Fresh Bet Bits, Claire Burke Original Memories, Home Fragrance Product Updates and Commentary

Greenleaf is a fine old company established in 1975 here in the Upstate of South Carolina. They produce great fragrances at value prices and are very agreeable. We have seen our sales of Greenleaf products continue to increase over the past few years. Thus, it only made sense for me to widen the breadth of product we carry by Greenleaf.

Our storefront customers have enthusiastically requested more Eucalyptus Mint products. Leia & Pamela love this fragrance, so I am happy to oblige. Thus, we are pleased to annouce we have expanded this fragrance offering to now include: Candle, Room Spray, Sachets, Potpourri, Refresher Oil, Hand Lotion, Hand Wash and Linen Spray. Click here for Eucalyptus Mint.

It is worth noting that if you have tried Greenleaf candles in the past, you should try them again. Previously I was not impressed with their candles and we dropped them. However, the Factory has reformulated them with a new blend of natural soy and vegetable wax. Now these puppies burn great! The fragrance is strong and true and they burn super-clean for a very long time!

We are now stocking more Greenleaf candles in the hourglass shape container; especially since they are now more environmental friendly and totally biodegrable. You will also see more Greenleaf Potpourri being offered since they bought out a lovely little company called “Natures Own” Potpourri. Their new potpourri’s are very fragrant and much improved.

There will be a complete offering of Greenleaf Apple Spice & Cinnamon, Pumpkin Patch, Christmas Traditions and Timberleaf - their newest yummy scent. If you want to have a free sniff, just call us with your next order and request a FREE Sachet. Be sure to tell Leia, Pamela or Deb that you read about here on our blog site!

The folks who subscribe to our Newsletter already know about these, so if you haven’t yet signed up, here are our current Clearance Savings:

Hillhouse Naturals 10-50% off
Enchanted Meadow bodycare 10-30% off
Enchanted Meadow Home Fragrances 10% off
Enchanted Meadow Candles 40-50% off
Terra Nova Bodycare 15% off
Claire Burke 10-50% off
Greenleaf Bodycare, Diffusers 15% off
Isola Luce Diffusers, Candles 10-40% off
Sonoma Eucalyptus 10-30% off
Sonoma Lavender 10-30% off

Summer vacation season will soon be ending as the students prepare to return to school this month. It’s time for an “End of Summer Sale” as we start thinking about moving into Fall. This is a great time to indulge in summer fragrance mark-downs as we make room for lots of great new Fall merchandise. We have several bodycare lines by Enchanted Meadow that are on Clearance. Many of our Claire Burke summer fragrances are on Sale. All of our Summer WoodWick Candles and Old Virginia Wax Tarts summer scents have also been marked down.

Later this month we’ll be receiving the new WoodWick Car Gel Scents. Claire Burke will be shipping The Haunted Home and Pomegranate Plum to us by Labor Day. In September we will have new Eternal Flame Eclipse Lamps from Enchanted Meadow and new Autumn Reed Diffusers and Refills.

* Claire Burke on sale: Citrus Blush, Wisteria, Simply Jasmine
* Summer WoodWick Candles now 10% off
* Summer Old Virginia Wax Tarts now 20% off
* Terra Nova Gardenia, Rain & Water Petals bodycare - 15% off
* Selected Organic Sonoma Lavender Sachets - 30% off
* Selected Greenleaf Aroma Decor Diffusers, Bath & Body - 15% off
* Selected Kama Sutra - 10% off
* Simple Scents Body Butters - selected scents 10% off

Treat summer skin to lots of moisturizing and save money on our great sale pricing! Just Arrived: New Badger Sun Care. Whether you’re starting your holiday shopping early or just stocking up on some end of summer scents at great savings; don’t delay as our clearance prices are limited to stock on hand.

Click here to shop our Clearance Sale!

This is a quick update to let our customers know of some new changes to our shipping carriers:

1. The US Postal Service will no longer allow us to ship sprays or perfumes to Canada. They have discontinued the ground service; and these items are prohibited for air shipment. This means we must ship by UPS Ground which is more expensive and may require Canadian customers to pay incoming duties.
2. FedEx Ground shipments will all be sent with a required signature due to unpaid claims for non-received shipments. This means you must be home to sign for your package or they will not leave it on the porch or doorstep. We have experienced losses when we do not require a signature and sadly this is increasing your delivery time as FedEx must now obtain your signature.
3. The result is that we will start using UPS more because of these new ‘issues’ with USPS and FEDEX. In certain rural areas, UPS is quite costly. We will do our best not to increase your shipping fees, but UPS levies more fuel surcharges, etc. so we will watch these charges carefully before determining if our shipping charges to our customers must be raised.

I understand this is a very sensitive area; especially with so many websites offering free and discounted shipping rates. Please know that we utilize as many recycled packing materials as possible and DO NOT charge Handling Fees at Freshbet in an attempt to keep our costs as reasonable as possible. We appreciate your patience as we strive to maintain shipping costs which are continually being increased by the carriers. As always, email Bet if you have comments or suggestions.

Greenleaf is headquartered not far from us in Spartanburg, SC. It’s always like talking to a neighbor when we visit their showroom in Atlanta. This past January at the Gift Show, I was delighted to see their gorgeous new Aroma Decor Diffusers.

For Spring, they have released 4 stunning new diffusers and 3 great new scents. We are starting out with sachets, diffuser oils and some bath & body in: Orange & Honey, Raspberry Lemonade and Ginger Tea.

New diffusers: Lemon Bowl (featured on HGTV), Birdhouse, Aqua & Ivory and Blue & White. The blue & white version reminds me of my favorite Dutch Delft pattern. Wade & I had the chance to visit the town of Delft in Holland back in the late 80’s and I just LOVE this traditional blue and white pattern.

The Lemon Bowl diffuser is fabulous if you like fruit motif decor in the kitchen…which I do! (I have fruit decorated plates from Germany and ceramic fruit tiles in my kitchen…very traditional.) The birdhouse diffuser is wicked cute and the new Aqua & Ivory is square with rounded corners and floral textures - very feminine.

When Greenleaf sent me sachet samples in January of their 3 new scents, my husband fell in love with the Ginger Tea. He likes oriental scents. I really liked the new Raspberry Lemonade; and the Orange & Honey is incredibly fragrant. The Orange & Honey sachet lasted forever in my master bath..it has great staying power. All of these new scents are available in diffuser oils for your Aroma Decor lamp or Lampourri/Lampeberger.

The other day a customer called to say she’d had some problems with her Aroma Decor diffuser wick not burning properly. She had contacted the Factory and they suggested using Purifier oil in between scents to clean out the stone. So, we have ordered Purifier oil for this very purpose and it should be available in the next few weeks.

As always, let us know if you have any special requests and we’ll do our best to add these items to our offering. Click here to see what’s new from Greenleaf.