I am happy to announce another GREAT GIVEAWAY for
Blissfully Domestic Home & Garden Channel readers!
McKenna of Urban Botanic has offered to give a lucky winner
the gift of a delicious smelling home for the holidays!
If you are like me, you love for your home to smell WONDERFUL! But, let's face it, with kids, dogs, dust, dirty laundry and the leftover smell of last night's dinner, our house doesn't always smell as great as we'd like. I had the opportunity to interview McKenna of Urban Botanic and ask her a few questions related to scents — so I thought I'd share the interview here for all of you!
Details for the giveaway will be at the bottom of the post, so be sure and enter!
Tell us about the connection between our personalities and the scents we like! What does our choice in scent say about us?
I always say a woman’s perfume is her most powerful accessory. It’s a subtle accessory, but speaks volumes about your personality to the people around you. What’s your perfume saying about you? There is an undeniable connection between our personality and the scents we’re drawn to. Without even realizing it, we form impressions of people based on how they smell. Perfume companies know this, that’s why they use personality traits instead of ingredients to describe the perfume they’re selling. They’ll tell you a perfume is bold, daring & mysterious before they tell you it has notes of lotus flower, bergamot and water lily. We identify with scent personalities without even realizing it. Are you a flirt or a romantic? Floral scents will best portray your personality. Are you an intellectual theorist? Leafy fragrances are for you! Are you a shop-til-you-drop drama queen? You’re a Spicy! You can learn more about the best fragrances to portray your personality by taking Urban Botanic’s fragrance personality test. No two test results are identical. They’re original and unique… just like you.
Do you have any suggestions for setting just the right ambient mood in our homes for the holidays?
I love this question, because the answer is obviously different for everyone. I love a pine blend for the holidays (our December Scent of the Month, “Christmas Memories” is a beautiful pine blend), but some might prefer the smell of baked cookies and pies around the holidays. Others go for sweet vanilla and peppermint. This is the very reason I started Urban Botanic! Everyone can design their own unique fragrance, and no, you don’t need a degree in chemistry to do so! What are you in the mood for? And apple pie scent? Don’t go buy a separate apple pie candle, just use your own personal collection of Urban Botanic scents to create just the right mood. Try a drop of Green Apple and a drop of Cinnamon or Maple Spice. Or try one drop each of Chocolate, Brown Sugar & Coconut for a perfect german chocolate cake. The possibilities are endless, and it’s all up to you. One of my favorite mixtures is one I like to call “Sunshine & Pomegranate”. I just add one drop each of Pomegranate, Grapefruit, and Mandarin to my Fragrance Warmer, switch it on, and within 2 minutes I’m enjoying a very fresh, cheerful atmosphere in my home.
Do you have any secrets or strategies for getting a nice even subtle fresh scent throughout our home without the scent being overpowering?
Sometimes we want a fragrance to fill our home. Other times, we want a light scent throughout: one that will keep things fresh, but not hit you in the face when you walk in the room. That’s one of the main challenges we faced when developing our home fragrances, because we wanted customers to not just choose their scent, but also control the strength on the fly. You can have a light, even fragrance in the morning, and kick it up a notch for your holiday party that evening. It’s still just one product, only now you have control over every aspect of your home fragrance. Because we use pure fragrance oils without wax fillers that are in candles, you’re able to get a more true fragrance, and it lingers in the air longer and more evenly. Urban Botanic home collections can scent your entire home, as opposed to a 20 foot diameter from where your candle is burning.
I've heard some health concerns with the use of candles. What makes Urban Botanic a safer alternative?
Urban Botanic is the greenest way to scent your home. There’s no flame, so you don’t have to constantly be worrying about whether or not you blew out the candle before you came into work. There’s no wick, which means no lead, zinc, or other metals. But most importantly, there’s no wax. Candle wax contains harmful chemicals including acetone, benzene, mercury and others. Even “healthy” soy candles are not as natural as they claim to be. Sure, soy is natural, but the processing it takes to get it from plant to candle is far from healthy. The chemicals from candles (with our without wicks) are emitted into the air we breathe, affecting our allergies, hormones, overall health and the environment. With Urban Botanic, you get 100% pure fragrance. All of the good, none of the bad. And because we don’t mess with all those icky extras, you’re able to get a stronger, truer fragrance that lasts so much longer than candles.
What’s the best way to get Urban Botanic products?
The best way to experience our product is to host a U.B. party. Invite your friends over to breathe in our delectable scents and a U.B. Fragrance Designer will show you how it all works and deliver your products right to your door. You can go to our website to request more information and we’ll put you in touch with a Fragrance Designer in your area. You can also order online or over the phone: www.urbanbotanic.com/inspired Toll Free: 1-866-259-5504.
THE GIVEAWAY!
Winner will receive a scent warmer of their choice (see the photo at the top of the post) and the December Scent of the Month: Christmas Memories – Pine, fir, evergreen and mistletoe against a subtle backdrop of warm vanilla and holiday spices.
PLUS, McKenna has generously offered EVERYONE a gift certificate to Urban Botanic just for taking the personality scent quiz! Just make sure you use a valid email address when taking your quiz!
To enter the SCENT WARMER AND SCENT OF THE MONTH GIVEAWAY, simply leave a comment here telling us why you want to win! Winner will be chosen by random number generator on December 8th.
UPDATE: Winner will be chosen December 10th! Sorry for the mixup on the date!THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!
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I would like to try anything new!
We use an artificial tree and I'd love to have a little of that Christmas scent in the house.
What a great site! I have just earned of it!!
Can't wait to learn more about the Urban botanicals- I love to "smell up my house"! Recently one of my kids said "You could taste the air!".
I love enveloping the whole house in good smells! I'm always burning candles or incense, and have good scented soaps in the bathroom…I'd love to try these!
I'd LOVE to win this. I have two kids and two dogs who like to get their gas on. (The dogs, not the kids.)
I love the idea of being able to "mix" my perfect scent! This is such great and unique idea! Great giveaway – thanks for offering!
~Tanya
the4moyers(at)msn(dot)com
I would love for my home to at least smell good for the holidays! I can't seem to keep it clean and organized, so at least it could smell nice!
sylviarj@yahoo.com
I would love to win because I like natural scents and have never liked candles. I would love for my home to smell nice (and not like the wonderful, but stinky 6 children who live here smell) and be soothing.
What a lovely giveaway … I need this because the scents SPEAK to me and my house could really use the pick-me-up.
Yay for giveaways! Fingers crossed!
I love the smell of Christmas! Pick me.
our home smells pretty good and i am huge fan of aromatherapy section at whole food.this stuff looks like something i'd love to have.merry xmas to you all and wish santa will bring us wonderful perfumes!
I need to win because my house is stinky!
Ok. Not really. But I do love for it to smell warm and welcoming and I hate to leave candles burning all the time with the kiddos running around.
Kimba
I would love to win this so my house can smell amazing! I love Christmas-y smells, but haven't had the time to find any home scents. I have 3 little boys, so I would love to find something to make our home smell nice!
Adding scent to my home is something I just never take time to shop for. My sister uses scented candles and even my husband notices how great it smells. Please, my home needs a scent makeover.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo.com
I want to win because we just moved into a new home, and this is our 1st Xmas here!
I loooove smelly stuff!!
My very favorite time of year is now, when I alternate between the cinnamon, and evergreen. Yum!!
I want to win because I am crazy about having my house smell delish!
love it! i have cinnamon on right now smelling up the house, and could use a change:)
I would like to win because
a. I am a mom of 3 and as much as I like to buy some nice new scents for the holidays, It's usually pretty low on the list of expenditures.
b. Warm oil in a warmer is my favorite way to make the house smell good.
c. Christmas smells are my favorite. I would burn that scent all year round if I could get away with it.
Thanks.
I am just learning about healing properties of oils and I want to try how all I can to make my home a safe, healthy, healing place.
I just took the test at http://www.urbanbotanic.com and would love to try out the scents it "picked" for me.
Winning? Oh… I would love to win because I can't get enough Christmas scents in my home. Love Love Love all things "pine smelly" LOL
A few nights ago I asked my children to share their favorite scents of the season. Without hesitating, my daughter answered, "our tree".
I need the stuff!
I'm a HUGE scent freak!!! What a wonderful giveaway!!
Thanks for the chance!!
~Tidymom
I love candles and would love to try a scent warmer. I've been eyeballing them for quite a while but just haven't bought one-you how it is, mom always puts everyone elses needs/wants first and never gets what she wants for herself! lol