Excolo
Est deus in nobis.
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial..
$6.25 – $25.00
A notorious voodoo priest, who eventually rose to become one of the funereal Guédés, alongside Baron Cimitère and Baron La Croix. He is a Guardian of the Crossroads: the pathways between our world and the realm of the spirits. As a Master of the Graveyard, he ensures that burial rites are performed with skill, and he helps ferry souls to the dark realm.
In his honor, we have created this scent: our spin on traditional Bay Rum.
Excolo
Est deus in nobis.
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary vial..
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A venerable voodoo blend, used for purification of the spirit and to amplify positive personal power.
Sea spray with an undercurrent of leather, Bay Rum, and salty, dry woods.
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
(America never was America to me.)
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed-
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.
(It never was America to me.)
O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.
(There’s never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this “homeland of the free.”)
Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?
I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek—
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.
I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one’s own greed!
I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
I am the worker sold to the machine.
I am the Negro, servant to you all.
I am the people, humble, hungry, mean-
Hungry yet today despite the dream.
Beaten yet today-O, Pioneers!
I am the man who never got ahead,
The poorest worker bartered through the years.
Yet I’m the one who dreamt our basic dream
In the Old World while still a serf of kings,
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
That even yet its mighty daring sings
In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned
That’s made America the land it has become.
O, I’m the man who sailed those early seas
In search of what I meant to be my home-
For I’m the one who left dark Ireland’s shore,
And Poland’s plain, and England’s grassy lea,
And torn from Black Africa’s strand I came
To build a “homeland of the free.”
The free?
Who said the free? Not me?
Surely not me? The millions on relief today?
The millions shot down when we strike?
The millions who have nothing for our pay?
For all the dreams we’ve dreamed
And all the songs we’ve sung
And all the hopes we’ve held
And all the flags we’ve hung,
The millions who have nothing for our pay-
Except the dream that’s almost dead today.
O, let America be America again-
The land that never has been yet-
And yet must be-the land where every man is free.
The land that’s mine-the poor man’s, Indian’s, Negro’s, ME-
Who made America,
Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.
Sure, call me any ugly name you choose-
The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people’s lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!
O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath-
America will be!
Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain-
All, all the stretch of these great green states-
And make America again!
– Langston Hughes
O, let America be America again – the land that never has been yet: waving green grasses, purple-hued amber, smoked sandalwood, bay rum, clove bud, cardamom, and black pepper.
He wore a huge dandyish black coat that was not quite a frock coat nor exactly a trench coat, and high black boots, and, beneath his coat, raggedy clothes. His eyes burned white in an extremely dark face. And he grinned whie teeth, momentarily, as if at a private joke of his own, and bowed to Richard, and said, “De Carabas, at your service, and you are…?”
A splash of bay rum, leather, dusty black wool, massoia bark, and opium residue.
Sage Chambellan –
Initially intensely sweet almond, then oranges, now bay and bay rum comes through.
2cool4miowngood –
This scent has a pleasantly warm and spicy, yet almost clean and soapy scent on my skin. It doesn’t smell waxy or plastic-y like many perfume oils tend to smell on my skin. It reminds me of a very classy men’s cologne
Katie –
I get leather, tobacco, and a boozy sweetness. Not for me, but I bet I know a dude or two who would like it!
HeavyMetalJess –
I have quite a different review than others listed. I don’t get the cherry or the cigarette smell at all. It’s spicy rum in the beginning and beautifully aged rum in a dusty bottle after dry down. It honestly reminds me of the beach in St. Augustine, Florida and there is a lot of spookiness here. Could just as easily be named Castillo de San Marcos – the haunted fort that sits on the beach.
lowrey_a –
A delightfully bold scent with a masculine edge. Upon application, the intense notes of leather and tobacco took center stage. After about 30 minutes on the dry down, the forward leather and tobacco notes mellowed down into a deep vanilla with a hint of smoky bourbon. I did not detect anything remotely rum or spice based about this perfume as per the description. After a few hours, the leather and tobacco merge with the slight smoke and vanilla bourbon leaving a rather warm yet dominate dark vanilla smoke after glow. The perfect scent for those days when you need that extra edge of assertiveness and action-oriented confidence. Definitely a late autumn and winter scent.
Gloame –
Cherry coke and cigarettes is exactly it! It’s warm and slightly sweet smelling, but by no means foodie. The tobacco is ages, like a man who’s been smoking his whole life and never really washes the scent all out. I like it!
Unisex, warm, woody, slightly oriental.
squidhearts –
Cherry coke and sexytime and cloves cigarettes. This smells like a party. A sexy party. Did I mention how sexy this scent is?
So, more practically: opens with a blast of smoke and cherry coke or cherry booze–whichever you prefer. The smoke (veviter, presumably) burns off fast, so don’t worry about it too much if you’re not a fan. The scent melds into a sweet something clove, with the cherry becoming less distinct. It dries to a somehow very masculine clean scent–masculine, but not at all musky. Clean clean clean, but not boring squeaky clean, and not soap either. Dapper, but not dandy.
It’s masculine–but not too masculine. Sweet, but not too sweet–never cloying, always with a surprising depth and promise of kick. I don’t get any old spice at all on my skin. For context, I’m a chick and this is my everyday wear. My dude LOVES it, too–on me, I mean.
It’s a PERFECT scent for Baron Samedi. I’m totally convinced.
May it be part of the CG forever and always, aaamen.
Adam –
The primary topnote is sweet cherry, but that fades quickly into a spicy cinnamon and clove cologne – warm, rich, and dark. Anyone who likes spicy scents will love this. I highly recommend this for any man who wears Old Spice and wants to upgrade a superior cologne.
I bought a bottle this weekend at Dragon*Con after quickly running out of an imp – absolutely magnificent! Special thanks to Beth, Tom, and everyone at the BPAL booth for an awesome weekend! Looking forward to seeing you next year!