August 3rd Update: CONGRATULATIONS to our winner in this week's draw:
Stephanie P.
I've sent you an email with instructions on how to claim your prizes!!
I can take a pass on the scary rides, crowded line ups, and impatient children, but I will STILL go to a theme park to enjoy the bright summer ambiance and, of course, the food! lol
Understandably, the food isn't something that I would want as an everyday staple, A once or twice a year treat is more than enough for my stomach to handle; but those enticing smells are welcome in my home and perfect to create a bright sunny atmosphere all year long!
Make your summer a little brighter by winning these three fun fragrances! Enter directly by leaving a comment on our Youtube Review, or take advantage of multiple daily entries by using our Rafflecopter below. a Rafflecopter giveaway
July 21st Update: CONGRATULATIONS to our two winners in this week's draw:
Vicki S. and Dawson C.
I've sent you both an email with instructions on how to claim your prizes!! xxoo
Do you happen be one of our friends on Facebook? If not, we would love to have you visit us and like our page, not to mention have you participate in our Questions and Polls!
Now, I think that many of you must already be outside enjoying your summer, as I didn't get a huge response to this particular question, BUT, the unanimous vote clearly indicates that we are going to be giving out TWO prize packs, based on this week's Youtube Review & Give Away.
To enter, use our rafflecopter application below and follow it's instructions. Be sure to 'do the task' and not just collect your points, as we want to make sure that all of your entries count! For a BONUS entry 'like' our Youtube video and leave us a comment directly on Youtube!! I'll add these extra lucky entries into the draw once it's closed. :)
Trip on over to Youtube this week to leave your daily comments about our review and earn a basketful of extra entries into the weekly draw. Our rafflecopter application is also at your service to help you complete entries via Facebook and Twitter!
June 22nd Update: Congratulations to this week's Give Away Winner:
Vicki
We've sent you an email with directions on how to claim your prize!
It's Father's Day this weekend, what plans do you have? My husband has to work, so 'his' day in the household won't start until late afternoon.
I will be sure to relax 'for' him, and for all Dad's everywhere! That counts as a gift, right??!
In the spirit of relaxing, and enjoying the day, I think that Dad's everywhere would enjoy it if I/we check out some tropical fragrances this week. It is pretty amazing how I can read a man's mind! Who wouldn't want to drift off into a tropical day dream!?
The men in your life will be very happy if you win these fragrances and are warming them for many Sunday's to come so be sure to use our raffle application below to place your daily entries! Comments placed on Youtube will all receive an extra entry in the draw!
JUNE 15th Update: Congratulations to this week's winner:
Linda Jucker!
I've sent you an email with directions on how to claim your prize!
My Husband is a 'closet' fragrance lover. This isn't to say that he prefers the smell of the inside of a closet, but rather than he loves our ScentSational's fragrances from a distance, never really offering an opinion on what specific fragrance he wants to have warmed, but always sniffing the air, or the warmer, when no one is looking!
I can tell when he has a preference for one fragrance over another, as he will turn a warmer on earlier in the day than when I get to it, and it seems that he does inquire about what fragrance I am warming when it is something that he likes!
I guess maybe my Husband won't 'ask' for any fragrances as a Father's Day gift, but never-the-less, as part of our celebration FOR Father's day, I will be sure to warm a fragrance that he will like.
I headed back over to our Great Outdoors and Masculine sections of our store, and this week's Youtube review is of a few more *manly* fragrance options that I have come up with! Check out our Dusk, Intrigue, Adventure, and Maverick fragrances!
For your chance to win a set of these four fragrances, visit us on Youtube, like the video, and leave a comment! Each comment that is placed on Youtube will be input as an extra entry into our contest. Want an extra few chances to win? We welcome you to use our Raffle application below to place additional daily entries!
UPDATE June 8, 2012 - Congratulations this week to:
Taura Maudlin!!
Taura is a second time winner in our Youtube Review and Give Away, so a great example to keep those entries coming!! Taura, I've sent you an email on how to claim your prize!!
And... the BBQ was great! We had sunny weather that showed up in the early afternoon, and Cherry Parfait was a hit! <3
Summer is finally here, at least in my mind it is, even if the weather is only cooperating on a part time basis!!
If I was a lover of 'regular' candles, I wouldn't be lighting another match until sometime in the fall. The heat that a candle throws off is more than enough to dissuade me.
However, as Wickless Candle lovers, we get to keep the glow and ambiance of our warmers on year round and even better yet, we get to pick fragrances that reflect the sunny days and lighter moods of the season. So, In preparation for the warmer weather, it is definitely time to start checking out some of our bright and lively fragrances!
Each of this week's fragrance was a sure fire winner to my nose, and they can be a winning prize in YOUR mailbox if you enter to win this week's Youtube Review & Give Away! Comments left directly on Youtube will receive an extra entry that I will happily place in the draw for you, and please place additional daily entries below via the Rafflecopter application.
xxoo
Heather
ps... you may notice some of our packaging is a little different in the pics above. These were our old labels and most orders that you receive these days will have the new and improved ones that you see more commonly. :)
MARCH!?!... in like a lion, out like a lamb?! I can only hope as I could use some soft cuddly temperatures rather than another dump of snow!
I've decided that a review representing a lovely bouquet of flowers is in order, to encourage spring fever, and remind our senses that spring truly is just around the corner! Visit this week's YouTube Review to explore Vanilla Lavender, Sweet Pea, Sunkissed Plumeria and Tea Blossom!
Once again, we are offering a give away of these four great fragrances and there are a few different ways for you to enter...
PLEASE refer to and use the Rafflecopter application to ensure that your entry is included in the draw! :)
You are welcome to enter once per day via Twitter, YouTube or Facebook and in addition to all the entries that are received via Rafflecopter, I will add one extra entry for each comment that we receive on this week's review at YouTube!
Good Luck!
xxoo
Heather
March 7th Update: Congratulations to this week's winner:
AMY ORVIN!
I've sent you an with instructions on how to claim your prize!
Contest open to US residents only. One entry per day per person allowed on each of our social media sites ie: Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. Winner will be notified by email and has 3 days to claim the prize before it is forfeited. If forfeited, another winner will be drawn.
GREAT to have so many ongoing entries to our weekly YouTube Review Give Away, and I think that everyone will have fun exploring this week's scents with me!
And, of course, don't forget to 'like' our video and leave a comment for your chance to win this week's fragrances!! Check back after the contest closes (Feb 21st, 2012) for an announcement of who this week's winner is!
Good Luck to everyone!
xxoo
Heather
UPDATE February 23rd, 2012
We have a winner!! Congratulations to Keliot19711! Please check your YouTube inbox for instructions on how to claim your prize.
Speaking of scents, I had a good laugh this week when Kasha Love, one of our Facebook friends asked me if I was paid in dollars and scents! lol The answer is definitely yes and the funny thing is that I am not sure which I prefer the dollars, or the scents. Afterall, the scents stay with me and make things lovely instead of being divvied out to pay bills like the dollars!! :)
Be sure to leave us your comment under the video over at the YouTube channel, so that you can enter for your chance to win the set of four fragrances! The contest closes Feb 3rd at midnight MST, and I'll do my best to announce the winners on Feb 4th. And YES!! You did read that right!! We will be having two winners this week, so be sure to leave a comment every day and up your chances!
Here we are, just a couple of days before Christmas and hopefully everyone has enjoyed our Fabulous Festive Fridays contest! Our goal was to give a little back to all of you who are busy shopping and crossing out all the people on your gift list this year :)
I am very happy to announce that the winner of our RED & WHITE Collector's ScentSationals Warmer is:
Tina Rodden Humphrey!
And, the winner of the RED, WHITE & GREEN Collector's ScentSationals warmer is:
Lindsey Gallagher Blaiotta!
Season's Greetings to both of you and a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated! Tina and Lindsey, I'll be sending you an email on how to claim your prizes!
Have you viewed our latest video on YouTube? This week we've reviewed Fireside, Santa's Workshop, Evergreen Garland and Almond Biscotti!
And don't forget to stay tuned to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and further blog posts for more ways to win in the New Year!!
Good Day to all of our friends who participated in last week's Festive Friday Contest! I am VERY excited to announce our two winners, who were drawn from our Rafflecopter entries and chosen via random.org.
The winner of our first 'Collector's' Warmer (and let's not forget that I am throwing in 8 fragrances because we had such an amazing number of entries) is:
Diane (deedyf@...)!!
Congratulations to you!! How would you like to send me a list of 8 fragrances from our website, as well as your address and I will arrange for your prize of the RED and WHITE Polka Dot Collectors warmer to be sent out asap? I've sent you an email!!
Ready for the second drumroll??? (insert some loud and annoying ratatat sound here please)... Our second winer of the RED, WHITE and GREEN Polka Dot Collectors warmer, plus those eight wonderful fragrances is:
Diana Padilla!!
Hooray for you & Congratulations!! Same deal as above!! Just send me a list of your fragrance choices as well as your address and I will get your prize packed up and shipped out!!
Now, for those of your who didn't win, don't be sad as I still have FOUR more warmers to give away as prizes!!
This time around, we have a new 'mandatory' entry as well as some optional entry choices so that you can put your name in multiple times.
The MANDATORY entry, is to 'Like' our newest YouTube video, and then leave me a comment at YouTube underneath the video. The video title is ScentSationals Holiday Fragrances. Your comment needs to be a suggestion of any fragrance from our ScentSationals website, that you would like me to review.
Once you've left your comment, you are free to enter as many additional times via Rafflecopter below as you like. Some of you may have already done some of the entry options last week, but I've included them again for new friends, and I've made it possible for you to enter multiple times by sharing our video or tweeting about ScentSationals.
We are going to up the stakes a little bit this week so that we can build a bigger prize package! If we have 200 entries by the end of our contest, I am going to include 5 fragrances with the prize. If we have 300 entries (or maore) in the contest, I am going to include 10 fragrances! I know you WANT them!! Good Luck!!
I am super excited that ScentSationals will be appearing on Good Things Utah tomorrow morning! The show is on ABC and starts at 10 am. I'm not quite sure what time we will be on during the hour, but be sure to tune in!
If you watch the show, and are interested in winning some of our new Holiday Scents, then head on over to our facebook page, 'Like' us, and then leave me a comment about what scent I have warming during the show! I'll send out a prize to a random winner at the end of the day!
*UPDATE* It was SO much fun to be on GTU!! Check out our show by following this link or viewing below!
Congratulations to Jennifer Thum who has won a selection of our ScentSational Holiday Fragrances!
Whoot Whoot! I hate to 'blow my own horn', but we are hosting one FABULOUS sale for Black Friday!!
Head on over to www.scentsationals.com where you will find ALL scented waxes at 50% off, and ALL of our Plug-In warmers at 42% off!
The sale starts November 25th and ends on November 28th. Some quantities are limited, so don't miss out!! You can see the original full advertisement for the sale by clicking here.
Want to forward news of our special event to a friend via email? Follow this link!
Fit for a king, this Oriental medley combines warm myrrh with burning frankincense, soft amber, wood and musk.
As soon as someone says 'Incense' I can instantly imagine what they are talking about. I remember the array of fragrant smokes from as far away as my visits to Asia or from closer locations like the fair trade retailer that is a few miles from my house. The use of incense is somewhat familiar to most of us in aromatherapy, meditation and religious ceremonies.
However, If I was asked to explain to someone exactly what Myrhh is, I think I would be at loss! I definitely think of the Three Wise Men as well as other biblical references to myrhh, but as far as recalling a specific scent, nothing comes to mind. This lack of reference sent me on a short quest this morning to find out exactly what myrrh is!
And so, I bring to you my understanding and a simplified explanation of myrrh; Myrrh is a combination of resin and aromatic natural oils which is harvested from a specific thorny tree species. Resin is sort of like sap, but where sap is sticky and is the sugars from the inner cells of a tree, resin is hard and glassy and from the outer cells of tree. (Resin acts as a plug to fill holes caused by damage or insects.) Resin can be heated like incense to release it's scent and/or is used to scent many modern day cosmetics and perfumes.
The distinct scent of Myrrh has been around for over 5000 years! Frankincense is another aromatic resin, and amber is fossilized tree resin!
Myrrh is commonly harvested from the species Commiphora Myrrhae
To make a long story short, ScentSationals Incense and Myrrh fragrance delivers traditional and ancient aromas. These scents are significant to us during the Christmas and Holiday season due to their long lasting tradition in our history.
Whew! It is like I am back in school with all this new knowledge! And honestly? I think that my research is somewhat wasted. The most important thing is how this fragrance makes us FEEL...
...and for me, releasing this traditional scent in my home enhances the feeling of being warm and contented in our safe haven, regardless of how cold the night might be.
