Scentsy Zodiac Gift Guide: Taurus - April 20 to May 21

Tauruses are admirable individuals who value highly value security and family. Underneath their sweet nature lies a strong willed individual.

When visiting a Taurus, you can expect their home to showcase the ideal mix of luxury, comfort and good taste. They invest in timeless pieces for their home that are as solidly made as they are.

Tauruses are the ideal Scentsy recipients as they like to surround themselves with beautiful things and highly enjoy sensory pleasures.  Scentsy's Bronze Vine warmer's antiqued bronze floral design is tailor-made for Tauruses.  Its traditional design and neutral palette will appeal to the Taurean's conventional tastes.

  

When it comes to fragrances, Tauruses find comforting and sensual scents the most pleasing.  This includes warm oriental fragrances, cheerful florals and sweet fruits.  

Here are some Scentsy bars that will be sure to please your favorite Taurus...

Happy Go Lucky hits all of the right notes for Taurus with its flirty blend of luscious red berries, silky orchid, and Japanese plum floating on a cloud of amber vanilla.

Skinny Dippin' is the perfect fragrance for when Taurus is in a playful mood.  They'll enjoy basking in its fresh green apples, refreshing melons and juicy pears.

Peony Petals rounds up our trio of perfectly Taurean scents. Taurus will appreciate this romantically sophisticated, peony and rose fragrance.

Visit www.thesafecandleshoppe.scensty.ca to buy these scent-sational gifts for your beloved Taurus!

Cheers, 

Beth 

Colour Trend Nairobi Blue: Carrey Element Warmer

Sky blue is everywhere this spring.

It's Benjamin Moore's colour of the year... 

2014 Colour of the Year - Breath of Fresh Air

It's been all over the runways...

Photo Credit - http://springsummerfashiontrends.com

And if you still hadn't noticed it, you would have once this magnificent dress happened...

It was Lupita's dress that started us calling it Nairobi Blue, rather than sky or baby blue

And who could blame designers for loving this colour? Nairobi Blue is soothing, elegant and dreamy. It can be cool and icey or bright and cheerful depending on what which colour you pair it with.  

As usual, Scentsy is right on trend with the Carrey Element Warmer.

Carrey's pretty shade of blue works perfectly with it's charming design that features a frilly top edge and sweet floral pattern.  This little warmer is the ideal way to bring this season's premier colour into your home.

Visit our online store at www.thesafecandleshoppe.scentsy.ca to purchase your own Carrey Element Warmer today!

Cheers, 

Beth

Afternoon Tea with Lace & Peony Petals

February is the time of year when the winter blues are at their peak.  To help distract myself and my friends form the cold, I usually try to have a get together of some sort during the month.  After binge watching the most recent season of Downton Abbey, I decided that this year my winter blues party would be a tea party!

To give the affair a classic tea party vibe I picked up a china tea cup for each of my guests at a second hand store. 

I asked my mom to borrow a tablecloth and hit the jackpot when she found an old crochet cloth stored away in her basement. To finish it off, I bought a few fresh flowers for the table.   

I think it turned out pretty nicely, if I do say so myself...  BUT I can't say I wasn't a little disappointed when Scentsy's Lace warmer was released only 2 weeks later...

Lace would have been the perfect accent with its vintagey lace pattern imprinted into the porcelain.  I would have used a classic floral Scentsy bar reminiscent of an English garden to compliment the mood. 

Simply Rose or French Lavender would both be perfect choices for a tea party, but if I were having another party tomorrow I'd likely use new, Peony Petals.

Here is Scentsy's description of the fragrance -- "Peony and rose petals dance on a soft breeze."

Peony Petals smells like a mixed bouquet of highly fragrant spring flowers. While still a true floral scent, it's more modern than some of Scentsy's soliflore options (ie. Lush Gardenia, Simply Rose and French Lavender).  It's in the same vein as Chole, fans of that perfume will likely love Peony Petals as well. 

Visit our online store to purchase Lace and Peony Petals, and bring a touch of Downton Abbey to your home as well!

Cheers, 

Beth

Bizarrely Accurate: Tomato Vine

Scentsy’s new Spring/Summer 2014 fragrance offerings are pretty awesome. While it’s still too soon for me to have a favorite, I can tell you that hands down, Tomato Vine is the most unexpected!

When I saw the name I assumed that Tomato Vine would be an earthy green scent, that was inspired by juicy sun ripened tomatoes.  

I was wrong.

This fragrance is not inspired by tomato vines…

It smells exactly like a tomato vine. Scentsy wasn't kidding when they came up with this description.

I asked Peter to blind test this one to see if he had the same reaction. When I held up the test bar to his nose he knew right away that he recognized the scent, but even after repeated whiffs he couldn’t put his finger on exactly what it smelt like.   

When I finally revealed to Peter what the fragrance was he was also amazed with Scentsy’s accuracy.  

Peter just couldn’t guess the scent, since the smell of tomato vines is one of those life fragrances that we experience often enough but rarely stop to consciously register.  

 

Alright, so this thing smells exactly like a tomato vine... But would I recommend it?

Ahhhh that’s hard to say. 

I think that there are some people out there who would really enjoy it. People who love to tend to their vegetable gardens and want to transport themselves there during winter months… Or maybe vegetarians? (har har har)… Other than that perhaps a few people would like this as an occasional scent.   

But really, I think this fragrance is pretty bizarre and I couldn’t see myself wanting to have its sharp green smell wafting through my house very often.

So this is what I say to it...

Do you love the smell of ripe tomato plants?  Buy your own Tomato Vine scented products at our online Scentsy store or by emailing us at TheSafeCandleShoppe@gmail.com.

Cheers,

Beth