THE EVER-FAITHFUL FRANKINCENSE DEODORANT
Feel your finest with Frankincense Poetic Pits, a sublime scent sanctuary rooted in antiquity. Long revered as a heavenly resin and paradisiac perfume, Frankincense was both a sacred substance for embalming rites and an opulent unguent of skincare, applied to protect, perfume, and honor the temple of the body. This fortifying underarm charm brings in this treasured classic to consecrate the axilla with the sweet sweat of the gods, fusing the balsamic depth and coniferous spirit of Frankincense with soothing, blue-hued Cape Chamomile, the sunny citrus sparkle of Limetta, and the fragrant woodiness of White Cypress, all anchored in the sensuous heartwood of Sandalwood.
Rather than an antiperspirant that stifles the body’s natural respiration, this resinous scent sanctuary works in harmony with your biology to metamorphose perspiration into a personalized, pheromonal emanation. Frankincense’s dermal-pacifying incensole acetate and clarifying alpha-pinene join forces with Cape Chamomile’s soothing esters, Limetta’s purifying limonene, White Cypress’s grounding guaiol, and Sandalwood’s nourishing santals and natural phyto-androgens to caress calm into the area while neutralizing odor and alchemizing with your body chemistry. So you can sweat the small stuff, knowing every drop is sublimated into pure poetry. By anointing pits and primary pulse points, you anchor an enduring aura of steadfast, charismatic confidence that lasts all day.
“Botanical Bliss For My Pits. A match made in botanical heaven! This blend is a dream for my underarms and brings out the lovely notes of frankincense, blending with my body chemistry to exude a pleasant aroma, even in the sunny rays when I'm outside all day. It works great as a roll-on perfume on wrists, the neck, or any pulse points. I also use it on the end of my hair for extra aromatic bliss. It stays great while giving my hair some extra TLC.” –Violet
WHAT ARE POETIC PITS
Simply put: it is a deodorant. Yet, it is unlike any other "deodorant" you have ever encountered. Poetic Pits are a complete reformulation of axillary care and confidence: the perfect poetic potions distilled into a single, potent swipe. With a three-decade legacy, these time-tested formulations are the legendary "Pied Pipers" of the gym and the yoga studio; they are famous for eliciting the frequent, bewildered question from strangers: "How do you still smell so good?" Far from chemically cloaking, these 100% concentrated formulations merrily mix with your natural pheromones to emit an "awesome emanation" of your signature scent. Living Libations recalibrated the concept of "deodorant" by creating an organic, bacteriostatic odorant, a synergy between your skin and the botanical world that unveils the unique fingerprint of your natural fragrance. Because they are undiluted and free of fillers, a single application provides a day-long fragrant trail that transcends the underarm. These botanical ballads are versatile enough to anoint the nape of the neck, pulse points, or hair, ensuring a charismatic aura from dawn to dusk.
By applying the reality of roots and the purity of petals to this micro-climate, your skin is free to perspire while you emit an aroma that inspires. Our Poetic Pits are pure, undiluted potency, entirely free of fillers, alcohol, and synthetic masking agents. Each blend is anchored in a foundation of pure, phyto-androgen-rich Sandalwood. This viscous, substantive essence acts as a botanical fixative, providing a resilient, slow-release base that ensures the song of your scent maintains its integrity through hiking in humidity, a hot flash, or a high-stakes day.
APPLICATION
The Swipe: Swipe once to charm each underarm.
The Anointing: These pure distillations also delight as a personal perfume: dab on the nape of the neck, pulse points, or run through the ends of hair for a long-lasting, layered scent.
Safety Guidance: Poetic Pits are 100% concentrated essential oils; avoid application to inflamed or allergic skin. While these ingredients are selected from botanicals recognized as safe, every microbiome is a unique microscopic universe. We advise a simple patch test inside the elbow before full armpit integration.
Sensitivity: For particularly sensitive skin, you may dilute your Poetic Pits with Jojoba, or explore our gentler Underarm Charm crème deodorants for a buffered, silken botanical experience in a nourishing lipid and mineral-powder delivery. Both pathways ensure that your underarms charm with the chemistry of their own natural alchemy.
Perfume Pairings: Pair this Poetic Pit with Trees Please, Sunrise, Sacred Sage, Ever Moss, Vanilla Velvet, Radiant Earth Forest, or Secret Land of Is Colognes, or Night Flight to Venus or Moccasin Flower Petal Perfumes.
Taking your underarm charm on the go? Wrap your glass vessel in our soft-touch Poetic Pits Silicone Sleeve Shield. It provides a soft-touch, high-grip layer that cushions 5ml and 10ml roll-ons against travel tumbles in your pocket, purse, or Puffer Pouch.
ORGANIC INGREDIENTS: THE COMPLETE COMPOSITION
Sandalwood — Santalum album
The Canonical Consecrate: If languid was a liquid prayer, it would be the slow, sensuous substance of Sandalwood’s elixir, an essence distilled from the fragrant heartwood of trees that mature for thirty years. Brimming with alpha-santalol and beta-santalol, this essence is fundamental to the Poetic Pit architecture; it initiates a pheromonal alchemy that harmonizes with your unique chemistry. Sandalwood has a unique phyto-physiological affinity for the axilla; it contains phyto-androgens, substances molecularly similar to the primary signaling compounds we naturally exude. A single swipe transforms your perspiration into an elegant emanation, supporting the vitality of the very tissue it touches.
Frankincense — Boswellia carterii
The Sacred Sentinel: Frankincense is a time-tested aromatic elixir that shaped ceremony, medical codices, and trade routes in antiquity, and holds the key to aromatic armpits through its nuanced monoterpenic phytochemistry. Our Frankincense is extracted via supercritical CO2 extraction to capture extra antioxidant molecules, specifically incensole and incensole acetate, that are often lost in standard steam distillation. These rare diterpenes function as dermal pacifiers, communicating directly with the skin’s receptors to relax the appearance of redness and soothe blemishes. Imbued with calming beta-caryophyllene and limonene, this resinous nectar also contains multifaceted monoterpenes, including alpha-pinene and alpha-thujene, creating a molecular shield of scent. This molecular mastery explains why Frankincense has been historically revered as the seminal skin salve through the centuries for "sealing" wounds and smoothing the skin’s textural memory.
Sacred Frankincense — Boswellia sacra
The Ancient Olibanum: Sacred Boswellia sacra has buoyed scent trails and human history for over five fragrant millennia. Possessing a higher concentration of uplifting alpha-pinene than Carterii, Sacra’s composition is warm, woody, and resinous, reminiscent of a sweet boreal-coniferous forest dappled with a dash of lucent lemon. In underarm chemistry, its elevated monoterpene profile works synergistically with Carterii to fortify skin, clear energetic stagnation, and bestow an enduring aura of sacred balance and fortitude.
Cape Chamomile — Eriocephalus punctulatus
Serene Chamazulene: Captivating Cape Chamomile emits mesmerizing molecules of comfort and care. This essence is steam-distilled from the fluffy-flowering tops grown wild in the Cape of Good Hope, capturing an oil with an enchanting aquamarine hue. Cape Chamomile's solace and skin salvation stems from a unique constellation of chemical components: like its European cousin, German Chamomile, it contains compounds that transform into chamazulene during distillation, providing its signature light blue hue and heat-quenching capability. What sets the Cape variety apart is its copious concentration of rare esters, specifically isobutyl angelate and isoamyl angelate. These "angelic" esters, combined with structural sesquiterpenes, create a distinctively sweet, fruity, and ethereal-floral fragrance that surrenders the skin to a state of restorative calm, especially for post-shave skin.
White Cypress Wood — Callitris glaucophylla
The Heartwood Fortification: Steam-distilled from the special heartwood of Australian White Cypress, this woodsy and wondrous essence offers an airy-earthiness that centers mind and spirit. Historically, this hearty wood was crafted into spears, sacred ceremonial tools, and weather-defying structures. White Cypress embodies strength and endurance. Abundant in grounding guaiol and protective alpha-pinene, its calming phytochemistry acts as an airy-earthy anchor in underarm care, safeguarding delicate tissue while providing a steady, centered scent-trail of peace and presence.
Limetta — Citrus limetta
The Citrus Sparkle: Steam-distilled from the lush, sun-ripened peels of Italian citrus, Limetta is a sweet-sour cousin of lime and lemon, the scent-essence of a margarita in each drop. Born long ago from the mating of Citron and Bitter Orange, its nose-tingling essence is bursting with fresh limonene and invigorating monoterpenes. In this underarm composition, Limetta lends a sparkling, juicy splash of citrus zest that brings out the best of the resins and woods purifying perspiration into a bright, joyful emanation.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Why are two different species of Frankincense (B. carterii and B. sacra) in this formula?
Combining Boswellia carterii and Boswellia sacra creates a full-spectrum Frankincense experience. Boswellia carterii is supercritical CO2 extracted to capture denser, dermal-pacifying diterpenes like incensole acetate that soothe skin. Boswellia sacra brings a higher concentration of monoterpenes, specifically alpha-pinene, which imparts a brighter, coniferous-lemon aroma that elevates the scent profile and provides a scented shield against odor-causing microbes.
Is Frankincense Poetic Pits gentle enough to apply after shaving or on sensitive skin?
Yes! Frankincense Poetic Pits is an exceptional choice for sensitive and freshly shaved underarm tissue. The inclusion of rare Cape Chamomile, rich in calming chamazulene and soothing "angelic" esters (isobutyl angelate), works alongside Frankincense's diterpenes to quench post-shave irritation without the sting associated with alcohol-based deodorants.
How does this deodorant eliminate odor without stopping sweat?
Antiperspirants rely on aluminum salts to plug sweat glands, stifling your body's natural detoxifying respiration. Frankincense Poetic Pits works in harmony with your biology: Sandalwood’s natural phyto-androgens and santals fuse with your body heat, while Limetta’s purifying limonene and Cypress’s guaiol neutralize odor-causing bacteria at the surface. Rather than masking or blocking sweat, it transforms your natural perspiration into a personalized, sacred pheromonal emanation.
