Pop, Sizzle, Fizz!

Growing up, I have wonderful memories of my Grandmother making homemade Rootbeer! We would go to visit her with our fingers crossed that a 'batch' would be ready and that our Aunts and Uncles would be in a sharing spirit!

Then, as we got older, my eldest brother made many attempts to recreate my Grandmother's concoction. Unfortunately, he wasn't always successful! I remember MANY exploding bottles, huge messes and not quite so yummy drinks, if of course HE was willing to share, which wasn't often the case!

And so, when this new Homemade Rootbeer Fragrance made it's debut last week AND I watched the video, I was instantly thrown back to my youth and in love with the pop sizzle and fizz all over again! 

To quote Genevieve, one of the ScentSationals team members, 'you can almost smell the carbonation!!'

Check out the video on YouTube, and while you're there, be sure to subscribe to the ScentSationals YouTube channel so you can see other fun videos from the past, and the many more to come!!  

 

Happy Memories & fizzy smells!

Heather

Play our ScentSationals game!

I must admit that I am in Scent heaven right now as with my recent induction into the ScentSationals family, I received a HUGE selection of beautiful fragrances! My 13 year old daughter (Quin) and I have enjoyed selecting our daily scents and love surprising our nose with all of the gorgeous fragrances!

Just a few of my ScentSationals fragrances!

We've really loved the names of the different scents as well, especially with some being so classic and others so exotic. The beautiful fragrances, combined with my daughter's flare for creativity made an immediate collision and so Quin developed a 'What's that Fragrance' nose and name skill testing game! Check out the 'rules' below to see what your ScentSationals skill level is! 

'What's that Fragrance' 

2. Line up the fragrances in front of one player.

Game Procedure for two or more players:

1. Select 4 or more fragrances from your ScentSationals collection. The more fragrances that you select, the more difficult the game is! 
2. Line up the fragrances in front of both players. 
3. Player 1 then blindfolds Player 2 and holds one fragrance up for Player 2 to smell. Player 2 can sniff to their hearts content, but must leave the blindfold on until Player 1 gives them the go ahead to take it off. 
4. When sniffing is complete, Player 1 replaces the scent into the 'lineup' and then allows Player 2 to remove the blindfold. 
5. Without 're-smelling' any fragrances, Player 2 must identify which fragrance they were sniffing! We allowed two guesses per scent. 
6. If guessed correctly, flip the scent upside down. 
7. If guessed incorrectly, the scent stays right side up. Player one continues to hold up scents until each one has been sniffed. 
8. Keep count of how many fragrances are correctly identified.
9. Switch players and allow Player 1 to sniff the same fragrances and see if their sniffing and identifying skills are better than the other Player(s). 
10. The winner gets to pick which scent is warmed for the day! 

Quin after her win, choosing a new scent!

And that's it, a really fun way to pick your daily fragrance! Quin played throughout the day with her neighborhood friends and decided that her favorite way to play is with 8 scents at a time. This way, the game was challenging, but fast enough that the 'second smeller' wasn't becoming over anxious while waiting to play.  

Quin and I were fairly matched against each other, how did you do? 

Check out your 'ScentSationals Skill Level'!

Matched 0-2 fragrances - You need more practice! We highly recommend daily seclusion and relaxation in a warm bathtub, with frequent fragrance changes until your scent matching skills improve!

Matched 3-5 fragrances - Not bad! You're sure to become a ScentSationals pro in no time! To improve your skills, allow a family member to pick a new scent to warm each day and then see if you can identify it! 

Matched 6-8 fragrances - Give yourself a pat on the back and treat yourself to a new fragrance! You have reached professional sniffing status and are hereby qualified to recommend your favorite scents to all of your family and friends! 

Matched more than 8 fragrances - Congratulations, you are a ScentSationals guru! It's quite likely that your professional sniffing skills will save homes from bad odors for years to come! Your Scentsationals collection is brimming with fabulous fragrance selections and it's likely that you have more than one warmer tingling your senses each day!

Best!

Heather

This Giveaway is Now Closed

The Giveaway for the month of January is now closed. Be sure to check back often for other cool prizes and giveaways! The winner of the January ScentSationals of the Month Set will be announced Februaruy 1st! Stop by and see if you were the lucky winner!

Wax Scent Review: Vanilla Orchid

OK, so we have 7 new fragrances for Winter 2010, which I have never personally melted in my ScentSationals warmer, so I thought I would melt one cube each day and write a review about each one.

For starters, I am melting one fragrance cube, not multiple, and I am in my office which is about 18' x 12' (just so you have an idea about the size of space I am using my warmer in).

I decided to start with Vanilla Orchid, I personally had never considered mixing vanilla with a floral scent, but it sounds interesting, and I love trying new things so here goes:

Vanilla Orchid in the package has a very floral note and a rather mild note of vanilla, almost in the background. When I popped the wax out of the package I noted the vanilla was stronger.

FYI, wax fragrances smell differently depending on how you are smelling them, the "just opened top note" that you get when you first open the clamshell package, or take the lid off the jar is different than if you pop the wax out of the clamshell and smell the underside of the wax, this is called the "bottom note".

The scent the wax emits when it is in it's solid state (cold throw), is different than when it is in it's melted state. Obviously the melted state is the strongest scent by far and the reason wickless candles do such a great job of filling the room(s) they are in with a rich aroma.

Vanilla Orchid's "cold throw" is rather mild, soft floral notes hinted with vanilla, on the underside the vanilla is stronger, but still subtle compared to the soft floral.

The warmer I melted the cube in was already warm when I placed the cube in it, and within about a minute I could already smell the fragrance filling the air around the warmer.

Upon melting, the fragrance from the cube is quite strong, it really fills the room well. Pleasantly, the vanilla stands out with the floral, so when I think about the vanilla I catch it in the air, and florals, being florals, of course are usually rather strong.

This is a great scent, with lots of fragrance, heating the wax for just a few minutes filled the office I am in, and keeps getting stronger, so I think I will actually turn the warmer off for a while and let the scent it has already released last a while.

If you love floral fragrances this is a very nice scent with a wonderful vanilla twist. Perfect as I sit and look at all of the snow on the ground outside my office window, it is cold here, really cold, and Vanilla Orchid is a great scent to take you away from the cold to a spring day with a twist of vanilla. (in your mind of course, the snow is still on the ground :)

Jeff