste for sure. He quickly spit it out with much gusto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug hopped out of the back of the Jeep and walked over to the CUBE, now motionless on the ground. He gently kicked at it with caution and trepidation, as one does with an unexploded firecracker. There was no movement. There were obvious bite marks on parts of it but in a matter of seconds they were gone! The CUBE then slowly rose to eye level and began to give the human who had caused him so much trouble a once over. It then lowered itself down to Huxley level and repeated the scan. Then, once more it rose up to look head long into Doug's eyes creating some sort of strange, invisible link between the two. And in an instant Doug was in the CUBES head. He understood immediately what the CUBE was up to...but it didn't quite add up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CUBE suddenly broke the mental tether, lowered itself, slashed one of Doug's tires and shot off into the sky. \"What the?\" said Douglas as he and Hux stared off after it, and then at each other shrugging. That was the first time they bumped into CUBE, but certainly would not be the last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Be Continued...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Discount","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31914513956912,"sku":"","price":44.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/mega-flora-artisan-shaving-soap-aftershave-cologne-bundle-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-549831.jpg?v=1759255416"},{"product_id":"mega-flora-solid-cologne-contains-prickly-pear-oil-green-serene-smooth","title":"Mega Flora Solid Cologne | Contains Prickly Pear Oil | Green, Serene \u0026 Smooth","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMega Flora!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: French Lavender, Bergamot, Petitgrain, Rose Geranium, Tonka Bean, Clary Sage, Fir Needle, Pine, Juniper, Chamomile, Bamboo, Cedarwood, Haitian Vetiver, Rose Absolute, Hay Absolute, Oakmoss Absolute.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Mega Flora Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo say this is a complex scent would be an understatement. I mean, with one glance at the scent profile you will see 16 different scent notes in this accord! What I \u003cem\u003ecan\u003c\/em\u003e promise is this is a very sophisticated, well blended aromatic experience! A very smooth take on a class of Fougère called \u003cem\u003eAromatic\u003c\/em\u003e. An Aromatic Fougère will often include herbacious notes, spices and woody notes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI personally find Mega Flora to be enchanting. The way the scent develops is an exercise in lycanthropy or shape shifting! The lead in is a double helix of French Lavender and Tonka Bean, a sweet, seductive siren song that hooks you by both nostrils and drags you into the forest! The woods are made up of Bamboo, a kiss of Citrus, Rose and Evergreen. Weaving playfully in between the trees are the soothing, herbaceous notes of Chamomile and Clary Sage. Lastly are the \u003c\/span\u003edeep, heavy, slightly sweet and resinous undertones of Haitian Vetiver and Earthy Oakmoss \u0026amp; Hay.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreen, Serene \u0026amp; Smooth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are a fan of green original fragrances or just love a thoughtful, smooth \u0026amp; sophisticated modern fragrance, Mega Flora is just what you are looking for. Take a step into the unknown,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003etake a step into the woods!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow...How DO I Use Solid Cologne?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRub a finger across the top of the solid cologne and apply it to the pulse points \u0026amp; hot spots: wrists, neck, inside of elbow, behind the ears, and heart. You can also use in the beard, moustache or hair. Reapply through the day or whenever yo need a pick me up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.5 Oz Heavy Duty Glass Jar \u0026amp; Bakelite Cap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeeswax, Shea Oil Jojoba oil, Prickly Pear Oil, Fragrance \u0026amp; Rosemary Extract\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandmade in Arizona, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eNet Wt. 1.5 oz.\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31914564583472,"sku":"","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/mega-flora-solid-cologne-contains-prickly-pear-oil-green-serene-smooth-868114.jpg?v=1759255422"},{"product_id":"mega-flora-eau-de-parfum-edp-30ml","title":"Terra Preta  Eau De Parfum (EDP) | The Scent of Fresh, Dark, Earthy Soil","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Phoenix Shaving Classic Returns Better Than Ever!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e[Follow our continuing saga below in our 3 part episodes, Scroll way down!] \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Spikenard, Vetiver, Oakmoss, Patchouli. In other words, the scent of good ol' clean, honest, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDIRT!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Find The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" class=\"button\" style=\"color: #07548f;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough many will want to wear this scent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eas is\u003c\/em\u003e, it really shines when combined with Mega Flora! That's right folks, this series of fragrances;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e, Terra Preta, and La Tierra Mojada, are to be mixed and matched! Essentially, when you apply these products you are constructing the rain forest from the ground up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Is Terra Preta?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerra Preta or Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE) is really something special when it comes to our human history on this planet and real signs of ancient tech! That's right, it's highly probable that this particular soil was created by ancient\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003escientists\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eover 8000 years ago! It was through the creation of this super fertile, regenerative soil that South America was able to support all the ancient cities it once did before the Europeans crashed the party! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough Terra Preta was once a controversial idea, more and more scientists are in agreement these days, thanks to the most recent introduction of Airborn LIDAR Archeology! Previously undiscovered settlements that once house over a million people are popping up everyday!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd what supported these communities?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTerra Preta or Farming, a condition that would need to pre-date these large populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerra Preta is so amazing and fertile that it is still in use all over the Amazon to this date!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e30 ml Bottle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIngredients: Denatured Alcohol, Essential\/Fragrance Oil\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_1.jpg?v=1590437424\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e             \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e| The Saga Continues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen we last saw our heroes, they were entering a mysterious, Mega Flora jungle, hot on the trail of an equally mysterious CUBE. Little did they know, they too were being hunted...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Orsic was truly energized, it had been a long time since she had been so close to Douglas Smythe and his ragtag gang of do-gooders. If she was ever going to get her hands on Vril she would need to first find the fabled inner earth city of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" title=\"AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/a\u003e. It was clear to her now that Douglas Smythe had been there and knew the way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack when she first began her quest it seemed reasonable to assume this would be easy. The strange man in the captain's hat had initially appeared to her as an eccentric, easy target...\u003cem\u003ebut she had been wrong\u003c\/em\u003e. She had been on his trail for what seemed like years, when in reality,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eher reality\u003c\/em\u003e, it had only been months. At every turn he outsmarted her and then eventually, vanished into thin air! What kind of strange magic did he and his team possess?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Damned if I know!\" Exclaimed Doug in reply to Aldous' last question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wasn't lying, he really wasn't sure what he did with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=Outdoorsman%27s\" title=\"Outdoorsmans Friend\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebug repelling aftershave\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe thought for sure he had packed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mud, believe it or not, makes for a highly effective bug repellent...\" said Aldous not paying any attention to the concerned looks that came from all around. He continued, \"In a pinch, it is perfectly acceptable to smear oneself with damp earth.\" As he spoke he scooped up some dark soil and began rubbing it over his face as the others looked on in exhausted \"\u003cem\u003enow what?\u003c\/em\u003e\" kind of interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust then Doug grabbed Aldous' hand and held it steady beneath his eyes. He then gave it a quick, focused sniff. He was immediately transported away. The combination of Terra Preta and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003earound them seemed to flip a switch inside him. It was as if a green glitter bomb exploded in his brain! The fragrance was that of a complete, magical, enchanted forest swaying in a tropical gust of epic. From the floor of the jungle to the emergent layer of the trees the fragrance was simply, synesthetically speaking, vivid! He made a mental note to try and recreate that fragrance in his lab when this was all over. He gave the fresh, black soil one more whiff and looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I know where we are!\" He declared with cocksureness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Where?\" asked Fran, with a slightly skeptical but curious glint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Amazon Jungle.\" Doug replied while giving Aldous his hand back. Everyone now looked at Doug, except Aldous, who was now using two hands to liberally apply the slick, stygian, jungle muck all over his body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We my friends are standing on Terra Preta or ADE, Amazon Dark Earth!\" Doug stated this very matter of factly as if everyone was familiar with the plant and soil sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What exactly does that mean?\" asked Ludmilla.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug raised a finger and was about to answer but before he could, Aldous took over the conversation. Doug slowly closed his mouth and lowered his finger with a sigh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Terra Preta is pretty magical stuff and is found throughout the Amazon Jungle.\" Said Aldous\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Magic? How?\" Ludmilla asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In that it is not natural but was actually designed!\" He excitedly explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Designed? By who?\" she begged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"That, is the million dollar question. You see, the base soil natural to the rainforest is virtually non existent, it's terrible and impossible to grow anything in, at least anything substantial enough to support the thousands of ancient people that once thrived here in pre-columbian times. It's unlike any other soil on this planet, containing unique properties and even more unique microorganisms only found in Terra Preta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen studied on a whole, it seemed to be a pre-existing condition put in place before this area was settled but by who or what, no one knows. What makes it so amazing is its endless regenerative power that is still in use even today! It's a combination of charcoal, clay, pottery shards and various organic matter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"People really once occupied this jungle? I find that hard to believe.\" Spoke Ludmilla almost at a hush as she looked around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Aldous heard her and responded. \"If you are looking for remanence of a most wondrous past, it's right here,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/em\u003e! The fact that we see no other signs of these great settlements tells us how far back in history this lost civilization existed! Granted, we are a few hundred years ahead in time...but even in our own time line, it is tough to find anything more than this Dark Earth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"However, if you have a keen eye...\" Doug continued, cautiously raised his finger and squinting at his mud covered friend, \"you will notice different species of plant and tree life huddled together almost as if intentionally...because it\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eintentional. Amazonia is one giant, overgrown, lost orchard and garden! This didn't happen naturally, this was by design!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Truly a virtual Garden of Eden with regard to the multitude of plants and wildlife.\" Added Aldous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heck...\" said Doug, \"This could actually be what is left of the legendary Garden of Eden! The bones of Eden\" he waxed poetically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"But why are we here?\" Fran piped in. A really great question from Fran, as usual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy were they here?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAt this point it was abundantly clear, no pun intended, that they were meant to be here...in the Amazonian Jungle a few hundred years into the future. This question stumped them all, again, no pun intended. But before Aldous could open his mouth our at least make the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehmmmmmm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esound, Huxley came came darting at them from the dense jungle covered in vegetation. He went into a careful sequence of canine interpretive dance and something else that resembled charades down on four legs and without opposable thumbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the humans stood around and talked about manure and dirt, Huxley, with all the grace an Alaskan Malamute can afford, secured the perimeter. Never that good with direction, Huxley actually found himself turned around and back at the entrance to the jungle. This perturbed him. It also made him hungry. But before he could really get upset he saw them. It was a group of about 30 soldiers led by a very beautiful woman with long blonde hair and penetrating green eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat the heck was going on?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBefore he could react, she took notice of him, he froze. Then in an instant, a voice, not his own, was in his head.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Hello Huxley, I have been looking for you. Be not afraid, we are not going to hurt you. We represent the Third Reich.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThat was all Hux needed to hear in order to break the spell that bound him there. He took off back into the jungle at the speed of...well, a 100 lb Alaskan Malamute with a poor sense of direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *    *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom many feet above\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" title=\"CUBE 2.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebalanced, perched on a branch observing all. From this vantage point he could see both parties of humans in the jungle. It was quite clear the smaller group of hairless monkeys, which was made up of that curious fool Douglas Smythe and his giant wolf dog, were oblivious to the larger mob sneaking up on them. How interesting. Though not very intelligent, humans where always a lot of fun to watch. Now, if only they were as cute as pandas. He sighed with that last thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" title=\"CUBE Preshave Soap\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas on a very important mission but this was a welcomed distraction. While Douglas Smythe and his team did often manage to get in his way, he knew it wasn't completely intentional, though that didn't make it any less frustrating when it happened. He decided to get a little closer to the group led by the mysterious woman with the long hair and probe their thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Thought Probe]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Günter Müller could not be more exhilarated. When he was originally ordered to accompany Fräulein Orsik on this mission weeks back he didn't know what to think. Nothing seemed less interesting to his scientific mind. He could never understand why his superior officers entertained these superstitious, spiritualist types, carry overs from the last century. Up until his orders came down he was in the middle of quite a break through of his own. But orders are orders and though a scientist, he was a soldier first and must obey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, this mission had been anything but boring. He had witnessed things no one back in the lab would ever believe, things he would never speak of out loud for fear of getting locked up! Maria was no throwback spiritualist con artist at all but a very disciplined student of the occult and its magic. He had seen her do things that defied logic; predict future events, move objects with her mind, cast spells, and even time travel! If all went well, in one more day he and his fellow soldiers would finally be in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" title=\"AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. The thought of this added new energy to each step. In front of him he watched as Maria slowed her pace.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomething was happening.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Halt.\" Maria said holding up her hand. \"I can hear voices up ahead.\" With a quick hand signal she sent the scouts up ahead. \"Report back once you make visual contact.\" she said quietly but curtly. One thing she had noticed and was mildly concerned about was the group of people Douglas surrounded himself with.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho were they?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShe got a quick look of the talkative one and there was something very familiar about him. It would come to her. In the mean time, she had a very, very strong feeling they were being watched. She looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCUBE suddenly felt as if he was sensed by the woman. He watched her stop the group of men as she began scanning the rain forest canopy above her. He remained perfectly still. This was new. The only other human to ever really detect him was Douglas, but that was just dumb, gringo luck. This was something else. He decided to check back in with the other humans before continuing on with his mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He's back\" said Doug to no one in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Who?\" asked Fran.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"CUBE. I can't see him but he's close, very close.\" Doug answered as he sniffed the air around him like a bloodhound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy had life taken on such a surreal, dreamlike quality these last few years. Why were they here and how was this connected to CUBE? He thought back to the second time he encountered CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt had been over a month and Doug felt as if he was going crazy. It had been almost a year since he and Hux had met CUBE and that was that, or so he thought. He chocked the experience up there with all the other odd and strange encounters he had experienced in his life, and there were many. The thing is, this list of high strangeness was that of one offs, never reoccurring. CUBE was different. CUBE was back and now stalking him...\u003cem\u003epossibly.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe never outright saw CUBE, it was more like something in the corner of his eye, something black and shaped like, well, a CUBE. But when he would quickly turn to look, there was nothing there. Being an artisan soap maker Doug didn't spook easily but this was becoming really disconcerting. And then, for the last week, these subtle visitations seemed to stop, which was even more disconcerting. Maybe he was just seeing things after all, the product of an unnaturally over active imagination, which he and many could attest to. And he would have gleefully kept going with this train of thought had he not been suddenly and most rudely kidnapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three ex-special operatives were crouched down behind creosote bushes in a neighbors yard across the street from where Douglas and Fran lived. They had been watching them for days. Truth be told, these folks, Doug and Fran, were not their mark, but their marks mark, or so it seemed. They were sent out to observe CUBE, gather information and capture him (or her) alive. They relied on different sci-fi looking hand held gadgetry to track this mysterious beings whereabouts all around the planet. CUBE never stayed in one place for more than a few days but he had been hanging around Phoenix for weeks now. Whenever they had an eye on CUBE, it seemed CUBE had an eye on Doug. It was time to find out what this globe trotting soap maker knew. The trick was to get him when he was alone. This proved close to impossible for he always seemed to be in the company of either Fran or that giant wolf looking dog. This particular group of men were not dog people, nor were they cat folk. They actually had a fondness for pandas,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut who doesn't?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan seemed perfect, wait for Doug and the wolf dog to return from their daily hike in the desert. Before the garage door closed they would roll under it undetected and pounce on Doug while the dog was still in the back of the Jeep and unable to attack them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas was in deep thought as he pulled into the garage. He was thinking about how bad guys on classic tv programs used to capture the heroes with nets all the time. Batman was one such hero that seemed to be especially susceptible to nets, him and that boy wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWere nets truly that effective?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMaybe he could rig one to catch that rascally CUBE? He decided to try one on Fran and Huxley later just to see. Still consumed by all these thoughts of nets and CUBEs while functioning on autopilot, he put the Jeep in park and turned the engine off. He then opened the door and hopped down off the running board but never touched the ground before everything went black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan was going smoothly so far. The Jeep pulled into the garaged and the three men had rolled in before the door closed. Just as expected their mark's mark was exiting the driver's side when one of the men with ninja like agility had a rag dripping with chloroform over his mouth before his feet touched the ground. It's always great when you need not resort to plan b or even plan c...\u003cem\u003ewhich usually involved a net.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_2_sm.jpg?v=1590439239\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"539\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoom 369\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas came to in a small, dark, dingy hotel room. He was alone and tied to a dusty old chair close to a window. He could see he was a few floors up from the street below. Judging by the skyline, he deduced he was in LA. He quickly turned back to the room and scanned it. On the little table next to him was an ash tray with 5 mentholated cigarette butts ground down into it with blood red lipstick marks on the filters. Hmmmm, maybe this was a Jersey girl sorority initiation thing? No dice, wrong coast. Next to the ash tray was an old, scrappy pack of matches with a fading logo that read, Hotel Cecil.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOh great!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the room began to melt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a short conversation about his current predicament with a sympathetic, ornate antique lamp that suddenly metamorphosed into an ostrich before his droopy, dilated eyes, it was now clear as a crystal bauble to Doug that he had been, well, drugged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was wrong with people these days?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKidnapping, tying sweet, innocent folks to chairs, drugging them and then leaving them alone in hotel rooms with knobby antiques and flightless, wild birds? This was no way to treat a fellow human. But then, before too much could be made in Doug's imaginings of this crazy scene, there were suddenly three giant men surrounding him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ok we can begin now.\" said the biggest of the giants calmly, and took a seat on the corner of the bed facing Doug. \"What is your full name?\" He asked sternly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was his full name?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWas Doug speaking out loud or just thinking to himself? Lord, this was bad, especially without any cool jazz spinning on a turntable. He tried to train his focus on the mans eyes which transformed for a moment into gold fish, and then back to eyes, but in the head of a dragon. He decided to close his own eyes tightly and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eget deep\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I want to answer you, I do, but the thing is I can't. I am no one of any real consequence, yet I am one with all, filled with consequences...this trivial thing you call a name...I mean, what is a name anyways? Just an agreed upon noise people make to refer to you.\" Doug spouted rather impressed with his command of College Party 101 Speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon hearing this the man, now somewhat agitated, abruptly slapped Doug across the cheek and then turned to the other two giant dragon men and asked them to try to find some jazz, preferably Miles, and a turntable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Part_3.jpg?v=1590439358\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"535\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lets try this again, what is your full name and what is your connection to the CUBE?\" Asked the man in a more cool, measured tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ohhhh, is that what this is about?\" Asked Doug trying to sound friendly and together. \"Well, it's quite simple my friend, you see CUBE is love and love is CUBE.\" The man took another swing at Doug but this time our hero was ready, somewhat, and leaned back into the chair to dodge the blow, which he did, but was not quick enough for the back hand, which upon meeting his face busted his lower lip. This was not going as well as it could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut before another cheerful exchange could occur between Doug's face and the front or the back of this man's hand, the nostalgic ring of a landline telephone calling out for attention filled the room.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaved by the bell\u003c\/em\u003e. One of the other men answered it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Yes Ms. Rose, the package is secure but I think we gave him too high of a dose, we may have to wait a couple more hours to get anything relevant out of the fool, all he can say now is nonsense and ow.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas listened intently. Did he know a Ms. Rose? Come to think of it, the librarian in the town where he group up was a Ms. Rose...\u003cem\u003eor was it Mrs?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMaybe she was married to Axl? Focus, he had to try and focus, which is so very hard to do when drugged in a room full of strange things in a strange hotel somewhere in Los Angeles and out of practice.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMight he still have a long overdue library book out?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnd what about the sorority girls, where do they play into all this? Oh dear! The man on the phone looked at Doug squinting as he listened to whoever was speaking on the other end. This was again indication that Doug was indeed thinking out loud. How was he ever going to escape if he kept this up? They all looked at him sharply after that last, unintentional, audible thought....\u003cem\u003edamn it\u003c\/em\u003e. He turned back to the guy on the bed just in time to take a direct blow between the eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Doug came to for the second time \u003cem\u003eKind Of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas going strong.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNice\u003c\/em\u003e, he thought. He was once again alone and it was dim and quiet outside the hotel room even on the street below. He couldn't move and his face hurt. Slowly the events from earlier came rushing back to him in rhythmic, pounding waves. He tried to take it all in once again. What he knew was this, he was being held against his will at the Hotel Cecil in downtown Los Angeles. His captors were three burly dudes, not actually dragons or goldfish eyed giants, and they answered to a voice on the phone referred to as a Ms. Rose. A criminal mastermind no doubt, who may also, possibly be, a relentless, irate librarian from his past. Things were not looking up and neither was he. Had he been, he would have seen CUBE's shadow on the table hovering right outside his window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo Be Continued...in Hotel Cecil!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31914576019504,"sku":"","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/terra-preta-eau-de-parfum-edp-the-scent-of-fresh-dark-earthy-soil-4420425.jpg?v=1754694561"},{"product_id":"terra-preta-aftershave-cologne-a-phoenix-shaving-classic-reborn","title":"Terra Preta Aftershave \u0026 Cologne | Contains Real Vetiver Root | The Scent of Fresh, Dark, Earthy Soil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Phoenix Shaving Classic Returns Better Than Ever! \u003c\/strong\u003e[Follow our continuing saga below in our 3 part episodes, Scroll way down!] \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Spikenard, Vetiver, Oakmoss, Patchouli. In other words, the scent of good ol' clean, honest, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDIRT!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Find The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" class=\"button\" style=\"color: #07548f;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough many will want to wear this scent \u003cem\u003eas is\u003c\/em\u003e, it really shines when combined with Mega Flora! That's right folks, this series of fragrances; \u003ca title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e, Terra Preta, and La Tierra Mojada are to be mixed and matched! Essentially, when you apply these products you are constructing the rain forest from the ground up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEx. Shave with Terra Preta then chase with a splash of Mega Flora...or try it the other way around for a different ration! \u003cem\u003eI highly encourage you to mix it up and experiment\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnow Your Roots\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach bottle of Terra Preta contains clippings of the Indian Vetiver Plant, that not only add a thematic, otherworldly visual element, but also in time, a depth to the aftershave\/cologne through a slow tincturing process, set at a steady rate by the addition of the Vetiver Hydrosol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe root is first soaked in the hydrosol to swell up and reconstitute the root so that when added to the alcohol it may better penetrate into the cellular tissue and absorb more of the aroma. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Is Terra Preta?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerra Preta or Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE) is really something special when it comes to our human history on this planet and real signs of ancient tech! That's right, it's highly probable that this particular soil was created by ancient\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003escientists\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eover 8000 years ago! It was through the creation of this super fertile, regenerative soil that South America was able to support all the ancient cities it once did before the Europeans crashed the party! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough Terra Preta was once a controversial idea, more and more scientists are in agreement these days, thanks to the most recent introduction of Airborn LIDAR Archeology! Previously undiscovered settlements that once house over a million people are popping up everyday!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd what supported these communities?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTerra Preta or Farming, a condition that would need to pre-date these large populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerra Preta is so amazing and fertile that it is still in use all over the Amazon to this date!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAftershave Cologne Ingredients: Denatured Alcohol, Vetiver Hydrosol, Essential and Fragrance Oils Aloe Vera, Glycerin, Black Willow Bark Extract, Liquid Silk \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(non-animal source)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100 ml (3.4 fl oz)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"491\" width=\"491\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_1.jpg?v=1590437424\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e             \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/strong\u003e | The Saga Continues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen we last saw our heroes, they were entering a mysterious, Mega Flora jungle, hot on the trail of an equally mysterious CUBE. Little did they know, they too were being hunted...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Orsic was truly energized, it had been a long time since she had been so close to Douglas Smythe and his ragtag gang of do-gooders. If she was ever going to get her hands on Vril she would need to first find the fabled inner earth city of \u003ca title=\"AGHARTA\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/a\u003e. It was clear to her now that Douglas Smythe had been there and knew the way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack when she first began her quest it seemed reasonable to assume this would be easy. The strange man in the captain's hat had initially appeared to her as an eccentric, easy target...\u003cem\u003ebut she had been wrong\u003c\/em\u003e. She had been on his trail for what seemed like years, when in reality, \u003cem\u003eher reality\u003c\/em\u003e, it had only been months. At every turn he outsmarted her and then eventually, vanished into thin air! What kind of strange magic did he and his team possess?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Damned if I know!\" Exclaimed Doug in reply to Aldous' last question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wasn't lying, he really wasn't sure what he did with the \u003ca title=\"Outdoorsmans Friend\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=Outdoorsman%27s\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebug repelling aftershave\u003c\/a\u003e he thought for sure he had packed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mud, believe it or not, makes for a highly effective bug repellent...\" said Aldous not paying any attention to the concerned looks that came from all around. He continued, \"In a pinch, it is perfectly acceptable to smear oneself with damp earth.\" As he spoke he scooped up some dark soil and began rubbing it over his face as the others looked on in exhausted \"\u003cem\u003enow what?\u003c\/em\u003e\" kind of interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust then Doug grabbed Aldous' hand and held it steady beneath his eyes. He then gave it a quick, focused sniff. He was immediately transported away. The combination of Terra Preta and the \u003ca title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e around them seemed to flip a switch inside him. It was as if a green glitter bomb exploded in his brain! The fragrance was that of a complete, magical, enchanted forest swaying in a tropical gust of epic. From the floor of the jungle to the emergent layer of the trees the fragrance was simply, synesthetically speaking, vivid! He made a mental note to try and recreate that fragrance in his lab when this was all over. He gave the fresh, black soil one more whiff and looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I know where we are!\" He declared with cocksureness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Where?\" asked Fran, with a slightly skeptical but curious glint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Amazon Jungle.\" Doug replied while giving Aldous his hand back. Everyone now looked at Doug, except Aldous, who was now using two hands to liberally apply the slick, stygian, jungle muck all over his body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We my friends are standing on Terra Preta or ADE, Amazon Dark Earth!\" Doug stated this very matter of factly as if everyone was familiar with the plant and soil sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What exactly does that mean?\" asked Ludmilla.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug raised a finger and was about to answer but before he could, Aldous took over the conversation. Doug slowly closed his mouth and lowered his finger with a sigh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Terra Preta is pretty magical stuff and is found throughout the Amazon Jungle.\" Said Aldous\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Magic? How?\" Ludmilla asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In that it is not natural but was actually designed!\" He excitedly explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Designed? By who?\" she begged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"That, is the million dollar question. You see, the base soil natural to the rainforest is virtually non existent, it's terrible and impossible to grow anything in, at least anything substantial enough to support the thousands of ancient people that once thrived here in pre-columbian times. It's unlike any other soil on this planet, containing unique properties and even more unique microorganisms only found in Terra Preta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen studied on a whole, it seemed to be a pre-existing condition put in place before this area was settled but by who or what, no one knows. What makes it so amazing is its endless regenerative power that is still in use even today! It's a combination of charcoal, clay, pottery shards and various organic matter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"People really once occupied this jungle? I find that hard to believe.\" Spoke Ludmilla almost at a hush as she looked around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Aldous heard her and responded. \"If you are looking for remanence of a most wondrous past, it's right here, \u003cem\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/em\u003e! The fact that we see no other signs of these great settlements tells us how far back in history this lost civilization existed! Granted, we are a few hundred years ahead in time...but even in our own time line, it is tough to find anything more than this Dark Earth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"However, if you have a keen eye...\" Doug continued, cautiously raised his finger and squinting at his mud covered friend, \"you will notice different species of plant and tree life huddled together almost as if intentionally...because it \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e intentional. Amazonia is one giant, overgrown, lost orchard and garden! This didn't happen naturally, this was by design!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Truly a virtual Garden of Eden with regard to the multitude of plants and wildlife.\" Added Aldous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heck...\" said Doug, \"This could actually be what is left of the legendary Garden of Eden! The bones of Eden\" he waxed poetically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"But why are we here?\" Fran piped in. A really great question from Fran, as usual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy were they here?\u003c\/em\u003e At this point it was abundantly clear, no pun intended, that they were meant to be here...in the Amazonian Jungle a few hundred years into the future. This question stumped them all, again, no pun intended. But before Aldous could open his mouth our at least make the \u003cem\u003ehmmmmmm\u003c\/em\u003e sound, Huxley came came darting at them from the dense jungle covered in vegetation. He went into a careful sequence of canine interpretive dance and something else that resembled charades down on four legs and without opposable thumbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the humans stood around and talked about manure and dirt, Huxley, with all the grace an Alaskan Malamute can afford, secured the perimeter. Never that good with direction, Huxley actually found himself turned around and back at the entrance to the jungle. This perturbed him. It also made him hungry. But before he could really get upset he saw them. It was a group of about 30 soldiers led by a very beautiful woman with long blonde hair and penetrating green eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat the heck was going on?\u003c\/em\u003e Before he could react, she took notice of him, he froze. Then in an instant, a voice, not his own, was in his head. \u003cem\u003e\"Hello Huxley, I have been looking for you. Be not afraid, we are not going to hurt you. We represent the Third Reich.\"\u003c\/em\u003e That was all Hux needed to hear in order to break the spell that bound him there. He took off back into the jungle at the speed of...well, a 100 lb Alaskan Malamute with a poor sense of direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *    *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom many feet above \u003ca title=\"CUBE 2.0\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e balanced, perched on a branch observing all. From this vantage point he could see both parties of humans in the jungle. It was quite clear the smaller group of hairless monkeys, which was made up of that curious fool Douglas Smythe and his giant wolf dog, were oblivious to the larger mob sneaking up on them. How interesting. Though not very intelligent, humans where always a lot of fun to watch. Now, if only they were as cute as pandas. He sighed with that last thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"CUBE Preshave Soap\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e was on a very important mission but this was a welcomed distraction. While Douglas Smythe and his team did often manage to get in his way, he knew it wasn't completely intentional, though that didn't make it any less frustrating when it happened. He decided to get a little closer to the group led by the mysterious woman with the long hair and probe their thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Thought Probe]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Günter Müller could not be more exhilarated. When he was originally ordered to accompany Fräulein Orsik on this mission weeks back he didn't know what to think. Nothing seemed less interesting to his scientific mind. He could never understand why his superior officers entertained these superstitious, spiritualist types, carry overs from the last century. Up until his orders came down he was in the middle of quite a break through of his own. But orders are orders and though a scientist, he was a soldier first and must obey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, this mission had been anything but boring. He had witnessed things no one back in the lab would ever believe, things he would never speak of out loud for fear of getting locked up! Maria was no throwback spiritualist con artist at all but a very disciplined student of the occult and its magic. He had seen her do things that defied logic; predict future events, move objects with her mind, cast spells, and even time travel! If all went well, in one more day he and his fellow soldiers would finally be in \u003ca title=\"AGHARTA\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. The thought of this added new energy to each step. In front of him he watched as Maria slowed her pace. \u003cem\u003eSomething was happening.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Halt.\" Maria said holding up her hand. \"I can hear voices up ahead.\" With a quick hand signal she sent the scouts up ahead. \"Report back once you make visual contact.\" she said quietly but curtly. One thing she had noticed and was mildly concerned about was the group of people Douglas surrounded himself with. \u003cem\u003eWho were they?\u003c\/em\u003e She got a quick look of the talkative one and there was something very familiar about him. It would come to her. In the mean time, she had a very, very strong feeling they were being watched. She looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCUBE suddenly felt as if he was sensed by the woman. He watched her stop the group of men as she began scanning the rain forest canopy above her. He remained perfectly still. This was new. The only other human to ever really detect him was Douglas, but that was just dumb, gringo luck. This was something else. He decided to check back in with the other humans before continuing on with his mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He's back\" said Doug to no one in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Who?\" asked Fran.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"CUBE. I can't see him but he's close, very close.\" Doug answered as he sniffed the air around him like a bloodhound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy had life taken on such a surreal, dreamlike quality these last few years. Why were they here and how was this connected to CUBE? He thought back to the second time he encountered CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt had been over a month and Doug felt as if he was going crazy. It had been almost a year since he and Hux had met CUBE and that was that, or so he thought. He chocked the experience up there with all the other odd and strange encounters he had experienced in his life, and there were many. The thing is, this list of high strangeness was that of one offs, never reoccurring. CUBE was different. CUBE was back and now stalking him...\u003cem\u003epossibly.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe never outright saw CUBE, it was more like something in the corner of his eye, something black and shaped like, well, a CUBE. But when he would quickly turn to look, there was nothing there. Being an artisan soap maker Doug didn't spook easily but this was becoming really disconcerting. And then, for the last week, these subtle visitations seemed to stop, which was even more disconcerting. Maybe he was just seeing things after all, the product of an unnaturally over active imagination, which he and many could attest to. And he would have gleefully kept going with this train of thought had he not been suddenly and most rudely kidnapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three ex-special operatives were crouched down behind creosote bushes in a neighbors yard across the street from where Douglas and Fran lived. They had been watching them for days. Truth be told, these folks, Doug and Fran, were not their mark, but their marks mark, or so it seemed. They were sent out to observe CUBE, gather information and capture him (or her) alive. They relied on different sci-fi looking hand held gadgetry to track this mysterious beings whereabouts all around the planet. CUBE never stayed in one place for more than a few days but he had been hanging around Phoenix for weeks now. Whenever they had an eye on CUBE, it seemed CUBE had an eye on Doug. It was time to find out what this globe trotting soap maker knew. The trick was to get him when he was alone. This proved close to impossible for he always seemed to be in the company of either Fran or that giant wolf looking dog. This particular group of men were not dog people, nor were they cat folk. They actually had a fondness for pandas, \u003cem\u003ebut who doesn't?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan seemed perfect, wait for Doug and the wolf dog to return from their daily hike in the desert. Before the garage door closed they would roll under it undetected and pounce on Doug while the dog was still in the back of the Jeep and unable to attack them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas was in deep thought as he pulled into the garage. He was thinking about how bad guys on classic tv programs used to capture the heroes with nets all the time. Batman was one such hero that seemed to be especially susceptible to nets, him and that boy wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWere nets truly that effective?\u003c\/em\u003e Maybe he could rig one to catch that rascally CUBE? He decided to try one on Fran and Huxley later just to see. Still consumed by all these thoughts of nets and CUBEs while functioning on autopilot, he put the Jeep in park and turned the engine off. He then opened the door and hopped down off the running board but never touched the ground before everything went black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan was going smoothly so far. The Jeep pulled into the garaged and the three men had rolled in before the door closed. Just as expected their mark's mark was exiting the driver's side when one of the men with ninja like agility had a rag dripping with chloroform over his mouth before his feet touched the ground. It's always great when you need not resort to plan b or even plan c...\u003cem\u003ewhich usually involved a net.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"539\" width=\"539\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_2_sm.jpg?v=1590439239\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoom 369\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas came to in a small, dark, dingy hotel room. He was alone and tied to a dusty old chair close to a window. He could see he was a few floors up from the street below. Judging by the skyline, he deduced he was in LA. He quickly turned back to the room and scanned it. On the little table next to him was an ash tray with 5 mentholated cigarette butts ground down into it with blood red lipstick marks on the filters. Hmmmm, maybe this was a Jersey girl sorority initiation thing? No dice, wrong coast. Next to the ash tray was an old, scrappy pack of matches with a fading logo that read, Hotel Cecil. \u003cem\u003eOh great!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the room began to melt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a short conversation about his current predicament with a sympathetic, ornate antique lamp that suddenly metamorphosed into an ostrich before his droopy, dilated eyes, it was now clear as a crystal bauble to Doug that he had been, well, drugged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was wrong with people these days?\u003c\/em\u003e Kidnapping, tying sweet, innocent folks to chairs, drugging them and then leaving them alone in hotel rooms with knobby antiques and flightless, wild birds? This was no way to treat a fellow human. But then, before too much could be made in Doug's imaginings of this crazy scene, there were suddenly three giant men surrounding him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ok we can begin now.\" said the biggest of the giants calmly, and took a seat on the corner of the bed facing Doug. \"What is your full name?\" He asked sternly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was his full name?\u003c\/em\u003e Was Doug speaking out loud or just thinking to himself? Lord, this was bad, especially without any cool jazz spinning on a turntable. He tried to train his focus on the mans eyes which transformed for a moment into gold fish, and then back to eyes, but in the head of a dragon. He decided to close his own eyes tightly and \u003cem\u003eget deep\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I want to answer you, I do, but the thing is I can't. I am no one of any real consequence, yet I am one with all, filled with consequences...this trivial thing you call a name...I mean, what is a name anyways? Just an agreed upon noise people make to refer to you.\" Doug spouted rather impressed with his command of College Party 101 Speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon hearing this the man, now somewhat agitated, abruptly slapped Doug across the cheek and then turned to the other two giant dragon men and asked them to try to find some jazz, preferably Miles, and a turntable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"535\" width=\"535\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Part_3.jpg?v=1590439358\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lets try this again, what is your full name and what is your connection to the CUBE?\" Asked the man in a more cool, measured tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ohhhh, is that what this is about?\" Asked Doug trying to sound friendly and together. \"Well, it's quite simple my friend, you see CUBE is love and love is CUBE.\" The man took another swing at Doug but this time our hero was ready, somewhat, and leaned back into the chair to dodge the blow, which he did, but was not quick enough for the back hand, which upon meeting his face busted his lower lip. This was not going as well as it could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut before another cheerful exchange could occur between Doug's face and the front or the back of this man's hand, the nostalgic ring of a landline telephone calling out for attention filled the room. \u003cem\u003eSaved by the bell\u003c\/em\u003e. One of the other men answered it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Yes Ms. Rose, the package is secure but I think we gave him too high of a dose, we may have to wait a couple more hours to get anything relevant out of the fool, all he can say now is nonsense and ow.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas listened intently. Did he know a Ms. Rose? Come to think of it, the librarian in the town where he group up was a Ms. Rose...\u003cem\u003eor was it Mrs?\u003c\/em\u003e Maybe she was married to Axl? Focus, he had to try and focus, which is so very hard to do when drugged in a room full of strange things in a strange hotel somewhere in Los Angeles and out of practice. \u003cem\u003eMight he still have a long overdue library book out?\u003c\/em\u003e And what about the sorority girls, where do they play into all this? Oh dear! The man on the phone looked at Doug squinting as he listened to whoever was speaking on the other end. This was again indication that Doug was indeed thinking out loud. How was he ever going to escape if he kept this up? They all looked at him sharply after that last, unintentional, audible thought....\u003cem\u003edamn it\u003c\/em\u003e. He turned back to the guy on the bed just in time to take a direct blow between the eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Doug came to for the second time \u003cem\u003eKind Of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e was going strong. \u003cem\u003eNice\u003c\/em\u003e, he thought. He was once again alone and it was dim and quiet outside the hotel room even on the street below. He couldn't move and his face hurt. Slowly the events from earlier came rushing back to him in rhythmic, pounding waves. He tried to take it all in once again. What he knew was this, he was being held against his will at the Hotel Cecil in downtown Los Angeles. His captors were three burly dudes, not actually dragons or goldfish eyed giants, and they answered to a voice on the phone referred to as a Ms. Rose. A criminal mastermind no doubt, who may also, possibly be, a relentless, irate librarian from his past. Things were not looking up and neither was he. Had he been, he would have seen CUBE's shadow on the table hovering right outside his window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo Be Continued...in Hotel Cecil!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e   \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32109460619312,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/terra-preta-aftershave-cologne-contains-real-vetiver-root-the-scent-of-fresh-dark-earthy-soil-5964177.jpg?v=1754694560"},{"product_id":"terra-preta-artisan-shaving-soap-aftershave-cologne-bundle-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-5-oz","title":"Terra Preta Artisan Shaving Soap \u0026 Aftershave\/Cologne Bundle | Special Ultra Premium CK-6+ Formula | The Scent of Fresh, Dark, Earthy Soil | 4 oz","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Phoenix Shaving Classic Returns Better Than Ever!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e[Follow our continuing saga below in our 3 part episodes, Scroll way down!]  \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst 50 Bundles Come With A Limited Edition Holographic Label!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Spikenard, Vetiver, Oakmoss, Patchouli. In other words, the scent of good ol' clean, honest, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDIRT!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #07548f;\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" title=\"Find The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough many will want to wear this scent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eas is\u003c\/em\u003e, it really shines when combined with Mega Flora! That's right folks, this series of fragrances;\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Terra Preta and La Tierra Mojada are to be mixed and matched! Essentially, when you apply these products you are constructing the rain forest from the ground up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEx. Shave with Terra Preta then chase with a splash of Mega Flora...or La Tierra Mojada, try it the other way around for a different ration! \u003cem\u003eI highly encourage you to mix it up and experiment\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eColloidal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Clay \u0026amp; Bamboo Charcoal or Formula CK-6+\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's right folks, we decided to try something different with our beloved Formula CK-6 and add a little \u003cem\u003eterra preta starter \u003c\/em\u003eto it! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo Key Ingredients in Terra Preta is Charcoal \u0026amp; Clay!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColloidal Clay (Sodium Bentonite) \u003c\/span\u003ewhich, when mixed with water, forms a gelatinous-like liquid which, in \u003cem\u003eshave theory\u003c\/em\u003e, adds to glide and slickness. You see, s\u003cspan\u003eodium bentonite expands when wet, absorbing as much as several times its dry \u003c\/span\u003emass\u003cspan\u003e in water\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003eIt is also develops an earthy odor when wet adding to the depth of the scent profile in a similar fashion the vetiver does in the aftershave!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBamboo Charcoal or Activated Charcoal is the second part of this super slurry power-pack! Not only is it thematic to what we are going for here in our homage to this epic, Amazonian mud, but it also adds to the already most awesome performance of our CK-6 Formula. When combined with this base and colloidal clay it creates an unstoppable mud slide of Slick! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnow Your Roots\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach bottle of Terra Preta contains clippings of the Indian Vetiver Plant, that not only add a thematic, otherworldly visual element, but also in time, a depth to the aftershave\/cologne through a slow tincturing process, set at a steady rate by the addition of the Vetiver Hydrosol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe root is first soaked in the hydrosol to swell up and reconstitute the root so that when added to the alcohol it may better penetrate into the cellular tissue and absorb more of the aroma. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003eWhat Is Terra Preta?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerra Preta or Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE) is really something special when it comes to our human history on this planet and real signs of ancient tech! That's right, it's highly probable that this particular soil was created by ancient\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003escientists\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eover 8000 years ago! It was through the creation of this super fertile, regenerative soil that South America was able to support all the ancient cities it once did before the Europeans crashed the party! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough Terra Preta was once a controversial idea, more and more scientists are in agreement these days, thanks to the most recent introduction of Airborn LIDAR Archeology! Previously undiscovered settlements that once house over a million people are popping up everyday!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd what supported these communities?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTerra Preta or Farming, a condition that would need to pre-date these large populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerra Preta is so amazing and fertile that it is still in use all over the Amazon to this date!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAftershave\/Cologne Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan\u003eDenatured Alcohol, Vetiver Hydrosol, Essential and Fragrance Oils Aloe Vera, Glycerin, Black Willow Bark Extract, Liquid Silk \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(non-animal source)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100 ml (3.4 fl oz)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGlass Flask\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance], Sodium Bentonite Clay, Activated Charcoal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNet Wt 4 oz (113 g)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"491\" width=\"491\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_1.jpg?v=1590437424\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e             \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e| The Saga Continues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen we last saw our heroes, they were entering a mysterious, Mega Flora jungle, hot on the trail of an equally mysterious CUBE. Little did they know, they too were being hunted...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Orsic was truly energized, it had been a long time since she had been so close to Douglas Smythe and his ragtag gang of do-gooders. If she was ever going to get her hands on Vril she would need to first find the fabled inner earth city of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"AGHARTA\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/a\u003e. It was clear to her now that Douglas Smythe had been there and knew the way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack when she first began her quest it seemed reasonable to assume this would be easy. The strange man in the captain's hat had initially appeared to her as an eccentric, easy target...\u003cem\u003ebut she had been wrong\u003c\/em\u003e. She had been on his trail for what seemed like years, when in reality,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eher reality\u003c\/em\u003e, it had only been months. At every turn he outsmarted her and then eventually, vanished into thin air! What kind of strange magic did he and his team possess?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Damned if I know!\" Exclaimed Doug in reply to Aldous' last question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wasn't lying, he really wasn't sure what he did with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Outdoorsmans Friend\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=Outdoorsman%27s\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebug repelling aftershave\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe thought for sure he had packed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mud, believe it or not, makes for a highly effective bug repellent...\" said Aldous not paying any attention to the concerned looks that came from all around. He continued, \"In a pinch, it is perfectly acceptable to smear oneself with damp earth.\" As he spoke he scooped up some dark soil and began rubbing it over his face as the others looked on in exhausted \"\u003cem\u003enow what?\u003c\/em\u003e\" kind of interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust then Doug grabbed Aldous' hand and held it steady beneath his eyes. He then gave it a quick, focused sniff. He was immediately transported away. The combination of Terra Preta and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003earound them seemed to flip a switch inside him. It was as if a green glitter bomb exploded in his brain! The fragrance was that of a complete, magical, enchanted forest swaying in a tropical gust of epic. From the floor of the jungle to the emergent layer of the trees the fragrance was simply, synesthetically speaking, vivid! He made a mental note to try and recreate that fragrance in his lab when this was all over. He gave the fresh, black soil one more whiff and looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I know where we are!\" He declared with cocksureness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Where?\" asked Fran, with a slightly skeptical but curious glint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Amazon Jungle.\" Doug replied while giving Aldous his hand back. Everyone now looked at Doug, except Aldous, who was now using two hands to liberally apply the slick, stygian, jungle muck all over his body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We my friends are standing on Terra Preta or ADE, Amazon Dark Earth!\" Doug stated this very matter of factly as if everyone was familiar with the plant and soil sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What exactly does that mean?\" asked Ludmilla.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug raised a finger and was about to answer but before he could, Aldous took over the conversation. Doug slowly closed his mouth and lowered his finger with a sigh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Terra Preta is pretty magical stuff and is found throughout the Amazon Jungle.\" Said Aldous\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Magic? How?\" Ludmilla asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In that it is not natural but was actually designed!\" He excitedly explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Designed? By who?\" she begged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"That, is the million dollar question. You see, the base soil natural to the rainforest is virtually non existent, it's terrible and impossible to grow anything in, at least anything substantial enough to support the thousands of ancient people that once thrived here in pre-columbian times. It's unlike any other soil on this planet, containing unique properties and even more unique microorganisms only found in Terra Preta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen studied on a whole, it seemed to be a pre-existing condition put in place before this area was settled but by who or what, no one knows. What makes it so amazing is its endless regenerative power that is still in use even today! It's a combination of charcoal, clay, pottery shards and various organic matter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"People really once occupied this jungle? I find that hard to believe.\" Spoke Ludmilla almost at a hush as she looked around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Aldous heard her and responded. \"If you are looking for remanence of a most wondrous past, it's right here,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/em\u003e! The fact that we see no other signs of these great settlements tells us how far back in history this lost civilization existed! Granted, we are a few hundred years ahead in time...but even in our own time line, it is tough to find anything more than this Dark Earth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"However, if you have a keen eye...\" Doug continued, cautiously raised his finger and squinting at his mud covered friend, \"you will notice different species of plant and tree life huddled together almost as if intentionally...because it\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eintentional. Amazonia is one giant, overgrown, lost orchard and garden! This didn't happen naturally, this was by design!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Truly a virtual Garden of Eden with regard to the multitude of plants and wildlife.\" Added Aldous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heck...\" said Doug, \"This could actually be what is left of the legendary Garden of Eden! The bones of Eden\" he waxed poetically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"But why are we here?\" Fran piped in. A really great question from Fran, as usual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy were they here?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAt this point it was abundantly clear, no pun intended, that they were meant to be here...in the Amazonian Jungle a few hundred years into the future. This question stumped them all, again, no pun intended. But before Aldous could open his mouth our at least make the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehmmmmmm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esound, Huxley came came darting at them from the dense jungle covered in vegetation. He went into a careful sequence of canine interpretive dance and something else that resembled charades down on four legs and without opposable thumbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the humans stood around and talked about manure and dirt, Huxley, with all the grace an Alaskan Malamute can afford, secured the perimeter. Never that good with direction, Huxley actually found himself turned around and back at the entrance to the jungle. This perturbed him. It also made him hungry. But before he could really get upset he saw them. It was a group of about 30 soldiers led by a very beautiful woman with long blonde hair and penetrating green eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat the heck was going on?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBefore he could react, she took notice of him, he froze. Then in an instant, a voice, not his own, was in his head.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Hello Huxley, I have been looking for you. Be not afraid, we are not going to hurt you. We represent the Third Reich.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThat was all Hux needed to hear in order to break the spell that bound him there. He took off back into the jungle at the speed of...well, a 100 lb Alaskan Malamute with a poor sense of direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *    *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom many feet above\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"CUBE 2.0\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebalanced, perched on a branch observing all. From this vantage point he could see both parties of humans in the jungle. It was quite clear the smaller group of hairless monkeys, which was made up of that curious fool Douglas Smythe and his giant wolf dog, were oblivious to the larger mob sneaking up on them. How interesting. Though not very intelligent, humans where always a lot of fun to watch. Now, if only they were as cute as pandas. He sighed with that last thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"CUBE Preshave Soap\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas on a very important mission but this was a welcomed distraction. While Douglas Smythe and his team did often manage to get in his way, he knew it wasn't completely intentional, though that didn't make it any less frustrating when it happened. He decided to get a little closer to the group led by the mysterious woman with the long hair and probe their thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Thought Probe]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Günter Müller could not be more exhilarated. When he was originally ordered to accompany Fräulein Orsik on this mission weeks back he didn't know what to think. Nothing seemed less interesting to his scientific mind. He could never understand why his superior officers entertained these superstitious, spiritualist types, carry overs from the last century. Up until his orders came down he was in the middle of quite a break through of his own. But orders are orders and though a scientist, he was a soldier first and must obey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, this mission had been anything but boring. He had witnessed things no one back in the lab would ever believe, things he would never speak of out loud for fear of getting locked up! Maria was no throwback spiritualist con artist at all but a very disciplined student of the occult and its magic. He had seen her do things that defied logic; predict future events, move objects with her mind, cast spells, and even time travel! If all went well, in one more day he and his fellow soldiers would finally be in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"AGHARTA\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. The thought of this added new energy to each step. In front of him he watched as Maria slowed her pace.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomething was happening.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Halt.\" Maria said holding up her hand. \"I can hear voices up ahead.\" With a quick hand signal she sent the scouts up ahead. \"Report back once you make visual contact.\" she said quietly but curtly. One thing she had noticed and was mildly concerned about was the group of people Douglas surrounded himself with.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho were they?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShe got a quick look of the talkative one and there was something very familiar about him. It would come to her. In the mean time, she had a very, very strong feeling they were being watched. She looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCUBE suddenly felt as if he was sensed by the woman. He watched her stop the group of men as she began scanning the rain forest canopy above her. He remained perfectly still. This was new. The only other human to ever really detect him was Douglas, but that was just dumb, gringo luck. This was something else. He decided to check back in with the other humans before continuing on with his mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He's back\" said Doug to no one in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Who?\" asked Fran.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"CUBE. I can't see him but he's close, very close.\" Doug answered as he sniffed the air around him like a bloodhound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy had life taken on such a surreal, dreamlike quality these last few years. Why were they here and how was this connected to CUBE? He thought back to the second time he encountered CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt had been over a month and Doug felt as if he was going crazy. It had been almost a year since he and Hux had met CUBE and that was that, or so he thought. He chocked the experience up there with all the other odd and strange encounters he had experienced in his life, and there were many. The thing is, this list of high strangeness was that of one offs, never reoccurring. CUBE was different. CUBE was back and now stalking him...\u003cem\u003epossibly.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe never outright saw CUBE, it was more like something in the corner of his eye, something black and shaped like, well, a CUBE. But when he would quickly turn to look, there was nothing there. Being an artisan soap maker Doug didn't spook easily but this was becoming really disconcerting. And then, for the last week, these subtle visitations seemed to stop, which was even more disconcerting. Maybe he was just seeing things after all, the product of an unnaturally over active imagination, which he and many could attest to. And he would have gleefully kept going with this train of thought had he not been suddenly and most rudely kidnapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three ex-special operatives were crouched down behind creosote bushes in a neighbors yard across the street from where Douglas and Fran lived. They had been watching them for days. Truth be told, these folks, Doug and Fran, were not their mark, but their marks mark, or so it seemed. They were sent out to observe CUBE, gather information and capture him (or her) alive. They relied on different sci-fi looking hand held gadgetry to track this mysterious beings whereabouts all around the planet. CUBE never stayed in one place for more than a few days but he had been hanging around Phoenix for weeks now. Whenever they had an eye on CUBE, it seemed CUBE had an eye on Doug. It was time to find out what this globe trotting soap maker knew. The trick was to get him when he was alone. This proved close to impossible for he always seemed to be in the company of either Fran or that giant wolf looking dog. This particular group of men were not dog people, nor were they cat folk. They actually had a fondness for pandas,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut who doesn't?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan seemed perfect, wait for Doug and the wolf dog to return from their daily hike in the desert. Before the garage door closed they would roll under it undetected and pounce on Doug while the dog was still in the back of the Jeep and unable to attack them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas was in deep thought as he pulled into the garage. He was thinking about how bad guys on classic tv programs used to capture the heroes with nets all the time. Batman was one such hero that seemed to be especially susceptible to nets, him and that boy wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWere nets truly that effective?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMaybe he could rig one to catch that rascally CUBE? He decided to try one on Fran and Huxley later just to see. Still consumed by all these thoughts of nets and CUBEs while functioning on autopilot, he put the Jeep in park and turned the engine off. He then opened the door and hopped down off the running board but never touched the ground before everything went black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan was going smoothly so far. The Jeep pulled into the garaged and the three men had rolled in before the door closed. Just as expected their mark's mark was exiting the driver's side when one of the men with ninja like agility had a rag dripping with chloroform over his mouth before his feet touched the ground. It's always great when you need not resort to plan b or even plan c...\u003cem\u003ewhich usually involved a net.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"539\" width=\"539\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_2_sm.jpg?v=1590439239\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoom 369\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas came to in a small, dark, dingy hotel room. He was alone and tied to a dusty old chair close to a window. He could see he was a few floors up from the street below. Judging by the skyline, he deduced he was in LA. He quickly turned back to the room and scanned it. On the little table next to him was an ash tray with 5 mentholated cigarette butts ground down into it with blood red lipstick marks on the filters. Hmmmm, maybe this was a Jersey girl sorority initiation thing? No dice, wrong coast. Next to the ash tray was an old, scrappy pack of matches with a fading logo that read, Hotel Cecil.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOh great!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the room began to melt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a short conversation about his current predicament with a sympathetic, ornate antique lamp that suddenly metamorphosed into an ostrich before his droopy, dilated eyes, it was now clear as a crystal bauble to Doug that he had been, well, drugged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was wrong with people these days?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKidnapping, tying sweet, innocent folks to chairs, drugging them and then leaving them alone in hotel rooms with knobby antiques and flightless, wild birds? This was no way to treat a fellow human. But then, before too much could be made in Doug's imaginings of this crazy scene, there were suddenly three giant men surrounding him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ok we can begin now.\" said the biggest of the giants calmly, and took a seat on the corner of the bed facing Doug. \"What is your full name?\" He asked sternly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was his full name?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWas Doug speaking out loud or just thinking to himself? Lord, this was bad, especially without any cool jazz spinning on a turntable. He tried to train his focus on the mans eyes which transformed for a moment into gold fish, and then back to eyes, but in the head of a dragon. He decided to close his own eyes tightly and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eget deep\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I want to answer you, I do, but the thing is I can't. I am no one of any real consequence, yet I am one with all, filled with consequences...this trivial thing you call a name...I mean, what is a name anyways? Just an agreed upon noise people make to refer to you.\" Doug spouted rather impressed with his command of College Party 101 Speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon hearing this the man, now somewhat agitated, abruptly slapped Doug across the cheek and then turned to the other two giant dragon men and asked them to try to find some jazz, preferably Miles, and a turntable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"535\" width=\"535\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Part_3.jpg?v=1590439358\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lets try this again, what is your full name and what is your connection to the CUBE?\" Asked the man in a more cool, measured tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ohhhh, is that what this is about?\" Asked Doug trying to sound friendly and together. \"Well, it's quite simple my friend, you see CUBE is love and love is CUBE.\" The man took another swing at Doug but this time our hero was ready, somewhat, and leaned back into the chair to dodge the blow, which he did, but was not quick enough for the back hand, which upon meeting his face busted his lower lip. This was not going as well as it could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut before another cheerful exchange could occur between Doug's face and the front or the back of this man's hand, the nostalgic ring of a landline telephone calling out for attention filled the room.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaved by the bell\u003c\/em\u003e. One of the other men answered it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Yes Ms. Rose, the package is secure but I think we gave him too high of a dose, we may have to wait a couple more hours to get anything relevant out of the fool, all he can say now is nonsense and ow.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas listened intently. Did he know a Ms. Rose? Come to think of it, the librarian in the town where he group up was a Ms. Rose...\u003cem\u003eor was it Mrs?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMaybe she was married to Axl? Focus, he had to try and focus, which is so very hard to do when drugged in a room full of strange things in a strange hotel somewhere in Los Angeles and out of practice.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMight he still have a long overdue library book out?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnd what about the sorority girls, where do they play into all this? Oh dear! The man on the phone looked at Doug squinting as he listened to whoever was speaking on the other end. This was again indication that Doug was indeed thinking out loud. How was he ever going to escape if he kept this up? They all looked at him sharply after that last, unintentional, audible thought....\u003cem\u003edamn it\u003c\/em\u003e. He turned back to the guy on the bed just in time to take a direct blow between the eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Doug came to for the second time \u003cem\u003eKind Of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas going strong.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNice\u003c\/em\u003e, he thought. He was once again alone and it was dim and quiet outside the hotel room even on the street below. He couldn't move and his face hurt. Slowly the events from earlier came rushing back to him in rhythmic, pounding waves. He tried to take it all in once again. What he knew was this, he was being held against his will at the Hotel Cecil in downtown Los Angeles. His captors were three burly dudes, not actually dragons or goldfish eyed giants, and they answered to a voice on the phone referred to as a Ms. Rose. A criminal mastermind no doubt, who may also, possibly be, a relentless, irate librarian from his past. Things were not looking up and neither was he. Had he been, he would have seen CUBE's shadow on the table hovering right outside his window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo Be Continued...in Hotel Cecil!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"No Discount","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32110056865840,"sku":"","price":44.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/terra-preta-artisan-shaving-soap-aftershavecologne-bundle-special-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-the-scent-of-fresh-dark-earthy-soil-4-oz-9193330.jpg?v=1754694560"},{"product_id":"terra-preta-artisan-shaving-soap-special-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-5-oz","title":"Terra Preta Artisan Shaving Soap | Special Ultra Premium CK-6 + Formula | The Scent of Fresh, Dark, Earthy Soil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Phoenix Shaving Classic Returns Better Than Ever!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e[Follow our continuing saga below in our 3 part episodes, Scroll way down!] \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Spikenard, Vetiver, Oakmoss, Patchouli. In other words, the scent of good ol' clean, honest, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDIRT!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #07548f;\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" title=\"Find The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough many will want to wear this scent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eas is\u003c\/em\u003e, it really shines when combined with Mega Flora! That's right folks, this series of fragrances;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e, Terra Preta, and La Tierra Mojada are to be mixed and matched! Essentially, when you apply these products you are constructing the rain forest from the ground up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEx. Shave with Terra Preta then chase with a splash of Mega Flora...or try it the other way around for a different ration! \u003cem\u003eI highly encourage you to mix it up and experiment\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eColloidal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Clay \u0026amp; Bamboo Charcoal or Formula CK-6+\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's right folks, we decided to try something different with our beloved Formula CK-6 and add a little\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eterra preta starter\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eto it! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo Key Ingredients in Terra Preta is Charcoal \u0026amp; Clay!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eColloidal Clay (Sodium Bentonite) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewhich, when mixed with water, forms a gelatinous-like liquid which, in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eshave theory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, adds to glide and slickness. You see, s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eodium bentonite expands when wet, absorbing as much as several times its dry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e in water\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is also develops an earthy odor when wet adding to the depth of the scent profile in a similar fashion the vetiver does in the aftershave!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBamboo Charcoal or Activated Charcoal is the second part of this super slurry power-pack! Not only is it thematic to what we are going for here in our homage to this epic, Amazonian mud, but it also adds to the already most awesome performance of our CK-6 Formula. When combined with this base and colloidal clay it creates an unstoppable mud slide of Slick! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Is Terra Preta?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerra Preta or Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE) is really something special when it comes to our human history on this planet and real signs of ancient tech! That's right, it's highly probable that this particular soil was created by ancient\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003escientists\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eover 8000 years ago! It was through the creation of this super fertile, regenerative soil that South America was able to support all the ancient cities it once did before the Europeans crashed the party! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough Terra Preta was once a controversial idea, more and more scientists are in agreement these days, thanks to the most recent introduction of Airborn LIDAR Archeology! Previously undiscovered settlements that once house over a million people are popping up everyday!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd what supported these communities?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTerra Preta or Farming, a condition that would need to pre-date these large populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerra Preta is so amazing and fertile that it is still in use all over the Amazon to this date!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance], Sodium Bentonite Clay, Activated Charcoal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoap Net Wt 4 oz [113 g]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" height=\"491\" width=\"491\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_1.jpg?v=1590437424\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e             \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e| The Saga Continues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen we last saw our heroes, they were entering a mysterious, Mega Flora jungle, hot on the trail of an equally mysterious CUBE. Little did they know, they too were being hunted...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Orsic was truly energized, it had been a long time since she had been so close to Douglas Smythe and his ragtag gang of do-gooders. If she was ever going to get her hands on Vril she would need to first find the fabled inner earth city of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"AGHARTA\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/a\u003e. It was clear to her now that Douglas Smythe had been there and knew the way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack when she first began her quest it seemed reasonable to assume this would be easy. The strange man in the captain's hat had initially appeared to her as an eccentric, easy target...\u003cem\u003ebut she had been wrong\u003c\/em\u003e. She had been on his trail for what seemed like years, when in reality,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eher reality\u003c\/em\u003e, it had only been months. At every turn he outsmarted her and then eventually, vanished into thin air! What kind of strange magic did he and his team possess?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Damned if I know!\" Exclaimed Doug in reply to Aldous' last question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wasn't lying, he really wasn't sure what he did with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Outdoorsmans Friend\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=Outdoorsman%27s\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebug repelling aftershave\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe thought for sure he had packed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mud, believe it or not, makes for a highly effective bug repellent...\" said Aldous not paying any attention to the concerned looks that came from all around. He continued, \"In a pinch, it is perfectly acceptable to smear oneself with damp earth.\" As he spoke he scooped up some dark soil and began rubbing it over his face as the others looked on in exhausted \"\u003cem\u003enow what?\u003c\/em\u003e\" kind of interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust then Doug grabbed Aldous' hand and held it steady beneath his eyes. He then gave it a quick, focused sniff. He was immediately transported away. The combination of Terra Preta and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003earound them seemed to flip a switch inside him. It was as if a green glitter bomb exploded in his brain! The fragrance was that of a complete, magical, enchanted forest swaying in a tropical gust of epic. From the floor of the jungle to the emergent layer of the trees the fragrance was simply, synesthetically speaking, vivid! He made a mental note to try and recreate that fragrance in his lab when this was all over. He gave the fresh, black soil one more whiff and looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I know where we are!\" He declared with cocksureness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Where?\" asked Fran, with a slightly skeptical but curious glint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Amazon Jungle.\" Doug replied while giving Aldous his hand back. Everyone now looked at Doug, except Aldous, who was now using two hands to liberally apply the slick, stygian, jungle muck all over his body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We my friends are standing on Terra Preta or ADE, Amazon Dark Earth!\" Doug stated this very matter of factly as if everyone was familiar with the plant and soil sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What exactly does that mean?\" asked Ludmilla.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug raised a finger and was about to answer but before he could, Aldous took over the conversation. Doug slowly closed his mouth and lowered his finger with a sigh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Terra Preta is pretty magical stuff and is found throughout the Amazon Jungle.\" Said Aldous\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Magic? How?\" Ludmilla asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In that it is not natural but was actually designed!\" He excitedly explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Designed? By who?\" she begged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"That, is the million dollar question. You see, the base soil natural to the rainforest is virtually non existent, it's terrible and impossible to grow anything in, at least anything substantial enough to support the thousands of ancient people that once thrived here in pre-columbian times. It's unlike any other soil on this planet, containing unique properties and even more unique microorganisms only found in Terra Preta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen studied on a whole, it seemed to be a pre-existing condition put in place before this area was settled but by who or what, no one knows. What makes it so amazing is its endless regenerative power that is still in use even today! It's a combination of charcoal, clay, pottery shards and various organic matter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"People really once occupied this jungle? I find that hard to believe.\" Spoke Ludmilla almost at a hush as she looked around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Aldous heard her and responded. \"If you are looking for remanence of a most wondrous past, it's right here,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/em\u003e! The fact that we see no other signs of these great settlements tells us how far back in history this lost civilization existed! Granted, we are a few hundred years ahead in time...but even in our own time line, it is tough to find anything more than this Dark Earth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"However, if you have a keen eye...\" Doug continued, cautiously raised his finger and squinting at his mud covered friend, \"you will notice different species of plant and tree life huddled together almost as if intentionally...because it\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eintentional. Amazonia is one giant, overgrown, lost orchard and garden! This didn't happen naturally, this was by design!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Truly a virtual Garden of Eden with regard to the multitude of plants and wildlife.\" Added Aldous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heck...\" said Doug, \"This could actually be what is left of the legendary Garden of Eden! The bones of Eden\" he waxed poetically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"But why are we here?\" Fran piped in. A really great question from Fran, as usual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy were they here?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAt this point it was abundantly clear, no pun intended, that they were meant to be here...in the Amazonian Jungle a few hundred years into the future. This question stumped them all, again, no pun intended. But before Aldous could open his mouth our at least make the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehmmmmmm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esound, Huxley came came darting at them from the dense jungle covered in vegetation. He went into a careful sequence of canine interpretive dance and something else that resembled charades down on four legs and without opposable thumbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the humans stood around and talked about manure and dirt, Huxley, with all the grace an Alaskan Malamute can afford, secured the perimeter. Never that good with direction, Huxley actually found himself turned around and back at the entrance to the jungle. This perturbed him. It also made him hungry. But before he could really get upset he saw them. It was a group of about 30 soldiers led by a very beautiful woman with long blonde hair and penetrating green eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat the heck was going on?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBefore he could react, she took notice of him, he froze. Then in an instant, a voice, not his own, was in his head.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Hello Huxley, I have been looking for you. Be not afraid, we are not going to hurt you. We represent the Third Reich.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThat was all Hux needed to hear in order to break the spell that bound him there. He took off back into the jungle at the speed of...well, a 100 lb Alaskan Malamute with a poor sense of direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *    *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom many feet above\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"CUBE 2.0\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebalanced, perched on a branch observing all. From this vantage point he could see both parties of humans in the jungle. It was quite clear the smaller group of hairless monkeys, which was made up of that curious fool Douglas Smythe and his giant wolf dog, were oblivious to the larger mob sneaking up on them. How interesting. Though not very intelligent, humans where always a lot of fun to watch. Now, if only they were as cute as pandas. He sighed with that last thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"CUBE Preshave Soap\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas on a very important mission but this was a welcomed distraction. While Douglas Smythe and his team did often manage to get in his way, he knew it wasn't completely intentional, though that didn't make it any less frustrating when it happened. He decided to get a little closer to the group led by the mysterious woman with the long hair and probe their thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Thought Probe]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Günter Müller could not be more exhilarated. When he was originally ordered to accompany Fräulein Orsik on this mission weeks back he didn't know what to think. Nothing seemed less interesting to his scientific mind. He could never understand why his superior officers entertained these superstitious, spiritualist types, carry overs from the last century. Up until his orders came down he was in the middle of quite a break through of his own. But orders are orders and though a scientist, he was a soldier first and must obey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, this mission had been anything but boring. He had witnessed things no one back in the lab would ever believe, things he would never speak of out loud for fear of getting locked up! Maria was no throwback spiritualist con artist at all but a very disciplined student of the occult and its magic. He had seen her do things that defied logic; predict future events, move objects with her mind, cast spells, and even time travel! If all went well, in one more day he and his fellow soldiers would finally be in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"AGHARTA\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. The thought of this added new energy to each step. In front of him he watched as Maria slowed her pace.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomething was happening.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Halt.\" Maria said holding up her hand. \"I can hear voices up ahead.\" With a quick hand signal she sent the scouts up ahead. \"Report back once you make visual contact.\" she said quietly but curtly. One thing she had noticed and was mildly concerned about was the group of people Douglas surrounded himself with.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho were they?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShe got a quick look of the talkative one and there was something very familiar about him. It would come to her. In the mean time, she had a very, very strong feeling they were being watched. She looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCUBE suddenly felt as if he was sensed by the woman. He watched her stop the group of men as she began scanning the rain forest canopy above her. He remained perfectly still. This was new. The only other human to ever really detect him was Douglas, but that was just dumb, gringo luck. This was something else. He decided to check back in with the other humans before continuing on with his mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He's back\" said Doug to no one in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Who?\" asked Fran.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"CUBE. I can't see him but he's close, very close.\" Doug answered as he sniffed the air around him like a bloodhound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy had life taken on such a surreal, dreamlike quality these last few years. Why were they here and how was this connected to CUBE? He thought back to the second time he encountered CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt had been over a month and Doug felt as if he was going crazy. It had been almost a year since he and Hux had met CUBE and that was that, or so he thought. He chocked the experience up there with all the other odd and strange encounters he had experienced in his life, and there were many. The thing is, this list of high strangeness was that of one offs, never reoccurring. CUBE was different. CUBE was back and now stalking him...\u003cem\u003epossibly.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe never outright saw CUBE, it was more like something in the corner of his eye, something black and shaped like, well, a CUBE. But when he would quickly turn to look, there was nothing there. Being an artisan soap maker Doug didn't spook easily but this was becoming really disconcerting. And then, for the last week, these subtle visitations seemed to stop, which was even more disconcerting. Maybe he was just seeing things after all, the product of an unnaturally over active imagination, which he and many could attest to. And he would have gleefully kept going with this train of thought had he not been suddenly and most rudely kidnapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three ex-special operatives were crouched down behind creosote bushes in a neighbors yard across the street from where Douglas and Fran lived. They had been watching them for days. Truth be told, these folks, Doug and Fran, were not their mark, but their marks mark, or so it seemed. They were sent out to observe CUBE, gather information and capture him (or her) alive. They relied on different sci-fi looking hand held gadgetry to track this mysterious beings whereabouts all around the planet. CUBE never stayed in one place for more than a few days but he had been hanging around Phoenix for weeks now. Whenever they had an eye on CUBE, it seemed CUBE had an eye on Doug. It was time to find out what this globe trotting soap maker knew. The trick was to get him when he was alone. This proved close to impossible for he always seemed to be in the company of either Fran or that giant wolf looking dog. This particular group of men were not dog people, nor were they cat folk. They actually had a fondness for pandas,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut who doesn't?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan seemed perfect, wait for Doug and the wolf dog to return from their daily hike in the desert. Before the garage door closed they would roll under it undetected and pounce on Doug while the dog was still in the back of the Jeep and unable to attack them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas was in deep thought as he pulled into the garage. He was thinking about how bad guys on classic tv programs used to capture the heroes with nets all the time. Batman was one such hero that seemed to be especially susceptible to nets, him and that boy wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWere nets truly that effective?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMaybe he could rig one to catch that rascally CUBE? He decided to try one on Fran and Huxley later just to see. Still consumed by all these thoughts of nets and CUBEs while functioning on autopilot, he put the Jeep in park and turned the engine off. He then opened the door and hopped down off the running board but never touched the ground before everything went black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan was going smoothly so far. The Jeep pulled into the garaged and the three men had rolled in before the door closed. Just as expected their mark's mark was exiting the driver's side when one of the men with ninja like agility had a rag dripping with chloroform over his mouth before his feet touched the ground. It's always great when you need not resort to plan b or even plan c...\u003cem\u003ewhich usually involved a net.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"539\" width=\"539\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_2_sm.jpg?v=1590439239\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoom 369\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas came to in a small, dark, dingy hotel room. He was alone and tied to a dusty old chair close to a window. He could see he was a few floors up from the street below. Judging by the skyline, he deduced he was in LA. He quickly turned back to the room and scanned it. On the little table next to him was an ash tray with 5 mentholated cigarette butts ground down into it with blood red lipstick marks on the filters. Hmmmm, maybe this was a Jersey girl sorority initiation thing? No dice, wrong coast. Next to the ash tray was an old, scrappy pack of matches with a fading logo that read, Hotel Cecil.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOh great!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the room began to melt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a short conversation about his current predicament with a sympathetic, ornate antique lamp that suddenly metamorphosed into an ostrich before his droopy, dilated eyes, it was now clear as a crystal bauble to Doug that he had been, well, drugged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was wrong with people these days?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKidnapping, tying sweet, innocent folks to chairs, drugging them and then leaving them alone in hotel rooms with knobby antiques and flightless, wild birds? This was no way to treat a fellow human. But then, before too much could be made in Doug's imaginings of this crazy scene, there were suddenly three giant men surrounding him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ok we can begin now.\" said the biggest of the giants calmly, and took a seat on the corner of the bed facing Doug. \"What is your full name?\" He asked sternly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was his full name?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWas Doug speaking out loud or just thinking to himself? Lord, this was bad, especially without any cool jazz spinning on a turntable. He tried to train his focus on the mans eyes which transformed for a moment into gold fish, and then back to eyes, but in the head of a dragon. He decided to close his own eyes tightly and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eget deep\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I want to answer you, I do, but the thing is I can't. I am no one of any real consequence, yet I am one with all, filled with consequences...this trivial thing you call a name...I mean, what is a name anyways? Just an agreed upon noise people make to refer to you.\" Doug spouted rather impressed with his command of College Party 101 Speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon hearing this the man, now somewhat agitated, abruptly slapped Doug across the cheek and then turned to the other two giant dragon men and asked them to try to find some jazz, preferably Miles, and a turntable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"535\" width=\"535\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Part_3.jpg?v=1590439358\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lets try this again, what is your full name and what is your connection to the CUBE?\" Asked the man in a more cool, measured tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ohhhh, is that what this is about?\" Asked Doug trying to sound friendly and together. \"Well, it's quite simple my friend, you see CUBE is love and love is CUBE.\" The man took another swing at Doug but this time our hero was ready, somewhat, and leaned back into the chair to dodge the blow, which he did, but was not quick enough for the back hand, which upon meeting his face busted his lower lip. This was not going as well as it could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut before another cheerful exchange could occur between Doug's face and the front or the back of this man's hand, the nostalgic ring of a landline telephone calling out for attention filled the room.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaved by the bell\u003c\/em\u003e. One of the other men answered it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Yes Ms. Rose, the package is secure but I think we gave him too high of a dose, we may have to wait a couple more hours to get anything relevant out of the fool, all he can say now is nonsense and ow.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas listened intently. Did he know a Ms. Rose? Come to think of it, the librarian in the town where he group up was a Ms. Rose...\u003cem\u003eor was it Mrs?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMaybe she was married to Axl? Focus, he had to try and focus, which is so very hard to do when drugged in a room full of strange things in a strange hotel somewhere in Los Angeles and out of practice.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMight he still have a long overdue library book out?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnd what about the sorority girls, where do they play into all this? Oh dear! The man on the phone looked at Doug squinting as he listened to whoever was speaking on the other end. This was again indication that Doug was indeed thinking out loud. How was he ever going to escape if he kept this up? They all looked at him sharply after that last, unintentional, audible thought....\u003cem\u003edamn it\u003c\/em\u003e. He turned back to the guy on the bed just in time to take a direct blow between the eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Doug came to for the second time \u003cem\u003eKind Of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas going strong.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNice\u003c\/em\u003e, he thought. He was once again alone and it was dim and quiet outside the hotel room even on the street below. He couldn't move and his face hurt. Slowly the events from earlier came rushing back to him in rhythmic, pounding waves. He tried to take it all in once again. What he knew was this, he was being held against his will at the Hotel Cecil in downtown Los Angeles. His captors were three burly dudes, not actually dragons or goldfish eyed giants, and they answered to a voice on the phone referred to as a Ms. Rose. A criminal mastermind no doubt, who may also, possibly be, a relentless, irate librarian from his past. Things were not looking up and neither was he. Had he been, he would have seen CUBE's shadow on the table hovering right outside his window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo Be Continued...in Hotel Cecil!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32110313734192,"sku":"","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/terra-preta-artisan-shaving-soap-special-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-the-scent-of-fresh-dark-earthy-soil-3817321.jpg?v=1754694560"},{"product_id":"terra-preta-solid-cologne-contains-prickly-pear-oil-the-scent-fresh-dark-earthy-soil","title":"Terra Preta Solid Cologne | Contains Prickly Pear Oil | The Scent of Fresh, Dark, Earthy Soil","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Phoenix Shaving Classic Returns Better Than Ever!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e[Follow our continuing saga below in our 3 part episodes, Scroll way down!] \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Spikenard, Vetiver, Oakmoss, Patchouli. In other words, the scent of good ol' clean, honest, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDIRT!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Find The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" class=\"button\" style=\"color: #07548f;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough many will want to wear this scent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eas is\u003c\/em\u003e, it really shines when combined with Mega Flora! That's right folks, this series of fragrances;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e, Terra Preta and La Tierra Mojada, are to be mixed and matched! Essentially, when you apply these products you are constructing the rain forest from the ground up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Is Terra Preta?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerra Preta or Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE) is really something special when it comes to our human history on this planet and real signs of ancient tech! That's right, it's highly probable that this particular soil was created by ancient\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003escientists\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eover 8000 years ago! It was through the creation of this super fertile, regenerative soil that South America was able to support all the ancient cities it once did before the Europeans crashed the party! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough Terra Preta was once a controversial idea, more and more scientists are in agreement these days, thanks to the most recent introduction of Airborn LIDAR Archeology! Previously undiscovered settlements that once house over a million people are popping up everyday!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd what supported these communities?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTerra Preta or Farming, a condition that would need to pre-date these large populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerra Preta is so amazing and fertile that it is still in use all over the Amazon to this date!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSolid Cologne?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI must confess, I was not a believer in Solid Colognes until recently! Many times when asked if I would ever consider doing one, my default answer was always:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Solid Colognes are for hippies and little girls.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI really believed this. I mean, I vividly remember my little sister getting some that came with a doll of hers when she was 5! I also remember seeing the stuff on offer in many a new age store on the shelf next to the incense in intricately carved soapstone compacts, lol. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI assure you dear reader, my answer wasn't meant to be hurtful or mean spirited, and I admit I was simply wrong and uneducated in the ways of this magical stuff!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo what changed my mind you ask? Quite simply, it was the history. It turns out I actually owned a book on solid perfumes! I know, how is this possible? But it does happen. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhenever I delve into anything I go full tilt and many years back, when I began working on honing my skills as a perfumer, I ordered every book out there! Some books were even in French! And one, as I mentioned, was on Solid Perfumes... totally didn't read the subtitle when ordering it, all I read was \"Perfume\". When it arrived, uninterested, I tossed it to the side, only to stumble upon it once more, years later, while transferring books to a new shelf.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd after the many requests from people over the years I did become more curious as to what all the hoopla was about in regards to the balm. So I put the tome on my bed and promised to take a quick gander at it before I fell asleep that night. That gander turned into a marathon session, a real page turner!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am embarrassed to say I was way wrong, my previous exposure to the stuff was very limited, and I really had no right making up my mind to write it off so quickly. Solid Perfumes \u0026amp; Colognes were born out of a rich history and are totally different animals when it comes to scent carriers. I was looking at them completely wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFact is, a Solid Cologne is a much more personal, intimate, and tactile creation when compared to say, an Eau De Parfum, Cologne, or Aftershave. It is not meant for everyone in the room to smell but rather those closest to you, as well as yourself. It isn't meant to live on the shelf in your bathroom, but more as a travel companion tucked in your backpack, briefcase, gym bag or carry on!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is part of the history!\u003c\/em\u003e Back in the day, solid perfumes were kept close, often on the body, hidden in the secret compartment of a ring, or worn close to the heart in a locket or metal ball called a Pomander. It was always there for a quick whiff or application to the hot spots or facial hair. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany men and women even carried scent boxes with them back in the day for inhaling while walking the fowl streets of medieval cities! Some of these boxes and compacts held multiple scents to be enjoyed one at a time or all at once or in different combinations. The sniffer could turn on or off the different scents of the accord...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat's just AWESOME! \u003c\/em\u003eLike playing your own composition on a musical instrument. Scent for scents sake!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven plague doctors got in on the act and kept solid perfume on themselves as well. Many now know that doctors of that time wore curious bird like masks, the beak of which was stuffed with aromatic herbs. These herbs were thought to prevent the spread of the plague, and they were also used to eclipse the stench coming off the patients. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat you may not know is these doctors also came outfitted with a cane that hid a secret flip lid in the handle. This compartment held a blended, solid perfume that could be accessed in a pinch and smeared under the nose. \u003cem\u003eBrilliant!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Ancient Egypt, solid perfumes were a large part of the culture. An Egyptian  woman often wore what was called an unguent, or scent cone, containing the perfume, on the top of her head. Unlike modern solid perfumes, which are mixed with wax and oils, these ancient fragrances were blended with animal fat, and during the course of the hot day it would melt and anoint the wearer...\u003cem\u003ethat's pretty epic!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI could go on, but instead, I encourage you to do your own research. I promise you it is fascinating and will give you a greater appreciation of Solid Cologne and Perfumes!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo, with the weight of history dancing in my head I went to work on creating my own Solid Cologne, and it came out wonderful! Rather than dissolving absolutes, resins, and balsams into alcohol as I typically would for an alcohol based perfume, I carefully heated them, and along with the scent oils, blended them into the Beeswax, Shea Oil, Jojoba oil, Prickly Pear Oil matrix.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI find that, as the perfumer, the scent stays truer longer to the original shape I was going for. Meaning, \u003cstrong\u003evolatile top notes last longer\u003c\/strong\u003e and heart notes fade slower too! Base notes will last much, much longer as they mix and mingle more organically with your own body chemistry and natural oils seamlessly. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolid Cologne is a total and complete departure from the chemical reaction one experiences with an alcohol based product. It is more like a harmonious alchemical marriage, than a quick burn and evaporate dry down effect. Very different energetics when compared, and don't misunderstand me, they are both wonderful, but again, unique from each other, and that's what I didn't understand before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven the mechanics of application are different. Apply it once or revisit it many times during the day as a pick me up, no one will even notice when you do. There's a very sensual element at play here, like a secret with yourself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI really have to say, this whole process enriched me as a perfumer, I truly felt part of a greater work. Ok, it's getting a little woo woo, but I think you are picking up what I'm putting down, no? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's true, I really misunderstood solid perfumes in the past and dismissed them way too soon in my arrogance. If you are like I was, I encourage you to become humble and check them out, otherwise you are doing yourself a great disservice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow...How DO I Use Solid Cologne?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRub a finger across the top of the solid cologne and apply it to the pulse points \u0026amp; hot spots: wrists, neck, inside of elbow, behind the ears, and heart. You can also use in the beard, moustache or hair. Reapply through the day or whenever yo need a pick me up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.5 Oz Heavy Duty Glass Jar \u0026amp; Bakelite Cap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeeswax, Shea Oil Jojoba oil, Prickly Pear Oil, Fragrance \u0026amp; Rosemary Extract\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandmade in Arizona, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eNet Wt. 1.5 oz.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_1.jpg?v=1590437424\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e             \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e| The Saga Continues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen we last saw our heroes, they were entering a mysterious, Mega Flora jungle, hot on the trail of an equally mysterious CUBE. Little did they know, they too were being hunted...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Orsic was truly energized, it had been a long time since she had been so close to Douglas Smythe and his ragtag gang of do-gooders. If she was ever going to get her hands on Vril she would need to first find the fabled inner earth city of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" title=\"AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/a\u003e. It was clear to her now that Douglas Smythe had been there and knew the way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack when she first began her quest it seemed reasonable to assume this would be easy. The strange man in the captain's hat had initially appeared to her as an eccentric, easy target...\u003cem\u003ebut she had been wrong\u003c\/em\u003e. She had been on his trail for what seemed like years, when in reality,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eher reality\u003c\/em\u003e, it had only been months. At every turn he outsmarted her and then eventually, vanished into thin air! What kind of strange magic did he and his team possess?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Damned if I know!\" Exclaimed Doug in reply to Aldous' last question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wasn't lying, he really wasn't sure what he did with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=Outdoorsman%27s\" title=\"Outdoorsmans Friend\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebug repelling aftershave\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe thought for sure he had packed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mud, believe it or not, makes for a highly effective bug repellent...\" said Aldous not paying any attention to the concerned looks that came from all around. He continued, \"In a pinch, it is perfectly acceptable to smear oneself with damp earth.\" As he spoke he scooped up some dark soil and began rubbing it over his face as the others looked on in exhausted \"\u003cem\u003enow what?\u003c\/em\u003e\" kind of interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust then Doug grabbed Aldous' hand and held it steady beneath his eyes. He then gave it a quick, focused sniff. He was immediately transported away. The combination of Terra Preta and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003earound them seemed to flip a switch inside him. It was as if a green glitter bomb exploded in his brain! The fragrance was that of a complete, magical, enchanted forest swaying in a tropical gust of epic. From the floor of the jungle to the emergent layer of the trees the fragrance was simply, synesthetically speaking, vivid! He made a mental note to try and recreate that fragrance in his lab when this was all over. He gave the fresh, black soil one more whiff and looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I know where we are!\" He declared with cocksureness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Where?\" asked Fran, with a slightly skeptical but curious glint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Amazon Jungle.\" Doug replied while giving Aldous his hand back. Everyone now looked at Doug, except Aldous, who was now using two hands to liberally apply the slick, stygian, jungle muck all over his body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We my friends are standing on Terra Preta or ADE, Amazon Dark Earth!\" Doug stated this very matter of factly as if everyone was familiar with the plant and soil sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What exactly does that mean?\" asked Ludmilla.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug raised a finger and was about to answer but before he could, Aldous took over the conversation. Doug slowly closed his mouth and lowered his finger with a sigh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Terra Preta is pretty magical stuff and is found throughout the Amazon Jungle.\" Said Aldous\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Magic? How?\" Ludmilla asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In that it is not natural but was actually designed!\" He excitedly explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Designed? By who?\" she begged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"That, is the million dollar question. You see, the base soil natural to the rainforest is virtually non existent, it's terrible and impossible to grow anything in, at least anything substantial enough to support the thousands of ancient people that once thrived here in pre-columbian times. It's unlike any other soil on this planet, containing unique properties and even more unique microorganisms only found in Terra Preta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen studied on a whole, it seemed to be a pre-existing condition put in place before this area was settled but by who or what, no one knows. What makes it so amazing is its endless regenerative power that is still in use even today! It's a combination of charcoal, clay, pottery shards and various organic matter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"People really once occupied this jungle? I find that hard to believe.\" Spoke Ludmilla almost at a hush as she looked around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Aldous heard her and responded. \"If you are looking for remanence of a most wondrous past, it's right here,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/em\u003e! The fact that we see no other signs of these great settlements tells us how far back in history this lost civilization existed! Granted, we are a few hundred years ahead in time...but even in our own time line, it is tough to find anything more than this Dark Earth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"However, if you have a keen eye...\" Doug continued, cautiously raised his finger and squinting at his mud covered friend, \"you will notice different species of plant and tree life huddled together almost as if intentionally...because it\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eintentional. Amazonia is one giant, overgrown, lost orchard and garden! This didn't happen naturally, this was by design!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Truly a virtual Garden of Eden with regard to the multitude of plants and wildlife.\" Added Aldous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heck...\" said Doug, \"This could actually be what is left of the legendary Garden of Eden! The bones of Eden\" he waxed poetically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"But why are we here?\" Fran piped in. A really great question from Fran, as usual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy were they here?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAt this point it was abundantly clear, no pun intended, that they were meant to be here...in the Amazonian Jungle a few hundred years into the future. This question stumped them all, again, no pun intended. But before Aldous could open his mouth our at least make the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehmmmmmm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esound, Huxley came came darting at them from the dense jungle covered in vegetation. He went into a careful sequence of canine interpretive dance and something else that resembled charades down on four legs and without opposable thumbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the humans stood around and talked about manure and dirt, Huxley, with all the grace an Alaskan Malamute can afford, secured the perimeter. Never that good with direction, Huxley actually found himself turned around and back at the entrance to the jungle. This perturbed him. It also made him hungry. But before he could really get upset he saw them. It was a group of about 30 soldiers led by a very beautiful woman with long blonde hair and penetrating green eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat the heck was going on?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBefore he could react, she took notice of him, he froze. Then in an instant, a voice, not his own, was in his head.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Hello Huxley, I have been looking for you. Be not afraid, we are not going to hurt you. We represent the Third Reich.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThat was all Hux needed to hear in order to break the spell that bound him there. He took off back into the jungle at the speed of...well, a 100 lb Alaskan Malamute with a poor sense of direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *    *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom many feet above\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" title=\"CUBE 2.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebalanced, perched on a branch observing all. From this vantage point he could see both parties of humans in the jungle. It was quite clear the smaller group of hairless monkeys, which was made up of that curious fool Douglas Smythe and his giant wolf dog, were oblivious to the larger mob sneaking up on them. How interesting. Though not very intelligent, humans where always a lot of fun to watch. Now, if only they were as cute as pandas. He sighed with that last thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" title=\"CUBE Preshave Soap\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas on a very important mission but this was a welcomed distraction. While Douglas Smythe and his team did often manage to get in his way, he knew it wasn't completely intentional, though that didn't make it any less frustrating when it happened. He decided to get a little closer to the group led by the mysterious woman with the long hair and probe their thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Thought Probe]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Günter Müller could not be more exhilarated. When he was originally ordered to accompany Fräulein Orsik on this mission weeks back he didn't know what to think. Nothing seemed less interesting to his scientific mind. He could never understand why his superior officers entertained these superstitious, spiritualist types, carry overs from the last century. Up until his orders came down he was in the middle of quite a break through of his own. But orders are orders and though a scientist, he was a soldier first and must obey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, this mission had been anything but boring. He had witnessed things no one back in the lab would ever believe, things he would never speak of out loud for fear of getting locked up! Maria was no throwback spiritualist con artist at all but a very disciplined student of the occult and its magic. He had seen her do things that defied logic; predict future events, move objects with her mind, cast spells, and even time travel! If all went well, in one more day he and his fellow soldiers would finally be in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" title=\"AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. The thought of this added new energy to each step. In front of him he watched as Maria slowed her pace.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomething was happening.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Halt.\" Maria said holding up her hand. \"I can hear voices up ahead.\" With a quick hand signal she sent the scouts up ahead. \"Report back once you make visual contact.\" she said quietly but curtly. One thing she had noticed and was mildly concerned about was the group of people Douglas surrounded himself with.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho were they?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShe got a quick look of the talkative one and there was something very familiar about him. It would come to her. In the mean time, she had a very, very strong feeling they were being watched. She looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCUBE suddenly felt as if he was sensed by the woman. He watched her stop the group of men as she began scanning the rain forest canopy above her. He remained perfectly still. This was new. The only other human to ever really detect him was Douglas, but that was just dumb, gringo luck. This was something else. He decided to check back in with the other humans before continuing on with his mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He's back\" said Doug to no one in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Who?\" asked Fran.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"CUBE. I can't see him but he's close, very close.\" Doug answered as he sniffed the air around him like a bloodhound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy had life taken on such a surreal, dreamlike quality these last few years. Why were they here and how was this connected to CUBE? He thought back to the second time he encountered CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt had been over a month and Doug felt as if he was going crazy. It had been almost a year since he and Hux had met CUBE and that was that, or so he thought. He chocked the experience up there with all the other odd and strange encounters he had experienced in his life, and there were many. The thing is, this list of high strangeness was that of one offs, never reoccurring. CUBE was different. CUBE was back and now stalking him...\u003cem\u003epossibly.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe never outright saw CUBE, it was more like something in the corner of his eye, something black and shaped like, well, a CUBE. But when he would quickly turn to look, there was nothing there. Being an artisan soap maker Doug didn't spook easily but this was becoming really disconcerting. And then, for the last week, these subtle visitations seemed to stop, which was even more disconcerting. Maybe he was just seeing things after all, the product of an unnaturally over active imagination, which he and many could attest to. And he would have gleefully kept going with this train of thought had he not been suddenly and most rudely kidnapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three ex-special operatives were crouched down behind creosote bushes in a neighbors yard across the street from where Douglas and Fran lived. They had been watching them for days. Truth be told, these folks, Doug and Fran, were not their mark, but their marks mark, or so it seemed. They were sent out to observe CUBE, gather information and capture him (or her) alive. They relied on different sci-fi looking hand held gadgetry to track this mysterious beings whereabouts all around the planet. CUBE never stayed in one place for more than a few days but he had been hanging around Phoenix for weeks now. Whenever they had an eye on CUBE, it seemed CUBE had an eye on Doug. It was time to find out what this globe trotting soap maker knew. The trick was to get him when he was alone. This proved close to impossible for he always seemed to be in the company of either Fran or that giant wolf looking dog. This particular group of men were not dog people, nor were they cat folk. They actually had a fondness for pandas,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut who doesn't?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan seemed perfect, wait for Doug and the wolf dog to return from their daily hike in the desert. Before the garage door closed they would roll under it undetected and pounce on Doug while the dog was still in the back of the Jeep and unable to attack them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas was in deep thought as he pulled into the garage. He was thinking about how bad guys on classic tv programs used to capture the heroes with nets all the time. Batman was one such hero that seemed to be especially susceptible to nets, him and that boy wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWere nets truly that effective?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMaybe he could rig one to catch that rascally CUBE? He decided to try one on Fran and Huxley later just to see. Still consumed by all these thoughts of nets and CUBEs while functioning on autopilot, he put the Jeep in park and turned the engine off. He then opened the door and hopped down off the running board but never touched the ground before everything went black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan was going smoothly so far. The Jeep pulled into the garaged and the three men had rolled in before the door closed. Just as expected their mark's mark was exiting the driver's side when one of the men with ninja like agility had a rag dripping with chloroform over his mouth before his feet touched the ground. It's always great when you need not resort to plan b or even plan c...\u003cem\u003ewhich usually involved a net.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_2_sm.jpg?v=1590439239\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"539\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoom 369\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas came to in a small, dark, dingy hotel room. He was alone and tied to a dusty old chair close to a window. He could see he was a few floors up from the street below. Judging by the skyline, he deduced he was in LA. He quickly turned back to the room and scanned it. On the little table next to him was an ash tray with 5 mentholated cigarette butts ground down into it with blood red lipstick marks on the filters. Hmmmm, maybe this was a Jersey girl sorority initiation thing? No dice, wrong coast. Next to the ash tray was an old, scrappy pack of matches with a fading logo that read, Hotel Cecil.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOh great!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the room began to melt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a short conversation about his current predicament with a sympathetic, ornate antique lamp that suddenly metamorphosed into an ostrich before his droopy, dilated eyes, it was now clear as a crystal bauble to Doug that he had been, well, drugged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was wrong with people these days?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKidnapping, tying sweet, innocent folks to chairs, drugging them and then leaving them alone in hotel rooms with knobby antiques and flightless, wild birds? This was no way to treat a fellow human. But then, before too much could be made in Doug's imaginings of this crazy scene, there were suddenly three giant men surrounding him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ok we can begin now.\" said the biggest of the giants calmly, and took a seat on the corner of the bed facing Doug. \"What is your full name?\" He asked sternly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was his full name?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWas Doug speaking out loud or just thinking to himself? Lord, this was bad, especially without any cool jazz spinning on a turntable. He tried to train his focus on the mans eyes which transformed for a moment into gold fish, and then back to eyes, but in the head of a dragon. He decided to close his own eyes tightly and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eget deep\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I want to answer you, I do, but the thing is I can't. I am no one of any real consequence, yet I am one with all, filled with consequences...this trivial thing you call a name...I mean, what is a name anyways? Just an agreed upon noise people make to refer to you.\" Doug spouted rather impressed with his command of College Party 101 Speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon hearing this the man, now somewhat agitated, abruptly slapped Doug across the cheek and then turned to the other two giant dragon men and asked them to try to find some jazz, preferably Miles, and a turntable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Part_3.jpg?v=1590439358\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"535\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lets try this again, what is your full name and what is your connection to the CUBE?\" Asked the man in a more cool, measured tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ohhhh, is that what this is about?\" Asked Doug trying to sound friendly and together. \"Well, it's quite simple my friend, you see CUBE is love and love is CUBE.\" The man took another swing at Doug but this time our hero was ready, somewhat, and leaned back into the chair to dodge the blow, which he did, but was not quick enough for the back hand, which upon meeting his face busted his lower lip. This was not going as well as it could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut before another cheerful exchange could occur between Doug's face and the front or the back of this man's hand, the nostalgic ring of a landline telephone calling out for attention filled the room.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaved by the bell\u003c\/em\u003e. One of the other men answered it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Yes Ms. Rose, the package is secure but I think we gave him too high of a dose, we may have to wait a couple more hours to get anything relevant out of the fool, all he can say now is nonsense and ow.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas listened intently. Did he know a Ms. Rose? Come to think of it, the librarian in the town where he group up was a Ms. Rose...\u003cem\u003eor was it Mrs?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMaybe she was married to Axl? Focus, he had to try and focus, which is so very hard to do when drugged in a room full of strange things in a strange hotel somewhere in Los Angeles and out of practice.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMight he still have a long overdue library book out?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnd what about the sorority girls, where do they play into all this? Oh dear! The man on the phone looked at Doug squinting as he listened to whoever was speaking on the other end. This was again indication that Doug was indeed thinking out loud. How was he ever going to escape if he kept this up? They all looked at him sharply after that last, unintentional, audible thought....\u003cem\u003edamn it\u003c\/em\u003e. He turned back to the guy on the bed just in time to take a direct blow between the eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Doug came to for the second time \u003cem\u003eKind Of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas going strong.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNice\u003c\/em\u003e, he thought. He was once again alone and it was dim and quiet outside the hotel room even on the street below. He couldn't move and his face hurt. Slowly the events from earlier came rushing back to him in rhythmic, pounding waves. He tried to take it all in once again. What he knew was this, he was being held against his will at the Hotel Cecil in downtown Los Angeles. His captors were three burly dudes, not actually dragons or goldfish eyed giants, and they answered to a voice on the phone referred to as a Ms. Rose. A criminal mastermind no doubt, who may also, possibly be, a relentless, irate librarian from his past. Things were not looking up and neither was he. Had he been, he would have seen CUBE's shadow on the table hovering right outside his window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo Be Continued...in Hotel Cecil!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32110355841072,"sku":"","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/terra-preta-solid-cologne-contains-prickly-pear-oil-the-scent-of-fresh-dark-earthy-soil-9316436.jpg?v=1754694560"},{"product_id":"terra-preta-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap-clean-dark-earthy-soil","title":"Terra Preta Moroccan Argan Oil Body Soap | The Scent of Fresh, Dark, Earthy Soil","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"(But) when it comes to feel and moisturizing, their (Phoenix Shaving) body soaps are second to none. With their natural ingredient blend of coconut and argan oils, their soaps leave your skin with a soft, velvety feeling that is out of this world.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~ Cigar \u0026amp; Spirits Magazine March\/April 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Phoenix Shaving Classic Returns Better Than Ever!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e[Follow our continuing saga below in our 3 part episodes, Scroll way down!] \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Spikenard, Vetiver, Oakmoss, Patchouli. In other words, the scent of good ol' clean, honest, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDIRT!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #07548f;\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" title=\"Find The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThough many will want to wear this scent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eas is\u003c\/em\u003e, it really shines when combined with Mega Flora! That's right folks, this series of fragrances;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e, Terra Preta, and La Tierra Mojada are to be mixed and matched! Essentially, when you apply these products you are constructing the rain forest from the ground up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Is Terra Preta?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eTerra Preta or Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE) is really something special when it comes to our human history on this planet and real signs of ancient tech! That's right, it's highly probable that this particular soil was created by ancient\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003escientists\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eover 8000 years ago! It was through the creation of this super fertile, regenerative soil that South America was able to support all the ancient cities it once did before the Europeans crashed the party! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThough Terra Preta was once a controversial idea, more and more scientists are in agreement these days, thanks to the most recent introduction of Airborn LIDAR Archeology! Previously undiscovered settlements that once house over a million people are popping up everyday!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd what supported these communities?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTerra Preta or Farming, a condition that would need to pre-date these large populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eTerra Preta is so amazing and fertile that it is still in use all over the Amazon to this date!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eYou're gonna absolutely love this no BS, manly, 5 oz bar of awesome! A Super Luxurious, Rich bar of man soap that leaves your skin silky smooth and scented how you like it! \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 oz Bar Soap -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePackaged in Biodegradable Wrapper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlucitol\u003cspan\u003e, Coconut Oil, Propylene Glycol, Stearic Acid, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Argan Oil, Kokum Butter, Silk Amino Acids, Bamboo Extract, Sunflower Extract, Aloe Leaf Extract, Carrageenan Extract, Marshmallow Root Extract.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32283942322224,"sku":"","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/terra-preta-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap-the-scent-of-fresh-dark-earthy-soil-9364131.jpg?v=1754694557"},{"product_id":"mega-flora-eau-de-parfum-edp-an-aromatic-fougere-30ml","title":"Mega Flora Eau De Parfum (EDP) | An Aromatic Fougère | 30ml","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMega Flora! \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e[\u003cem\u003eThe Shaver Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eContinues Below, Scroll Way Down!]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: French Lavender, Bergamot, Petitgrain, Rose Geranium, Tonka Bean, Clary Sage, Fir Needle, Pine, Juniper, Chamomile, Bamboo, Cedarwood, Haitian Vetiver, Rose Absolute, Hay Absolute, Oakmoss Absolute.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Mega Flora Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo say this is a complex scent would be an understatement. I mean, with one glance at the scent profile you will see 16 different scent notes in this accord! What I \u003cem\u003ecan\u003c\/em\u003e promise is this is a very sophisticated, well blended aromatic experience! A very smooth take on a class of Fougère called \u003cem\u003eAromatic\u003c\/em\u003e. An Aromatic Fougère will often include herbacious notes, spices and woody notes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI personally find Mega Flora to be enchanting. The way the scent develops is an exercise in lycanthropy or shape shifting! The lead in is a double helix of French Lavender and Tonka Bean, a sweet, seductive siren song that hooks you by both nostrils and drags you into the forest! The woods are made up of Bamboo, a kiss of Citrus, Rose and Evergreen. Weaving playfully in between the trees are the soothing, herbaceous notes of Chamomile and Clary Sage. Lastly are the \u003c\/span\u003edeep, heavy, slightly sweet and resinous undertones of Haitian Vetiver and Earthy Oakmoss \u0026amp; Hay.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreen, Serene \u0026amp; Smooth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are a fan of green original fragrances or just love a thoughtful, smooth \u0026amp; sophisticated modern fragrance, Mega Flora is just what you are looking for. Take a step into the unknown,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003etake a step into the woods!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e30 ml Bottle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIngredients: Denatured Alcohol, Essential\/Fragrance Oil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Mega_Flora_Part_1_Ad_480x480.jpg?v=1587507015\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Saga Continues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[For those following the ongoing adventure! If you are unaware of the PAA Universe, you must read The AGHARTA Trilogy, Organism 46b, John Frum \u0026amp; ESP!]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSomewhere In Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImagine a world overtaken, or rather reclaimed by the Earth in all her reckless and untidy glory. Let's face it, mama nature was never meant to be a house wife in any epoch. Order and domestication is not a good look for her. She made the choice, a long time ago, to just let it all hang out, to allow things to sort themselves out, and if humans or the gods didn't like it, too bad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the feral landscape of this new horizon an ancient parking garage is now crumbling to dust, its gnarled and exposed rebar makes an excellent support for the vines and vegetation that now cover what is left of the structure. A short distance away, a giant antenna supports a mass of mysterious, needling vines as they climb their way towards the sun in a slow, undulating rhythm of cling. At the base of the antenna is another mound of green, suggesting perhaps it was once a small UHF station. The air surrounding this scene is damp and thick with humidity. Airborne seed pods of all different sizes and colors are whirling like disturbed dust in a ray of sunlight coming through a window pane on a sleepy Sunday morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn abundance of trees, various and looming, of unknown species grow steadily towards the sky, dwarfing what we ever could recall of those majestic Northern California Redwoods. Huge birds, reptiles, and insects partake in the cacophony of this immense rain forrest scene and symphony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, at precisely the same moment that a giant Venus fly trap clamps down on an unsuspecting lizard, is when it appears. Just like that, no warning, no reason, no sound...a cube. About the size of an average microwave oven, sleek, black, and hovering in place silently. It seems to scan the invasive green landscape, spinning slowly in a circle, taking it all in. If it could, it would give an impressed whistle. Then in a flash of white light it disappears just as suddenly as it previously arrived. However, in that same moment, on that same spot, a group of strangers flash into sudden existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“He was here.” The man said, pulling off his pith helmet and wiping sweat off his brow with the back of the same hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“How do you know?” Asked the woman standing next to him, but before he could answer another voice spoke up, “because he can smell it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe man in the pith hat and woman both turned and in unison shout in surprise, “Aldous”!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis in turn scares the living bejeezus out of the 100 pound malamute that was, up until the outburst, caught up on his own suspicious scent trail. No, it wasn't that pesky, meddling CUBE he was picking up on, though its charcoal like ozone musk was undoubtedly fresh and still hanging on the breeze like a lightening strike. No this other distinctive scent was both more menacing and more intriguing. Green, slightly spicy, feisty, unruly, and teeming with life. It danced in front of the mesmerized malamute like a dangling mystical carrot of taboo, like a phantom or trickster spirit, reminiscent of the coyotes he had bumped into accidentally in the Arizona desert after dark. But now Huxley's reverie was broken and he just stared at the strange looking human before him. \"This better be good...\" he thought, \"or at least call for a lunch break.\" His stomach grumbled as if to punctuate that last point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAldous stood naked as a jaybird before them except for a turban, and in that same instance Ludmilla suddenly materialized. Aldous made a high pitched shriek and disappeared in a white flash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Damn it, he's gone again!\" Doug blurted out while making an exaggerated show of feeling the air wildly with his hands where Aldous just was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He really needs to stop doing that.\" he added. \"I think he likes you Ludmilla,\" Fran added. Ludmilla just stood there looking confused and doubtful, still wearing her cloak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, Aldous reappeared in a smart plaid sports jacket, jeans, a t-shirt, and a cap in place of the turban. \"Sorry, still getting used to this Time Hopping thing.\" Doug just pointed his finger at Aldous, and said in the same tone he would to Hux, \"Stay.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey all now looked around slowly. Where were they? Judging by the strange make of the grounded crafts and vehicles in the what one could imagine were at one time streets, they were at some point in the future...but when? \"Why would the CUBE lead us here?\" asked Douglas and continued, \"Mega Flora \u0026amp; Fauna for all the eye can see.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I'm not sure.\" answered Fran in a distracted tone as she knelt down poking at the gelatinous substance glistening on the twisting vines that covered the road. She then looked up at everyone and matter of factly asked, \"How did we all escape the 1920s?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat was actually a really good question. The last thing Doug remembered was being lifted up by his hood and thrown into the back of a wagon outside the great carnival tent they had been rolling around in right before all hell broke loose. Had they all collectively time hopped together? At this point it seemed as if the phenomenon had an intelligence of its own and they in fact had zero control over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore they had an opportunity to compare notes, or get their bearings, off in the distance the CUBE reappeared. It didn't seem to pay them any attention and hovered off mysteriously into the jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll at once the group met each others gaze, and without vocalizing the same shared thought, decided to follow it quietly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 minutes after they were out of sight, Maria Orsic and her small band of Nazi soldiers magically appeared. \"He was here...\" She said making no attempt to hide the fact that she was sniffing the air, \"...Smythe.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e                                                                 *   *   *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Mega_Flora_Ad_2_480x480.jpg?v=1587507170\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmediately after entering the forrest both Fran and Doug felt uneasy, they could not help but sense they were being watched, even Ludmilla \u0026amp; Hux were on guard. Aldous, on the other hand couldn't appear more at home in the lush \u0026amp; fecund surroundings, yapping on and on about his short time as a vaudeville sensation. Every so often he would stop in mid sentence to delight in the smell a giant species of flower, and then he'd pick right back up in his diatribe on this and that. Douglas completely tuned him out and kept his eyes on the CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug first crossed paths with CUBE one strange day 5 years back on a trip to Blythe, California. He was there to check out some unique geoglyphs located there. He had reason to believe these ancient \"messages to the gods\" were actually part of a greater world treasure map of some sort, not intended for gods or aliens, but to the future generations that they knew would eventually take to the air...as they had, in their prime. It was Doug's suspicion that the builders of these vast glyphs were done by the diaspora of a once great, and by that time, fractured advanced civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSadly, a lot of this true \"world map\" was destroyed by progress, and simply by honest folks over time that had no idea what they were looking at, if they could even distinguish what it was at all. Thanks to modern LIDAR technology, which is used to survey vast expanses of land from the air, it was possible to see even more of what was on this theoretical map. Douglas was doing just that with a drone Fran had cleverly modified. He commanded the drone from his phone as it flew at a hight of 400 feet. The task was monotonous, similar to mowing the lawn in the sky. For that very reason Fran had decided to stay back at the lab in Arizona, doing more clever Fran things. The scan was for the most part automated. It relied on a digital grid system generated by the program utilizing a standard GPS guidance system. Meaning, he didn't have to look up all day operating a joy stick. But that didn't mean he wasn't looking up, in fact, Doug's eyes were most of the time on the sky...and that, my friend, is how he came to spot CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What is that?\" Doug thought out loud, startling Huxley who snoozed in a slender section of shade offered by a nearby Organ Pipe Cactus. It really just appeared out of nowhere. Was it another drone? He scanned the landscape looking for a pilot but there was no one around and he was so far away from anyone or anything. Blythe was one of those towns where folks typically only stopped for gas or if they broke down. Was it a balloon? Maybe A Box Kite? At a height of 400 feet, with the afternoon sun directly behind the object, it was tough to say. But it was moving as if guided by something, and was coming uncomfortably close to the drone as it plotted along merrily on its invisible grid. It seemed to be checking it out. Doug dug through his backpack looking for his monocular. Huxley, now interested, bounded over to help. Well, that is if \"helping\" meant poking around for Cliff Bars, which is how he interpreted Doug's actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeering through the spyglass Doug searched the sky until he came upon the object. It was a perfectly black CUBE. He guessed it was just slightly bigger than the drone. Now the CUBE suddenly seemed to realize it was being observed and locked one of its 6 sides on Douglas. The hair on the back of his neck stood up and an eery feeling reeled down his spine as he saw the CUBE honing in and picking up speed as it closed the distance between them. It was at this point that Huxley took notice of the incoming black box, or more like \"Lunch Box\", at least in Huxley's mind. As Doug sprinted towards the Jeep Huxley fixed his stare on the rapidly approaching toy. Then with the CUBE only a few short feet away, and ready to dive bomb the Jeep as Doug dove into the hatch, Huxley leaped into the air, jaws open and ready. The giant malamute landed, rolling through the dry sand wrestling his prize into submission. Huxley quickly realized the object definitely was not lunch, nor was it edible. The CUBE, much to his surprise tasted like old people feet, an acquired taste for sure. He quickly spit it out with much gusto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug hopped out of the back of the Jeep and walked over to the CUBE, now motionless on the ground. He gently kicked at it with caution and trepidation, as one does with an unexploded firecracker. There was no movement. There were obvious bite marks on parts of it but in a matter of seconds they were gone! The CUBE then slowly rose to eye level and began to give the human who had caused him so much trouble a once over. It then lowered itself down to Huxley level and repeated the scan. Then, once more it rose up to look head long into Doug's eyes creating some sort of strange, invisible link between the two. And in an instant Doug was in the CUBES head. He understood immediately what the CUBE was up to...but it didn't quite add up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CUBE suddenly broke the mental tether, lowered itself, slashed one of Doug's tires and shot off into the sky. \"What the?\" said Douglas as he and Hux stared off after it, and then at each other shrugging. That was the first time they bumped into CUBE, but certainly would not be the last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Be Continued...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32110511521840,"sku":"","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/mega-flora-eau-de-parfum-edp-an-aromatic-fougere-30ml-631111.jpg?v=1759255507"},{"product_id":"terra-preta-aftershave-a-whole-new-species-of-aftershave-lightly-mentholated","title":"Terra Preta Aftershave Jelly | A Whole New Species of Aftershave | The Scent of Fresh, Dark, Earthy Soil","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eChoose Lightly Mentholated or NON-Mentholated from the dropdown menu\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-product-form-regular=\"\" class=\"product-form--regular\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-product-form-area=\"\"\u003e\n\u003caside aria-label=\"Share this:\" class=\"share-buttons\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"share-buttons--title\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca aria-selected=\"true\" aria-controls=\"st-description_0-0\" role=\"tab\" class=\"station-tabs-link is-active\" id=\"st-link-description_0-0\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/products\/speakeasy-cologne-aftershave#description_0-0\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"false\" aria-labelledby=\"st-link-description_0-0\" role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"station-tabs-content is-active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"station-tabs-content-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Spikenard, Vetiver, Oakmoss, Patchouli. In other words, the scent of good ol' clean, honest, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDIRT!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Find The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" class=\"button\" style=\"color: #07548f;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE Terra Preta Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/aside\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-product-form-regular=\"\" class=\"product-form--regular\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-product-form-area=\"\"\u003e\n\u003caside aria-label=\"Share this:\" class=\"share-buttons\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"false\" aria-labelledby=\"st-link-description_0-0\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"st-description_0-0\" class=\"station-tabs-content is-active\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"station-tabs-content-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThough many will want to wear this scent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eas is\u003c\/em\u003e, it really shines when combined with Mega Flora! That's right folks, this series of fragrances;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e, Terra Preta and La Tierra Mojada, are to be mixed and matched! Essentially, when you apply these products you are constructing the rain forest from the ground up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEx\u003c\/strong\u003e. Shave with Terra Preta then chase with a splash of Mega Flora...or try it the other way around for a different ration! \u003cem\u003eI highly encourage you to mix it up and experiment\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/aside\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStar Jelly?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIf an aftershave balm and alcohol based splash were to have a baby, our \u003cstrong\u003eStar Jelly Aftershave Formula\u003c\/strong\u003e would be their love child. Not to be confused with an alcohol free balm, meaning; this stuff still contains alcohol and a kiss of menthol to give you that classic splash feel at first. Then there is that familiar cool down we all know and love...but something more is going on, \u003cem\u003esomething cosmic!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eUnlike traditional balms, our Star Jelly absorbs rapidly into freshly shaven skin without any greasy, heavy feeling build up! Star Jelly leaves your skin moisturized and silky. \u003cem\u003eA refreshing, alternative that you instantly will fall in love with! \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat's Inside?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAllantoin: \u003c\/strong\u003ea naturally ocurring nitrogenous compound used as a skin conditioning agent. It can be derived from animals, however the allantoin we use is derived from plants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaprylic\/Capric Triglycerides:\u003c\/strong\u003e from coconut oil and glycerin, it’s considered an excellent emollient. It’s included in cosmetics due to its mix of fatty acids that skin can use to resist moisture loss. This ingredient’s value for skin is made greater by the fact that it’s considered gentle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVegetable Glycerine:\u003c\/strong\u003e is derived from soy and is used in cosmetics and body care products to assist in retaining moisture. It is invaluable as a natural source ingredient with emollient like properties which can soften the skin. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIngredients: Deionized Water, Perfumers Alcohol, Caprylic\/Capric Triglycerides, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Caprylyl Methicone, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate\/VP Copolymer, Cetearyl Alcohol, Allantoin, Menthol, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e150 Ml\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_1.jpg?v=1590437424\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e             \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e| The Saga Continues\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen we last saw our heroes, they were entering a mysterious, Mega Flora jungle, hot on the trail of an equally mysterious CUBE. Little did they know, they too were being hunted...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaria Orsic was truly energized, it had been a long time since she had been so close to Douglas Smythe and his ragtag gang of do-gooders. If she was ever going to get her hands on Vril she would need to first find the fabled inner earth city of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" title=\"AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/a\u003e. It was clear to her now that Douglas Smythe had been there and knew the way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack when she first began her quest it seemed reasonable to assume this would be easy. The strange man in the captain's hat had initially appeared to her as an eccentric, easy target...\u003cem\u003ebut she had been wrong\u003c\/em\u003e. She had been on his trail for what seemed like years, when in reality,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eher reality\u003c\/em\u003e, it had only been months. At every turn he outsmarted her and then eventually, vanished into thin air! What kind of strange magic did he and his team possess?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Damned if I know!\" Exclaimed Doug in reply to Aldous' last question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wasn't lying, he really wasn't sure what he did with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=Outdoorsman%27s\" title=\"Outdoorsmans Friend\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebug repelling aftershave\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe thought for sure he had packed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mud, believe it or not, makes for a highly effective bug repellent...\" said Aldous not paying any attention to the concerned looks that came from all around. He continued, \"In a pinch, it is perfectly acceptable to smear oneself with damp earth.\" As he spoke he scooped up some dark soil and began rubbing it over his face as the others looked on in exhausted \"\u003cem\u003enow what?\u003c\/em\u003e\" kind of interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJust then Doug grabbed Aldous' hand and held it steady beneath his eyes. He then gave it a quick, focused sniff. He was immediately transported away. The combination of Terra Preta and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" title=\"Mega Flora Collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003earound them seemed to flip a switch inside him. It was as if a green glitter bomb exploded in his brain! The fragrance was that of a complete, magical, enchanted forest swaying in a tropical gust of epic. From the floor of the jungle to the emergent layer of the trees the fragrance was simply, synesthetically speaking, vivid! He made a mental note to try and recreate that fragrance in his lab when this was all over. He gave the fresh, black soil one more whiff and looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I know where we are!\" He declared with cocksureness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Where?\" asked Fran, with a slightly skeptical but curious glint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Amazon Jungle.\" Doug replied while giving Aldous his hand back. Everyone now looked at Doug, except Aldous, who was now using two hands to liberally apply the slick, stygian, jungle muck all over his body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We my friends are standing on Terra Preta or ADE, Amazon Dark Earth!\" Doug stated this very matter of factly as if everyone was familiar with the plant and soil sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What exactly does that mean?\" asked Ludmilla.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoug raised a finger and was about to answer but before he could, Aldous took over the conversation. Doug slowly closed his mouth and lowered his finger with a sigh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Terra Preta is pretty magical stuff and is found throughout the Amazon Jungle.\" Said Aldous\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Magic? How?\" Ludmilla asked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In that it is not natural but was actually designed!\" He excitedly explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Designed? By who?\" she begged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"That, is the million dollar question. You see, the base soil natural to the rainforest is virtually non existent, it's terrible and impossible to grow anything in, at least anything substantial enough to support the thousands of ancient people that once thrived here in pre-columbian times. It's unlike any other soil on this planet, containing unique properties and even more unique microorganisms only found in Terra Preta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen studied on a whole, it seemed to be a pre-existing condition put in place before this area was settled but by who or what, no one knows. What makes it so amazing is its endless regenerative power that is still in use even today! It's a combination of charcoal, clay, pottery shards and various organic matter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"People really once occupied this jungle? I find that hard to believe.\" Spoke Ludmilla almost at a hush as she looked around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Aldous heard her and responded. \"If you are looking for remanence of a most wondrous past, it's right here,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/em\u003e! The fact that we see no other signs of these great settlements tells us how far back in history this lost civilization existed! Granted, we are a few hundred years ahead in time...but even in our own time line, it is tough to find anything more than this Dark Earth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"However, if you have a keen eye...\" Doug continued, cautiously raised his finger and squinting at his mud covered friend, \"you will notice different species of plant and tree life huddled together almost as if intentionally...because it\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eintentional. Amazonia is one giant, overgrown, lost orchard and garden! This didn't happen naturally, this was by design!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Truly a virtual Garden of Eden with regard to the multitude of plants and wildlife.\" Added Aldous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heck...\" said Doug, \"This could actually be what is left of the legendary Garden of Eden! The bones of Eden\" he waxed poetically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"But why are we here?\" Fran piped in. A really great question from Fran, as usual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy were they here?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAt this point it was abundantly clear, no pun intended, that they were meant to be here...in the Amazonian Jungle a few hundred years into the future. This question stumped them all, again, no pun intended. But before Aldous could open his mouth our at least make the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehmmmmmm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esound, Huxley came came darting at them from the dense jungle covered in vegetation. He went into a careful sequence of canine interpretive dance and something else that resembled charades down on four legs and without opposable thumbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the humans stood around and talked about manure and dirt, Huxley, with all the grace an Alaskan Malamute can afford, secured the perimeter. Never that good with direction, Huxley actually found himself turned around and back at the entrance to the jungle. This perturbed him. It also made him hungry. But before he could really get upset he saw them. It was a group of about 30 soldiers led by a very beautiful woman with long blonde hair and penetrating green eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat the heck was going on?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBefore he could react, she took notice of him, he froze. Then in an instant, a voice, not his own, was in his head.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Hello Huxley, I have been looking for you. Be not afraid, we are not going to hurt you. We represent the Third Reich.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThat was all Hux needed to hear in order to break the spell that bound him there. He took off back into the jungle at the speed of...well, a 100 lb Alaskan Malamute with a poor sense of direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *    *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom many feet above\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" title=\"CUBE 2.0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebalanced, perched on a branch observing all. From this vantage point he could see both parties of humans in the jungle. It was quite clear the smaller group of hairless monkeys, which was made up of that curious fool Douglas Smythe and his giant wolf dog, were oblivious to the larger mob sneaking up on them. How interesting. Though not very intelligent, humans where always a lot of fun to watch. Now, if only they were as cute as pandas. He sighed with that last thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=CUBE+2.0\" title=\"CUBE Preshave Soap\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas on a very important mission but this was a welcomed distraction. While Douglas Smythe and his team did often manage to get in his way, he knew it wasn't completely intentional, though that didn't make it any less frustrating when it happened. He decided to get a little closer to the group led by the mysterious woman with the long hair and probe their thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Thought Probe]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Günter Müller could not be more exhilarated. When he was originally ordered to accompany Fräulein Orsik on this mission weeks back he didn't know what to think. Nothing seemed less interesting to his scientific mind. He could never understand why his superior officers entertained these superstitious, spiritualist types, carry overs from the last century. Up until his orders came down he was in the middle of quite a break through of his own. But orders are orders and though a scientist, he was a soldier first and must obey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, this mission had been anything but boring. He had witnessed things no one back in the lab would ever believe, things he would never speak of out loud for fear of getting locked up! Maria was no throwback spiritualist con artist at all but a very disciplined student of the occult and its magic. He had seen her do things that defied logic; predict future events, move objects with her mind, cast spells, and even time travel! If all went well, in one more day he and his fellow soldiers would finally be in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=AGHARTA\" title=\"AGHARTA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAGHARTA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. The thought of this added new energy to each step. In front of him he watched as Maria slowed her pace.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomething was happening.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Halt.\" Maria said holding up her hand. \"I can hear voices up ahead.\" With a quick hand signal she sent the scouts up ahead. \"Report back once you make visual contact.\" she said quietly but curtly. One thing she had noticed and was mildly concerned about was the group of people Douglas surrounded himself with.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho were they?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShe got a quick look of the talkative one and there was something very familiar about him. It would come to her. In the mean time, she had a very, very strong feeling they were being watched. She looked up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCUBE suddenly felt as if he was sensed by the woman. He watched her stop the group of men as she began scanning the rain forest canopy above her. He remained perfectly still. This was new. The only other human to ever really detect him was Douglas, but that was just dumb, gringo luck. This was something else. He decided to check back in with the other humans before continuing on with his mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"He's back\" said Doug to no one in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Who?\" asked Fran.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"CUBE. I can't see him but he's close, very close.\" Doug answered as he sniffed the air around him like a bloodhound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy had life taken on such a surreal, dreamlike quality these last few years. Why were they here and how was this connected to CUBE? He thought back to the second time he encountered CUBE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt had been over a month and Doug felt as if he was going crazy. It had been almost a year since he and Hux had met CUBE and that was that, or so he thought. He chocked the experience up there with all the other odd and strange encounters he had experienced in his life, and there were many. The thing is, this list of high strangeness was that of one offs, never reoccurring. CUBE was different. CUBE was back and now stalking him...\u003cem\u003epossibly.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe never outright saw CUBE, it was more like something in the corner of his eye, something black and shaped like, well, a CUBE. But when he would quickly turn to look, there was nothing there. Being an artisan soap maker Doug didn't spook easily but this was becoming really disconcerting. And then, for the last week, these subtle visitations seemed to stop, which was even more disconcerting. Maybe he was just seeing things after all, the product of an unnaturally over active imagination, which he and many could attest to. And he would have gleefully kept going with this train of thought had he not been suddenly and most rudely kidnapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe three ex-special operatives were crouched down behind creosote bushes in a neighbors yard across the street from where Douglas and Fran lived. They had been watching them for days. Truth be told, these folks, Doug and Fran, were not their mark, but their marks mark, or so it seemed. They were sent out to observe CUBE, gather information and capture him (or her) alive. They relied on different sci-fi looking hand held gadgetry to track this mysterious beings whereabouts all around the planet. CUBE never stayed in one place for more than a few days but he had been hanging around Phoenix for weeks now. Whenever they had an eye on CUBE, it seemed CUBE had an eye on Doug. It was time to find out what this globe trotting soap maker knew. The trick was to get him when he was alone. This proved close to impossible for he always seemed to be in the company of either Fran or that giant wolf looking dog. This particular group of men were not dog people, nor were they cat folk. They actually had a fondness for pandas,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut who doesn't?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan seemed perfect, wait for Doug and the wolf dog to return from their daily hike in the desert. Before the garage door closed they would roll under it undetected and pounce on Doug while the dog was still in the back of the Jeep and unable to attack them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas was in deep thought as he pulled into the garage. He was thinking about how bad guys on classic tv programs used to capture the heroes with nets all the time. Batman was one such hero that seemed to be especially susceptible to nets, him and that boy wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWere nets truly that effective?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMaybe he could rig one to catch that rascally CUBE? He decided to try one on Fran and Huxley later just to see. Still consumed by all these thoughts of nets and CUBEs while functioning on autopilot, he put the Jeep in park and turned the engine off. He then opened the door and hopped down off the running board but never touched the ground before everything went black.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plan was going smoothly so far. The Jeep pulled into the garaged and the three men had rolled in before the door closed. Just as expected their mark's mark was exiting the driver's side when one of the men with ninja like agility had a rag dripping with chloroform over his mouth before his feet touched the ground. It's always great when you need not resort to plan b or even plan c...\u003cem\u003ewhich usually involved a net.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Ad_2_sm.jpg?v=1590439239\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"539\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoom 369\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas came to in a small, dark, dingy hotel room. He was alone and tied to a dusty old chair close to a window. He could see he was a few floors up from the street below. Judging by the skyline, he deduced he was in LA. He quickly turned back to the room and scanned it. On the little table next to him was an ash tray with 5 mentholated cigarette butts ground down into it with blood red lipstick marks on the filters. Hmmmm, maybe this was a Jersey girl sorority initiation thing? No dice, wrong coast. Next to the ash tray was an old, scrappy pack of matches with a fading logo that read, Hotel Cecil.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOh great!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the room began to melt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*     *     *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a short conversation about his current predicament with a sympathetic, ornate antique lamp that suddenly metamorphosed into an ostrich before his droopy, dilated eyes, it was now clear as a crystal bauble to Doug that he had been, well, drugged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was wrong with people these days?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKidnapping, tying sweet, innocent folks to chairs, drugging them and then leaving them alone in hotel rooms with knobby antiques and flightless, wild birds? This was no way to treat a fellow human. But then, before too much could be made in Doug's imaginings of this crazy scene, there were suddenly three giant men surrounding him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ok we can begin now.\" said the biggest of the giants calmly, and took a seat on the corner of the bed facing Doug. \"What is your full name?\" He asked sternly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat was his full name?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWas Doug speaking out loud or just thinking to himself? Lord, this was bad, especially without any cool jazz spinning on a turntable. He tried to train his focus on the mans eyes which transformed for a moment into gold fish, and then back to eyes, but in the head of a dragon. He decided to close his own eyes tightly and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eget deep\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I want to answer you, I do, but the thing is I can't. I am no one of any real consequence, yet I am one with all, filled with consequences...this trivial thing you call a name...I mean, what is a name anyways? Just an agreed upon noise people make to refer to you.\" Doug spouted rather impressed with his command of College Party 101 Speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon hearing this the man, now somewhat agitated, abruptly slapped Doug across the cheek and then turned to the other two giant dragon men and asked them to try to find some jazz, preferably Miles, and a turntable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Terra_Preta_Part_3.jpg?v=1590439358\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"535\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Lets try this again, what is your full name and what is your connection to the CUBE?\" Asked the man in a more cool, measured tone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ohhhh, is that what this is about?\" Asked Doug trying to sound friendly and together. \"Well, it's quite simple my friend, you see CUBE is love and love is CUBE.\" The man took another swing at Doug but this time our hero was ready, somewhat, and leaned back into the chair to dodge the blow, which he did, but was not quick enough for the back hand, which upon meeting his face busted his lower lip. This was not going as well as it could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut before another cheerful exchange could occur between Doug's face and the front or the back of this man's hand, the nostalgic ring of a landline telephone calling out for attention filled the room.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaved by the bell\u003c\/em\u003e. One of the other men answered it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Yes Ms. Rose, the package is secure but I think we gave him too high of a dose, we may have to wait a couple more hours to get anything relevant out of the fool, all he can say now is nonsense and ow.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDouglas listened intently. Did he know a Ms. Rose? Come to think of it, the librarian in the town where he group up was a Ms. Rose...\u003cem\u003eor was it Mrs?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMaybe she was married to Axl? Focus, he had to try and focus, which is so very hard to do when drugged in a room full of strange things in a strange hotel somewhere in Los Angeles and out of practice.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMight he still have a long overdue library book out?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnd what about the sorority girls, where do they play into all this? Oh dear! The man on the phone looked at Doug squinting as he listened to whoever was speaking on the other end. This was again indication that Doug was indeed thinking out loud. How was he ever going to escape if he kept this up? They all looked at him sharply after that last, unintentional, audible thought....\u003cem\u003edamn it\u003c\/em\u003e. He turned back to the guy on the bed just in time to take a direct blow between the eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Doug came to for the second time \u003cem\u003eKind Of Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas going strong.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNice\u003c\/em\u003e, he thought. He was once again alone and it was dim and quiet outside the hotel room even on the street below. He couldn't move and his face hurt. Slowly the events from earlier came rushing back to him in rhythmic, pounding waves. He tried to take it all in once again. What he knew was this, he was being held against his will at the Hotel Cecil in downtown Los Angeles. His captors were three burly dudes, not actually dragons or goldfish eyed giants, and they answered to a voice on the phone referred to as a Ms. Rose. A criminal mastermind no doubt, who may also, possibly be, a relentless, irate librarian from his past. Things were not looking up and neither was he. Had he been, he would have seen CUBE's shadow on the table hovering right outside his window.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo Be Continued...in Hotel Cecil!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Mentholated","offer_id":40161689567280,"sku":"","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"NON-Mentholated","offer_id":40161689600048,"sku":"","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/terra-preta-aftershave-jelly-a-whole-new-species-of-aftershave-the-scent-of-fresh-dark-earthy-soil-2762331.jpg?v=1754694556"},{"product_id":"la-tierra-mojada-conditioning-shampoo-puck-a-phoenix-shaving-classic-returns-petrichor","title":"La Tierra Mojada Conditioning Shampoo Puck | A Phoenix Shaving Classic Returns! [Petrichor]","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Tierra Mojada: The Wet Earth | Part 3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAhhhh the alpha brainwave inducing scent that fills the air after a fresh rain, how soothing, and sensual it is, \u003cem\u003eno?  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rain evaporating on hot streets, Cactus, Petitgrain and White Sage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeart Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Neroli, Hydrangea, Heather and Juniper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Vetiver \u0026amp; a touch of Patchouli. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is commonly believed by most scientists that the reason humans connect so heavily with this scent dates back to ancient times when so much relied on a good storm to maintain the crops that ensured our survival as a species. \u003cem\u003eCatharsis maybe?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Find The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/la-tierra-mojada-collection\" class=\"button\" style=\"color: #07548f;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo once again another Phoenix Shaving Classic returns with a few new tweaks! This really is a throwback to 2014 for us. We originally created this scent almost as a response to our epic move into the desert it would seem! With its release \u003cem\u003eLa Tierra\u003c\/em\u003e became an instant hit with the frag heads in the community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe, like many, were sad to see it go back in 2016, but as always, we needed to make some room. Eventually, as we have seen many times before, people came out of the woodwork after it was discontinued. Turns out we were not alone in our love of the scent. 2020 once again seemed like the proper time to take a look back in hindsight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHonestly, not much has changed from our original scent blend to our latest aside from ratios. Imagine an old, crackling album on a turntable spinning as Fran and I flip on or off different toggles and sliders on the equalizer. To stretch that image even further, I'll say our latest take on this epic accord puts it now \u003cem\u003ein stereo\u003c\/em\u003e. Now, more finely tuned, you will find it is more well balanced; damper, earthier, more sophisticated, with sharper wet floral elements and more playful undertones of petrichor. The keyword here is clearly: \u003cem\u003eMore.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat's right people, fans of damp, wet, restorative petrichor scents will immediately fall in love with this one. Not only is La Tierra Mojada a stand alone scent, we also designed it to be used in combination with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Mega Flora\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Terra Preta\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen combined, you will suddenly find yourself deep in a damp, primeval forest, maybe on another timeline. Alone or combined La Tierra Mojada is simply enchanting!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is Petrichor and why is it so damn sexy?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003ePetrichor\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"nowrap\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"IPA nopopups\"\u003e\/\u003cspan title=\"\/ˈ\/ primary stress follows\"\u003eˈ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'p' in 'pie'\"\u003ep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɛ\/ short 'e' in 'bed'\"\u003eɛ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'t' in 'tie'\"\u003et\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'r' in 'rye'\"\u003er\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɨ\/ 'e' in 'roses'\"\u003eɨ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'k' in 'kind'\"\u003ek\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɔər\/ 'ore' in 'bore'\"\u003eɔər\u003c\/span\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek, petra, meaning ‘stone’, + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe term was coined in 1964 by two researchers, Isabel Joy Bear (Australian) and Roderick G. Thomas (British), for an article in the journal Nature. In the article, the authors describe how the smell derives from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is absorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, a metabolic by-product of certain Actinobacteria, which is emitted by wet soil, producing the distinctive scent; ozone may also be present if there is lightning. In a follow-up paper, Bear and Thomas (1965) showed that the oil retards seed germination and early plant growth.This would indicate that the plants exude the oil in order to safeguard the seeds from germination under duress.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe perfect hair care solution for travel and camping! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside each of our conditioning shampoo pucks you will find Yucca Root \u0026amp; Cider Vinegar! Apple cider vinegar (ACV) has long been used as a natural hair care product to promote healthy hair in both men and woman. Its acidity is close to that of natural hair, it's a great conditioner and excellent natural cleaning agent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.5 Oz - Packaged in Biodegradable Wrapper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlycerin, Purified Water, Propylene Glycol, Polyquaternium 7, Aloe Vera Leaf Juice Powder, Cider Vinegar, Yucca Root, Sodium Stearate, Sodium Laurate,  Essential Oil\/ Fragrance \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements","offers":[{"title":"Shampoo No Container","offer_id":32293729173552,"sku":"","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Shampoo With Container","offer_id":32293729206320,"sku":"","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/la-tierra-mojada-conditioning-shampoo-puck-a-phoenix-shaving-classic-returns-petrichor-5145170.jpg?v=1754694556"},{"product_id":"la-tierra-mojada-artisan-shaving-soap-aftershave-bundle-deal-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-5-oz","title":"La Tierra Mojada Artisan Shaving Soap \u0026 Aftershave Bundle Deal | Ultra Premium CK-6 Formula | 4 oz","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Tierra Mojada: The Wet Earth | Part 3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"So I got this one thinking no way they made a scent smell of an Arizona rain shower. Though I thought it would be a rather unique smell. I got it ready to pick it apart, and all I can think of in my head every time I use it is. Goddamn they made it smell of a Az rain shower..... Still mind blown to this day.\" ~\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Gatti, Customer (\u0026amp; Arizona Resident)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAhhhh the alpha brainwave inducing scent that fills the air after a fresh rain, how soothing, and sensual it is, \u003cem\u003eno?  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst 50 Bundles Come With A Limited Edition Holographic Label!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rain evaporating on hot streets, Cactus, Petitgrain and White Sage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeart Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Neroli, Hydrangea, Heather and Juniper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Vetiver \u0026amp; a touch of Patchouli. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is commonly believed by most scientists that the reason humans connect so heavily with this scent dates back to ancient times when so much relied on a good storm to maintain the crops that ensured our survival as a species. \u003cem\u003eCatharsis maybe?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"Find The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/la-tierra-mojada-collection\" class=\"button\" style=\"color: #07548f;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo once again another Phoenix Shaving Classic returns with a few new tweaks! This really is a throwback to 2014 for us. We originally created this scent almost as a response to our epic move into the desert it would seem! With its release \u003cem\u003eLa Tierra\u003c\/em\u003e became an instant hit with the frag heads in the community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe, like many, were sad to see it go back in 2016, but as always, we needed to make some room. Eventually, as we have seen many times before, people came out of the woodwork after it was discontinued. Turns out we were not alone in our love of the scent. 2020 once again seemed like the proper time to take a look back in hindsight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHonestly, not much has changed from our original scent blend to our latest aside from ratios. Imagine an old, crackling album on a turntable spinning as Fran and I flip on or off different toggles and sliders on the equalizer. To stretch that image even further, I'll say our latest take on this epic accord puts it now \u003cem\u003ein stereo\u003c\/em\u003e. Now, more finely tuned, you will find it is more well balanced; damper, earthier, more sophisticated, with sharper wet floral elements and more playful undertones of petrichor. The keyword here is clearly: \u003cem\u003eMore.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat's right people, fans of damp, wet, restorative petrichor scents will immediately fall in love with this one. Not only is La Tierra Mojada a stand alone scent, we also designed it to be used in combination with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Mega Flora\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Terra Preta\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen combined, you will suddenly find yourself deep in a damp, primeval forest, maybe on another timeline. Alone or combined La Tierra Mojada is simply enchanting!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is Petrichor and why is it so damn sexy?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003ePetrichor\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"nowrap\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"IPA nopopups\"\u003e\/\u003cspan title=\"\/ˈ\/ primary stress follows\"\u003eˈ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'p' in 'pie'\"\u003ep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɛ\/ short 'e' in 'bed'\"\u003eɛ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'t' in 'tie'\"\u003et\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'r' in 'rye'\"\u003er\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɨ\/ 'e' in 'roses'\"\u003eɨ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'k' in 'kind'\"\u003ek\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɔər\/ 'ore' in 'bore'\"\u003eɔər\u003c\/span\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek, petra, meaning ‘stone’, + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe term was coined in 1964 by two researchers, Isabel Joy Bear (Australian) and Roderick G. Thomas (British), for an article in the journal Nature. In the article, the authors describe how the smell derives from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is absorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, a metabolic by-product of certain Actinobacteria, which is emitted by wet soil, producing the distinctive scent; ozone may also be present if there is lightning. In a follow-up paper, Bear and Thomas (1965) showed that the oil retards seed germination and early plant growth.This would indicate that the plants exude the oil in order to safeguard the seeds from germination under duress.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Capuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNet Wt 4 oz (113 g)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAftershave Cologne Ingredients: \u003c\/strong\u003eAlcohol, Vetiver Hydrosol, Essential Oils Fragrance, Seaweed Extract, Vegetable Glycerin, Aloe Vera, Willow Bark Extract\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100 ml (3.4 fl oz)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eExternal Use Only, Discontinue Use if Irritation Occurs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandmade In Arizona, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"No Discount","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32293738119216,"sku":"","price":44.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/la-tierra-mojada-artisan-shaving-soap-aftershave-bundle-deal-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-4-oz-2316123.jpg?v=1754694556"},{"product_id":"la-tierra-mojada-artisan-shaving-soap-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-5-oz","title":"La Tierra Mojada Artisan Shaving Soap | Ultra Premium CK-6 Formula | 4 oz","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Tierra Mojada: The Wet Earth | Part 3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAhhhh the alpha brainwave inducing scent that fills the air after a fresh rain, how soothing, and sensual it is, \u003cem\u003eno?  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rain evaporating on hot streets, Cactus, Petitgrain and White Sage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeart Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Neroli, Hydrangea, Heather and Juniper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Vetiver \u0026amp; a touch of Patchouli. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is commonly believed by most scientists that the reason humans connect so heavily with this scent dates back to ancient times when so much relied on a good storm to maintain the crops that ensured our survival as a species. \u003cem\u003eCatharsis maybe?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text_exposed_show\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #07548f;\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/la-tierra-mojada-collection\" title=\"Find The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo once again another Phoenix Shaving Classic returns with a few new tweaks! This really is a throwback to 2014 for us. We originally created this scent almost as a response to our epic move into the desert it would seem! With its release \u003cem\u003eLa Tierra\u003c\/em\u003e became an instant hit with the frag heads in the community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe, like many, were sad to see it go back in 2016, but as always, we needed to make some room. Eventually, as we have seen many times before, people came out of the woodwork after it was discontinued. Turns out we were not alone in our love of the scent. 2020 once again seemed like the proper time to take a look back in hindsight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHonestly, not much has changed from our original scent blend to our latest aside from ratios. Imagine an old, crackling album on a turntable spinning as Fran and I flip on or off different toggles and sliders on the equalizer. To stretch that image even further, I'll say our latest take on this epic accord puts it now \u003cem\u003ein stereo\u003c\/em\u003e. Now, more finely tuned, you will find it is more well balanced; damper, earthier, more sophisticated, with sharper wet floral elements and more playful undertones of petrichor. The keyword here is clearly: \u003cem\u003eMore.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat's right people, fans of damp, wet, restorative petrichor scents will immediately fall in love with this one. Not only is La Tierra Mojada a stand alone scent, we also designed it to be used in combination with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" title=\"Mega Flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e \u0026amp; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" title=\"Terra Preta\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/a\u003e!  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen combined, you will suddenly find yourself deep in a damp, primeval forest, maybe on another timeline. Alone or combined La Tierra Mojada is simply enchanting!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is Petrichor and why is it so damn sexy?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003ePetrichor\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"nowrap\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"IPA nopopups\"\u003e\/\u003cspan title=\"\/ˈ\/ primary stress follows\"\u003eˈ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'p' in 'pie'\"\u003ep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɛ\/ short 'e' in 'bed'\"\u003eɛ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'t' in 'tie'\"\u003et\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'r' in 'rye'\"\u003er\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɨ\/ 'e' in 'roses'\"\u003eɨ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'k' in 'kind'\"\u003ek\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɔər\/ 'ore' in 'bore'\"\u003eɔər\u003c\/span\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek, petra, meaning ‘stone’, + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe term was coined in 1964 by two researchers, Isabel Joy Bear (Australian) and Roderick G. Thomas (British), for an article in the journal Nature. In the article, the authors describe how the smell derives from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is absorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, a metabolic by-product of certain Actinobacteria, which is emitted by wet soil, producing the distinctive scent; ozone may also be present if there is lightning. In a follow-up paper, Bear and Thomas (1965) showed that the oil retards seed germination and early plant growth.This would indicate that the plants exude the oil in order to safeguard the seeds from germination under duress.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text_exposed_show\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Capuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNet Wt 4 oz (113 g)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eExternal Use Only, Discontinue Use if Irritation Occurs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandmade In Arizona, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32293742051376,"sku":"","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/la-tierra-mojada-artisan-shaving-soap-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-4-oz-9293420.jpg?v=1754694556"},{"product_id":"la-tierra-mojada-solid-cologne-return-of-a-phoenix-classic-petrichor","title":"La Tierra Mojada Solid Cologne | Return Of A Phoenix Classic! [Petrichor]","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Tierra Mojada: The Wet Earth | Part 3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details\" data-product-details=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAhhhh the alpha brainwave inducing scent that fills the air after a fresh rain, how soothing, and sensual it is, \u003cem\u003eno?  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rain evaporating on hot streets, Cactus, Petitgrain and White Sage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeart Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Neroli, Hydrangea, Heather and Juniper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Vetiver \u0026amp; a touch of Patchouli. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is commonly believed by most scientists that the reason humans connect so heavily with this scent dates back to ancient times when so much relied on a good storm to maintain the crops that ensured our survival as a species. \u003cem\u003eCatharsis maybe?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #07548f;\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/la-tierra-mojada-collection\" title=\"Find The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo once again another Phoenix Shaving Classic returns with a few new tweaks! This really is a throwback to 2014 for us. We originally created this scent almost as a response to our epic move into the desert it would seem! With its release \u003cem\u003eLa Tierra\u003c\/em\u003e became an instant hit with the frag heads in the community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe, like many, were sad to see it go back in 2016, but as always, we needed to make some room. Eventually, as we have seen many times before, people came out of the woodwork after it was discontinued. Turns out we were not alone in our love of the scent. 2020 once again seemed like the proper time to take a look back in hindsight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHonestly, not much has changed from our original scent blend to our latest aside from ratios. Imagine an old, crackling album on a turntable spinning as Fran and I flip on or off different toggles and sliders on the equalizer. To stretch that image even further, I'll say our latest take on this epic accord puts it now \u003cem\u003ein stereo\u003c\/em\u003e. Now, more finely tuned, you will find it is more well balanced; damper, earthier, more sophisticated, with sharper wet floral elements and more playful undertones of petrichor. The keyword here is clearly: \u003cem\u003eMore.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat's right people, fans of damp, wet, restorative petrichor scents will immediately fall in love with this one. Not only is La Tierra Mojada a stand alone scent, we also designed it to be used in combination with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" title=\"Mega Flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" title=\"Terra Preta\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen combined, you will suddenly find yourself deep in a damp, primeval forest, maybe on another timeline. Alone or combined La Tierra Mojada is simply enchanting!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is Petrichor and why is it so damn sexy?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003ePetrichor\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"nowrap\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"IPA nopopups\"\u003e\/\u003cspan title=\"\/ˈ\/ primary stress follows\"\u003eˈ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'p' in 'pie'\"\u003ep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɛ\/ short 'e' in 'bed'\"\u003eɛ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'t' in 'tie'\"\u003et\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'r' in 'rye'\"\u003er\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɨ\/ 'e' in 'roses'\"\u003eɨ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'k' in 'kind'\"\u003ek\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɔər\/ 'ore' in 'bore'\"\u003eɔər\u003c\/span\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek, petra, meaning ‘stone’, + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe term was coined in 1964 by two researchers, Isabel Joy Bear (Australian) and Roderick G. Thomas (British), for an article in the journal Nature. In the article, the authors describe how the smell derives from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is absorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, a metabolic by-product of certain Actinobacteria, which is emitted by wet soil, producing the distinctive scent; ozone may also be present if there is lightning. In a follow-up paper, Bear and Thomas (1965) showed that the oil retards seed germination and early plant growth.This would indicate that the plants exude the oil in order to safeguard the seeds from germination under duress.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSolid Cologne?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI must confess, I was not a believer in Solid Colognes until recently! Many times when asked if I would ever consider doing one, my default answer was always:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Solid Colognes are for hippies and little girls.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI really believed this. I mean, I vividly remember my little sister getting some that came with a doll of hers when she was 5! I also remember seeing the stuff on offer in many a new age store on the shelf next to the incense in intricately carved soapstone compacts, lol. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI assure you dear reader, my answer wasn't meant to be hurtful or mean spirited, and I admit I was simply wrong and uneducated in the ways of this magical stuff!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo what changed my mind you ask? Quite simply, it was the history. It turns out I actually owned a book on solid perfumes! I know, how is this possible? But it does happen. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhenever I delve into anything I go full tilt and many years back, when I began working on honing my skills as a perfumer, I ordered every book out there! Some books were even in French! And one, as I mentioned, was on Solid Perfumes... totally didn't read the subtitle when ordering it, all I read was \"Perfume\". When it arrived, uninterested, I tossed it to the side, only to stumble upon it once more, years later, while transferring books to a new shelf.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd after the many requests from people over the years I did become more curious as to what all the hoopla was about in regards to the balm. So I put the tome on my bed and promised to take a quick gander at it before I fell asleep that night. That gander turned into a marathon session, a real page turner!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am embarrassed to say I was way wrong, my previous exposure to the stuff was very limited, and I really had no right making up my mind to write it off so quickly. Solid Perfumes \u0026amp; Colognes were born out of a rich history and are totally different animals when it comes to scent carriers. I was looking at them completely wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFact is, a Solid Cologne is a much more personal, intimate, and tactile creation when compared to say, an Eau De Parfum, Cologne, or Aftershave. It is not meant for everyone in the room to smell but rather those closest to you, as well as yourself. It isn't meant to live on the shelf in your bathroom, but more as a travel companion tucked in your backpack, briefcase, gym bag or carry on!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is part of the history!\u003c\/em\u003e Back in the day, solid perfumes were kept close, often on the body, hidden in the secret compartment of a ring, or worn close to the heart in a locket or metal ball called a Pomander. It was always there for a quick whiff or application to the hot spots or facial hair. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany men and women even carried scent boxes with them back in the day for inhaling while walking the fowl streets of medieval cities! Some of these boxes and compacts held multiple scents to be enjoyed one at a time or all at once or in different combinations. The sniffer could turn on or off the different scents of the accord...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat's just AWESOME! \u003c\/em\u003eLike playing your own composition on a musical instrument. Scent for scents sake!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven plague doctors got in on the act and kept solid perfume on themselves as well. Many now know that doctors of that time wore curious bird like masks, the beak of which was stuffed with aromatic herbs. These herbs were thought to prevent the spread of the plague, and they were also used to eclipse the stench coming off the patients. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat you may not know is these doctors also came outfitted with a cane that hid a secret flip lid in the handle. This compartment held a blended, solid perfume that could be accessed in a pinch and smeared under the nose. \u003cem\u003eBrilliant!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Ancient Egypt, solid perfumes were a large part of the culture. An Egyptian  woman often wore what was called an unguent, or scent cone, containing the perfume, on the top of her head. Unlike modern solid perfumes, which are mixed with wax and oils, these ancient fragrances were blended with animal fat, and during the course of the hot day it would melt and anoint the wearer...\u003cem\u003ethat's pretty epic!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI could go on, but instead, I encourage you to do your own research. I promise you it is fascinating and will give you a greater appreciation of Solid Cologne and Perfumes!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo, with the weight of history dancing in my head I went to work on creating my own Solid Cologne, and it came out wonderful! Rather than dissolving absolutes, resins, and balsams into alcohol as I typically would for an alcohol based perfume, I carefully heated them, and along with the scent oils, blended them into the Beeswax, Shea Oil, Jojoba oil, Prickly Pear Oil matrix.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI find that, as the perfumer, the scent stays truer longer to the original shape I was going for. Meaning, \u003cstrong\u003evolatile top notes last longer\u003c\/strong\u003e and heart notes fade slower too! Base notes will last much, much longer as they mix and mingle more organically with your own body chemistry and natural oils seamlessly. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolid Cologne is a total and complete departure from the chemical reaction one experiences with an alcohol based product. It is more like a harmonious alchemical marriage, than a quick burn and evaporate dry down effect. Very different energetics when compared, and don't misunderstand me, they are both wonderful, but again, unique from each other, and that's what I didn't understand before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven the mechanics of application are different. Apply it once or revisit it many times during the day as a pick me up, no one will even notice when you do. There's a very sensual element at play here, like a secret with yourself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI really have to say, this whole process enriched me as a perfumer, I truly felt part of a greater work. Ok, it's getting a little woo woo, but I think you are picking up what I'm putting down, no? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's true, I really misunderstood solid perfumes in the past and dismissed them way too soon in my arrogance. If you are like I was, I encourage you to become humble and check them out, otherwise you are doing yourself a great disservice. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow...How DO I Use Solid Cologne?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRub a finger across the top of the solid cologne and apply it to the pulse points \u0026amp; hot spots: wrists, neck, inside of elbow, behind the ears, and heart. You can also use in the beard, moustache or hair. Reapply through the day or whenever yo need a pick me up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.5 Oz Heavy Duty Glass Jar \u0026amp; Bakelite Cap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeeswax, Shea Oil Jojoba oil, Prickly Pear Oil, Fragrance \u0026amp; Rosemary Extract\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandmade in Arizona, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eNet Wt. 1.5 oz.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32293747261488,"sku":"","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/la-tierra-mojada-solid-cologne-return-of-a-phoenix-classic-petrichor-3382012.jpg?v=1754694553"},{"product_id":"la-tierra-mojada-eau-de-parfum-return-of-a-phoenix-shaving-classic-petrichor","title":"La Tierra Mojada Eau De Parfum | Return Of A Phoenix Shaving Classic! [Petrichor]","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Tierra Mojada: The Wet Earth | Part 3\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAhhhh the alpha brainwave inducing scent that fills the air after a fresh rain, how soothing, and sensual it is, \u003cem\u003eno?  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Rain evaporating on hot streets, Cactus, Petitgrain and White Sage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeart Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Neroli, Hydrangea, Heather and Juniper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: Geosmin, Vetiver \u0026amp; a touch of Patchouli. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is commonly believed by most scientists that the reason humans connect so heavily with this scent dates back to ancient times when so much relied on a good storm to maintain the crops that ensured our survival as a species. \u003cem\u003eCatharsis maybe?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #07548f;\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/la-tierra-mojada-collection\" title=\"Find The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The ENTIRE La Tierra Mojada Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo once again another Phoenix Shaving Classic returns with a few new tweaks! This really is a throwback to 2014 for us. We originally created this scent almost as a response to our epic move into the desert it would seem! With its release \u003cem\u003eLa Tierra\u003c\/em\u003e became an instant hit with the frag heads in the community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe, like many, were sad to see it go back in 2016, but as always, we needed to make some room. Eventually, as we have seen many times before, people came out of the woodwork after it was discontinued. Turns out we were not alone in our love of the scent. 2020 once again seemed like the proper time to take a look back in hindsight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLa Tierra Mojada 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHonestly, not much has changed from our original scent blend to our latest aside from ratios. Imagine an old, crackling album on a turntable spinning as Fran and I flip on or off different toggles and sliders on the equalizer. To stretch that image even further, I'll say our latest take on this epic accord puts it now \u003cem\u003ein stereo\u003c\/em\u003e. Now, more finely tuned, you will find it is more well balanced; damper, earthier, more sophisticated, with sharper wet floral elements and more playful undertones of petrichor. The keyword here is clearly: \u003cem\u003eMore.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat's right people, fans of damp, wet, restorative petrichor scents will immediately fall in love with this one. Not only is La Tierra Mojada a stand alone scent, we also designed it to be used in combination with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/mega-flora\" title=\"Mega Flora\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMega Flora\u003c\/a\u003e \u0026amp; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/terra-preta\" title=\"Terra Preta\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTerra Preta\u003c\/a\u003e!  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen combined, you will suddenly find yourself deep in a damp, primeval forest, maybe on another timeline. Alone or combined La Tierra Mojada is simply enchanting!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is Petrichor and why is it so damn sexy?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003ePetrichor\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"nowrap\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"IPA nopopups\"\u003e\/\u003cspan title=\"\/ˈ\/ primary stress follows\"\u003eˈ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'p' in 'pie'\"\u003ep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɛ\/ short 'e' in 'bed'\"\u003eɛ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'t' in 'tie'\"\u003et\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'r' in 'rye'\"\u003er\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɨ\/ 'e' in 'roses'\"\u003eɨ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'k' in 'kind'\"\u003ek\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɔər\/ 'ore' in 'bore'\"\u003eɔər\u003c\/span\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek, petra, meaning ‘stone’, + ichor, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe term was coined in 1964 by two researchers, Isabel Joy Bear (Australian) and Roderick G. Thomas (British), for an article in the journal Nature. In the article, the authors describe how the smell derives from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is absorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, a metabolic by-product of certain Actinobacteria, which is emitted by wet soil, producing the distinctive scent; ozone may also be present if there is lightning. In a follow-up paper, Bear and Thomas (1965) showed that the oil retards seed germination and early plant growth.This would indicate that the plants exude the oil in order to safeguard the seeds from germination under duress.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"product--container layout--two-col\" data-product-wrapper=\"\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"product--outer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\" data-product-description=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e30ml \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32293750472752,"sku":"","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/la-tierra-mojada-eau-de-parfum-return-of-a-phoenix-shaving-classic-petrichor-7655960.jpg?v=1754694553"},{"product_id":"aqua-d-g-artisan-shave-soap-ultra-premium-formula-ck-6-homage-to-a-summer-favorite","title":"Aqua D\/G Artisan Shave Soap | Ultra Premium Formula CK-6 | A Splash of Cool Confidence","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJust In Time For Summer!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Homage to a Legend. A Tribute to Summer. A Splash of Cool Confidence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jasmine, Rosemary, Hespiradic Notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeart Notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Persimmon Fruits, Marine Notes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cedar, Patchouli, White Musk, Rock Rose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/aqua-d-g-collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Aqua D\/G Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of our most requested summer stunners is back and breezier than ever! \u003cstrong\u003eAqua D\/G\u003c\/strong\u003e is our EPIC homage to \u003cem\u003ethat\u003c\/em\u003e iconic fragrance, yes, the one that ruled the ‘90s and still tops the charts today. You know the one: crisp, clean, impossibly fresh. The scent that practically \u003cem\u003edefines\u003c\/em\u003e what it means to smell good in the heat. The scent that launched a thousand awkward first kisses and even more confident first impressions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAqua D\/G is more than a cologne, it’s a sensory passport to the Mediterranean!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThink sun-drenched coastlines. Salty skin. Linen shirts half-buttoned. A Vespa ride through citrus groves. It’s youth, freedom, and a splash of romance in a bottle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e A Little History...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the original hit shelves in 1995, it changed the game. Suddenly, men weren’t just reaching for cologne, they were reaching for a \u003cem\u003efeeling\u003c\/em\u003e. That marine-citrus blend became the blueprint for every summer scent that followed. But as the world moved on, formulas changed, reformulations happened, and...let’s be honest, it’s not quite what it used to be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSo we did what we do best: A Resurrection, THE PAA WAY!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(you're welcome...again!)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNet Wt 4 oz (113 g)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #07548f;\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/blogs\/news\/phoenix-shaving-ultra-premium-ck6-formula\" title=\"“Learn\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLearn More About Our CK6 Formula Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40247359701040,"sku":"","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/products\/aqua-dg-artisan-shave-soap-ultra-premium-formula-ck-6-a-splash-of-cool-confidence-208820.png?v=1748675564"},{"product_id":"harvest-moon-natural-deodorant-sport-strength-a-fall-scent-so-good-its-always-available","title":"Harvest Moon Natural Deodorant | Sport Strength | A Fall Scent So Good It's Always Available!","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScent Profile: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eOud (\u003cem\u003eAgarwood\u003c\/em\u003e), Green Tobacco, Black Currant, Tobacco Absolute, Hay Absolute, Peru Balsam, Smoke, Spanish Moss, White Sage. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFind the entire\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Harvest Moon\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/search?q=Harvest*%20Moon*\u0026amp;type=product\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHarvest Moon Line ====\u0026gt; HERE\u003c\/a\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3 in our Roswell Trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"363\" width=\"371\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Roswell_New_Mexico_1947_medium.jpg?16472443906899422965\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Mexico 1947,  Small Town Carnival\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- A calliope riffs in the background, ungrounded as the untamed notes whirl like sand devils drifting, unguided into the twilight. There is an energy, a pulse, an electricity to the smokey, dusty, active arid air...\u003cem\u003ea charge, a mystery,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ea secret.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiles outside the town limits\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ean event\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes place, a mingling of space and time, a blurring of liquid reality, an accidental curiosity touches down. lost time on a lover's lane lit up, the desert seems to burn without heat...\u003cem\u003eto breathe without breath.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sensual mood seeping through the cracks of one world into the next. A saucer sifting through the weave of a bread basket, an innocence still as a gasp held back, riddled with questions; rhetorical answers, a blanket, a veil , festive paper lanterns festooned, a secret witnessed by a smug, conspiring\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarvest Moon.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"174\" width=\"248\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Roswell_New_Mexico_Aftershave_Cologne_large.jpg?6006656169042079659\" style=\"float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark and as complex as Al Fin or Tombstone, but easily as classic as CaD, Quite Possibly A Barbershop of Mars Scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOud (\u003cem\u003eAgarwood\u003c\/em\u003e), Green Tobacco, Black Currant, Tobacco Absolute, Hay Absolute, Peru Balsam, Smoke, Spanish Moss, White Sage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAbsolutely zero parabens, propylene glycol, aluminum,alcohol or triclosan can be found in our creations\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIn all Field trials they have passed with flying colors: first dates, cocktail parties, camping, tight rope walking and the random briss...never failed once. Made with the purest \u0026amp; highest quality ingredients on earth.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur deodorants are handcrafted one batch at a time.  We use the best ingredients we can find to bring you a superior product.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eNOTE: This is DEODORANT not Antiperspirant!\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003engredients\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Coconut Oil, Beeswax, Cocoa Butter, Arrowroot Powder, Shea Butter, Sodium Bicarbonate, Zinc Oxide, Organic Non GMO Corn Starch, Kaolin Clay, Organic Avocado Oil, Cape Aloe Powder,  Potassium Alum, Essential Oils and\/or Fragrance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eHandmade in Arizona, USA\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eNet Wt. 2.5oz.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\u003c!--\n.button {\n   background-color: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n   font-size: 16px;\n   padding: 10px 30px;\n   text-align: center;\n   display: inline-block;\n   text-decoration: none;\n}\n.button:hover {\n   background: #f59542;\n   color: #f59542;\n}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40616279441456,"sku":"","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/harvest-moon-natural-deodorant-sport-strength-a-fall-scent-so-good-its-always-available-882167.jpg?v=1726347414"},{"product_id":"11235-eau-de-parfum-edp-homage-to-a-true-original","title":"11235 Eau De Parfum (EDP) | Homage To A True Original!","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack By Popular Demand...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe Bring You\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e11235!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11235 is our take on a classic, fresh, true cologne fragrance, with a scent formulation \u0026amp; history that goes back over 200 years....4711.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eScent Profile: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAldehydic, Neroli, Citrus, Green, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMint, Petitgrain, Lavender, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEarthy, Woody, Herbal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #07548f;\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/11235-collection\" title=\"Find the ENTIRE 11235 Collection Here!\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the ENTIRE 11235 Collection Here!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFresh, classy, and a summertime favorite, 4711 is widely known and accepted as the original, \"Eau de Cologne,\" due to it's geographical birthplace and original date of creation, sometime in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.  The scent was designed to be fresh and invigorating, herbal and light.  Perfect for summer or when you want something a bit \"brighter\".  The citrus notes are anchored by earth and wood, allowing the scent to mellow nicely, and to provide a bit of warmth to the overall blend.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFans of classic, citrus scents will love 11235!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eWe're excited to bring this scent back, and we hope we can keep it around for a long time!  Or at least as a Spring \u0026amp; Summer Seasonal!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eENJOY!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e30 ml Bottle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIngredients: Denatured Alcohol, Essential\/Fragrance Oil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40831592103984,"sku":"","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/11235-eau-de-parfum-edp-homage-to-a-true-original-6386219.png?v=1778934970"},{"product_id":"oubliette-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap","title":"Oubliette Moroccan Argan Oil Body Soap","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"(But) when it comes to feel and moisturizing, their (Phoenix Shaving) body soaps are second to none. With their natural ingredient blend of coconut and argan oils, their soaps leave your skin with a soft, velvety feeling that is out of this world.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~ Cigar \u0026amp; Spirits Magazine March\/April 2021 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eYou asked. You waited. You begged. (and rightly so)\u003cbr\u003eAnd now...it's back! \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tobacco, Breu Branco, Bay \u0026amp; Jasmine; Masculine, Musky Goodness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eOubliette isn’t just a scent, it’s part of the ongoing PAA saga! A legend whispered and whipped up within lather and recalled in reverent tones by shave cadets in-the-know. Originally released back in 2017 as a special, limited-edition soap, and aftershave\/cologne. But note, this was never meant to be just a fragrance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/oubliette\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: helvetica; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 2px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the ENTIRE Oubliette Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIt was a movement. A true collaborative creation by the OG HTGAM G+ Community; one of the kindest, weirdest, and most passionate corners of the shave world. Possibly the grandpappy of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/xbfq.omnicamp1.com\/ce\/c\/0\/680aa868e461507f00c72af8\/680aa86962606a71c5194691?signature=08a50149e30be212d26232029dedfc736401f674b96dd57cbeb805d56d401441\"\u003ePAA Fan Club on Facebook\u003c\/a\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd now, after years of quiet yearning, cryptic comments, and post-Advent-Calendar murmurings...Oubliette returns, fully loaded and ready to claim its throne in the PAA pantheon with a full collection!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Legend of the Pass-Around (remember those?)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThis scent was crowd-forged by the finest. In what may be the most epic scent-testing experiment in artisan shaving history, we shipped six different blends across the country in a coast-to-coast SUPER PASSAROUND. East met West. Lather met razor. Opinions flew. Magic happened...and we may have lost a tub or two. But know, this was a group effort by the then, budding PAA Community!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThe winning blend was a hauntingly smooth, almost hypnotic combo of rich tobacco, resinous breu branco, earthy bay, and a twist of jasmine. On paper, it reads simple. On warm skin, it unfolds like a forgotten secret; bold and musky, yes, but elegant and ethereal in equal measure. A scent that speaks with its chest, then lingers in a low whisper behind the ear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat’s In a Name?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eOubliette (n.): A dungeon only accessible from a trapdoor above. Derived from the French \"oublier\", \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eto forget.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eQuite a beautiful word for such a sinister thing. Fitting, no? (in a good way)-- This scent, like the hidden room it’s named after, pulls you in with irresistible depth and holds you there, captive. It doesn’t hit you over the head, it wraps around you slowly, unfurling its dark charms over time. One way in. No easy way out. (again, in a good way)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Advent Calendar Tease\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eWhen we slipped a sample size of Oubliette into last year's Advent Calendar, we thought it would be a fun little treat. What we didn’t expect? An avalanche of messages, DMs, comments, and pleas from newbs that had only now (then) gotten their noses on it! Apparently, a little Oubliette is never enough. (noted.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Reward For Your Patience Shave Cadets!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eSo yes, this time around it’s not just a teaser. This is the real deal. A FIRST TIME EVER, full release, available in shave soap, aftershave, Star Jelly, EDP, etc. The whole enchilada!\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e (EVEN A CUBE!)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinal Thoughts From the Dungeon Master\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOubliette is a scent for those who remember the early days or at the very least wish they were there. For the Original G+ gang. For the shave nerds, the lore lovers, the ones who “get it.” And if this is your first time? Welcome. You're among friends! Now...find the others!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOubliette: bold. masculine. timeless.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eYou're gonna absolutely love this no BS, manly, 5 oz bar of awesome! A Super Luxurious, Rich bar of man soap that leaves your skin silky smooth and scented how you like it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e5 oz Bar Soap -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePackaged in Biodegradable Wrapper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003eIngredients: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGlucitol\u003cspan\u003e, Coconut Oil, Propylene Glycol, Stearic Acid, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Argan Oil, Kokum Butter, Silk Amino Acids, Bamboo Extract, Sunflower Extract, Aloe Leaf Extract, Carrageenan Extract, Marshmallow Root Extract, Essential Oils \u0026amp; Fragrance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41994360913968,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/oubliette-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap-258364.png?v=1745643279"},{"product_id":"oubliette-conditioning-shampoo-puck","title":"Oubliette Conditioning Shampoo Puck","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eYou asked. You waited. You begged. (and rightly so)\u003cbr\u003eAnd now...it's back! \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tobacco, Breu Branco, Bay \u0026amp; Jasmine; Masculine, Musky Goodness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eOubliette isn’t just a scent, it’s part of the ongoing PAA saga! A legend whispered and whipped up within lather and recalled in reverent tones by shave cadets in-the-know. Originally released back in 2017 as a special, limited-edition soap, and aftershave\/cologne. But note, this was never meant to be just a fragrance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/oubliette\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: helvetica; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 2px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the ENTIRE Oubliette Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIt was a movement. A true collaborative creation by the OG HTGAM G+ Community; one of the kindest, weirdest, and most passionate corners of the shave world. Possibly the grandpappy of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/xbfq.omnicamp1.com\/ce\/c\/0\/680aa868e461507f00c72af8\/680aa86962606a71c5194691?signature=08a50149e30be212d26232029dedfc736401f674b96dd57cbeb805d56d401441\"\u003ePAA Fan Club on Facebook\u003c\/a\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd now, after years of quiet yearning, cryptic comments, and post-Advent-Calendar murmurings...Oubliette returns, fully loaded and ready to claim its throne in the PAA pantheon with a full collection!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Legend of the Pass-Around (remember those?)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThis scent was crowd-forged by the finest. In what may be the most epic scent-testing experiment in artisan shaving history, we shipped six different blends across the country in a coast-to-coast SUPER PASSAROUND. East met West. Lather met razor. Opinions flew. Magic happened...and we may have lost a tub or two. But know, this was a group effort by the then, budding PAA Community!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThe winning blend was a hauntingly smooth, almost hypnotic combo of rich tobacco, resinous breu branco, earthy bay, and a twist of jasmine. On paper, it reads simple. On warm skin, it unfolds like a forgotten secret; bold and musky, yes, but elegant and ethereal in equal measure. A scent that speaks with its chest, then lingers in a low whisper behind the ear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat’s In a Name?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eOubliette (n.): A dungeon only accessible from a trapdoor above. Derived from the French \"oublier\", \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eto forget.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eQuite a beautiful word for such a sinister thing. Fitting, no? (in a good way)-- This scent, like the hidden room it’s named after, pulls you in with irresistible depth and holds you there, captive. It doesn’t hit you over the head, it wraps around you slowly, unfurling its dark charms over time. One way in. No easy way out. (again, in a good way)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Advent Calendar Tease\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eWhen we slipped a sample size of Oubliette into last year's Advent Calendar, we thought it would be a fun little treat. What we didn’t expect? An avalanche of messages, DMs, comments, and pleas from newbs that had only now (then) gotten their noses on it! Apparently, a little Oubliette is never enough. (noted.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Reward For Your Patience Shave Cadets!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eSo yes, this time around it’s not just a teaser. This is the real deal. A FIRST TIME EVER, full release, available in shave soap, aftershave, Star Jelly, EDP, etc. The whole enchilada!\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e (EVEN A CUBE!)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinal Thoughts From the Dungeon Master\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOubliette is a scent for those who remember the early days or at the very least wish they were there. For the Original G+ gang. For the shave nerds, the lore lovers, the ones who “get it.” And if this is your first time? Welcome. You're among friends! Now...find the others!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOubliette: bold. masculine. timeless.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInside each of our conditioning shampoo pucks you will find Yucca Root \u0026amp; Cider Vinegar! Apple cider vinegar (ACV) has long been used as a natural hair care product to promote healthy hair in both men and woman. Its acidity is close to that of natural hair, it's a great conditioner and excellent natural cleaning agent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.5 Oz - Packaged in Biodegradable Wrapper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlycerin, Purified Water, Propylene Glycol, Polyquaternium 7, Aloe Vera Leaf Juice Powder, Cider Vinegar, Yucca Root, Sodium Stearate, Sodium Laurate,  Essential \u0026amp; Fragrance Oils\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements","offers":[{"title":"Shampoo No Container","offer_id":41994367631408,"sku":null,"price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Shampoo With Container","offer_id":41994367664176,"sku":null,"price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/oubliette-conditioning-shampoo-puck-883399.png?v=1745643278"},{"product_id":"tombstoned-immaculate-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap","title":"Tombstoned Immaculate Moroccan Argan Oil Body Soap","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"(But) when it comes to feel and moisturizing, their (Phoenix Shaving) body soaps are second to none. With their natural ingredient blend of coconut and argan oils, their soaps leave your skin with a soft, velvety feeling that is out of this world.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~ Cigar \u0026amp; Spirits Magazine March\/April 2021 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong id=\"isPasted\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTombstoned Immaculate: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Tribute to Val Kilmer \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Not So Secret\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eLimited Edition Mash-Up!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTombstone × Dapper Doc’s – CK6 Artisan Shave Soap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I'm your huckleberry.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is the end...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo roles. Two legends.\u003cbr\u003eOne man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/tombstone-immaculate-1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the Tombstoned Immaculate Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVal Kilmer gave us an unforgettable Doc Holliday, sickly, sharp, soulful and a transcendent Jim Morrison, glowing with dangerous beauty and poetic madness. \u003cem\u003eTombstoned Immaculate\u003c\/em\u003e is our heartfelt tribute to both sides of this remarkable artist: the velvet-smooth outlaw and the lizard king in leather pants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis special CK6 Mash-Up blends two of our most beloved scents, \u003cstrong\u003eTombstone\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDapper Doc’s, \u003c\/strong\u003einto something entirely new. A ghostly, intoxicating aroma that feels like standing on a dusty street in 1890s Arizona… with a flower tucked in your lapel and poetry on your breath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGunpowder:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe echo of a final shot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeather \u0026amp; Tobacco:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWorn, warm, confident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeranium \u0026amp; Bergamot:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eClean and classic, like a well-dressed gunslinger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLady Banksia White Rose: \u003c\/strong\u003eSourced from Tombstone’s legendary 1885 rose bush; the scent of eternal spring and desert ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLilac \u0026amp; Fig: \u003c\/strong\u003eA Victorian whisper, soft and bittersweet, carried in from the East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusk \u0026amp; Desert Memory: \u003c\/strong\u003eA finish that lingers long after the smoke clears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Kind Of Actor You Felt Like You Knew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVal Kilmer was more than an actor, he was a shapeshifter.\u003cbr\u003eHe could be the sarcastic sidekick, the doomed rockstar, the quiet storm, or the reluctant hero.\u003cbr\u003eI think \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTombstoned Immaculate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e captures all of that: masculine, mysterious, elegant, dangerous…unforgettable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Loving Memory of Val Kilmer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor \u003cem\u003eTombstone\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Doors\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWillow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTop Gun\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Island Of Doctor Moreau\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHeat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKiss Kiss Bang Bang\u003c\/em\u003e, and every scene he elevated with soul and swagger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou left a mark, sir. And we here at PAA salute you, with rose water, gun smoke, and a little swagger of our own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eLimited Run (possibly)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eYou're gonna absolutely love this no BS, manly, 5 oz bar of awesome! 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Two legends.\u003cbr\u003eOne man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/tombstone-immaculate-1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the Tombstoned Immaculate Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVal Kilmer gave us an unforgettable Doc Holliday, sickly, sharp, soulful and a transcendent Jim Morrison, glowing with dangerous beauty and poetic madness. \u003cem\u003eTombstoned Immaculate\u003c\/em\u003e is our heartfelt tribute to both sides of this remarkable artist: the velvet-smooth outlaw and the lizard king in leather pants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis special CK6 Mash-Up blends two of our most beloved scents, \u003cstrong\u003eTombstone\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDapper Doc’s, \u003c\/strong\u003einto something entirely new. A ghostly, intoxicating aroma that feels like standing on a dusty street in 1890s Arizona… with a flower tucked in your lapel and poetry on your breath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGunpowder:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe echo of a final shot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeather \u0026amp; Tobacco:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWorn, warm, confident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeranium \u0026amp; Bergamot:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eClean and classic, like a well-dressed gunslinger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLady Banksia White Rose: \u003c\/strong\u003eSourced from Tombstone’s legendary 1885 rose bush; the scent of eternal spring and desert ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLilac \u0026amp; Fig: \u003c\/strong\u003eA Victorian whisper, soft and bittersweet, carried in from the East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusk \u0026amp; Desert Memory: \u003c\/strong\u003eA finish that lingers long after the smoke clears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Kind Of Actor You Felt Like You Knew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVal Kilmer was more than an actor, he was a shapeshifter.\u003cbr\u003eHe could be the sarcastic sidekick, the doomed rockstar, the quiet storm, or the reluctant hero.\u003cbr\u003eI think \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTombstoned Immaculate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e captures all of that: masculine, mysterious, elegant, dangerous…unforgettable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Loving Memory of Val Kilmer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor \u003cem\u003eTombstone\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Doors\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWillow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTop Gun\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Island Of Doctor Moreau\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHeat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKiss Kiss Bang Bang\u003c\/em\u003e, and every scene he elevated with soul and swagger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou left a mark, sir. And we here at PAA salute you, with rose water, gun smoke, and a little swagger of our own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Denatured Alcohol, Resins, Essential Oils\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e30 ml [1 fl oz]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42006555263024,"sku":null,"price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/tombstoned-immaculate-eau-de-parfum-edp-a-secret-menu-mashup-464507.png?v=1746238331"},{"product_id":"tombstoned-immaculate-conditioning-shampoo-puck-a-secret-menu-mashup","title":"Tombstoned Immaculate Conditioning Shampoo Puck | A Secret Menu Mashup","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong id=\"isPasted\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTombstoned Immaculate: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Tribute to Val Kilmer \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Not So Secret\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eLimited Edition Mash-Up!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTombstone × Dapper Doc’s – CK6 Artisan Shave Soap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I'm your huckleberry.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is the end...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo roles. Two legends.\u003cbr\u003eOne man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/tombstone-immaculate-1\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the Tombstoned Immaculate Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVal Kilmer gave us an unforgettable Doc Holliday, sickly, sharp, soulful and a transcendent Jim Morrison, glowing with dangerous beauty and poetic madness. \u003cem\u003eTombstoned Immaculate\u003c\/em\u003e is our heartfelt tribute to both sides of this remarkable artist: the velvet-smooth outlaw and the lizard king in leather pants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis special CK6 Mash-Up blends two of our most beloved scents, \u003cstrong\u003eTombstone\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDapper Doc’s, \u003c\/strong\u003einto something entirely new. A ghostly, intoxicating aroma that feels like standing on a dusty street in 1890s Arizona… with a flower tucked in your lapel and poetry on your breath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGunpowder:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe echo of a final shot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeather \u0026amp; Tobacco:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWorn, warm, confident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeranium \u0026amp; Bergamot:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eClean and classic, like a well-dressed gunslinger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLady Banksia White Rose: \u003c\/strong\u003eSourced from Tombstone’s legendary 1885 rose bush; the scent of eternal spring and desert ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLilac \u0026amp; Fig: \u003c\/strong\u003eA Victorian whisper, soft and bittersweet, carried in from the East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusk \u0026amp; Desert Memory: \u003c\/strong\u003eA finish that lingers long after the smoke clears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Kind Of Actor You Felt Like You Knew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVal Kilmer was more than an actor, he was a shapeshifter.\u003cbr\u003eHe could be the sarcastic sidekick, the doomed rockstar, the quiet storm, or the reluctant hero.\u003cbr\u003eI think \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTombstoned Immaculate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e captures all of that: masculine, mysterious, elegant, dangerous…unforgettable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Loving Memory of Val Kilmer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor \u003cem\u003eTombstone\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Doors\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWillow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTop Gun\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Island Of Doctor Moreau\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHeat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKiss Kiss Bang Bang\u003c\/em\u003e, and every scene he elevated with soul and swagger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou left a mark, sir. And we here at PAA salute you, with rose water, gun smoke, and a little swagger of our own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInside each of our conditioning shampoo pucks you will find Yucca Root \u0026amp; Cider Vinegar! Apple cider vinegar (ACV) has long been used as a natural hair care product to promote healthy hair in both men and woman. Its acidity is close to that of natural hair, it's a great conditioner and excellent natural cleaning agent. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.5 Oz - Packaged in Biodegradable Wrapper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlycerin, Purified Water, Propylene Glycol, Polyquaternium 7, Aloe Vera Leaf Juice Powder, Cider Vinegar, Yucca Root, Sodium Stearate, Sodium Laurate,  Essential \u0026amp; Fragrance Oils\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements","offers":[{"title":"Shampoo No Container","offer_id":42006556540976,"sku":null,"price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Shampoo With Container","offer_id":42006556573744,"sku":null,"price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/tombstoned-immaculate-conditioning-shampoo-puck-a-secret-menu-mashup-110595.png?v=1746238331"},{"product_id":"atomic-peach-artisan-shaving-soap-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-a-secret-menu-mashup","title":"Atomic Peach Artisan Shaving Soap | Ultra Premium CK-6 Formula | A Secret Menu Mashup!","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eDear Shave Cadets,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroducing: Atomic Peach\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Forbidden Fusion of Summer Rapture \u0026amp; Light-Year Legend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA classified mash-up. A cosmic lab leak. A Bay Rum so utterly unique, it had to be engineered (accidentally) in secret, deep within the underground Phoenix Shaving lab.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/atomic-peach\" style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the Atomic Peach Mashup Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat happens when the tropical, charred-oak-aged zing of Atomic Age Bay Rum collides at light speed with the juicy, effervescent magic of Immortal Peach?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou get Atomic Peach, a scent so outrageously epic, so criminally smooth, it defies classification. Imagine a radioactive peach plummeting into a barrel of intergalactic \"spaced rum\". It’s not supposed to happen...and yet, here we are. (again)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis isn’t your grandfather’s Bay Rum. And it sure as heck ain’t some Georgia peach. This is a mutant of magnificence!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAtomic Peach is the unholy lovechild of rum-soaked rapture and beyond the grove immortality. One sniff and you’re instantly transported to a windswept, crimson shore on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea Martian island, riding a vaporwave of atomic nectar straight into legend! \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAtomic Peach, the latest PAA Mash Up!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text_exposed_show\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients\u003c\/strong\u003e: Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Cupuacu) Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAstrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlatonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNet Wt 4 oz [113 g]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eExternal Use Only, Discontinue Use if Irritation Occurs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandmade In Arizona, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42017847836720,"sku":null,"price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/atomic-peach-artisan-shaving-soap-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-a-secret-menu-mashup-548314.png?v=1746849232"},{"product_id":"viloma-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap-the-world-may-not-be-ready","title":"VILOMA Moroccan Argan Oil Body Soap | The World May Not Be Ready","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"(But) when it comes to feel and moisturizing, their (Phoenix Shaving) body soaps are second to none. With their natural ingredient blend of coconut and argan oils, their soaps leave your skin with a soft, velvety feeling that is out of this world.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~ Cigar \u0026amp; Spirits Magazine March\/April 2021 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVILOMA IS HERE!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"The Most Adventurous Scent of 2025\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAn ancient relic. A forbidden path. An enchanting fragrance with no intention of playing nice. (you can't resist it...and either can anyone else!)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTop: Lemon, Violet, Spice\u003cbr\u003eMiddle: Myrrh, Oud, Vanilla\u003cbr\u003eBase: Amber, Woody\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/viloma-collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind the VILOMA Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigh-Strangness is Afoot! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eShave Cadets,\u003cbr\u003eSomething strange is happening in the ether.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eWe haven’t even launched Viloma yet...and already the emails, DMs, fan art, dream reports, and coded messages written in lemon juice are flooding in. No joke, one of you mailed us a cassette tape labeled “MARIA VILOMA” with 38 minutes of heavy breathing and what I believe to be a form of bastard Morse code.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eWe love you \u0026amp; we hear you...especially \"the breather\". (we don't encourage this behavior)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eIt seems the scent, the story, the summoning, it’s all working exactly as intended. Because Viloma is not your average drop. It’s not just a new scent. It’s a ritual. A reckoning. A real compliment getter. #Levity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThose Eyes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThis is the not-so-triumphant reappearance of Maria Orsic: mystic, menace, evil, nemesis, muse. If you’ve been following the AGHARTA Saga since the early High Jump drop, then you know...she never really left. She’s just been waiting. Watching. Biding her time beneath the surface of the Earth in a lost world of scent and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd now she’s back, etched into the label like a ward, released like a Djinn into the air with every twist of the lid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eViloma begins bright and enigmatic: lemon split clean, violet barely tamed, and a mysterious spice that pulls you in by the schnoz. Just as you start to settle, it shifts. Myrrh and oud swell like a distant chant, grounded in a creamy, haunting vanilla. Then, like memory through myst, it roots itself in amber and aged wood; warm, rich, defiant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e“Viloma” (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eविलोम\u003c\/span\u003e) literally means “against the natural order” or “reverse” \/ “against the grain.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ul1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eVi = against \/ opposite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eLoma = hair or grain (as in the grain of the body or flow of breath)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eWe’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Viloma isn’t for comfort seekers. This is for threshold walkers. For Shave Cadets who chase myth, question the map, and seek the hidden door that's somewhere just inside the shadows. (Also for shaving, in fact, it is especially great for that.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd if you suddenly feel as if someone is watching…you’re probably right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eSHAVE ON \u0026amp; STAY EPIC,\u003cbr\u003e–Douglas, Fran, Huxley \u0026amp; CUBE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003ePhoenix Shaving - Scent Explorers Division\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eYou're gonna absolutely love this no BS, manly, 5 oz bar of awesome! A Super Luxurious, Rich bar of man soap that leaves your skin silky smooth and scented how you like it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e5 oz Bar Soap -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePackaged in Biodegradable Wrapper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003eIngredients: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGlucitol\u003cspan\u003e, Coconut Oil, Propylene Glycol, Stearic Acid, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Argan Oil, Kokum Butter, Silk Amino Acids, Bamboo Extract, Sunflower Extract, Aloe Leaf Extract, Carrageenan Extract, Marshmallow Root Extract, Essential Oils \u0026amp; Fragrance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42034708611120,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/viloma-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap-the-world-may-not-be-ready-232915.png?v=1747456805"},{"product_id":"shave-dads-dad-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap","title":"Shave Dad's Dad Moroccan Argan Oil Body Soap | A Collaboration Between Phoenix Shaving \u0026 Shave Dad!","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"(But) when it comes to feel and moisturizing, their (Phoenix Shaving) body soaps are second to none. With their natural ingredient blend of coconut and argan oils, their soaps leave your skin with a soft, velvety feeling that is out of this world.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~ Cigar \u0026amp; Spirits Magazine March\/April 2021 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBehold, Shave Dad’s Dad!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eA Limited Edition Collaboration Between Phoenix Shaving \u0026amp; Shave Dad\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eHomage to Vintage Lectric Shave \u0026amp; Dad's Everywhere!  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eTop Notes\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e Clean, airy citrus with a subtle floral lift, fresh but familiar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eMid Notes\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e Soft florals with hints of green spice; classic \u0026amp; understated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBase Notes\u003c\/span\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e Talc-like powder, soft violet, and that unmistakable green-woody finish that lives deep in the memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: none; background: #f59542; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; font-family: arial-black; cursor: pointer; color: #07548f; padding: 12px 30px; border-radius: 3px;\" href=\"https:\/\/phoenixartisanaccoutrements.com\/collections\/shave-dads-dad-collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Shave Dad’s Dad Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\"Not long ago, I cracked open a bottle of Lectric Shave at Walmart, just to take in the scent. For those unfamiliar, it’s a product designed to add lubrication when using an electric razor, a game-changer back in the 1960s. While my father kept his Gillette Red Tip set aside for slow, weekend shaves, the workweek was all about speed and efficiency: enter the electric shaver. I can still picture him with that sleek, shiny new razor in hand. And always, there was Lectric Shave. The scent was clean and fresh, somewhat like Skin Bracer but lighter, subtler. It’s incredible how fragrance can transport you, one whiff and suddenly you're back to the past!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThat’s why this Father’s Day, Shave Dad and Phoenix Shaving have teamed up to create Shave Dad’s Dad, a limited edition scent that captures those moments and memories. It’s a tribute to the tools, the rituals, and the men who came before us.\" ~ Jerry Plesi, Shave Dad\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Scent Memory You Forgot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThere’s a certain scent that lives in memory. Not in a bottle, but in a moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eThe bathroom door slightly ajar. Steam from the shower still hanging in the air. That unmistakable sharp-green splash of Lectric Shave cutting through it all; bright, clean, and unmistakably Dad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eShave Dad’s Dad is our tribute to the fathers and grandfathers who shaped us, those weekday-morning shavers, standing by the mirror with a corded razor in hand and 20 minutes to spare before heading off to work. It’s a nod to a time when scents were simple but stuck with you like a TV jingle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy We Chose This Scent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eLike a lot of us, I remember the smell of my dad’s Lectric Shave more clearly than I remember most of my school mornings. Like Jerry's dad, He too used it before work, always with an electric razor during the week. Also like Jerry's dad, DE shaves were for the weekend when he had the time.\u003cbr\u003eI’d be at the breakfast table, cereal bowl in front of me, trying to finish last-minute homework. The scent would drift in, mixing with coffee and toast and the faint hum of an AM radio. Sometimes he’d help with my math. Sometimes he’d just give a look and say, “That’s not how you carry the one.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eShave Dad’s Dad is for that. A scent to honor those quiet, everyday, real moments with the men who showed up, made things work, and did their best, often without thanks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat to Expect\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThis isn’t a flashy scent. It’s not loud. It’s not trendy. It’s clean, nostalgic, and incredibly comforting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eWhether it brings you back to your father’s medicine cabinet or simply gives your own morning shave a quiet sense of connection to a simpler time, it’s the kind of scent you reach for when you want something familiar and honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited Release!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eLike the memories that inspired it, this scent won’t be around forever. Once it’s gone, that’s it. Available in an entire collection...including CUBE!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p6\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Father’s Day. For your dad. Or for yourself...Shave Dad's Dad!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA VERY HAPPY FATHER\"S DAY TO ALL YOU DADS!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eYou're gonna absolutely love this no BS, manly, 5 oz bar of awesome! A Super Luxurious, Rich bar of man soap that leaves your skin silky smooth and scented how you like it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e5 oz Bar Soap -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePackaged in Biodegradable Wrapper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003eIngredients: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGlucitol\u003cspan\u003e, Coconut Oil, Propylene Glycol, Stearic Acid, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Argan Oil, Kokum Butter, Silk Amino Acids, Bamboo Extract, Sunflower Extract, Aloe Leaf Extract, Carrageenan Extract, Marshmallow Root Extract, Essential Oils \u0026amp; Fragrance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095939289136,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/shave-dads-dad-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap-a-collaboration-between-phoenix-shaving-shave-dad-8212464.png?v=1780752728"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/collections\/earthy-scents-420432.jpg?v=1726346851","url":"https:\/\/phoenixshaving.com\/collections\/earthy-scents.oembed?page=3","provider":"Phoenix Shaving","version":"1.0","type":"link"}