I’m going to take a few days without orders Dec 30 until Jan 3 so that I can spend some time with family during their visit (my brother and his family will be here Dec 31 through Jan 3). I shipped a lot of orders today and will get the rest of the current orders out tomorrow. Ambre Noir will be back Jan 7 (the batch is done and just needs to be filtered).
I’ll be back with a New Year’s post soon, but I just wanted to explain my scheduling. 🙂
You can enter drawings for samples of the new all-natural Spiced Citrus Vetiver plus other goodies on The Fragrant Man and Australian Perfume Junkies. Both blogs posted reviews and drawings today. Thanks so much, Brie, Jordan, and Portia!
Someone in the drawing just pointed out this review of To Dream on I Smell Therefore I Am. Thanks Abby! Glad you liked the sample! To Dream is working for some people who didn’t get along with Lieu de Reves. Some people like one or the other and some like both, so it’s best to…
For several years, Taste TV has sponsored an annual awards program for artisan perfumers. I have not entered before, but I submitted three entries for 2016 (you are allowed to enter 1 to 3 entries each year, and they can be any scent that you have not entered before). Entries were due before the new…
Elisa Gabbert’s new column “On The Scent” debuts today with a post that features reviews of five Sonoma Scent Studio fragrances: Winter Woods, Tabac Aurea, Champagne de Bois, Sienna Musk, and Femme Jolie. I’ve listed them in the order of her preferences, with Winter Woods being her favorite of the five she sampled and Tabac…
I just added a shipping calculation to the shopping cart to allow most international customers to order via the shopping cart rather than requiring a PayPal invoice. All customers at check-out now need to choose the USA or international option depending on their address and then click recalculate to display the shipping charge, which is…
A pair of small birds built a nest in my porch rafters and are now taking turns feeding a chirping batch of babies; this happens each summer but is always fun to see. The male has pretty red markings on his head, throat, and base of tail feathers. The female is plainer without red. They…
I got the fireside intense recently and absolutely love it. I’m so new to this world of exotic scents… this is the first time in my life when I’m actually wearing a scent purely for my own enjoyment and not necessarily for anyone else to notice. 🙂
Isn’t that fun when you make that realization! The advertising for mainstream scents is all about wearing scent for what others will think, but there’s another side to it when you wear them for your own personal enjoyment. You can use smaller amounts with less sillage and wear scents that have personal meaning, evoking memories and associations for you. It opens a whole new world to explore. 🙂
Glad you’re enjoying Fireside Intense! Thanks so much for the feedback!
Have a wonderful holiday with family and Happy New Year!
Thanks, Deva! Happy New Year to you too!