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(This post was last modified: 10-06-2016, 09:29 PM by KerryPB.)
Evening all,
Sorry for my absence of late. Work (my other work, that is) has rather rudely intervened and left me no time to catch up on my social media commitments. Sarah and I have also been slammed with a self-imposed schedule which has covered the release of Star Noir and pre-release for Baskerville. It has been a superb month for Phoenix and Beau but boy, you've kept us busy!
Our warmest thanks to each and every one of our customers. You are the life blood of our company and without you there is no Phoenix and Beau.
On top of the above mentioned craziness we also build towards Christmas and I'm working on a few other things for everyone's enjoyment. More on that further below but first, answers to your questions.
"Any news on dispatch?" - Sarah has spent the last few days fulfilling Star Noir orders and all of them were dispatched by yesterday. That is unless you ordered one along with a Baskerville pre-order, in which case that won't go out to you before week commencing 24th October. The pre-order mechanic allows us to qualify how many to make on top of our stockist orders. It gives us a solid number to work with and then we make additional stock that we make available on our shop. We sold out of Baskerville in under seven hours and have made 250 available via our network of excellent stockists.
"Any hidden yet subtle gems in the scent profile"? Yes ................................
Oh, I'm sorry. You wanted me to share?
I'll give you a clue, two words. Iso. Chroman.. :ninja: The profile is floral, it's sweet, it has clarity, softness, dryness and moves around during the shave. For me it opens with jasmin (which is very quickly backed up by ylang ylang). Brief crispness follows via the inclusion of coriander, sage and bergamot before it vanishes in to the warm and soft heart of the scent, the balanced amounts of amber, sandalwood and patchouli. But hey, that's my olfactory experience and far be it for me to tell you what you will or won't detect in Star Noir. As the scent designer at PB it's one of my most favoured elements of the whole process. Reading reviews and comments on my soaps scents is a genuine joy.
So those "few things" we're working on for you.
I have a post shave tonic in prototype phase that has a sophisticated herbal, botanical and adaptogenic formula. Testing has gone well and I'd like to share the base (unscented) formula with you. I'd like honest, objective and constructive feedback, please. Who would like a sample?
The same post shave tonic, how would you like it scented? A range of new scents or aligned to our current core offerings? Please bare in mind that our target is to have it ready for Christmas and time is very much a limited commodity at PB Headquarters. We want to make it available alongside our solid cologne, which leads me neatly on to, um, solid cologne..
Like our tonic we have Christmas as our solid cologne release date. Our scents are, in the main, complex and expensive to have cosmetically assessed and so we have to weigh this in to our considerations. If you had to pick three of our scents which ones would you want included in our line of solids?
We have been asked by customers if we have anything in the pipeline for those amongst us who like to wear a beard?
The quick answer is yes. We will be offering one beard conditioning oil that will be classically scented with an accord of juniper, pine, vetivert, cedarwood, sandalwood and frankincense. Grounding and of the outdoors. It's lovely. No time line for this as of yet but it is ready to go. We just have bigger priorities to have in place before hand.
Right best dash, Sarah has just caught me away from the lab-desk and cracked the whip! :eek:. Questions, suggestions and answers as and when you have the time, folks.
With kindest regards,
Kerry.
Sorry for my absence of late. Work (my other work, that is) has rather rudely intervened and left me no time to catch up on my social media commitments. Sarah and I have also been slammed with a self-imposed schedule which has covered the release of Star Noir and pre-release for Baskerville. It has been a superb month for Phoenix and Beau but boy, you've kept us busy!
Our warmest thanks to each and every one of our customers. You are the life blood of our company and without you there is no Phoenix and Beau.
On top of the above mentioned craziness we also build towards Christmas and I'm working on a few other things for everyone's enjoyment. More on that further below but first, answers to your questions.
"Any news on dispatch?" - Sarah has spent the last few days fulfilling Star Noir orders and all of them were dispatched by yesterday. That is unless you ordered one along with a Baskerville pre-order, in which case that won't go out to you before week commencing 24th October. The pre-order mechanic allows us to qualify how many to make on top of our stockist orders. It gives us a solid number to work with and then we make additional stock that we make available on our shop. We sold out of Baskerville in under seven hours and have made 250 available via our network of excellent stockists.
"Any hidden yet subtle gems in the scent profile"? Yes ................................
Oh, I'm sorry. You wanted me to share?
I'll give you a clue, two words. Iso. Chroman.. :ninja: The profile is floral, it's sweet, it has clarity, softness, dryness and moves around during the shave. For me it opens with jasmin (which is very quickly backed up by ylang ylang). Brief crispness follows via the inclusion of coriander, sage and bergamot before it vanishes in to the warm and soft heart of the scent, the balanced amounts of amber, sandalwood and patchouli. But hey, that's my olfactory experience and far be it for me to tell you what you will or won't detect in Star Noir. As the scent designer at PB it's one of my most favoured elements of the whole process. Reading reviews and comments on my soaps scents is a genuine joy.
So those "few things" we're working on for you.
I have a post shave tonic in prototype phase that has a sophisticated herbal, botanical and adaptogenic formula. Testing has gone well and I'd like to share the base (unscented) formula with you. I'd like honest, objective and constructive feedback, please. Who would like a sample?
The same post shave tonic, how would you like it scented? A range of new scents or aligned to our current core offerings? Please bare in mind that our target is to have it ready for Christmas and time is very much a limited commodity at PB Headquarters. We want to make it available alongside our solid cologne, which leads me neatly on to, um, solid cologne..
Like our tonic we have Christmas as our solid cologne release date. Our scents are, in the main, complex and expensive to have cosmetically assessed and so we have to weigh this in to our considerations. If you had to pick three of our scents which ones would you want included in our line of solids?
We have been asked by customers if we have anything in the pipeline for those amongst us who like to wear a beard?
The quick answer is yes. We will be offering one beard conditioning oil that will be classically scented with an accord of juniper, pine, vetivert, cedarwood, sandalwood and frankincense. Grounding and of the outdoors. It's lovely. No time line for this as of yet but it is ready to go. We just have bigger priorities to have in place before hand.
Right best dash, Sarah has just caught me away from the lab-desk and cracked the whip! :eek:
. Questions, suggestions and answers as and when you have the time, folks.With kindest regards,
Kerry.
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I would be very interested in a sample of your post shave tonic prototype and help with feedback. I would start with alignment to your core scents. That being said, you're LE scent profiles are very creative so I would want to limit the scent possibilities. Id love to see Obsidian and Baskerville scents.
For the solid cologne I would agree with racerx1 above.
Great work Kerry and Sarah!
For the solid cologne I would agree with racerx1 above.
Great work Kerry and Sarah!
Justin
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Evening everyone and happy Friday!
Please stop by and register your vote for what how you'd like our post-shave tonic and solid cologne scented - http://www.phoenixandbeau.uk/blogs/news/tonic-anyone
Happy shaving!
Kerry.
Please stop by and register your vote for what how you'd like our post-shave tonic and solid cologne scented - http://www.phoenixandbeau.uk/blogs/news/tonic-anyone
Happy shaving!
Kerry.
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Ohio
(10-08-2016, 01:04 AM)jshaves2554 Wrote: Kerry, I just received a pot of Obsidian today from one of our brothers on your side of the pond. I can't honestly say I've never been this excited to use a soap. It smells INCREDIBLE!
So jealous right now...
KerryPB any chance of another run of Obsidian in the future? Thanks
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jshaves2554 glad to hear it and thanks for the kind words. I love Obsidian and you're right, it's pretty awesome 
racerx1 we've been contacted by so many customers that Obsidan has to come back next year. We've yet to determine which quarter but worry not, it'll be making a return.
Have a great weekend everyone,
Kerry.
racerx1 we've been contacted by so many customers that Obsidan has to come back next year. We've yet to determine which quarter but worry not, it'll be making a return.
Have a great weekend everyone,
Kerry.
Member
Ohio
(10-08-2016, 01:04 AM)jshaves2554 Wrote: Kerry, I just received a pot of Obsidian today from one of our brothers on your side of the pond. I can't honestly say I've never been this excited to use a soap. It smells INCREDIBLE!
(10-08-2016, 05:24 PM)KerryPB Wrote: jshaves2554 glad to hear it and thanks for the kind words. I love Obsidian and you're right, it's pretty awesome
racerx1 we've been contacted by so many customers that Obsidan has to come back next year. We've yet to determine which quarter but worry not, it'll be making a return.
Have a great weekend everyone,
Kerry.
KerryPB that is great to hear! Will it be available via pre-order? Personally, I believe the idea of pre-ordering is a 'win-win' for both the buyer and the seller. Thanks again!
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Evening everyone,
The waiting is almost up.
Baskerville will be let off its leash and all pre-orders will be dispatched by Saturday - thank you to all of you who secured your own jar and please note, if you didn't grab one we will have a very limited number available via our shop from midday on Monday. Beyond that you will be able to find them lurking with our stockists shortly after.
Have a great weekend and happy shaving!
Kerry.
The waiting is almost up.
Baskerville will be let off its leash and all pre-orders will be dispatched by Saturday - thank you to all of you who secured your own jar and please note, if you didn't grab one we will have a very limited number available via our shop from midday on Monday. Beyond that you will be able to find them lurking with our stockists shortly after.
Have a great weekend and happy shaving!
Kerry.
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