The operating platform
- Current Brickell gel cleanser base
- Existing compounding and fill family
- Current exact 3.4 oz / 100 mL operating format
- Existing modular active-addition precedent
Keep the current gel platform, give it an Acadia scent, and use the existing hyaluronic-acid version as the first product candidate. That is a controlled adaptation—not months of new cleanser development.
Current Brickell records show both the regular Clarifying Gel Face Wash and another active face wash that already combines the same gel base, an existing hyaluronic-acid serum, and a separately added scent.
Joe controls the exact formula and process. These are the three questions worth answering—not an open-ended R&D program.
Current gel base plus the new Acadia fragrance. If the other additions cause trouble, this preserves the fastest launch route.
Use the same base + existing hyaluronic-acid serum structure Brickell already runs, then change only the scent.
A recognizable alternative story, but it creates more formulation work. It should not delay Batch B unless marketing expects a material benefit.
The goal is not to sprinkle ingredients into everything. Use the current formula when it already gives us a clear story; change only the package, scent, or one low-risk input when the commercial value is real.
Current gel cleanser platform and current HA-serum add-in precedent.
New quiet cedar / green citrus scent; existing HA architecture is the recommended bench candidate.
Keep scent-only as fallback.
Current unscented Repairing Vitamin C route.
Package and brand only. The current formula already contains a recognizable stabilized-vitamin-C and HA story; no new active needed.
Exact identity and claims held.
Current unscented Daily Essential Face Moisturizer route.
Move the existing bulk into a working 15 mL monthly pack. Do not add actives until Joe retrieves the controlled bulk specification.
Package trial required.
Current unscented Retinol Facial Serum route.
Use the existing formula unchanged in the working protective 5 mL monthly pack. Retinoid identity and strength are formula-defining—not sprinkle-in territory.
Strength, directions, and pack held.
Current unscented Revitalizing Anti-Aging Cream route.
Use the current richer cream unchanged in a working 15 mL monthly pack. Start fragrance-free; the routine does not need five competing scents.
Tube dispense and evacuation required.
A clear daily gel cleanser with hyaluronic acid, built for the first step of both your morning and evening routine.
One monthly kit. Three identical kits in the quarterly shipment. Final container forms remain held.
Vitamin C and retinol are formula-defining, so use the proven platforms essentially unchanged. For this launch, the moisturizer and night cream should also remain formula drop-ins; package qualification is enough work.
Build one five-row platform map: exact current analog, bulk/formula identity, existing package/process, current evidence, proposed Acadia change, and estimated release burden. Unknowns stay blank.