KOTINOS: Upcoming Pride Month Fundraiser Scents

[Failmingo]

Hi frens! I'm here to tease the Lab's Pride Month fundraiser because I just can't hold it in anymore.

This year we'll be donating to Athlete Ally, a wonderful org striving to help improve LGBTQI+ inclusivity in sports and athletics programs for all ages. They provide resources and curricula for students, teachers, coaches, and teams. https://www.athleteally.org/

 

To symbolize this effort, we've created a series of four scents inspired by the classic olive wreath (kotinos, or κότινος) bestowed upon winners in the ancient Olympic games. These will go live at some point ahead of June 1st. We'll be very grateful for help with getting the word out, as (per usual) our reach can be quite limited on social media when sharing "political" content.

 

Thank ya, thank ya!

 

++ KOTINOS

 

OLIVE WREATH

The prize historically awarded to victors in the ancient Olympic games: an anointed circlet of leafy branches cut from the sacred wild-olive tree near the temple of Zeus.

 

LAUREL WREATH

Crown of Apollo, instrument of Pythian divination, symbol of higher learning: bay laurel and calamus gilded with fossilized amber.

 

MARBLE WREATH

Fear not, for even judgments which seem written in stone will succumb to the passage of time, softened by persistent exposure to the tireless elements, gradually ceding ground to monuments of the new age.

 

A memorial garland of white sandalwood streaked with lapsang souchong, chilled vanilla, and benzoin.

 

CAKE POP WREATH

Hera advised us to include this one, in hopes of our fundraiser appealing to as many tastes as possible.

 

Work hard, play hard, cake pop! Spheres of faintly lemony olive oil cake, coated in vanilla frosting and crowned with a scattering of rainbow sprinkles.