{"title":"Universe 25 Collection","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"universe-25-artisan-shaving-soap-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula","title":"Universe 25 Artisan Shaving Soap | Ultra Premium CK-6 Formula |","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\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\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniverse 25: Homage to Eau des Baux by L'Occitane \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePronounced: OH day BOH (you are welcome)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTop: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pink Pepper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMiddle: Cinnamon, Cypress, Juniper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBottom: Cedar, Frankincense, Oakmoss, Vanilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp 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.mom\/collections\/universe-25-collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Universe 25 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\u003eIf you wandered into my shave den, you'd probably overlook it completely. Surrounded by rows of Phoenix Shaving aftershave colognes, it doesn't call attention to itself. That's never been its style. Yet year after year, bottle after bottle, it has remained exactly where I instinctively reach for it, on the top shelf, close enough that I never have to think about where it is. I've often wondered how a fragrance that isn't mine managed to earn permanent residence among all the ones that are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI've emptied more bottles of Eau des Baux than I'd care to admit, and every time I wear it, I discover something I could have sworn wasn't there the last time. Some quiet whisper beneath the incense. A different conversation between the cedar and vanilla. A subtle shift in the way the cypress seems to rise from the composition. Just when I think I've finally figured it out, the fragrance reminds me that I haven't. Not completely. (yet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTruthfully, this wasn't supposed to become a Phoenix homage. There are certain compositions you leave alone because they've already found their place in the world. But curiosity has a habit of settling into your thoughts like water finding a crack in stone. It doesn't arrive all at once. It returns in quiet moments while cleaning brushes, packing orders, hiking with Huxley and CUBE, or driving home at dusk. You tell yourself you're only thinking about it because you admire the craftsmanship, but eventually another question arrives, and this one is harder to dismiss. What exactly is it that keeps pulling me back? Not what does it smell like. That's easy enough to answer. Why does it linger in the mind long after the fragrance itself has disappeared?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOddly enough, that question always led me somewhere else entirely. Universe 25. It sounds like the title of a forgotten science fiction novel, but it was actually the name of one of the most fascinating behavioral experiments ever conducted, I swear! #RealScience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn the late 1960s, researcher John B. Calhoun created what appeared to be paradise for a colony of mice. There was unlimited food, fresh water, perfect shelter, ideal temperatures, and complete protection from predators. Every obstacle to survival had been removed. It was, by every measurable standard, a perfect world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt wasn't. (there is a lesson in this somewhere, but \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eYOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e need to find it)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFor a time the colony flourished. Then, slowly, inexplicably, everything began to unravel. Social bonds deteriorated. Strange behaviors emerged. Mothers abandoned their young. Healthy animals withdrew into isolation. Others became irrationally aggressive. The colony ultimately collapsed, not because it lacked resources, but because something essential had quietly disappeared. Decades later, people are still debating what Universe 25 actually proved, but that isn't what captivated me. What stayed with me was a simpler idea. Environments matter. The worlds we inhabit shape us in ways we rarely notice until much later (or it's too late). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating a fragrance isn't all that different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEvery fragrance is its own carefully constructed world. Every raw material changes the landscape. Every accord nudges the imagination toward someplace else. The finest fragrances don't simply smell pleasant. They invite you to step into a setting, a memory, or a story and remain there for a little while. That's where Universe 25 and Eau des Baux unexpectedly collided in my mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bring me a shrubbery. A nice one, not too expensive...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before I learned the history behind it, Eau des Baux had already built a world I wanted to revisit. It never presented itself as a collection of notes. It suggested weathered stone warmed by the afternoon sun, dark cypress standing watch over ancient walls, ribbons of incense drifting through quiet chapels, and distant hills disappearing into the Provençal haze. Later I discovered that wasn't my imagination running wild. The fragrance was inspired by the legendary fortress of Les Baux-de-Provence, where the Knights of Les Baux adopted the cypress tree as their symbol of courage and endurance. Suddenly everything made sense. The fragrance had been telling that story all along.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniverse 25 is my tribute to one of the finest fragrances I've ever worn, but it is also a celebration of something larger. The idea that perfumery is, at its heart, an act of world-building. We don't fall in love with arrangements of bergamot, cedar, or vanilla. We fall in love with the places they create inside us. Over time those imagined places become attached to real ones. A favorite jacket. A quiet evening. A winding road. Someone we loved. A version of ourselves we'd almost forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps that's why certain fragrances remain with us for decades. They aren't trapped inside the bottle. They've quietly taken up residence somewhere else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeriously, you're going to fall in love with this accord.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSeasonality or \u003cem\u003eWhen To Wear This?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSome fragrances seem destined for a particular season. Universe 25 has other ideas. It is every bit as captivating on a long summer evening as it is on the first crisp afternoon that calls for your favorite sweater. As autumn settles in, the woods and resins become richer and more contemplative. Winter draws out its warmth, wrapping cedar, frankincense, and vanilla around you without ever feeling heavy. Then spring arrives, and the fragrance seems to breathe again, revealing a brighter, greener character that had quietly waited beneath the surface all along. It is one of those rare compositions that never feels out of place, adapting effortlessly to the changing seasons while remaining unmistakably itself. Wear it once, and you'll understand why it has remained one of my personal favorites for so many years!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: left; 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=\"text-align: left; 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=\"text-align: left; 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\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\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","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43427567271984,"sku":null,"price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/universe-25-artisan-shaving-soap-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-8284216.png?v=1784969780"},{"product_id":"universe-25-artisan-shave-soap-aftershave-bundle-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula","title":"Universe 25 Artisan Shave Soap \u0026 Aftershave Bundle | Ultra Premium CK-6 Formula | The Experiment Begins!","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\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst 50 Bundles Come With a Limited Edition Holo Label!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniverse 25: Homage to Eau des Baux by L'Occitane \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePronounced: OH day BOH (you are welcome)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTop: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pink Pepper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMiddle: Cinnamon, Cypress, Juniper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBottom: Cedar, Frankincense, Oakmoss, Vanilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\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:\/\/phoenixshaving.mom\/collections\/universe-25-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 Universe 25 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\u003eIf you wandered into my shave den, you'd probably overlook it completely. Surrounded by rows of Phoenix Shaving aftershave colognes, it doesn't call attention to itself. That's never been its style. Yet year after year, bottle after bottle, it has remained exactly where I instinctively reach for it, on the top shelf, close enough that I never have to think about where it is. I've often wondered how a fragrance that isn't mine managed to earn permanent residence among all the ones that are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI've emptied more bottles of Eau des Baux than I'd care to admit, and every time I wear it, I discover something I could have sworn wasn't there the last time. Some quiet whisper beneath the incense. A different conversation between the cedar and vanilla. A subtle shift in the way the cypress seems to rise from the composition. Just when I think I've finally figured it out, the fragrance reminds me that I haven't. Not completely. (yet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTruthfully, this wasn't supposed to become a Phoenix homage. There are certain compositions you leave alone because they've already found their place in the world. But curiosity has a habit of settling into your thoughts like water finding a crack in stone. It doesn't arrive all at once. It returns in quiet moments while cleaning brushes, packing orders, hiking with Huxley and CUBE, or driving home at dusk. You tell yourself you're only thinking about it because you admire the craftsmanship, but eventually another question arrives, and this one is harder to dismiss. What exactly is it that keeps pulling me back? Not what does it smell like. That's easy enough to answer. Why does it linger in the mind long after the fragrance itself has disappeared?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOddly enough, that question always led me somewhere else entirely. Universe 25. It sounds like the title of a forgotten science fiction novel, but it was actually the name of one of the most fascinating behavioral experiments ever conducted, I swear! #RealScience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn the late 1960s, researcher John B. Calhoun created what appeared to be paradise for a colony of mice. There was unlimited food, fresh water, perfect shelter, ideal temperatures, and complete protection from predators. Every obstacle to survival had been removed. It was, by every measurable standard, a perfect world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt wasn't. (there is a lesson in this somewhere, but \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eYOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e need to find it)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFor a time the colony flourished. Then, slowly, inexplicably, everything began to unravel. Social bonds deteriorated. Strange behaviors emerged. Mothers abandoned their young. Healthy animals withdrew into isolation. Others became irrationally aggressive. The colony ultimately collapsed, not because it lacked resources, but because something essential had quietly disappeared. Decades later, people are still debating what Universe 25 actually proved, but that isn't what captivated me. What stayed with me was a simpler idea. Environments matter. The worlds we inhabit shape us in ways we rarely notice until much later (or it's too late). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating a fragrance isn't all that different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEvery fragrance is its own carefully constructed world. Every raw material changes the landscape. Every accord nudges the imagination toward someplace else. The finest fragrances don't simply smell pleasant. They invite you to step into a setting, a memory, or a story and remain there for a little while. That's where Universe 25 and Eau des Baux unexpectedly collided in my mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bring me a shrubbery. A nice one, not too expensive...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before I learned the history behind it, Eau des Baux had already built a world I wanted to revisit. It never presented itself as a collection of notes. It suggested weathered stone warmed by the afternoon sun, dark cypress standing watch over ancient walls, ribbons of incense drifting through quiet chapels, and distant hills disappearing into the Provençal haze. Later I discovered that wasn't my imagination running wild. The fragrance was inspired by the legendary fortress of Les Baux-de-Provence, where the Knights of Les Baux adopted the cypress tree as their symbol of courage and endurance. Suddenly everything made sense. The fragrance had been telling that story all along.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniverse 25 is my tribute to one of the finest fragrances I've ever worn, but it is also a celebration of something larger. The idea that perfumery is, at its heart, an act of world-building. We don't fall in love with arrangements of bergamot, cedar, or vanilla. We fall in love with the places they create inside us. Over time those imagined places become attached to real ones. A favorite jacket. A quiet evening. A winding road. Someone we loved. A version of ourselves we'd almost forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps that's why certain fragrances remain with us for decades. They aren't trapped inside the bottle. They've quietly taken up residence somewhere else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeriously, you're going to fall in love with this accord.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSeasonality or \u003cem\u003eWhen To Wear This?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSome fragrances seem destined for a particular season. Universe 25 has other ideas. It is every bit as captivating on a long summer evening as it is on the first crisp afternoon that calls for your favorite sweater. As autumn settles in, the woods and resins become richer and more contemplative. Winter draws out its warmth, wrapping cedar, frankincense, and vanilla around you without ever feeling heavy. Then spring arrives, and the fragrance seems to breathe again, revealing a brighter, greener character that had quietly waited beneath the surface all along. It is one of those rare compositions that never feels out of place, adapting effortlessly to the changing seasons while remaining unmistakably itself. Wear it once, and you'll understand why it has remained one of my personal favorites for so many years!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"text-align: left; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAftershave Ingredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: left; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e Alcohol, Cypress Hydrosol, Essential\/Fragrance Oil, Veggie Glycerin, Seaweed Extract, Aloe  Vera, Benzoin, Bayberry Extract\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e100 ml (3.4 fl oz) Classic Glass Flask \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Ingredients:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePotassium 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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoap Net Wt 4 oz (113 g)\u003c\/strong\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","brand":"No Discount","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43427567304752,"sku":null,"price":44.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/universe-25-artisan-shave-soap-aftershave-bundle-ultra-premium-ck-6-formula-the-experiment-begins-7643613.png?v=1784969780"},{"product_id":"universe-25-aftershave-cologne","title":"Universe 25 Aftershave \u0026 Cologne | The Experiment Begins!","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniverse 25: Homage to Eau des Baux by L'Occitane \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePronounced: OH day BOH (you are welcome)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTop: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pink Pepper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMiddle: Cinnamon, Cypress, Juniper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBottom: Cedar, Frankincense, Oakmoss, Vanilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp 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.mom\/collections\/universe-25-collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Universe 25 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\u003eIf you wandered into my shave den, you'd probably overlook it completely. Surrounded by rows of Phoenix Shaving aftershave colognes, it doesn't call attention to itself. That's never been its style. Yet year after year, bottle after bottle, it has remained exactly where I instinctively reach for it, on the top shelf, close enough that I never have to think about where it is. I've often wondered how a fragrance that isn't mine managed to earn permanent residence among all the ones that are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI've emptied more bottles of Eau des Baux than I'd care to admit, and every time I wear it, I discover something I could have sworn wasn't there the last time. Some quiet whisper beneath the incense. A different conversation between the cedar and vanilla. A subtle shift in the way the cypress seems to rise from the composition. Just when I think I've finally figured it out, the fragrance reminds me that I haven't. Not completely. (yet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTruthfully, this wasn't supposed to become a Phoenix homage. There are certain compositions you leave alone because they've already found their place in the world. But curiosity has a habit of settling into your thoughts like water finding a crack in stone. It doesn't arrive all at once. It returns in quiet moments while cleaning brushes, packing orders, hiking with Huxley and CUBE, or driving home at dusk. You tell yourself you're only thinking about it because you admire the craftsmanship, but eventually another question arrives, and this one is harder to dismiss. What exactly is it that keeps pulling me back? Not what does it smell like. That's easy enough to answer. Why does it linger in the mind long after the fragrance itself has disappeared?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOddly enough, that question always led me somewhere else entirely. Universe 25. It sounds like the title of a forgotten science fiction novel, but it was actually the name of one of the most fascinating behavioral experiments ever conducted, I swear! #RealScience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn the late 1960s, researcher John B. Calhoun created what appeared to be paradise for a colony of mice. There was unlimited food, fresh water, perfect shelter, ideal temperatures, and complete protection from predators. Every obstacle to survival had been removed. It was, by every measurable standard, a perfect world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt wasn't. (there is a lesson in this somewhere, but \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eYOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e need to find it)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFor a time the colony flourished. Then, slowly, inexplicably, everything began to unravel. Social bonds deteriorated. Strange behaviors emerged. Mothers abandoned their young. Healthy animals withdrew into isolation. Others became irrationally aggressive. The colony ultimately collapsed, not because it lacked resources, but because something essential had quietly disappeared. Decades later, people are still debating what Universe 25 actually proved, but that isn't what captivated me. What stayed with me was a simpler idea. Environments matter. The worlds we inhabit shape us in ways we rarely notice until much later (or it's too late). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating a fragrance isn't all that different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEvery fragrance is its own carefully constructed world. Every raw material changes the landscape. Every accord nudges the imagination toward someplace else. The finest fragrances don't simply smell pleasant. They invite you to step into a setting, a memory, or a story and remain there for a little while. That's where Universe 25 and Eau des Baux unexpectedly collided in my mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bring me a shrubbery. A nice one, not too expensive...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before I learned the history behind it, Eau des Baux had already built a world I wanted to revisit. It never presented itself as a collection of notes. It suggested weathered stone warmed by the afternoon sun, dark cypress standing watch over ancient walls, ribbons of incense drifting through quiet chapels, and distant hills disappearing into the Provençal haze. Later I discovered that wasn't my imagination running wild. The fragrance was inspired by the legendary fortress of Les Baux-de-Provence, where the Knights of Les Baux adopted the cypress tree as their symbol of courage and endurance. Suddenly everything made sense. The fragrance had been telling that story all along.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniverse 25 is my tribute to one of the finest fragrances I've ever worn, but it is also a celebration of something larger. The idea that perfumery is, at its heart, an act of world-building. We don't fall in love with arrangements of bergamot, cedar, or vanilla. We fall in love with the places they create inside us. Over time those imagined places become attached to real ones. A favorite jacket. A quiet evening. A winding road. Someone we loved. A version of ourselves we'd almost forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps that's why certain fragrances remain with us for decades. They aren't trapped inside the bottle. They've quietly taken up residence somewhere else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeriously, you're going to fall in love with this accord.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSeasonality or \u003cem\u003eWhen To Wear This?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSome fragrances seem destined for a particular season. Universe 25 has other ideas. It is every bit as captivating on a long summer evening as it is on the first crisp afternoon that calls for your favorite sweater. As autumn settles in, the woods and resins become richer and more contemplative. Winter draws out its warmth, wrapping cedar, frankincense, and vanilla around you without ever feeling heavy. Then spring arrives, and the fragrance seems to breathe again, revealing a brighter, greener character that had quietly waited beneath the surface all along. It is one of those rare compositions that never feels out of place, adapting effortlessly to the changing seasons while remaining unmistakably itself. Wear it once, and you'll understand why it has remained one of my personal favorites for so many years!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAftershave Ingredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alcohol, Cypress Hydrosol, Essential\/Fragrance Oil, Veggie Glycerin, Seaweed Extract, Aloe Vera, Benzoin, Bayberry Extract\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43427567960112,"sku":null,"price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/universe-25-aftershave-cologne-the-experiment-begins-3275242.png?v=1784969780"},{"product_id":"universe-25-natural-deodorant","title":"Universe 25 Natural Deodorant | The Experiment Begins!","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: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\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\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\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: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"diraboutblurb\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\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\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\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\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniverse 25: Homage to Eau des Baux by L'Occitane \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePronounced: OH day BOH (you are welcome)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTop: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pink Pepper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMiddle: Cinnamon, Cypress, Juniper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBottom: Cedar, Frankincense, Oakmoss, Vanilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\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:\/\/phoenixshaving.mom\/collections\/universe-25-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 Universe 25 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\u003eIf you wandered into my shave den, you'd probably overlook it completely. Surrounded by rows of Phoenix Shaving aftershave colognes, it doesn't call attention to itself. That's never been its style. Yet year after year, bottle after bottle, it has remained exactly where I instinctively reach for it, on the top shelf, close enough that I never have to think about where it is. I've often wondered how a fragrance that isn't mine managed to earn permanent residence among all the ones that are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI've emptied more bottles of Eau des Baux than I'd care to admit, and every time I wear it, I discover something I could have sworn wasn't there the last time. Some quiet whisper beneath the incense. A different conversation between the cedar and vanilla. A subtle shift in the way the cypress seems to rise from the composition. Just when I think I've finally figured it out, the fragrance reminds me that I haven't. Not completely. (yet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTruthfully, this wasn't supposed to become a Phoenix homage. There are certain compositions you leave alone because they've already found their place in the world. But curiosity has a habit of settling into your thoughts like water finding a crack in stone. It doesn't arrive all at once. It returns in quiet moments while cleaning brushes, packing orders, hiking with Huxley and CUBE, or driving home at dusk. You tell yourself you're only thinking about it because you admire the craftsmanship, but eventually another question arrives, and this one is harder to dismiss. What exactly is it that keeps pulling me back? Not what does it smell like. That's easy enough to answer. Why does it linger in the mind long after the fragrance itself has disappeared?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOddly enough, that question always led me somewhere else entirely. Universe 25. It sounds like the title of a forgotten science fiction novel, but it was actually the name of one of the most fascinating behavioral experiments ever conducted, I swear! #RealScience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn the late 1960s, researcher John B. Calhoun created what appeared to be paradise for a colony of mice. There was unlimited food, fresh water, perfect shelter, ideal temperatures, and complete protection from predators. Every obstacle to survival had been removed. It was, by every measurable standard, a perfect world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt wasn't. (there is a lesson in this somewhere, but \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eYOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e need to find it)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFor a time the colony flourished. Then, slowly, inexplicably, everything began to unravel. Social bonds deteriorated. Strange behaviors emerged. Mothers abandoned their young. Healthy animals withdrew into isolation. Others became irrationally aggressive. The colony ultimately collapsed, not because it lacked resources, but because something essential had quietly disappeared. Decades later, people are still debating what Universe 25 actually proved, but that isn't what captivated me. What stayed with me was a simpler idea. Environments matter. The worlds we inhabit shape us in ways we rarely notice until much later (or it's too late). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating a fragrance isn't all that different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEvery fragrance is its own carefully constructed world. Every raw material changes the landscape. Every accord nudges the imagination toward someplace else. The finest fragrances don't simply smell pleasant. They invite you to step into a setting, a memory, or a story and remain there for a little while. That's where Universe 25 and Eau des Baux unexpectedly collided in my mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bring me a shrubbery. A nice one, not too expensive...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before I learned the history behind it, Eau des Baux had already built a world I wanted to revisit. It never presented itself as a collection of notes. It suggested weathered stone warmed by the afternoon sun, dark cypress standing watch over ancient walls, ribbons of incense drifting through quiet chapels, and distant hills disappearing into the Provençal haze. Later I discovered that wasn't my imagination running wild. The fragrance was inspired by the legendary fortress of Les Baux-de-Provence, where the Knights of Les Baux adopted the cypress tree as their symbol of courage and endurance. Suddenly everything made sense. The fragrance had been telling that story all along.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniverse 25 is my tribute to one of the finest fragrances I've ever worn, but it is also a celebration of something larger. The idea that perfumery is, at its heart, an act of world-building. We don't fall in love with arrangements of bergamot, cedar, or vanilla. We fall in love with the places they create inside us. Over time those imagined places become attached to real ones. A favorite jacket. A quiet evening. A winding road. Someone we loved. A version of ourselves we'd almost forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps that's why certain fragrances remain with us for decades. They aren't trapped inside the bottle. They've quietly taken up residence somewhere else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeriously, you're going to fall in love with this accord.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSeasonality or \u003cem\u003eWhen To Wear This?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSome fragrances seem destined for a particular season. Universe 25 has other ideas. It is every bit as captivating on a long summer evening as it is on the first crisp afternoon that calls for your favorite sweater. As autumn settles in, the woods and resins become richer and more contemplative. Winter draws out its warmth, wrapping cedar, frankincense, and vanilla around you without ever feeling heavy. Then spring arrives, and the fragrance seems to breathe again, revealing a brighter, greener character that had quietly waited beneath the surface all along. It is one of those rare compositions that never feels out of place, adapting effortlessly to the changing seasons while remaining unmistakably itself. Wear it once, and you'll understand why it has remained one of my personal favorites for so many years!\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\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\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: left; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAbsolutely zero parabens, propylene glycol, alcohol or triclosan can be found in our creations\u003c\/span\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\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;\"\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNOTE: This is DEODORANT not Antiperspirant!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\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 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eHandmade in Arizona, USA\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eNet Wt. 2.5oz.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43427662561328,"sku":null,"price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/universe-25-natural-deodorant-the-experiment-begins-1206335.png?v=1784969778"},{"product_id":"universe-25-solid-cologne-contains-prickly-pear-oil","title":"Universe 25 Solid Cologne | Contains Prickly Pear Oil | The Experiment Begins!","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\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: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\" class=\"gmail_signature\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\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: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"diraboutblurb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\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\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\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniverse 25: Homage to Eau des Baux by L'Occitane \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePronounced: OH day BOH (you are welcome)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTop: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pink Pepper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMiddle: Cinnamon, Cypress, Juniper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBottom: Cedar, Frankincense, Oakmoss, Vanilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\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:\/\/phoenixshaving.mom\/collections\/universe-25-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 Universe 25 Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you wandered into my shave den, you'd probably overlook it completely. Surrounded by rows of Phoenix Shaving aftershave colognes, it doesn't call attention to itself. That's never been its style. Yet year after year, bottle after bottle, it has remained exactly where I instinctively reach for it, on the top shelf, close enough that I never have to think about where it is. I've often wondered how a fragrance that isn't mine managed to earn permanent residence among all the ones that are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI've emptied more bottles of Eau des Baux than I'd care to admit, and every time I wear it, I discover something I could have sworn wasn't there the last time. Some quiet whisper beneath the incense. A different conversation between the cedar and vanilla. A subtle shift in the way the cypress seems to rise from the composition. Just when I think I've finally figured it out, the fragrance reminds me that I haven't. Not completely. (yet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTruthfully, this wasn't supposed to become a Phoenix homage. There are certain compositions you leave alone because they've already found their place in the world. But curiosity has a habit of settling into your thoughts like water finding a crack in stone. It doesn't arrive all at once. It returns in quiet moments while cleaning brushes, packing orders, hiking with Huxley and CUBE, or driving home at dusk. You tell yourself you're only thinking about it because you admire the craftsmanship, but eventually another question arrives, and this one is harder to dismiss. What exactly is it that keeps pulling me back? Not what does it smell like. That's easy enough to answer. Why does it linger in the mind long after the fragrance itself has disappeared?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOddly enough, that question always led me somewhere else entirely. Universe 25. It sounds like the title of a forgotten science fiction novel, but it was actually the name of one of the most fascinating behavioral experiments ever conducted, I swear! #RealScience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn the late 1960s, researcher John B. Calhoun created what appeared to be paradise for a colony of mice. There was unlimited food, fresh water, perfect shelter, ideal temperatures, and complete protection from predators. Every obstacle to survival had been removed. It was, by every measurable standard, a perfect world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt wasn't. (there is a lesson in this somewhere, but \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eYOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e need to find it)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFor a time the colony flourished. Then, slowly, inexplicably, everything began to unravel. Social bonds deteriorated. Strange behaviors emerged. Mothers abandoned their young. Healthy animals withdrew into isolation. Others became irrationally aggressive. The colony ultimately collapsed, not because it lacked resources, but because something essential had quietly disappeared. Decades later, people are still debating what Universe 25 actually proved, but that isn't what captivated me. What stayed with me was a simpler idea. Environments matter. The worlds we inhabit shape us in ways we rarely notice until much later (or it's too late). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating a fragrance isn't all that different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEvery fragrance is its own carefully constructed world. Every raw material changes the landscape. Every accord nudges the imagination toward someplace else. The finest fragrances don't simply smell pleasant. They invite you to step into a setting, a memory, or a story and remain there for a little while. That's where Universe 25 and Eau des Baux unexpectedly collided in my mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bring me a shrubbery. A nice one, not too expensive...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before I learned the history behind it, Eau des Baux had already built a world I wanted to revisit. It never presented itself as a collection of notes. It suggested weathered stone warmed by the afternoon sun, dark cypress standing watch over ancient walls, ribbons of incense drifting through quiet chapels, and distant hills disappearing into the Provençal haze. Later I discovered that wasn't my imagination running wild. The fragrance was inspired by the legendary fortress of Les Baux-de-Provence, where the Knights of Les Baux adopted the cypress tree as their symbol of courage and endurance. Suddenly everything made sense. The fragrance had been telling that story all along.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniverse 25 is my tribute to one of the finest fragrances I've ever worn, but it is also a celebration of something larger. The idea that perfumery is, at its heart, an act of world-building. We don't fall in love with arrangements of bergamot, cedar, or vanilla. We fall in love with the places they create inside us. Over time those imagined places become attached to real ones. A favorite jacket. A quiet evening. A winding road. Someone we loved. A version of ourselves we'd almost forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps that's why certain fragrances remain with us for decades. They aren't trapped inside the bottle. They've quietly taken up residence somewhere else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeriously, you're going to fall in love with this accord.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSeasonality or \u003cem\u003eWhen To Wear This?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSome fragrances seem destined for a particular season. Universe 25 has other ideas. It is every bit as captivating on a long summer evening as it is on the first crisp afternoon that calls for your favorite sweater. As autumn settles in, the woods and resins become richer and more contemplative. Winter draws out its warmth, wrapping cedar, frankincense, and vanilla around you without ever feeling heavy. Then spring arrives, and the fragrance seems to breathe again, revealing a brighter, greener character that had quietly waited beneath the surface all along. It is one of those rare compositions that never feels out of place, adapting effortlessly to the changing seasons while remaining unmistakably itself. Wear it once, and you'll understand why it has remained one of my personal favorites for so many years!\u003cstrong style=\"text-align: left; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\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\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\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"text-align: left; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eNow...How DO I Use Solid Cologne?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\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 style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.5 Oz Heavy Duty Glass Jar \u0026amp; Bakelite Cap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eBeeswax, Shea Oil Jojoba oil, Prickly Pear Oil, Fragrance \u0026amp; Rosemary Extract\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eHandmade in Arizona, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"p1\"\u003eNet Wt. 1.5 oz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43427718725680,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/universe-25-solid-cologne-contains-prickly-pear-oil-the-experiment-begins-3897229.png?v=1784969778"},{"product_id":"universe-25-star-jelly-aftershave","title":"Universe 25 Star Jelly Aftershave | The Experiment Begins!","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\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: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"diraboutblurb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\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\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\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\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\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"diraboutblurb\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\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\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\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\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniverse 25: Homage to Eau des Baux by L'Occitane \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePronounced: OH day BOH (you are welcome)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTop: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pink Pepper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMiddle: Cinnamon, Cypress, Juniper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBottom: Cedar, Frankincense, Oakmoss, Vanilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\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:\/\/phoenixshaving.mom\/collections\/universe-25-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 Universe 25 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\u003eIf you wandered into my shave den, you'd probably overlook it completely. Surrounded by rows of Phoenix Shaving aftershave colognes, it doesn't call attention to itself. That's never been its style. Yet year after year, bottle after bottle, it has remained exactly where I instinctively reach for it, on the top shelf, close enough that I never have to think about where it is. I've often wondered how a fragrance that isn't mine managed to earn permanent residence among all the ones that are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI've emptied more bottles of Eau des Baux than I'd care to admit, and every time I wear it, I discover something I could have sworn wasn't there the last time. Some quiet whisper beneath the incense. A different conversation between the cedar and vanilla. A subtle shift in the way the cypress seems to rise from the composition. Just when I think I've finally figured it out, the fragrance reminds me that I haven't. Not completely. (yet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTruthfully, this wasn't supposed to become a Phoenix homage. There are certain compositions you leave alone because they've already found their place in the world. But curiosity has a habit of settling into your thoughts like water finding a crack in stone. It doesn't arrive all at once. It returns in quiet moments while cleaning brushes, packing orders, hiking with Huxley and CUBE, or driving home at dusk. You tell yourself you're only thinking about it because you admire the craftsmanship, but eventually another question arrives, and this one is harder to dismiss. What exactly is it that keeps pulling me back? Not what does it smell like. That's easy enough to answer. Why does it linger in the mind long after the fragrance itself has disappeared?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOddly enough, that question always led me somewhere else entirely. Universe 25. It sounds like the title of a forgotten science fiction novel, but it was actually the name of one of the most fascinating behavioral experiments ever conducted, I swear! #RealScience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn the late 1960s, researcher John B. Calhoun created what appeared to be paradise for a colony of mice. There was unlimited food, fresh water, perfect shelter, ideal temperatures, and complete protection from predators. Every obstacle to survival had been removed. It was, by every measurable standard, a perfect world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt wasn't. (there is a lesson in this somewhere, but \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eYOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e need to find it)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFor a time the colony flourished. Then, slowly, inexplicably, everything began to unravel. Social bonds deteriorated. Strange behaviors emerged. Mothers abandoned their young. Healthy animals withdrew into isolation. Others became irrationally aggressive. The colony ultimately collapsed, not because it lacked resources, but because something essential had quietly disappeared. Decades later, people are still debating what Universe 25 actually proved, but that isn't what captivated me. What stayed with me was a simpler idea. Environments matter. The worlds we inhabit shape us in ways we rarely notice until much later (or it's too late). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating a fragrance isn't all that different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEvery fragrance is its own carefully constructed world. Every raw material changes the landscape. Every accord nudges the imagination toward someplace else. The finest fragrances don't simply smell pleasant. They invite you to step into a setting, a memory, or a story and remain there for a little while. That's where Universe 25 and Eau des Baux unexpectedly collided in my mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bring me a shrubbery. A nice one, not too expensive...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before I learned the history behind it, Eau des Baux had already built a world I wanted to revisit. It never presented itself as a collection of notes. It suggested weathered stone warmed by the afternoon sun, dark cypress standing watch over ancient walls, ribbons of incense drifting through quiet chapels, and distant hills disappearing into the Provençal haze. Later I discovered that wasn't my imagination running wild. The fragrance was inspired by the legendary fortress of Les Baux-de-Provence, where the Knights of Les Baux adopted the cypress tree as their symbol of courage and endurance. Suddenly everything made sense. The fragrance had been telling that story all along.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniverse 25 is my tribute to one of the finest fragrances I've ever worn, but it is also a celebration of something larger. The idea that perfumery is, at its heart, an act of world-building. We don't fall in love with arrangements of bergamot, cedar, or vanilla. We fall in love with the places they create inside us. Over time those imagined places become attached to real ones. A favorite jacket. A quiet evening. A winding road. Someone we loved. A version of ourselves we'd almost forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps that's why certain fragrances remain with us for decades. They aren't trapped inside the bottle. They've quietly taken up residence somewhere else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeriously, you're going to fall in love with this accord.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSeasonality or \u003cem\u003eWhen To Wear This?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSome fragrances seem destined for a particular season. Universe 25 has other ideas. It is every bit as captivating on a long summer evening as it is on the first crisp afternoon that calls for your favorite sweater. As autumn settles in, the woods and resins become richer and more contemplative. Winter draws out its warmth, wrapping cedar, frankincense, and vanilla around you without ever feeling heavy. Then spring arrives, and the fragrance seems to breathe again, revealing a brighter, greener character that had quietly waited beneath the surface all along. It is one of those rare compositions that never feels out of place, adapting effortlessly to the changing seasons while remaining unmistakably itself. Wear it once, and you'll understand why it has remained one of my personal favorites for so many years!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"text-align: left; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eStar Jelly?\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\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\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\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\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;\"\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\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\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\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients: \u003c\/strong\u003eDeionized 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, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eParfum (Fragrance)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e150 Ml\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"MENTHOLATED","offer_id":43427718987824,"sku":null,"price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"NON-Mentholated","offer_id":43427719020592,"sku":null,"price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/universe-25-star-jelly-aftershave-the-experiment-begins-4331760.png?v=1784969777"},{"product_id":"universe-25-conditioning-shampoo-puck","title":"Universe 25 Conditioning Shampoo Puck | The Experiment Begins!","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniverse 25: Homage to Eau des Baux by L'Occitane \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePronounced: OH day BOH (you are welcome)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTop: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pink Pepper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMiddle: Cinnamon, Cypress, Juniper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBottom: Cedar, Frankincense, Oakmoss, Vanilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp 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.mom\/collections\/universe-25-collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Universe 25 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\u003eIf you wandered into my shave den, you'd probably overlook it completely. Surrounded by rows of Phoenix Shaving aftershave colognes, it doesn't call attention to itself. That's never been its style. Yet year after year, bottle after bottle, it has remained exactly where I instinctively reach for it, on the top shelf, close enough that I never have to think about where it is. I've often wondered how a fragrance that isn't mine managed to earn permanent residence among all the ones that are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI've emptied more bottles of Eau des Baux than I'd care to admit, and every time I wear it, I discover something I could have sworn wasn't there the last time. Some quiet whisper beneath the incense. A different conversation between the cedar and vanilla. A subtle shift in the way the cypress seems to rise from the composition. Just when I think I've finally figured it out, the fragrance reminds me that I haven't. Not completely. (yet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTruthfully, this wasn't supposed to become a Phoenix homage. There are certain compositions you leave alone because they've already found their place in the world. But curiosity has a habit of settling into your thoughts like water finding a crack in stone. It doesn't arrive all at once. It returns in quiet moments while cleaning brushes, packing orders, hiking with Huxley and CUBE, or driving home at dusk. You tell yourself you're only thinking about it because you admire the craftsmanship, but eventually another question arrives, and this one is harder to dismiss. What exactly is it that keeps pulling me back? Not what does it smell like. That's easy enough to answer. Why does it linger in the mind long after the fragrance itself has disappeared?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOddly enough, that question always led me somewhere else entirely. Universe 25. It sounds like the title of a forgotten science fiction novel, but it was actually the name of one of the most fascinating behavioral experiments ever conducted, I swear! #RealScience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn the late 1960s, researcher John B. Calhoun created what appeared to be paradise for a colony of mice. There was unlimited food, fresh water, perfect shelter, ideal temperatures, and complete protection from predators. Every obstacle to survival had been removed. It was, by every measurable standard, a perfect world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt wasn't. (there is a lesson in this somewhere, but \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eYOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e need to find it)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFor a time the colony flourished. Then, slowly, inexplicably, everything began to unravel. Social bonds deteriorated. Strange behaviors emerged. Mothers abandoned their young. Healthy animals withdrew into isolation. Others became irrationally aggressive. The colony ultimately collapsed, not because it lacked resources, but because something essential had quietly disappeared. Decades later, people are still debating what Universe 25 actually proved, but that isn't what captivated me. What stayed with me was a simpler idea. Environments matter. The worlds we inhabit shape us in ways we rarely notice until much later (or it's too late). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating a fragrance isn't all that different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEvery fragrance is its own carefully constructed world. Every raw material changes the landscape. Every accord nudges the imagination toward someplace else. The finest fragrances don't simply smell pleasant. They invite you to step into a setting, a memory, or a story and remain there for a little while. That's where Universe 25 and Eau des Baux unexpectedly collided in my mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bring me a shrubbery. A nice one, not too expensive...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before I learned the history behind it, Eau des Baux had already built a world I wanted to revisit. It never presented itself as a collection of notes. It suggested weathered stone warmed by the afternoon sun, dark cypress standing watch over ancient walls, ribbons of incense drifting through quiet chapels, and distant hills disappearing into the Provençal haze. Later I discovered that wasn't my imagination running wild. The fragrance was inspired by the legendary fortress of Les Baux-de-Provence, where the Knights of Les Baux adopted the cypress tree as their symbol of courage and endurance. Suddenly everything made sense. The fragrance had been telling that story all along.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniverse 25 is my tribute to one of the finest fragrances I've ever worn, but it is also a celebration of something larger. The idea that perfumery is, at its heart, an act of world-building. We don't fall in love with arrangements of bergamot, cedar, or vanilla. We fall in love with the places they create inside us. Over time those imagined places become attached to real ones. A favorite jacket. A quiet evening. A winding road. Someone we loved. A version of ourselves we'd almost forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps that's why certain fragrances remain with us for decades. They aren't trapped inside the bottle. They've quietly taken up residence somewhere else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeriously, you're going to fall in love with this accord.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSeasonality or \u003cem\u003eWhen To Wear This?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSome fragrances seem destined for a particular season. Universe 25 has other ideas. It is every bit as captivating on a long summer evening as it is on the first crisp afternoon that calls for your favorite sweater. As autumn settles in, the woods and resins become richer and more contemplative. Winter draws out its warmth, wrapping cedar, frankincense, and vanilla around you without ever feeling heavy. Then spring arrives, and the fragrance seems to breathe again, revealing a brighter, greener character that had quietly waited beneath the surface all along. It is one of those rare compositions that never feels out of place, adapting effortlessly to the changing seasons while remaining unmistakably itself. Wear it once, and you'll understand why it has remained one of my personal favorites for so many years!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e____________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: left; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3.5 Oz - Packaged in Biodegradable Wrapper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIngredients: Glycerin, 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\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements","offers":[{"title":"Shampoo No Container","offer_id":43427719151664,"sku":null,"price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Shampoo With Container","offer_id":43427719184432,"sku":null,"price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/universe-25-conditioning-shampoo-puck-the-experiment-begins-9323919.png?v=1784969776"},{"product_id":"universe-25-cube-2-0-preshave-soap","title":"Universe 25 CUBE 2.0  Preshave Soap | The Experiment Begins!","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniverse 25: Homage to Eau des Baux by L'Occitane \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePronounced: OH day BOH (you are welcome)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTop: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pink Pepper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMiddle: Cinnamon, Cypress, Juniper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBottom: Cedar, Frankincense, Oakmoss, Vanilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\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:\/\/phoenixshaving.mom\/collections\/universe-25-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 Universe 25 Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you wandered into my shave den, you'd probably overlook it completely. Surrounded by rows of Phoenix Shaving aftershave colognes, it doesn't call attention to itself. That's never been its style. Yet year after year, bottle after bottle, it has remained exactly where I instinctively reach for it, on the top shelf, close enough that I never have to think about where it is. I've often wondered how a fragrance that isn't mine managed to earn permanent residence among all the ones that are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI've emptied more bottles of Eau des Baux than I'd care to admit, and every time I wear it, I discover something I could have sworn wasn't there the last time. Some quiet whisper beneath the incense. A different conversation between the cedar and vanilla. A subtle shift in the way the cypress seems to rise from the composition. Just when I think I've finally figured it out, the fragrance reminds me that I haven't. Not completely. (yet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTruthfully, this wasn't supposed to become a Phoenix homage. There are certain compositions you leave alone because they've already found their place in the world. But curiosity has a habit of settling into your thoughts like water finding a crack in stone. It doesn't arrive all at once. It returns in quiet moments while cleaning brushes, packing orders, hiking with Huxley and CUBE, or driving home at dusk. You tell yourself you're only thinking about it because you admire the craftsmanship, but eventually another question arrives, and this one is harder to dismiss. What exactly is it that keeps pulling me back? Not what does it smell like. That's easy enough to answer. Why does it linger in the mind long after the fragrance itself has disappeared?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOddly enough, that question always led me somewhere else entirely. Universe 25. It sounds like the title of a forgotten science fiction novel, but it was actually the name of one of the most fascinating behavioral experiments ever conducted, I swear! #RealScience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn the late 1960s, researcher John B. Calhoun created what appeared to be paradise for a colony of mice. There was unlimited food, fresh water, perfect shelter, ideal temperatures, and complete protection from predators. Every obstacle to survival had been removed. It was, by every measurable standard, a perfect world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt wasn't. (there is a lesson in this somewhere, but \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eYOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e need to find it)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFor a time the colony flourished. Then, slowly, inexplicably, everything began to unravel. Social bonds deteriorated. Strange behaviors emerged. Mothers abandoned their young. Healthy animals withdrew into isolation. Others became irrationally aggressive. The colony ultimately collapsed, not because it lacked resources, but because something essential had quietly disappeared. Decades later, people are still debating what Universe 25 actually proved, but that isn't what captivated me. What stayed with me was a simpler idea. Environments matter. The worlds we inhabit shape us in ways we rarely notice until much later (or it's too late). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating a fragrance isn't all that different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEvery fragrance is its own carefully constructed world. Every raw material changes the landscape. Every accord nudges the imagination toward someplace else. The finest fragrances don't simply smell pleasant. They invite you to step into a setting, a memory, or a story and remain there for a little while. That's where Universe 25 and Eau des Baux unexpectedly collided in my mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bring me a shrubbery. A nice one, not too expensive...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before I learned the history behind it, Eau des Baux had already built a world I wanted to revisit. It never presented itself as a collection of notes. It suggested weathered stone warmed by the afternoon sun, dark cypress standing watch over ancient walls, ribbons of incense drifting through quiet chapels, and distant hills disappearing into the Provençal haze. Later I discovered that wasn't my imagination running wild. The fragrance was inspired by the legendary fortress of Les Baux-de-Provence, where the Knights of Les Baux adopted the cypress tree as their symbol of courage and endurance. Suddenly everything made sense. The fragrance had been telling that story all along.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniverse 25 is my tribute to one of the finest fragrances I've ever worn, but it is also a celebration of something larger. The idea that perfumery is, at its heart, an act of world-building. We don't fall in love with arrangements of bergamot, cedar, or vanilla. We fall in love with the places they create inside us. Over time those imagined places become attached to real ones. A favorite jacket. A quiet evening. A winding road. Someone we loved. A version of ourselves we'd almost forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps that's why certain fragrances remain with us for decades. They aren't trapped inside the bottle. They've quietly taken up residence somewhere else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeriously, you're going to fall in love with this accord.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSeasonality or \u003cem\u003eWhen To Wear This?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSome fragrances seem destined for a particular season. Universe 25 has other ideas. It is every bit as captivating on a long summer evening as it is on the first crisp afternoon that calls for your favorite sweater. As autumn settles in, the woods and resins become richer and more contemplative. Winter draws out its warmth, wrapping cedar, frankincense, and vanilla around you without ever feeling heavy. Then spring arrives, and the fragrance seems to breathe again, revealing a brighter, greener character that had quietly waited beneath the surface all along. It is one of those rare compositions that never feels out of place, adapting effortlessly to the changing seasons while remaining unmistakably itself. Wear it once, and you'll understand why it has remained one of my personal favorites for so many years!\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;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCUBE 2.0?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e - 8 ounces and 6 sides of solid otherworldliness. \u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e is \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e your everyday preshave. \u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e takes your shave to another dimension adding \u003cstrong\u003eextra protection\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ehydration\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eslickness\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eglide\u003c\/strong\u003e. A powerhouse of slick with a kick of \u003cstrong\u003eBanana Oil\u003c\/strong\u003e! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is Preshave Soap BETTER Than Preshave Oil?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell first off, as with anything in life, it all comes down to personal preference. I can tell you why\u003cem\u003e I\u003c\/em\u003e think it's better, but in the end, do what works for you! First off, unlike using oil, a Preshave Soap will not gunk up your gear and rinses away easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was seriously turned off by all the clean up involved when using oils. Plus I was always concerned about it getting into my favorite brushes undetected and going rancid. Also, applying oil with your hands then holding onto a blade is not the safest move in my book. [\u003cem\u003eThat said\u003c\/em\u003e, if you currently use an oil, apply it with your non-shaver hand!] In short, Preshave Oils inspired me to find a better way!\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhy a Preshave Soap is More Effective\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA preshave soap really offers more bang for your buck; for one, it's more affordable and longer lasting. Use it first to clean the face before you shave, then rinse. Then reapply the soap prior to whipping up lather: First in a circular motion, then against the grain. The soap gets under the hairs, slightly propping them up, giving the blade more surface area to \"bite\" on to. The glycerin acts as a humectant pulling more water into the hair, prepping and softening it, thus making it a bigger target to mow down!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/CUBE_Preshave_Soap_Activated_Charcoal_Phoenix_Shaving_large.jpg?v=1506271554\" alt=\"Cube Preshave Soap\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"419\" height=\"320\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCUBE?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe release of \u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e has been a long time coming. For those who are privy to the PAA Universe, you may have seen \u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e hovering in the background on different labels and in ads...\u003cem\u003eobserving. \u003c\/em\u003eI have read a few interpretations by folks in the forums who have noticed \u003cstrong\u003eCUBE'\u003c\/strong\u003es appearances and have been flummoxed. \u003cem\u003eWhat Does it Mean?\u003c\/em\u003e [I super appreciate that folks are becoming more hip to the universe in our labels!]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Strange Shave Tech is This?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's great to finally bring \u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e to life for people to interface with! Holding it in your hand you can almost feel a force, an energy pulsating, \u003cem\u003edrawing you in\u003c\/em\u003e. However, all I can say at this time is, all shall be revealed in a future installment of the saga. Until then, embrace the mystery of \u003cstrong\u003eCUBE\u003c\/strong\u003e and use it wisely!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 8 oz [227 grams] Cube - Wrapped in biodegradable Plastic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePurified Water, Glycerin, Sorbitol, Sodium Cocoate, Sodium Stearate, Rose Clay, Soybean Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Prickly Pear Oil, Jojoba Wax, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCupuacu Butter, Murumuru Butter, Bacuri Butter\u003c\/span\u003e, Organic Aloe Vera Leaf Extract, Vitamin E, Mica, Essential Oils \u0026amp; Fragrance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43427719217200,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/universe-25-cube-20-preshave-soap-the-experiment-begins-2694250.png?v=1784969776"},{"product_id":"universe-25-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap","title":"Universe 25 Moroccan Argan Oil Body Soap | The Experiment Begins!","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\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\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e~ Cigar \u0026amp; Spirits Magazine March\/April 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniverse 25: Homage to Eau des Baux by L'Occitane \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePronounced: OH day BOH (you are welcome)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTop: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pink Pepper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMiddle: Cinnamon, Cypress, Juniper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBottom: Cedar, Frankincense, Oakmoss, Vanilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp 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.mom\/collections\/universe-25-collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Universe 25 Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you wandered into my shave den, you'd probably overlook it completely. Surrounded by rows of Phoenix Shaving aftershave colognes, it doesn't call attention to itself. That's never been its style. Yet year after year, bottle after bottle, it has remained exactly where I instinctively reach for it, on the top shelf, close enough that I never have to think about where it is. I've often wondered how a fragrance that isn't mine managed to earn permanent residence among all the ones that are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI've emptied more bottles of Eau des Baux than I'd care to admit, and every time I wear it, I discover something I could have sworn wasn't there the last time. Some quiet whisper beneath the incense. A different conversation between the cedar and vanilla. A subtle shift in the way the cypress seems to rise from the composition. Just when I think I've finally figured it out, the fragrance reminds me that I haven't. Not completely. (yet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTruthfully, this wasn't supposed to become a Phoenix homage. There are certain compositions you leave alone because they've already found their place in the world. But curiosity has a habit of settling into your thoughts like water finding a crack in stone. It doesn't arrive all at once. It returns in quiet moments while cleaning brushes, packing orders, hiking with Huxley and CUBE, or driving home at dusk. You tell yourself you're only thinking about it because you admire the craftsmanship, but eventually another question arrives, and this one is harder to dismiss. What exactly is it that keeps pulling me back? Not what does it smell like. That's easy enough to answer. Why does it linger in the mind long after the fragrance itself has disappeared?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOddly enough, that question always led me somewhere else entirely. Universe 25. It sounds like the title of a forgotten science fiction novel, but it was actually the name of one of the most fascinating behavioral experiments ever conducted, I swear! #RealScience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn the late 1960s, researcher John B. Calhoun created what appeared to be paradise for a colony of mice. There was unlimited food, fresh water, perfect shelter, ideal temperatures, and complete protection from predators. Every obstacle to survival had been removed. It was, by every measurable standard, a perfect world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt wasn't. (there is a lesson in this somewhere, but \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eYOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e need to find it)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFor a time the colony flourished. Then, slowly, inexplicably, everything began to unravel. Social bonds deteriorated. Strange behaviors emerged. Mothers abandoned their young. Healthy animals withdrew into isolation. Others became irrationally aggressive. The colony ultimately collapsed, not because it lacked resources, but because something essential had quietly disappeared. Decades later, people are still debating what Universe 25 actually proved, but that isn't what captivated me. What stayed with me was a simpler idea. Environments matter. The worlds we inhabit shape us in ways we rarely notice until much later (or it's too late). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating a fragrance isn't all that different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEvery fragrance is its own carefully constructed world. Every raw material changes the landscape. Every accord nudges the imagination toward someplace else. The finest fragrances don't simply smell pleasant. They invite you to step into a setting, a memory, or a story and remain there for a little while. That's where Universe 25 and Eau des Baux unexpectedly collided in my mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bring me a shrubbery. A nice one, not too expensive...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before I learned the history behind it, Eau des Baux had already built a world I wanted to revisit. It never presented itself as a collection of notes. It suggested weathered stone warmed by the afternoon sun, dark cypress standing watch over ancient walls, ribbons of incense drifting through quiet chapels, and distant hills disappearing into the Provençal haze. Later I discovered that wasn't my imagination running wild. The fragrance was inspired by the legendary fortress of Les Baux-de-Provence, where the Knights of Les Baux adopted the cypress tree as their symbol of courage and endurance. Suddenly everything made sense. The fragrance had been telling that story all along.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniverse 25 is my tribute to one of the finest fragrances I've ever worn, but it is also a celebration of something larger. The idea that perfumery is, at its heart, an act of world-building. We don't fall in love with arrangements of bergamot, cedar, or vanilla. We fall in love with the places they create inside us. Over time those imagined places become attached to real ones. A favorite jacket. A quiet evening. A winding road. Someone we loved. A version of ourselves we'd almost forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps that's why certain fragrances remain with us for decades. They aren't trapped inside the bottle. They've quietly taken up residence somewhere else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeriously, you're going to fall in love with this accord.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSeasonality or \u003cem\u003eWhen To Wear This?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSome fragrances seem destined for a particular season. Universe 25 has other ideas. It is every bit as captivating on a long summer evening as it is on the first crisp afternoon that calls for your favorite sweater. As autumn settles in, the woods and resins become richer and more contemplative. Winter draws out its warmth, wrapping cedar, frankincense, and vanilla around you without ever feeling heavy. Then spring arrives, and the fragrance seems to breathe again, revealing a brighter, greener character that had quietly waited beneath the surface all along. It is one of those rare compositions that never feels out of place, adapting effortlessly to the changing seasons while remaining unmistakably itself. Wear it once, and you'll understand why it has remained one of my personal favorites for so many years!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_______________________\u003c\/p\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\u003cp\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\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIngredients: Glucitol\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, Fragrance\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Shaving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43427719282736,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/universe-25-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap-the-experiment-begins-6672172.png?v=1784969772"},{"product_id":"universe-25-eau-de-parfum-edp","title":"Universe 25 Eau De Parfum (EDP) | The Experiment Begins!","description":"\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\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\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUniverse 25: Homage to Eau des Baux by L'Occitane \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePronounced: OH day BOH (you are welcome)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTop: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pink Pepper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eMiddle: Cinnamon, Cypress, Juniper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBottom: Cedar, Frankincense, Oakmoss, Vanilla\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp 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.mom\/collections\/universe-25-collection\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Universe 25 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\u003eIf you wandered into my shave den, you'd probably overlook it completely. Surrounded by rows of Phoenix Shaving aftershave colognes, it doesn't call attention to itself. That's never been its style. Yet year after year, bottle after bottle, it has remained exactly where I instinctively reach for it, on the top shelf, close enough that I never have to think about where it is. I've often wondered how a fragrance that isn't mine managed to earn permanent residence among all the ones that are.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eI've emptied more bottles of Eau des Baux than I'd care to admit, and every time I wear it, I discover something I could have sworn wasn't there the last time. Some quiet whisper beneath the incense. A different conversation between the cedar and vanilla. A subtle shift in the way the cypress seems to rise from the composition. Just when I think I've finally figured it out, the fragrance reminds me that I haven't. Not completely. (yet)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTruthfully, this wasn't supposed to become a Phoenix homage. There are certain compositions you leave alone because they've already found their place in the world. But curiosity has a habit of settling into your thoughts like water finding a crack in stone. It doesn't arrive all at once. It returns in quiet moments while cleaning brushes, packing orders, hiking with Huxley and CUBE, or driving home at dusk. You tell yourself you're only thinking about it because you admire the craftsmanship, but eventually another question arrives, and this one is harder to dismiss. What exactly is it that keeps pulling me back? Not what does it smell like. That's easy enough to answer. Why does it linger in the mind long after the fragrance itself has disappeared?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOddly enough, that question always led me somewhere else entirely. Universe 25. It sounds like the title of a forgotten science fiction novel, but it was actually the name of one of the most fascinating behavioral experiments ever conducted, I swear! #RealScience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn the late 1960s, researcher John B. Calhoun created what appeared to be paradise for a colony of mice. There was unlimited food, fresh water, perfect shelter, ideal temperatures, and complete protection from predators. Every obstacle to survival had been removed. It was, by every measurable standard, a perfect world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIt wasn't. (there is a lesson in this somewhere, but \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eYOU\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e need to find it)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFor a time the colony flourished. Then, slowly, inexplicably, everything began to unravel. Social bonds deteriorated. Strange behaviors emerged. Mothers abandoned their young. Healthy animals withdrew into isolation. Others became irrationally aggressive. The colony ultimately collapsed, not because it lacked resources, but because something essential had quietly disappeared. Decades later, people are still debating what Universe 25 actually proved, but that isn't what captivated me. What stayed with me was a simpler idea. Environments matter. The worlds we inhabit shape us in ways we rarely notice until much later (or it's too late). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating a fragrance isn't all that different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEvery fragrance is its own carefully constructed world. Every raw material changes the landscape. Every accord nudges the imagination toward someplace else. The finest fragrances don't simply smell pleasant. They invite you to step into a setting, a memory, or a story and remain there for a little while. That's where Universe 25 and Eau des Baux unexpectedly collided in my mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bring me a shrubbery. A nice one, not too expensive...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before I learned the history behind it, Eau des Baux had already built a world I wanted to revisit. It never presented itself as a collection of notes. It suggested weathered stone warmed by the afternoon sun, dark cypress standing watch over ancient walls, ribbons of incense drifting through quiet chapels, and distant hills disappearing into the Provençal haze. Later I discovered that wasn't my imagination running wild. The fragrance was inspired by the legendary fortress of Les Baux-de-Provence, where the Knights of Les Baux adopted the cypress tree as their symbol of courage and endurance. Suddenly everything made sense. The fragrance had been telling that story all along.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniverse 25 is my tribute to one of the finest fragrances I've ever worn, but it is also a celebration of something larger. The idea that perfumery is, at its heart, an act of world-building. We don't fall in love with arrangements of bergamot, cedar, or vanilla. We fall in love with the places they create inside us. Over time those imagined places become attached to real ones. A favorite jacket. A quiet evening. A winding road. Someone we loved. A version of ourselves we'd almost forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps that's why certain fragrances remain with us for decades. They aren't trapped inside the bottle. They've quietly taken up residence somewhere else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeriously, you're going to fall in love with this accord.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSeasonality or \u003cem\u003eWhen To Wear This?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSome fragrances seem destined for a particular season. Universe 25 has other ideas. It is every bit as captivating on a long summer evening as it is on the first crisp afternoon that calls for your favorite sweater. As autumn settles in, the woods and resins become richer and more contemplative. Winter draws out its warmth, wrapping cedar, frankincense, and vanilla around you without ever feeling heavy. Then spring arrives, and the fragrance seems to breathe again, revealing a brighter, greener character that had quietly waited beneath the surface all along. It is one of those rare compositions that never feels out of place, adapting effortlessly to the changing seasons while remaining unmistakably itself. 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