Scent Hive

Have a sweet, fragrant Valentine’s Day everyone!

The winner of the Scent Hive 1st Birthday goodybag is Emily! Thanks to everyone for all the kind words and encouragement, it means so much to me.

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“Sew Me Some Love” Original painting by Bishop Lennon at etsy.com

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As I sit here, I am trying to decide if the day I published my first post one year ago seems like yesterday or ten years ago. It’s a paradoxical feeling as I can hardly remember my pre-blogging life, but yet I still feel like a newbie on the scene. A very grateful newbie! I [...]

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Gabriella! Congrats to you and thanks to everyone for such a successful giveaway. Roxana Villa of Roxana Illuminated Perfume has more lovely all natural chocolate solid perfumes to offer in the coming weeks, so don’t go too far!

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“Dance at the Moulin Rouge” by Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec at art.com

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Tina Renee! Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Tallulah Jane drawing. Be sure to read Scent Hive tomorrow as I will be posting another wonderful giveaway that you will definitely want to enter.

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“Jasmine” Wallpaper Design by William Morris, 1872 at art.com

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I started blogging about natural and botanical perfumery in 2009, and this will always be the year I began discovering the depths of its beauty. Scent Hive grew out of my love for perfume, but this passion has become more profound since I have been fortunate enough to meet some of the gifted people behind [...]

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Cyber Monday Deals:
DSH Perfumes: 20% off code HOL9 (reviewed here).
Beautyhabit: Last day to use 20% off code INSTYLE (they have a wonderful natural and organic section featuring many products that I have reviewed).
Jackson Sage: Storewide sale. Everything is 20% off today. (Reviewed here).
SpiritBeautyLounge: Last day for 20% off code “thanku20″. (They carry rms beauty which I [...]

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Alyssa! I’ll get your info to the lovely people at Jackson Sage and they will send you a full-size Soften Up Salve for you to enjoy.

And for eveyone else, don’t forget that you have until November 13th to take advantage of the buy-one-get-one free promotion they are extending to Scent Hive readers. Simply enter the [...]

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There’s a serious chill in the air here, so much so that we’ve turned on the heat in our house. That’s when the dry skin appears. My face starts to feel dry and tight a few hours after applying moisturizer and I need to pull out the heavier face creams that have been relegated to [...]

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I know I’m not Wonder Woman. I’m a mom, I work. I try to make wholesome dinners, but I fail sometimes. OK, a lot of the time. So I bought a crock pot today, hoping that slow cooked, veggie laden soups and stews will save my family and me from vitamin D deficiency and whatever [...]

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It’s celebration time for three lucky Scent Hive winners! Lawladyda and WaftbyCarol won the giveaway for the Strange Invisible Perfumes samples of Fire and Cream. Entangled won the Essentially Me full set of ten samples. Congratulations! I will be contacting you by email for the necessary information.
Thanks to everyone for your comments.

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Celebration by [...]

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Here is some information regarding Cinquième Sens’ Olfactory Training Sessions in New York City. The following is from Laura, at their Madison Avenue location:
 
Cinquième Sens is a well-known perfumery school, based in Paris just near the Eiffel Tower. Our New York training center is located at Midtown East, near to the Grand Central Station and we [...]

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Has a perfume ever brought you to tears? Maybe it conjured up a beautiful or heartbreaking memory. Or maybe the fragrance itself was so overwhelmingly glorious that it overtook your emotional dashboard and the floodgates opened. I entered Enfleurage this past week with Jessica from Now Smell This and found myself in one of those [...]

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Holly! Congratulations on winning the bottle of Khamsa. I will get this out to you ASAP.

So I have returned from my whirlwind trip to New York which included the 50th anniversary party for my in-laws and a couple of sniffing extravaganzas to NYC. Reports of my fragrant discoveries will soon follow.

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“Screaming Banshees” A [...]

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We’re going off topic today. No perfume reviews to be had. No body products or cosmetics will be discussed. Instead, let’s talk about plates, cutlery and cloths shall we? I’ve never reviewed anything like this on Scent Hive, but I was approached by the people at myEARTH360.com to check out their green line of picnic-ware, [...]

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The reason for my Los Angelean journey was two-fold; to visit dear friends and attend Yosh’s perfume exhibit at the natural perfume studio, Blunda. Persephenie Schnyder, the owner of Blunda, has been hosting these events which allow perfumers to showcase their natural perfumes, discuss them, and most importantly, engage with us essence loving scent hounds.

But [...]

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Big thanks to Ayala from Smelly Blog and Ayala Moriel Parfums for organizing this gathering of bloggers to celebrate summer and its scents. The following are some favorite summer pastimes, and my perfume pairings. Please see the bottom of the post for the other participating blogs.

 
• Sultry summer night in the big city: Ajne’s Fleur [...]

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First, let me announce the winners of the In Fiore giveaway, Barbara and Tao. Congratulations! I know you are both going to love sampling Julie Elliott’s line.

So I am back from an eleven day vacation that included the San Juan Islands, Vancouver Island, and Vancouver BC. Our boys were in tow which went surprisingly well, [...]

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Charm! Charm, you posted your entry comment under the Colonia Dulce review, but I knew you wanted to be entered and you won! Congrats and thanks to everyone who entered. As a consolation, everyone can go to the Maoli website and get a deluxe sample of Colonia Dulce for $5 and free shipping.

 
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Hula Dancers [...]

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The other day, a visiting yoga instructor began and ended class with this poem. The focus of the month at the studio is the heart chakra, which the pink peony can open, bringing awareness to the importance of those around us. She didn’t mention that, but I wonder if she knows it from her chakra [...]

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Did you notice the new banner? It was designed for Scent Hive by Hadley Hutton. Here’s a little bit about this amazing artist.
 

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