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Anna Sproul-Latimer

7 Oct, 14 tweets, 4 min read

@lawyers4goodgov

Ok no just kidding. I am going to auction off JUST ONE of my The Subconcious candles today and donate 100% of money received to Project Corazón, the @lawyers4goodgov fund supporting pro bono legal representation for migrant families at the border. Rules below.

The fragrance notes of The Subconscious are: haunting petrichor (wet earth), a zing of ozonic minerals, vetiver, sandalwood, bergamot, and, reprising his role as a symbol of the unfathomable Real, Moby Dick. As in sperm whale ambergris oil.

I made these for myself as an orgy of ingredients so luxurious that with retail markup this candle would be maybe $150. I made all of 8 8-oz candles, and in that batch there is:

*5oz of mitti attar (petrichor in sandalwood oil) imported directly from Meena Perfumery in Kannauj, the only place in the world this gorgeous GORGEOUS sent of wet earth is made. meenaperfumery.com/index.php?rout…

*1oz of ambergris oil I bought from this Big Sea Captain Mood shop in Nantucket. nantucketperfumes.com

Also 3oz of normal premium fragrance oils from CandleScience etc.

If you know luxury candles, you know this is a subtle one that is more “haunting moan-inducer for aficionados in nearby armchair” than spicy kitchen room-filler. It’ll need 2 wks to properly cure once you get it.

Now, RULES: DM me your best bid sometime before 5pm Eastern. I will tweet a single update on what the high bid is at 2pm. Can’t update more than that as I HAVE A REAL JOB. Last time I did this we raised $350 for The Bail Project; before that $1000 for Let America Vote.

Winner pays me via PayPal and I will immediately turn around 100% to Project Corazón, sending you documentation. I cover shipping anywhere in the world.

Good luck! Also PS I’m a literary agent with a Presto Pot in her basement, not a professional chandler and please don’t hold anything about this candle to the standards of, like, Diptyque. But it goooood candle.

Finally, for all of you people asking about my insufferable hipster mechanical keyboard: aziocorp.com/products/retro…

Oh wait one other thing! I’ll fulfill all of the promises above no matter what the high bid is. Don’t be shy if you’re a scent fiend with limited buckos. Xx

WHOOPS: forgot to come back and tweet the high bid at 2! THE HIGH BID IS CURRENTLY $350. Thank you all who have bid so far.

The rest of you have two more hours--good luck!

@lawyers4goodgov

$350 IT IS! Congrats to my winner - details on what I need from you are in your mailbox, and @lawyers4goodgov, expect a $350 donation for Corazón as soon as I have the payment in.

Thank you all so much. We're up to $1700 and counting raised for the helpers off these quarancrafts

Thank you, J in DE. All 3 winners of these auctions have been strangers, and wowza does it all make me feel less lonely and sad.

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