Right then. Here's the breakdown:
1) Latha Lavanda is what used to be Lavender Black Label. We're giving the entire Black Label line the ax, but I wanted to keep a classic lavender scent, so we moved the fragrance over to Latha. The name, while accidentally a reference to the Spanish word for lavender, is actually a jab at a customer of mine who has about the heaviest New England accent I've ever heard. Every time he says "lavender," it comes out "lavandah," which I shortened to "lavanda."
2) Oceana is a slight refinement of Prototype #2. While I'm aware that many of you did not care for it, the vast majority of the testers preferred #2 to the others, so that was what we made. The line was intended to appeal to new wet shavers just walking into shops and picking up soap, so I needed scents that had broad appeal to make that feasible. Sorry folks.
3) While my father did indeed intend that Latha would be a single fragrance, the original scent proved to be divisive enough that we felt it prudent to offer a bit more variety. Still the same easy-to-lather base, but some new blood in the fragrance. For those curious as to whether we'll be offering matching aftershaves, we're going to see how the new scents do. If they sell well, we're hoping to offer both splashes and balms.
4) Yes, the UPCs on the labels are related to the fact that we're taking a much broader interest in distribution of both our White Label and Latha lines. White Label fragrances are also having UPCs incorporated as we run the old labels out and switch over the packaging. I have yet to approach anyone in Australia about distribution because we're currently pretty much maxed out as far as production is concerned, but we'll get there. In the meantime, I'm working on updating our list of distributors, which now includes Italian Barber (so you guys will be able to get the Tonique alcohol splashes since Joe is better able to do the export paperwork than I).
Hope that clears things up a bit.