Colton Dixon’s ‘Desert Rain’ Fragrance
Dixon is more than just a musician. He has also collaborated with his friends at Day Three Fragrances to release his own personal fragrance, called “Desert Rain.”
“The artist thing is more than just music to me,” Dixon said. “It [includes] all of it—the fashion side, the music side, the believer side, the husband side, the dad side, [and] now the fragrance side. You know, it’s all me.”
And the fragrance is more than just something that smells good. Dixon said that “Desert Rain” was inspired by his certified gold single “Build a Boat.” He explained:
More importantly, the feeling behind that song and the hope and the faith of that song. Obviously that song is about being in a dry season but standing tall and deciding to keep believing even though you can’t see it yet but expecting what God’s about to do. So I’m like, how do we bottle that? And obviously “Build a Boat” is, you’re depending on the rain coming as well. So I was talking with Michael who is the perfumer at Day Three Fragrances and he’s like, “Man, we live in the desert, we live in Arizona.” [Michael] said, “Any time it rains in Arizona, it’s like an event. Like people wanna go out and experience it, because it doesn’t happen very often. But it’s just such a beautiful thing.” And I’m like, “Man, even just you describing that coincides with kind of what I’m thinking.” So we decided on a name “Desert Rain,” which could also mean like God’s promise.
Dixon shared that “Desert Rain” was created with elements that would have been available in biblical times—elements that include leather, sage, cactus blossom, frankincense, and juniper.
Colton Dixon Speaks to the Authenticity of Christian Artists
ChurchLeaders asked Dixon to dispel skeptics’ low opinions of the authenticity of Christian artists in the industry due to the recent scandal surrounding CCM icon Michael Tait.
“There’s a phrase, don’t know if this is a verse or if someone else has said this, but they’ll know we’re Christians by our love,” Dixon responded. “It’s a fruit thing…I feel like it’s pretty obvious. It doesn’t take a detective to know [that an artist is] actively pursuing the heart of God in this.”
“I will also say this,” he added. “We’re human. Just because you slap Christian music artist on somebody doesn’t mean that they are perfect. Just because you slap the pastor title on somebody does not make them perfect.”
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He said, “If they were perfect, they would not need Jesus, period. However, that’s not an excuse to go do whatever you want to do either.”
Dixon explained that he doesn’t view himself or other artists as leaders in the church. “I’m so glad that our music encourages the church or whatever, but I wouldn’t necessarily consider myself to be a church leader,” he said.
