Doppelganger Black Label
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements
Founded in 2012 by Douglas Smythe and his partner Frances Towle, Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements has become one of the wet-shaving community’s most recognizable names. The company blends innovative soap and fragrance formulas with playful, science-fiction-inspired themes, pairing eye-catching artwork with engaging back-stories for each release. Beyond soaps and scents, PAA is renowned for its accessories—razors, brushes, scuttles, alum blocks, balms, blades, and even apparel—many of which are prized for both performance and collectability.
Scent Description
Like many of its scents, PAA takes a popular fragrance and amps up its key notes making it bigger and louder. The same is true for Doppleganger Black Label, based on the iconic and wildly successful Christian Dior Sauvage. The key notes are Pink Pepper and Cedar, and they're so strong that it creates the impression of pencil shavings. An intensely dry scent, which is given depth with ambroxan, patchouli, lavendar and geranium, Dopppelganger Black Label is masculine and strong, but also intensely woody, which as it dries down becomes only more woody. If woods are your thing, look no further.
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Scent Strength
8
Longevity
7
Scent Family
Fresh
Subtype
Aromatic, Fougere
Suitability
Evening, Home, Daytime
Inspiration
Christian Dior Sauvage
Country of Origin
USA
Menthol
Non-menthol
Companion Products
EDP, Bar Soap, Balm, Splash, Deodorant
Base Description
Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements’ flagship CK-6 soap base is a vegan formula that founder Douglas Smythe calls the “Mystical Trifecta of Slick.” It blends three Amazonian butters—bacuri, cupuaçu, and murumuru—with shea butter, cocoa butter, jojoba oil, and glycerin to create a textured lather reminiscent of dense cottage cheese. The result is a voluminous, high-density lather with exceptional moisturiztaion properities that offers excellent cushion, above-average slickness, and rock-solid stability.
Lather Properties
Cushion
9
Density
9
Slickness
7
Stability
Lather Type
8
Textured
Base Type
Base Name
Vegan
CK-6
Skin Food
Glycerin, Kokum Butter, Shea Butter, Cupuacu Butter, Jojoba Oil, Bacuri Butter, Murumuru Butter
Top Notes
Bergamot, Pepper
Heart Notes
Lavender, Pink Pepper, Geranium, Vetiver, Patchouli
Base Notes
Ambroxan, Cedar, Labdanum
IIngredients
Potassium Stearate, Glycerin, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Potassium Kokumate, Sodium Lactate, Potassium Shea Butterate, Potassium Castorate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Cocoa Butterate, Potassium Avocadoate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Theobroma Grandiflorum (Capuacu) Butter, Astrocaryum (Murumuru) Seed Butter, Platonia Insignis (Bacuri) Seed Butter, Parfum [Fragrance]