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In response to the National Park Service retweeting a New York Times piece on Trump’s Inauguration numbers, Trump’s fragile ego demanded that his administration order the NPS to stop all tweets.
The National Park Service refuses to be muzzled. On January 24th, South Dakota’s Badlands National Park social media team defiantly posted a series of climate change facts from the National Wildlife Federation before being shut down. Anonymous employees from the National Park Service started a rogue twitter account, and now they’re on Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social
These courageous federal employees are risking their careers to ensure that the public is kept informed on issues of climate change. They are fighting for transparency, truth, and science, and they deserve every ounce of support we can offer them. Tweet, email, FB, and phone in your support. Visit your local National Parks and thank the employees there in person. Donate to the National Parks Conservation Association and the National Park Foundation.
For them, for us, for the sake of the First Amendment, the environment, our state parks, and our future, we honor the bravery and chutzpah of these NPS employees with a scent that benefits the National Parks Conservation Association and the National Park Foundation.
THEOI NOMIOI
The Theoi Nomioi are the gods and spirits of the wild: the countryside, the pastures, the forests. Under their auspices, untamed nature thrives, the beasts of the wild feast and multiply, the mountains reach to the heavens with their stony, snow-capped fingers, and the forests grow thick and dark with mystery.
The National Parks Conservation Association
“Since 1919, the National Parks Conservation Association has been the leading voice of the American people in the fight to safeguard the scenic beauty, wildlife, and historic and cultural treasures of the largest and most diverse park system in the world. Help us assure the future of our beloved national parks.”
The National Park Foundation
“The National Park Foundation protects America’s special places, connects people to nature and inspires the next generation of park stewards.”
cobalt –
When I was very young, the place where I felt safest and most in control of my life was in the coniferous woods filling my home state. Mostly I think this will be a winter scent for me, but a treasured one. Sometimes I need to revisit that old feeling of solitude and safety and I’m glad I can.
Ryan –
So, I just “liked” this scent when it first arrived.
Then a couple of weeks ago I was on vacation in Banff and Glacier National Park. There was one day where we were exploring: It was a nice warm day. Hot, but not too humid. Gentle breeze, and it there had just been a short rain shower. It smelled amazing out there- the trees, the rain, wood, water, dirt–so fresh and clean and gorgeous.
I remarked to my husband that I wish we could bring that smell home with us.
Then I realized that I already had a bottle of it sitting on my BPAL shelf 🙂
dementia_divine –
In the bottle: Definitely smells like a forest. I can smell pine, cedar, and maybe juniper in here. The pine doesn’t smell like cleaner at all. It smells like being in a forest of evergreens.
Wet: A burst of pine, and possibly spruce, if I’m remembering BPTP’s Schwarzwald atmosphere spray correctly. Perhaps there is some cypress present as well. Although I detected cedar in the bottle, I’m not getting any of that on my skin right now. It just smells very fresh and wonderful, and there’s a bright sweetness to it as well, which may be the stony, snow-capped mountains from the description. At the moment, this is the best forest perfume oil that I’ve smelled from the Lab. It’s stunning.
Dry: It’s still a nice, sweet, coniferous scent that’s warmed a bit, with the woods coming out on my skin now (earlier I was mostly getting the needles).
Much later, I’m getting what I think is a sweet, powdery snow, stone, and coniferous forest.
Verdict: The unexpected sweetness in this scent makes me love it so much more than I thought I would. I’m in love. One bottle will not be enough.
Gloame –
I got a frimp of Thanatopsis with my order so I tested them side by side. Early on, they both have that same clean, green, chewy pine note. Thanatopsis stays pretty much that way throughout, but Theoi evens out into a softer, sweeter forest. There’s some cedar in here with the pine and juniper, which I think makes for a softer blend.
I ordered this hoping for something that would remind me of my first Lab favorite (Arkham). It doesn’t, but I like it in a different way.
mjsteurer –
Yesterday was horrid and stressful due to the so-called president. I put some of this on and within minutes I felt calmer and stronger. Grounded. Forest, streams, animals and earth. It moved me to a place where things became clearer. We fight on for our world.