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When speaking to long time Lush fans, one fragrance always comes up in conversation - Calacas. This extremely popular fragrance was first released for Halloween (please correct me if I'm wrong) with the name 'Day of the Dead' and is inspired by the Mexican celebration, Dia de los Muertos. Dias de los Muertos take place on November 1st and 2nd, All Souls Day in the Christian Calendar and honours the dead with festivals and lively celebrations that combine indigenous Aztec ritual with Catholicism. They celebrate the lives of the deceased with food, drink and parties and other activities that the dead enjoyed doing in life. The dead are part of the community at this time and are awakened from their sleep to share in the celebrations. The most recognisable symbols from this festival may be the Calacas and Calaveras (skeletons and skulls) which appear everywhere during this period and are usually portrayed as enjoying life. They might only be half decorated as this represents the duality between life and death and how, in the end, we shall all become a skeleton. The festival is made up of two days each celebrating death. Dia de los Inocentes is on the first day of November and honours the children that have died and Dia de los Muertos which celebrates the adults' lives.
The description on the bottle reads 'Very superstitious... Wash your face and hands with a jelly bean scented blast from the Mexican past.' This perfectly summarises this beautiful concoction of lemon and lime zestiness creating a wonderful sweet citrusy scent that is supported from the neroli essential oils and lime oil that would be perfect all year round; from waking you up in winter to a sunny boost in the summer. It has a lasting scent and every so often you get a delicious fragrance wafting up to your nose.
From looking on eBay to see if I could find an old bottle, Calacas used to be a lime green, a colour to match the fragrance, but due to discolouration after a couple of months it has been changed to an almost see through greeny/orange. Luckily before purchasing an old bottle on eBay, the Kitchen announced that it would be made and I grabbed myself two bottles of goodness.
It is quite a thick shower gel, similar in consistency to It's Raining Men, and produces a nice amount of lather when used with a shower puff. It leaves you feeling uplifted and refreshed with silky smooth skin to boot.
I am so glad that I was able to purchase Calacas and hopefully it will be out in the Kitchen next year some time so I can stock back up again. This fragrance was available in other formats so even if it turns up in a shower jelly, bath ballistic or perfume I shall certainly be purchasing it!
5*/5*
£10.25 for 250g
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