Merchant
Arizona, USA
http://shor.by/OCSM
If ever there was an archetypal musk of the 60's, this bad boy was it!
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The Scent
Black Bot is what I consider an archetypal musk. The ideal musk that all others aspire to be, the musk that most of us imagine in our scent memory that never was...or was it?
Black Bot is rich and deep, shapely and bold, very much alive and very much a mystery to be captured and kept, shared among close friends and passed down through the generations. Many of you know I am a HUGE fan of the classic, Black Belt, a vintage, lesser known musk put out by the same makers of Hai Karate. Both splashes were inspired by the popularity of Kung Fu & Karate movies that were suddenly becoming all the rave...So in my tribute to Black Belt I thought I would take it full circle with a twist and deliver Black Bot, a tribute to Black Belt & Creature Double Feature! Does art not imitate life?
The GREATEST Musk...you never heard of.
Black Belt never got the "respect" and tip of the hat that Hai Karate got, which I find a great injustice when the stuff is classic 60's, musky magic! It really stands out and on it's own, in bold defiance to a lot of the others from that time. This oversight may be due to the fact that it was so closely related to Hai Karate, so rather than even give the stuff a sniff, folks wrote it off as another flash in the pan scent created for horn ball teenagers. I can assure you nothing is further from the truth.
The Archeology of Scent (or This Belongs In A Modern Shave Den!)
Most scents that have come and gone throughout history never get a second chance. Sadly this is more dictated by profit than scent and performance. (and passion)
Sometimes a scent house or grooming company has just too many products to put enough marketing oomph behind one piece of genius...which they themselves might be too close to even see themselves. Once in awhile a bottle, like a magic lamp, will make its through these winding passages of time into your hand and under your nose...a sleeping genie, a time capsule.
Conditions must be somewhat perfect for the splash to retain the same vitality it displayed the day it left the apothecary or perfume house...it truly does seem fateful when this happens. I often think about all the lost scents that have just disappeared, (Poof) and there have been many...but not today and not on my watch!
Needless to say, I am SUPER EXCITED to pull such a lost, unknown gem from obscurity and bring it back to life. Now make room in your medicine cabinet for the baddest of 'em all Black Bot...the Splash That Slaps You Back!
"Try Something Different, Phoenix Shaving!"
http://shor.by/OCSM
#BlackBot #BlackBelt #Musk #EPIC #PhoenixShaving #PhoenixArtisanAccoutrements #Artisan #WetShaving #TraditionalShaving #ShaveLife #ShaveCulture #SafetyRazor #StraightRazor #LimitedEdition
If ever there was an archetypal musk of the 60's, this bad boy was it!
Scent Profile: Bergamot, Lavender, Labdanum, Oakmoss, Cedar, Tonka Bean, Musk!
The Scent
Black Bot is what I consider an archetypal musk. The ideal musk that all others aspire to be, the musk that most of us imagine in our scent memory that never was...or was it?
Black Bot is rich and deep, shapely and bold, very much alive and very much a mystery to be captured and kept, shared among close friends and passed down through the generations. Many of you know I am a HUGE fan of the classic, Black Belt, a vintage, lesser known musk put out by the same makers of Hai Karate. Both splashes were inspired by the popularity of Kung Fu & Karate movies that were suddenly becoming all the rave...So in my tribute to Black Belt I thought I would take it full circle with a twist and deliver Black Bot, a tribute to Black Belt & Creature Double Feature! Does art not imitate life?
The GREATEST Musk...you never heard of.
Black Belt never got the "respect" and tip of the hat that Hai Karate got, which I find a great injustice when the stuff is classic 60's, musky magic! It really stands out and on it's own, in bold defiance to a lot of the others from that time. This oversight may be due to the fact that it was so closely related to Hai Karate, so rather than even give the stuff a sniff, folks wrote it off as another flash in the pan scent created for horn ball teenagers. I can assure you nothing is further from the truth.
The Archeology of Scent (or This Belongs In A Modern Shave Den!)
Most scents that have come and gone throughout history never get a second chance. Sadly this is more dictated by profit than scent and performance. (and passion)
Sometimes a scent house or grooming company has just too many products to put enough marketing oomph behind one piece of genius...which they themselves might be too close to even see themselves. Once in awhile a bottle, like a magic lamp, will make its through these winding passages of time into your hand and under your nose...a sleeping genie, a time capsule.
Conditions must be somewhat perfect for the splash to retain the same vitality it displayed the day it left the apothecary or perfume house...it truly does seem fateful when this happens. I often think about all the lost scents that have just disappeared, (Poof) and there have been many...but not today and not on my watch!
Needless to say, I am SUPER EXCITED to pull such a lost, unknown gem from obscurity and bring it back to life. Now make room in your medicine cabinet for the baddest of 'em all Black Bot...the Splash That Slaps You Back!
"Try Something Different, Phoenix Shaving!"
http://shor.by/OCSM
#BlackBot #BlackBelt #Musk #EPIC #PhoenixShaving #PhoenixArtisanAccoutrements #Artisan #WetShaving #TraditionalShaving #ShaveLife #ShaveCulture #SafetyRazor #StraightRazor #LimitedEdition
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” ~ Carl Sagan