{"product_id":"basil-preylean-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap-not-your-usual-holiday-gourmand","title":"Basil Preylean Moroccan Argan Oil Body Soap | Not Your Usual Holiday Gourmand!","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\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBASIL PREYLEAN?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTOP\u003c\/strong\u003e: BASIL - A bright, aromatic burst of fresh basil opens the fragrance with an unexpected green snap, immediately letting you know \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ethis is not your usual holiday gourmand.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMIDDLE\u003c\/strong\u003e: PRALINE - As the basil settles in, warm praline takes over with a roasted, caramelized nuttiness that brings the sweetness forward without losing that strange herbal edge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBASE\u003c\/strong\u003e: VANILLA, MARSHMALLOW - Vanilla and marshmallow melt together underneath it all, creating a soft, creamy sweetness that lingers on the skin and gives Basil Preylean its unmistakable holiday warmth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreen at first, deliciously gourmand underneath, and just peculiar enough to make you wonder what exactly has been rooting around in your stocking.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/basil-preylean\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFind The Basil Preylean Collection HERE!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose of you who joined us for last year’s holiday advent calendar may already be acquainted with Mr. Basil Preylean, although “acquainted” is perhaps generous considering most encounters with a Preylean involve waking up on Christmas morning and wondering who ate half the contents of your stocking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccording to the PhoeniX-Files, Preyleans are small, soot-covered creatures that have lived around fireplaces and chimneys for generations. They possess a remarkable tolerance for smoke and heat, prefer to remain hidden from humans, and have developed an almost unreasonable appetite for praline, vanilla sugar, marshmallow, and other holiday treats left within climbing distance of a hearth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBasil was always a little different.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile most Preyleans disappear the moment they hear footsteps, Basil has never shown much interest in secrecy. He prefers to perch beside the fireplace, basil-leaf hair slightly singed at the ends, and politely introduce himself while helping himself to whatever you foolishly left unattended. He is chatty, surprisingly personable, and completely incapable of understanding why you might object to a stranger eating the contents of your Christmas stocking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat peculiar little creature inspired one of the surprises in last year’s holiday advent calendar, a fragrance built around Basil, Praline, Vanilla, and Marshmallow. The combination sounded odd enough on paper that we were not entirely certain what people would make of it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThen you smelled it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBasil Preylean made quite a splash (pun intended), and the requests for a proper release began almost immediately.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApparently quite a few Shave Cadets decided that aromatic basil mingling with toasted praline, creamy vanilla, and fluffy marshmallow was exactly the sort of strange holiday fragrance they had been missing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe assumed Basil himself had simply gone back up the chimney after Christmas and returned to whatever Preyleans do during the off-season.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnfortunately, we failed to account for his curiosity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomewhere between last Christmas and the present day, Mr. Basil Preylean went poking around in the wrong stocking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrecisely whose stocking it was remains unclear. We have also been unable to determine why someone would keep radioactive material in Christmas hosiery, although this is the PAA Universe and experience has taught us that certain questions are best left unanswered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat we do know is that Basil encountered some sort of radioactive...um...\u003cem\u003estuff\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter that, reports become increasingly unreliable.\u003cbr\u003eThe first witnesses claimed to have seen an unusually large green figure moving between houses \u0026amp; shrubs late at night. A few days later, somebody reported something covered in moss and basil leaves peering over the roof of a three-story building.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the following week, authorities were receiving reports of a gigantic creature wandering through the outskirts of the city with glowing eyes and claws roughly the size of automobiles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was Basil. \u003cem\u003eSigh...\u003c\/em\u003eHe had mutated, \u003cem\u003eslightly.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy “slightly,” we mean that a creature once small enough to climb into your stocking was now large enough to use an office building as a scratching post.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNaturally, he did what any respectable giant monster would do under the circumstances.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe headed downtown.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat followed has since become known around the Phoenix Shaving offices as the \u003cem\u003ePreylean Incident.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTraffic stopped as Basil lumbered between buildings looking for anything remotely edible. Rooftop HVAC units were investigated and immediately rejected. A bakery delivery truck disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Several storefront awnings were damaged when Basil discovered that the aroma of vanilla could travel surprisingly far through a city canyon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe situation escalated considerably when he located a confectionery. To Basil, this must have appeared less like a shop and more like destiny. (can ya blame him?)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWitnesses reported the enormous chap crouched between buildings, happily devouring pralines while emergency vehicles gathered several blocks away. Marshmallows followed. Anything containing vanilla did not last much longer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor several minutes, civilization and cryptid appeared to reach an uneasy understanding. Then somebody tried to take the candy away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat was a mistake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuildings shook, windows rattled, and Basil announced his displeasure loudly enough to set off car alarms several neighborhoods away. The once-chatty chimney imp had officially entered his giant-monster phase.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd yet, somewhere beneath several tons of radioactive moss, claws, and basil leaves, he was still Basil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe still wanted sweets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe still seemed inclined to introduce himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe simply had to lean down about twenty stories to do it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich brings us to this year’s holiday release. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(can you say \u003cem\u003eEpic Lead In?\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fragrance that inspired all of this remains wonderfully unchanged. Basil Preylean still combines the aromatic green freshness of Basil with the toasted, caramelized richness of Praline, while Vanilla and Marshmallow bring the soft gourmand warmth that made the original advent-calendar appearance such a surprise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBasil keeps the sweeter elements from becoming predictable, giving the fragrance a fresh herbal streak that cuts through the gourmand heart. Praline supplies that roasted confectionary warmth, Vanilla smooths the composition, and Marshmallow gives everything a soft sweetness that feels perfectly at home during the holidays.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBasil Preylean is finally receiving a proper 2026 holiday release of his own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe creature you asked us to bring back has returned!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\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":51014348800048,"sku":null,"price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5884\/files\/Photoroom_20261102_145934.png?v=1793900812","url":"https:\/\/phoenixshaving.mom\/products\/basil-preylean-moroccan-argan-oil-body-soap-not-your-usual-holiday-gourmand","provider":"Phoenix Shaving","version":"1.0","type":"link"}