A Natural Perfumers Guild Project - Home for the Holidays Ambient Fragrance - Plus a Giveaway!
Added: Good luck to everyone in the draw! (See below in the comments section)
Elena of Perfume Shrine blog reviewed my Room Candy, and she is hosting a draw over there - so leave a comment on her blog and you will double your chances of winning! http://www.perfumeshrine.blogspot.gr/2012/11/home-for-holidays-home-fragrance-project.html
xoxo
Anya
As the holiday season approaches, and homes and apartments are closed up against the cold weather, thoughts turn to making the indoors fragrant - naturally. Home for the Holidays is the Natural Perfumers Guild's answer to indoor natural fragrance for this time of year. Call them room fragrance, ambient fragrance, the terms mean one thing - make your place smell nice!
Ambient fragrances include scented candles, potpourri, incense, room sprays, reed diffusers and in my case, wax melts aka wax tarts.
When the invitation went out to Guild members to join in the project, we found that less than a dozen made ambient fragrances. We're hoping that this project not only showcases the beauty of the products made by the participants, but will also encourage others to begin making natural alternatives to the sometimes toxic room sprays, plugins and other commercial room fragrances that contain synthetic chemicals.
I decided to experiment making wax melts. Having heard stories of how difficult it is to make candles with "throw" (diffusion) with natural oils, I thought perhaps removing the flame from direct contact with the oils might solve the problems - and it sure did! When I sent beta testers sample wax melts in August, many wrote to tell me that the wax melts filled their homes, even large homes, with scent. Several have high-ceiling homes, and they said the melts were successful. What a revelation!
My Room Candy wax melts are 100% organic, from the golden beeswax to the essential oils and absolutes used to fragrance them. They're hand poured into vintage candy and cookie molds, thus the name Room Candy. Very attractive! I couldn't resist making the first one - Outlaw Perfume - in homage to the blockbuster Guild project of 2010 that challenged governmental interference in perfume formulations. I believe my Outlaw Perfume wax melts are the first-ever chypre-style room fragrance materials, featuring the legendary oakmoss as the key ingredient, topped with citrusy bergamot and lime.
Each melt offers at least six hours of scented natural beauty for your home, and can be creatively reused/recycled!
Lemon Vetiver is just that. The lemon candy scent comes from lemon myrtle, and the vetiver is the rootsy, woodsy, comfort scent that anchors it. Bay Rum and Honey is a perfect scent for the holidays, because the eugenol in the bay rum evokes the candies and cookies of the holiday season.
Through Nov. 5th - use the code roomcandy at checkout to receive 10% off your order at http://anyasgarden.com/roomcandy.htm
In my next newsletter, I'll announce the availability of my limited edition holiday scent - Christmas Tree, made with yummy fir balsam absolute an other conifers. They're made in Christmas tree-shaped molds in keeping with the theme. Make sure you sign up for my newsletter to receive my updates and sales: http://anyasgarden.com/signup.htm
If you leave a comment on this blog about Room Candy, you'll be in the random draw to receive a set of Room Candy fragrance of your choice, and included will be a tea light burner. Drawing open until Nov 4 midnight.
Please visit the other blogs to read about the variety of naturally-scented products that Guild members offer for room fragrances.
Guild members participating in Home for the Holidays:
Bloggers participating in Home for the Holidays:
Elena of Perfume Shrine blog reviewed my Room Candy, and she is hosting a draw over there - so leave a comment on her blog and you will double your chances of winning! http://www.perfumeshrine.blogspot.gr/2012/11/home-for-holidays-home-fragrance-project.html
xoxo
Anya
As the holiday season approaches, and homes and apartments are closed up against the cold weather, thoughts turn to making the indoors fragrant - naturally. Home for the Holidays is the Natural Perfumers Guild's answer to indoor natural fragrance for this time of year. Call them room fragrance, ambient fragrance, the terms mean one thing - make your place smell nice!
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| Flora, the Guild muse, is bundled up with boots and a sweater to ward off the chilly weather. When she goes inside, she can enjoy the Home for the Hoilday scents. |
When the invitation went out to Guild members to join in the project, we found that less than a dozen made ambient fragrances. We're hoping that this project not only showcases the beauty of the products made by the participants, but will also encourage others to begin making natural alternatives to the sometimes toxic room sprays, plugins and other commercial room fragrances that contain synthetic chemicals.
I decided to experiment making wax melts. Having heard stories of how difficult it is to make candles with "throw" (diffusion) with natural oils, I thought perhaps removing the flame from direct contact with the oils might solve the problems - and it sure did! When I sent beta testers sample wax melts in August, many wrote to tell me that the wax melts filled their homes, even large homes, with scent. Several have high-ceiling homes, and they said the melts were successful. What a revelation!
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| Set of Room Candy available in the giveaway |
My Room Candy wax melts are 100% organic, from the golden beeswax to the essential oils and absolutes used to fragrance them. They're hand poured into vintage candy and cookie molds, thus the name Room Candy. Very attractive! I couldn't resist making the first one - Outlaw Perfume - in homage to the blockbuster Guild project of 2010 that challenged governmental interference in perfume formulations. I believe my Outlaw Perfume wax melts are the first-ever chypre-style room fragrance materials, featuring the legendary oakmoss as the key ingredient, topped with citrusy bergamot and lime.
Each melt offers at least six hours of scented natural beauty for your home, and can be creatively reused/recycled!
Lemon Vetiver is just that. The lemon candy scent comes from lemon myrtle, and the vetiver is the rootsy, woodsy, comfort scent that anchors it. Bay Rum and Honey is a perfect scent for the holidays, because the eugenol in the bay rum evokes the candies and cookies of the holiday season.
Through Nov. 5th - use the code roomcandy at checkout to receive 10% off your order at http://anyasgarden.com/roomcandy.htm
In my next newsletter, I'll announce the availability of my limited edition holiday scent - Christmas Tree, made with yummy fir balsam absolute an other conifers. They're made in Christmas tree-shaped molds in keeping with the theme. Make sure you sign up for my newsletter to receive my updates and sales: http://anyasgarden.com/signup.htm
If you leave a comment on this blog about Room Candy, you'll be in the random draw to receive a set of Room Candy fragrance of your choice, and included will be a tea light burner. Drawing open until Nov 4 midnight.
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| Tea light burner included in the giveaway. |
Please visit the other blogs to read about the variety of naturally-scented products that Guild members offer for room fragrances.
Guild members participating in Home for the Holidays:
Andrea
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Shanti
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Holistic Body Therapy
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Anya
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McCoy
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Anya's Garden Perfumes
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Elise
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Pearlstine
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Belly Flowers Perfumes
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JoAnne
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Bassett
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JoAnne Bassett Perfumes
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Katlyn
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Breene
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Mermade Magickal Arts
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Anita
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Casamento
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Happy Herbs Soaps
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Bloggers participating in Home for the Holidays:
Feminine Things
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Diana
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Wiener Rosengard
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Perfume Critic
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Dr. Marlen
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Harrison
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Perfume Shrine
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Elena
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Vosnaki
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The Passionate Perfumista
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Heather
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Tobin
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That Smell
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Khanh
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Mai
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Ca Fleure Bon
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Tama
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Blough
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Anya, please include me in the draw :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I'd love to win Outlaw Perfume! It really is the first chypre room fragrance? Probably. I don't recall seeing any other.
ReplyDeleteSo cool! Great work. Can't wait to try them.
ReplyDeleteA chypre room fragrance? What a wonderful idea! it is the perfect way to
ReplyDeleteenjoy oakmoss without restraint!
Wow! A chypre room fragrance! What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI can't wear oakmoss on my skin due to intense rashes
but I would happilly try it as an ambience scent!
Everybody should be just natural essences and only natural! Thank You, Anya, that you are! Oh I wish I was the lucky one, I wish it so much....
ReplyDeleteEverybody should be just natural essences and only natural! Thank You, Anya, that you are! Oh I wish I was the lucky one, I wish it so much....
ReplyDeleteEverybody should be just natural essences and only natural! Thank You, Anya, that you are! Oh I wish I was the lucky one, I wish it so much....
ReplyDeleteI am happy that I was alerted to your work. Please include me in your newletter & draw.
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