Collect your pollen. Fly away inspired.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010
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!
Posted by ~Trish
“Dance at the Moulin Rouge” by Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec at art.com
Posted in Roxana Illuminated Perfume on Jan 26th, 2010
This Valentine’s Day, Roxana Villa of Roxana Illuminated Perfumes has created the perfect gift, a beautiful set of solid fragrances. Chocolate is the unifying note of this solid perfume series and is presented in adorable truffle boxes as a duo or quartet, as well as a complete sample set of all six. Roxana works only [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 30th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Ayala Moriel Parfums, DSH/Dawn Spencer Hurwitz on Dec 8th, 2009
Advent is usually associated with Christmas, but my husband and I have decided to celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas in our house so I thought a mixed title was quite appropriate for my contribution to this holiday blogging event. Yes, there’s the chance my boys will grow up to be very confused about their religious [...]
Posted in Ajne, Roxana Illuminated Perfume, Tsi-La on Nov 12th, 2009
Most of you fellow perfume lovers know the uncontainable fervor of a “note obsession.” That desire to experience every perfume that features a specific note until you find the perfect fragrance in which that scent, be it cedar, vanilla, gardenia, whatever… comes alive for you as it never has before. If you are new to [...]
Posted in Aftelier, Artemisia Natural Perfume, Ayala Moriel Parfums, Velvet and Sweet Pea on Sep 7th, 2009
The name for my blog, Scent Hive, is clearly inspired by bees. I’m no expert on these insects, but am fascinated by their amazing ability to communicate with each other and of course their attraction to (and need of) scent and flowers. Communicating about natural scents and beauty products, and a maybe a little sharing [...]
Posted in Face Care, Roxana Illuminated Perfume, Uncategorized, Velvet and Sweet Pea on May 17th, 2009
I have never considered myself a rose type of gal. Certainly I enjoy strolling through our rose gardens here in town, and in our front yard we have the most gorgeous rose bush and its fragrance is one of my anticipated summertime pleasures. But while I have a nature lovin’ appreciation for this classic flower, [...]
Posted in Roxana Illuminated Perfume on Apr 26th, 2009
My sister’s birthday was a few days ago, and she’s particularly enjoyable to shop for because she loves fragrance as much as I do. After considering the many new natural scents I have come to love over the past several months, I settled on Illuminated Perfume’s Lyra for her gift. Ultimately it was an easy decision because [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2009
The winners of the Vespertina Giveaway have been chosen! Congratulations Lindsay, winner of the liquid 1gm sample and Wende, winner of the solid 1gm sample. Roxana of Illuminated Perfume will be in touch with you soon.
Thanks to everyone for your participation.
~posted by Trish
image from artmagick.com
