finally! a vanilla that's creamy & smooth with soy wax

the totonac people, who inhabit the mazatlan Valley on the gulf coast of mexico in the present-day state of veracruz, were the first to cultivate vanilla.  according to totonac mythology, the tropical orchid was born when princess xanat, forbidden by her father from marrying a mortal, fled to the forest with her lover. The lovers were captured and beheaded. Where their blood touched the ground, the vine of the tropical orchid grew.  used extensively for aromatherapy; in old medicinal literature,  vanilla is described as an aphrodisiac and a remedy for fevers; it also has been shown that vanilla increases levels of catecholamines (including adrenaline),  and as such can also be considered mildly addictive.