Bubble Gum Day

Before the blog we use to celebrate all sought of crazy holidays on our calendar of events on the website.  As we became busier we didn't make time for these fun dates. We want to begin to revive it as much as we can on our blog.

Today is Bubble Gum Day.  Surprisingly Bazooka didn’t come up with this bubblicous day.  Instead a mom who thought of a unique and fun way to get kids to fund-raise and give back.  Check out her story here.

Since we are kids at heart, any purchases made today of our bubblegum scent in any form (candle, bath & body) we will match at 100% and donate the proceeds to St. Judes Hospital.

New for the New Year!

Hope your holiday season was full of giving and getting what you wanted!  I've finally gotten a breather to let you in on some of the updates for 2011:

January Scent of the month - Black Forest Truffle 

Doesn't that look delicious?  What a way to start off if your resolution was to lose weight and eat healthy (well that was mine this year...and every year).  But instead you can just indulge in smelling this decadent fragrance all day with no calories, fat or carbs!

Best Sellers + Nikki Favorites

A recent customer emailed me elated that they found our website with all the scents I had.  (I love getting emails from fellow scent addicts).  She wanted to know which were my best selling and my favorite scents.  I do mark certain items  "Best Seller" or "Nikki Favorite" but I didn't have a list one can go to to see them all.  I know almost 700 scents is overwhelming so I'm not sure why I haven't thought of this sooner.  

That's why I love my customers for giving me great ideas!  Therefore now you can click the link "Best Sellers" to find our customers' most popular products and scents.  You can find my favorites called "Nikki Favorites" in a couple of weeks. I'm trying to narrow it down but it's hard for a scent addict.

Monthly Give-a-ways

After several years of giving away our products each month we are revamping somewhat.  We are still giving away items each month although several will be through other sites and blogs.  This month check out Women-prenuers Galore to win a $10 gift certificate in our Etsy shop. Giveaway ends 1/18/11.

New Scents

• We have 25 new incense scents (which I think now totals over 100 incense fragrances).
• 20 new Perfume/Cologne Body Oil fragrances
• 22 new candle, bath + body scents

Payments & Shipping

We are happy to announce that we are now accepting credit cards on our website once again.  Now you don't have to veer away to another website to pay.  We keep all personal info private and our website is secure.

We are also happy to offer FedEx as another shipping option.  It will not be included in the real-time shipping calculator but if you prefer to use FexEx let us know and we will calculate shipping fees.

    

Scent Addiction Overload

I'm not sure what came over me this past spring/summer, but I have been testing and trying over 100 new scents. I'm suppose to limit my scent addiction to purchasing twice a year...but I had a relapse and every other week I find another few fragrances I have to try! Some are the same scents from different vendors because I didn't like them but most are brand spankin' new.

The sound of that brown truck rolling up to the door means another box of fragrances are coming for me. I'm like a kid when the ice cream truck sings down the street! (I sound like and addict don't I?) I kinda stopped counting but I think that makes over 750 scents. I'm having some trials  entering them all on the website so If you want one that isn't listed on the website just drop me a message. Here is the long long list (many already is my favorites).  I need to go to a 12-step meeting now before my nose goes on overload.      

Abercrombie + Fitch (M) type

Abercrombie + Fitch (W) type

Amaretto Nog

Apple Harvest

Apple Jack Peel
Apples + Maple Bourbon 
Attitude
Avocado
Baobab Fruit Jam
Bergamot and Coriander
Bergamot Tobacco Archipelago
Bermuda
Black Amethyst type
Blueberry Cheesecake
Blue Musk
Brandied Pear
Brown Sugar + Fig 
Butterscotch Candy
Campfire Cocoa
Caramelized Pralines
Cherish
Cherry Almond
Childdhood
Chocolate Biscotti
Christmas Cookie 
Christmas Hearth 
Cinnamon Bark
Cool Mountain Air
Cotton Candy
Cranapple
Cranberry Marmalade
Cucumber Apple Splash
Dancing Water
Deep fried Ice Cream
Dirt
Diva
Drama Queen
Ed Hardy (M) type
Frankincense Patchouli
Fresh Bread
Girls Night Out
Golden Goddess (W) type
Hana Rain
Hanae Mori (W) type
Hearts + Daggers type (W)
Japanese Garden
Jasmine Blossoms + Green Tea
Kettle Corn
Kumquat
Lemon Tea
Lotus
Love + Luck
Mangosteen Fruit
Mandarin Cranberry
Moon Lake Musk 
New Car Smell
Pink Leis
Pinon
Pixie Dust
Pleasant Pie
Poeme (W) type
Puppies Breath
Red Velvet Cake 
Root Beer
Royal pine Little Tree
Rum Raisin
Sandalwood Jasmine 
Skin Milk
Smores
Sour Apple
Spiced Gumdrops
Spiced Wassail 
Starfruit and Mango
Strawberry Banana
Sugar Rush
Tibet
Tobacco Pipe
Tea Leaf + Jasmine
Twinkle Toes
Vanilla Nut Spice
Violet Lime 
Wasabi

White Tea + Berries
You Go Girl! 

INCENSanity!!

We added over twenty new fragrances to our incense menu:

Apple Cinnamon

Berries n' Cream 

Black Current Vanilla

Bubble Bath

Cedarwood Chips

Cinnamon Almond

Deep Fried Ice Cream

Dragon's Blood

Indonesian Coffee

Japanese Cherry Blossom

Lemon Lime

Mandarin

Moroccan Mint

Oreo Cookie

Red Velvet Cake

Sea Breeze

Sugar Cookie

Sweet Pomegranate

Tobacco Pipe

White Christmas

White Cinnamon

The rare occasions I smell a pipe, a comforting serene feeling comes over me as my grandmother used to smoke one.  I think I will light that one this weekend.  Many aren't in our main scent list but if you like them in incense then you will begin to see them in our candles and bath and body products....just ask!

New Scents!!

As a scent addict I'm always on the quest for new fragrances. Due to the manufacture increases and increase cost in shipping in recent years we limit my addiction to purchasing new scents only twice a year (unless I absolutely have to have it!) . We have 28 new scents and they are delicious!

Acai Berry, Apple Martini, Barbershop, Black Forest Truffle, Cinnamon Red Hot, Cornucopia, Extremely Sexy for Men, Extremely Sexy for Women, Forbidden Fruit, Hot Cocoa, Jamaica Me Crazy, Jungle Love, Lei Flower, Little Black Dress, Madagascar Spice, Mahogany Spice, Misbehavin, Modern Black, Moon and Stars, Nikki’s Herb Patch, Of a Woman type, Painted Lady,

Quilt, Satsuma, Sweet Potato Pie, Sweet Tooth, Sugar Cane, White Chocolate

I haven't had a chance to make candles out of all of them yet but I can't stop putting my nose to the fragrance bottle. Don't forget that many of the fragrances are also available in our bath & body products. We are always open to suggestions and even combining scents