Lush New ‘Alina’ perfume

5 out of 5

I’ll just jump right in…..

This new Alina perfume is good.

I havent loved a Lush perfume this much in awhile. Since Tender is the Night and Shade. All i want to do is wear this Alina fragrance constantly and sniff my arm constantly.

The perfumer, who’s name is Alina, talks about how she created this perfume. Ill give a link below. Its honestly fascinating. Wgen i smelled it I got exactly what she was describing. I like the concept. And she brilliantly made this perfume fit the concept.

Alina is a wizard.

There is floral, there is frankincense. I love everything that has frankincense in it. And i love jasmine.

My nose focuses on the jasmine, frankincense, orris and vanilla. With just a hint of pink peppercorn.

So nice.

I’ve mentioned this before in other Lush reviews that if Lush puts orris in a product chances are i will love it.

There is patchouli in here as well. Normally whenever patchouli is around its pretty noticeable. Not so with Alina. It’s very light.

The patchouli, pink peppercorn and clove bud oil combine nicely.

And one of my favorite notes, sandalwood, is in here as well. This perfume has some of my favorite perfumery notes in it.

I bought the solid version of Alina. It seems to have sone decent staying power on my skin. I can still smell it on me a couple of hours after i put a small amount on my wrists and neck. This is a perfume that doesnt change on me as it dries down, and that’s a good thing.

I’m not sure im going to spend some money on a bottle of the Alina spray perfume. Only because i already have a ridiculous amount of lush perfumes.

If i do buy a bottle of Alina I’ll add that to this page. The U.S. gets the perfume for Mother’s Day which is in May.

Alina was created by Lush perfumer of the same name, who was inspired by the generations of women that came before her. Alina created three distinct fragrances, each one representing a different generation born in the last 100 years, before blending them together to create a multi-layered and timeless scent. She named the fragrance Alina – a name given to her by her grandmother.

You’ll be greeted with a sweet and fresh first impression, thanks to Alina’s bergamot, pink pepper and clove bud oil, along with warm amber and vanilla. Then comes a more floral, sweet, and powdery centre with jasmine and orris butter, before finally an undercurrent of frankincense, patchouli, and sandalwood leave a deep and woody lasting impact.

How to use:
Spritz this spicy, juicy fragrance all over, and bask in its sweet aroma. A clean and complex scent.

There are only around 500 perfumers in the world, and three of them work at Lush. In this YouTube video, Alina herself talks us through the inspiration for her new fragrance that shares her name.

Ingredients

Organic Alcohol Denat., Perfume, Water (Aqua), Glycerine, *Limonene, Bergamot Oil, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Patchouli Oil, Clove Bud Oil, Olibanum Resinoid, Jasmine Absolute, Pink Pepper Oil, Vetivert Oil, Orris Oil , Vanilla Absolute, *Anise Alcohol, *Benzyl Alcohol, *Benzyl Benzoate, *Benzyl Cinnamate, *Cinnamal, *Cinnamyl Alcohol, *Citral, *Citronellol, Coumarin, *Eugenol, Oakmoss Extract, *Farnesol, *Geraniol, *Isoeugenol, *Linalool

Supertramp shower gel

4 out of 5 rating.

This shower gel.is exclusive to the Lush Uk Kitchen subscription box.

Its actually made by combining two existing Lush products: ‘Tramp’ and ‘Smaragadine‘.

Tramp is a old lush favorite shower gel that smelled very earthy like a fairy glade. Its main scent notes were patchouli and oakmoss.

Smaragadine was an even older product from their B Never Too Busy boutique that was a liquid bubble bath made with mint, lavender, rose petal, sandalwood, orange peel, chamomile, petitgrain and ginger.

Ingredients: White Horehound and Peppermint Leaf Infusion, Balm Herb, Rose Petal and Lavender Flower Infusion, Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Lauryl Betaine, Propylene Glycol, Fine Sea Salt, Organic Orange Peel Decoction, Patchouli Oil, Petitgrain Oil, Pimento Berry Oil, Sandalwood Oil, Ginger Oil, Plantain Vinegar Gel, Perfume, Methyl Ionone, Eugenol, *Limonene, Linalool, Chlorophyllin, Methylparaben. * Occurs naturally in essential oils

Review: Thick, green and mossy. Doubles as a bubble bath. Very burnt-patchouli/clove scented; if you like the Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds bubble bar, you’ll probably like Supertramp. Scent lingers on the skin for hours after showering. I like it. For reference it’s a heavier more complex scent than Lush ‘Grass’, which is also a popular green scent.

Lush Kitchen description: An earthy, mystical shower gel that smells like wandering through tall dark pine trees in an enchanted forest over a cool soft carpet of moss. With horehound to cleanse the skin, peppermint to add a warming, fresh top note and the sensual, floral scents of lavender and rose.

Below is a scent family photo (cousins) i took of the Supertramp products below. The Supertramp extra large bubble bar was only available at the Lush Oxford Street store initially.

So Supertramp has all of these notes from the products in the pic above. Its a multi layered, spa type of scent. The Supertramp shower gel is a dark green, thick gel that is calming and soothing.

I would say that it’s one of the best green, earthy shower gels that Lush has made, along with tramp, smaragadine, serpentine, grass, Green day, Go green, Green Green bath of foam, etc.

Its a unisex scent that would be liked by both men and women.

The Supertramp in this Lush Kitchen Subscription box in the pic above is the regular 250g Medium size.

I would recommend it and would buy another one if i had the chance.

Heres a video i recorded of the Supertramp shower gel https://youtu.be/3KzOaX_lBlw

Karma bath melt pyramid

5 out of 5 rating

Ive taken a few photos of the Karma bath melts that ive used over the years below.

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Ingredients: Cocoa Butter. Laureth 4, Gold Sparkles, Almond Oil, Perfume, Patchouli Oil , Orange Oil , Lavendin Oil , Pine Oil , Lemongrass Oil , Elemi Oil , Gardenia Extract.

Review: This is a pyramid shaped (the one on the left is a little less pyramid-like LOL), it has gold glitter and smells of Lush’s signature “Karma” scent. This is a wonderful smelling and skin softening melt. It has tns of cocoa butter. You simply put it in the bath water after it’s filled and it melts with the hot water and leaves little trails of beautiful golden glitter. You can also smoosh it up under the running water while the bath is filling up too. It’ll work either way. But beware…it has LOADS of glitter. You will have glitter everywhere (including your friends clothing, your dog and your husband) for a couple of days. I loved this melt and I wish it were still around.

Yuletide 2001 Lush Times description: Fake perfumes are so good these days that city dwellers have almost lost the ability to appreciate real scents what with the synthtic smells of coffee, bread and burgers pumped out to attract us to use their sources. There are some very beautiful synthetic perfumes (and there’s even one in Karma) but we prefer the real thing, perfumes made from flowers just like the great, great, great, great, great grandfather would have done if he hadn’t been too busy diggeing coal. Why? Because we don’t just use them for the scent; we use them for the effect on the mind and body. This is why a Bath Melt scented with Karma is so lovely; it softens and moisturizes your skin as well as scenting it. Try our new little pyramid of perfume in your bath and feel what we mean….

Two pics ive taken with all the products with the Karms scent. Both photos show the Karma bath melt gold pyramid.

My video of this in the bath

Jingle Bells

5 out of 5 rating

See my tub demo video below.

The Jingle Bells bath bomb is new for Christmas 2019.

Made again in 2024 for The Lush drcember subscription box

It’s made with the ‘Milky Bar’ soap and Milky Bar bubble bar scent. The scent is made with patchouli and orange oil. Its a comforting scent, like a warm blanket or fresh sheets.

It looks like a silver christmas bell, and it makes a jingly sound as well due to some salt crystals inside.

Initially i thought it was just a white colored bomb which would make white water.

Boy was i wrong! Soon i began to see a stripe of blue peek out.

Soon i began to see stark red and deep blue swirl about from the bomb! So pretty. What a surprise.

The blue and red continued to come out and filled the tub with gorgeous color.

The scent is nice and strong. Perfuming my skin in its wonderful fragrance.

Soon the water started to turn purple as the two colors combined.

There is no sparkle nor glitter.

I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this bath bomb.

Tub demo video

Demon

5 out of 5 rating see my demo video below

I bought this via lush.co.uk along with another bath oil and a shower bomb.

All of these are part of the 350 products that Lush have introduced st their New Mega store in Liverpool Spa.

Recently via the LushLabs lush have decided to sell these on their retail website to us for a limited time only. I bought two.

Here is a video of my bath with two lush products. One of them is Demon bath oil.

This bath oil was made in the Lord of Misrule scent; vanilla, patchouli, and black pepper.

Pirates of the Carageenan

5 out of 5 rating

I demo’d this bath bomb in a 4 minute video below with music for you.

This bomb has a green, woody, earthy scent.its made with carageenan which is a type of sea weed. Its said to aid in softening skin. It does indeed as i found out after my bath.

Lush added patchouli, sandalwood and kombu which is yet another kind of sea weed mixture. It smells like Lush ‘Tramp’ shower gel scent.

The colors are green, yellow, and gold shimmer. The colors combine to make a gorgeous peridot green color.

I used another Lush product, “Demon” bath oil in my bath after i demo’d the Pirates bomb for you. The two combined to make an olive green water with golden sparkle, seen in the very last photo below.

My skin was very soft an hour after my bath when my husband noticed how soft my arms were.

I would recommend this slow fizzing, colorful bomb.

Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds Scent Family

here’s my video

Orangutan

Made with patchouli, orange.

It’s similar to Lush ‘Karma’ fragrance but not exact, it’s not a scent twin imo, even though it shares some ingredients.

It’s less orangey than ‘Karma” kind of a green and wooden scent with some orange.

see my review and demo video below 🙂

It’s quite strong, and I can’t stop sniffing it. It’s such a different scent, nothing around quite like it except as I said Karma is somewhat similar. It’s less of a heady scent than Karma, more natural.

Men would also love this scent as well as woman.

Ol Blue Skies is Back

4 out of 5 rating

This is a picture of the original in 2005.

Great silvery blue shimmer to this shower gel.

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This is a shower gel version of the popular in-stores solid bubble bar called “Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds’. It has the same exact ingredients of the blue skies bubble bar and the blue skies liquid bubble bath. Cinnamon, Patchouli and Frankincese. Earthy, spicy and incensey.

This is what the 2016 and 2021 ones from the Lush.co.uk/kitchen look like.

Again this is the orginal 2005 version

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Ingredients: Fresh Lemon Infusion (Citrus limonum), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Lauryl Betaine, Cocamide DEA, Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin), Glycol Cetearate, Cinnamon Leaf Oil (Cinnamomum cassia), Frankincense Oil (Boswellia carterii), Sea Salt (Sodium chloride), *Eugenol, *Limonene, Perfume, Colour 42090, Snowflake Lustre Sparkle, Methylparaben, Propylparaben. * Occurs naturally in essential oils.

Lush 2006 Description: Our legendary patchouli, frankincense and cinnamon shower gel returns for one season only.

Ol’ Blue Skies

5 out of 5

This was a limited edition shower gel in 2006 in the UK..

Its got a pretty sky blue color and some silver glitter, but only a small amount of glitter.

The name is a play on words. Decades ago tgere was a popular singer Frank Sinatra. His nickname was Ol Blue Eyes.

Heres what the original looked like. It was called Ol Blue Skies is Back, years and years later when the Lush Kitchen made it for a limited time run it was the sky blue color you see above. This is what the original limited edition shower gel looked like. It had alot more silvery blue luster and it was a lighter blue.

Sorry my pics below are blurry i didnt take very good pictures back then.

Lush made this shower gel with the same scent and ingredients as their blue skies and fluffy white clouds bubble bar, which is sold in all Lush stores.

Its fragrance is made with patchouli, cinnamon leaf oil, frankincense and a bit of lemon.

Ingredients: Fresh Lemon Infusion, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Lauryl Betaine, Cocamide DEA, Patchouli Oil, Glycol Cetearate, Cinnamon Leaf Oil, Frankincense Oil, Sea Salt, snowflake lustre sparkle.

*Eugenol, *Limonene, Perfume, Colour 42090, Methylparaben, Propylparaben. * Occurs naturally in essential oils.

Review: Great lustre to this shower gel. The Blue Skies and Fluffy White clouds scent smells so good as a shower gel. I swear I smell more cinnamon than in the bath foam.

Lush 2006 Description: Our legendary patchouli, frankincense and cinnamon shower gel returns for one season only.

See a demo and review video i made of my Ol Blue Skies shower gel below.

Bling Crosby

4 out of 5 rating

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Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Betaine, Perfume, Cocamide DEA, FD&C Red No. 4, Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin), Orange Oil (Citrus dulcis), Lavendin Oil (Lavendula hybrida), Pine Oil (Pinus), Lemongrass Oil (Cymbopogan flexuosus), Elemi Oil (Canarium commune), Gardenia Extract (Gardenia jasminoides), Glitter

This is a beautiful bubble bar with it’s orangey-gold glitter. It has the scent of Lush’s “Karma” fragrance which is orangey, not sweet at all, earthy with patchouli, and a bit of pine. A unisex scent. It leaves a pale orange colored water and TONS of bubbles. There is also glitter in the water. The glitter doesn’t stick on you like the Karma melt but mostly gets washed down the drain if you use a squirt of shower gel in the water. Bling Crosby is so pretty and festive.

LT 2006 Description: An easy glistening, soothing orange spice Bubble Bar for a smoother Christmas. Crumble under running bath water for mounds of fragrant bubbles

Karma bubble bar new style (2016)

Karma 5 out of 5 rating

Same signature Karma scent, orange, pine, patchouli, but in an absolutely STUNNING new style. Of all the new lush products this is my favorite looks-wise. I cannot stop staring at it. My three colors are green, orange and purple, so this bar has two of my favorite colors. Not the only reason i like it though.

Dusky oranges, patchouli and pine. It smells like the classic “head shop”. Kind of an incense-y hippy-ish vibe. I happen to love oranges in anything, but this is so different because it’s not a sweet orange. Not a desserty or ‘yummy’ orange. Nor is it citrussy in the classic sense. A most different fragrance; earthy. I always try keep a few of these around.

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Ingredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Cream of Tartar (Tartaric acid), Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Lauryl Betaine, Perfume, Cocamide DEA, Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin), Orange Oil (Citrus dulcis), Lavendin Oil (Lavandula hybrida), Pine Oil (Pinus), Lemongrass Oil (Cymbopogon flexuosus), Elemi Oil (Canarium commune), Gardenia Extract (Gardenia jasminoides), *Citral, *Geraniol, *Citronellol, *Limonene, *Linalool, Colour 18050. *Occurs naturally in essential oils

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Here’s a video of what this beauty looks like in the tub

There are two other designs of the Lush Karma bubble bars. One is sparkly orange and dome shaped in my karma scent family photo below called ‘Bling Crosby’ from 2006 and in my photo below that is the ‘Karma bubble bottle’ from 2022

Karma bubble bottle. Its the one i put in the front of my photo.

Blue Skies liquid bubble bath

5 out of 5

Bkue Skies used to be a liquid bubble bath before it was a solid bubble bar like it is now.

Then in the late 90’s lush started selling their now famous solid bubble bars. And the Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds was a larger blue and white swirly bar.

A bit later as a limited editiin Lush made a shower gel called Ol’ Blue Skies it was aighter blue with a light amount of silver spsrkle mixed in.

The Liquid Blue Skies bubble bath is SUCH a beautiful shade of deep cobalt blue. It mesmerizes me.

Lush only made a handful of different liquid bubble baths. For instance Bathos was originally a liquid bubble bath.

More Recently in 2018 Lush made a Blue Skies & Fluffy White Clouds bath bomb. It was made look like a cloud.

The scent is a combination of earthy patchouli and cinnamon.

Here’s a demo and review video i made of this bubble bath in the tub.

Karma dusting powder

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Ingredients: Chick Pea Flour (Cicer arietinum), Cornstarch (Zea mays), Calamine Powder, Marigold Flowers (Calendula officinalis), Magnesium Carbonate, Perfume, Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin), Orange Oil (Citrus dulcis), Lavendin Oil (Lavendula hybrida), Pine Oil (Pinus), Lemongrass Oil (Cymbopogan flexuosus), Elemi Oil (Canarium commune),

Lush description: Karma has a way of reinventing itself and appearing in different forms whilst remaining recognizable to its followers. In this case it appears as a cloud of fine powder that settles all over your body leaving an aura of patchouli and orange oils, calming the skin with calamine.

Karma shower gel

Ingredients: Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Perfume, Patchouli Oil (Pogostemon cablin), Orange Oil (Citrus dulcis), Lavendin Oil (Lavendula hybrida), Pine Oil (Pinus), Lemongrass Oil (Cymbopogan flexuosus), Elemi Oil (Canarium commune), Sodium Chloride, Gardenia Extract (Gardenia jasminoides).

This is a shower gel with the Lush “Karma” scent of orange, patchouli and pine. This was invented when Lush Hilary made only five bottles for a special raffle on the Lush UK forum for forum members only. More recently, in the Lush Kitchen, Karma shower gel was remade for a limited time.

Karma shower gel is a much better way to get the Karma scent on your bod than say, the soap, except, it’s too drying on my skin. It’s also possible to wash your hair with it or even use it as a bath foam. It’s easier to lather than the Karma soap. It’s thick and gelatinous. And a little goes a long way on a shower pouff, vs. the soap gets smaller and disappears much quicker oz for oz. The Karma fragrance stays on the skin longer than other lush shower gels too! 😀 I give this a 4.0 out of 5 rating.

Here’s a video demo i made of this shower gel close up

Zen

Earthy, incense-y scent

Here’s a quick demo and review i did of this soap

My photo below shoes Other Lush products in the Zen scent.

Waylander Rhassoul

Ingredients: Rhassoul Mud Slurry , Rapeseed oil; Sunflower oil; Coconut oil , Pumice Powder , Water (Aqua) , Kaolin , Perfume , Patchouli Oil , Vetivert Oil.

Lush Description: Waylander Rhassoul is a soap for preparing bodies for adventure, especially if theyve not seen daylight for a while. What they need is a lovely, clay based soap made with Rhassoul Mud from the Atlas Mountains, a traditional Moroccan skin and scalp treatment which works marvels on troubled skin – perfumed with earthy patchouli oil, with pumice powder mixed in so when the Rhassoul mud washes away the dirt youre left with a hard, rocky centre of ground pumice to scrub away rough skin. Use it on feet, hands, elbows and knees (especially before using fake tan). At this point you start up a new, soft, creamy, muddy bar and youll find that your skin has already transformed itself magically from dull to bright.

Review: This soap is the epitome of an ‘Earthy’ smell. Rasshoul smells of rich earth. Men would love this. And I love it. It’s a comforting and grounding scent.

This soap used to be called ‘Middle Earth Turns to Rock’. But they changed the name in 2008 after one of my fellow forum members held in high esteem, Simon, ‘Waylander’ was his forum name. He made his own armor.

Earth and Patchouli is exactly what this smells like. It’s gritty from the pumice bits so it’s good for exfoliating. This is also a good male scent. I have a love/hate relationship with Middle Earth, sometimes I gotta have it and sometimes not, but I gotta give it props for doing what it says and for being interesting to look at and it was rabidly popular in it’s day.

Lush Times 2005 description: At first waylander soap has the texture of smooth mud pies, the kind you made at the with your bucket and spade as a kid; the kaolin and rhassoul mud make it a wonderful, deep cleansing scrub, excellent for getting out engine oil, garden earth and paint. As you use it up you are left with more of the pumice powder and magically it turns into a bar of Rock soap; use Rock for scrubbing and smoothing your feet, elbows and really rough bits. Waylander has an earthy, spicy scent of an Arabian soukh; take advantage of its eastern magic to get your hands and feet their cleanest ever.

Lord of Misrule shower cream

5 out of 5 rating

See my up close (to show the glitter) sink demo video of it below

One of the lush shower gels which came here to North America September 18, 2015. These 3 shower gels including Lord of Misrule, Don’t Rain on my Parade, and Beautiful, debuted at lush new “Superstore” on Oxford Street in London.

This shower cream is a more moisturizing, creamy shower gel, in the popular Lord of Misrule fragrance. Black pepper, vanilla and patchouli. This is a nice way of having the LOM scent. There are also two more Oxford street new products having this same scent (see Aliens and Monsters fun bar), LOM find the gap bar, and Rough With the Smooth bar, as well as the Lord of Misrule bath bomb, and the LOM perfume. Just for fun I made a photo of all these together (below).

It’s called a shower cream instead of a shower gel because it has extra moisturizing properties such as wheatgerm oil, etc.

I love this. I’ve even washed my hair with this. Because the scent stays a good long time on my skin or hair.

Below are two pictures i took of the scent family products.

Here’s a picture of the Lord of Misrule display at lush Oxford Street. They have four sizes at the Oxford street location

Here are the Lush products which are in the same scent family

Aliens and Monsters FUN multi purpose bar

Lord of Misrule bath bomb

Lord of Misrule body conditioner

Lord of Misrule body lotion

Lord of Misrule body spray

Lord of Misrule perfume spray and solid perfume

Lord of Misrule scent family

Lord of Misrule shower gel

Mind the Gap Lord of Misrule FUN bar

Rough With the Smooth body scrub

Here’s a video i made of this up close

Aliens and Monsters

Green, red and purple. 5.oo gpb / $7.70

Made with the popular Lush “Lord of Misrule” scent; vanilla, black pepper and patchouli.

This fun bar was made to smell like the Lush ‘Lord of Misrule’ bath bomb. Lush has also made a Lord of Misrule shower cream, another Fun multi-purpose bar called Mind the Gap-Lord of Misrule fun bar, a square “Rough With the Smooth” cocoa butter body scrub, and a Lord of Misrule perfume.

Here’s a collaboration video i made showing how to use the fun bar.

Lord of Misrule bath bomb

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The Halloween 2021 Lord of Misrule is returning but with a new look!

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My Tub Video

Original Lord of Misrule bath bomb 2014-2021

This is the product that started the whole “Lord of Misrule” craze. It’s hard to describe this one. I can smell the black pepper and then a yummy creamy vanilla note, like the Lord of Misrule himself, full of discord and disorderly conduct. At once lushious and treacherous. It’s so so different, and it’s addictive.

Slightly sweet and yummy but with an earthy, peppery side.

Lush has also made a Lord of Misrule shower cream, a couple of a Fun multi-purpose bar, a square “Rough With the Smooth” cocoa butter body scrub, Lord of Misrule perfume, and othersIngredients: Sodium Bicarbonate, Citric Acid, Popping Candy, Cream of Tartar, Black Pepper Oil, Patchouli Oil, Fair Trade Vanilla Absolute, Lauryl Betaine, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Gardenia Extract, *Limonene, Perfume, Colour 17200, Colour 42090, Colour 19140

Description: This bath bomb, named after the ruler of the Pagan Feast of Fools, has a strange and magnificent fragrance created by Gorilla Perfumer Simon Constantine. This bomb will slowly dissolve to reveal a wine coloured centre, with the added sweetness of the world’s first fair trade vanilla absolute, perfectly balanced by the earthy scents of black pepper and patchouli oil.

The design of this bomb is inspired by the paper hats you find inside Christmas crackers, which were originally based on the crown the Lord of Misrule would wear whilst he presided over the court. Arriving at Halloween, the Lord of Misrule will be gracing us with his presence until the first signs of spring. Here’s a photo of the color the water ultimately turns when it’s all done fizzing. See Video below