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I just love Fall! By late September our weather starts cooling here in the Carolinas and I celebrate a birthday and anniversary. It’s one of my favorite times of the year. We are excited about many of the new items scheduled to arrive.

There will be wonderful new Aromatique home fragrances in Cinnamon Cider, Orange & Evergreen and Pumpkin Spice. Naturally we will be offering Decorative Fragrance, Diffuser Oil, Candles, Room Spray, Refresher Oil, Glass Votives and Gift Sets.


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One of the perennial favorites by Hillhouse Naturals Farm is Log Cabin. We are pleased to report we will be offering their Potpourri, Room Spray, Refresher Oil & Sachet.

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Last but not least, are the brand new Claire Burke mini-Reed Diffusers. The factory is already just about sold out on these. Don’t delay, these will make awesome hostess gifts or stocking stuffers.
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I have asked Dawn to start uploading all of these items the first week of September. We expect all of these items to be available by mid-September. Please feel free to phone in your pre-order for best selection.

As summer quickly comes to a close and we all start thinking about cool Fall weather; I thought this would be a good time to let you know what we have planned for Holiday 2008:

* New Claire Burke Mini-Reed Diffusers
* New Claire Burke Haunted Home & Pomegranate Plum
* Claire Burke Oh Christmas Tree and Christmas Memories in cute ceramics.
* New WoodWick Fusion Reed Diffuser Refills and scents.
* New WoodWick Signature Deluxe Candles, including Frasier Fir.
* New WoodWick Fall & Winter scents in 22 oz candles and Reed Diffuser Refills
* WoodWick Holiday Glow candles and reed diffusers in beautiful red shiny glass.
* Greenleaf Aroma Decor Effusion Oils return in winter scents.
* More Greenleaf American Harvest, Apple Spice & Cinnamon, Christmas Traditions, Frosty, Holiday Fruit, Hospitality, Holiday Fruit & Tuscan Vineyard.
* Lots more votive candles by Greenleaf, Hillhouse & Aromatique.
* Hillhouse Log Cabin, Woods, Pomegranate Frost, Winter Wonderland, Whispering Pines & Christmas.
* NEW Baekgaard purses, leather accessories for men and women.
* New Caswell-Massey ladies bath in Honeysuckle, Freesia and NEW Pomegranate.
* New Vitabath Value Gift Sets of lotion, gelee & scrub or pouf – gift boxed.
* New Vera Bradley Men’s Ties by Baekgaard.

It’s that time of year where we have big clearance sales to make room for all this exciting new merchandise, so stay tuned as we blow out lots of great bargains at up to 75% off.

So much to do to get ready for Fall! We have just marked down over 500 items and Kate is working hard to get the price changes done on the sites. The folks who take our Newsletter already know about these. Here is a brief recap of the current specials:

* Finders KeyPurse key hooks – Selected items 10-30% off
* Annie Oakley Essential Oils – 10% off
* Aromatique Smell of Spring, Citrus Plum Berry – 15% off
* Badger Balms – Selected item 10-20% off
* Scrunchy Shirts – 10% off
* Enchanted Meadow – Most Everything – Now 10-75% off (No, we are not dropping this line, we just need to thin it down a bit!)
* Pre de Provence Soaps 20-30% off
* Abra Therapeutics – 25% off
* Greenleaf Seasonal Scents – 50% off
* Greenleaf Reed Diffusers – 10% off
* Selected Greenleaf Aroma Decor Diffusers – 40% off
* Selected Hillhouse – 10-75% off
* Isola Luce Candles – 10-40% off
* Kama Sutra – Up to 75% off
* Tart Warmers – 10-30% off
* Natural Spa – 50% off
* Selected Claire Burke – up to 75% off
* All Scentier Lampes & Parfum – 20% off
* Simple Scents Body Butters – 50% off
* Selected Sonoma Lavender, Eucalyptus, Spice, Rose – up to 75% off
* Terra Nova – up to 50% off
* Selected WoodWicks Oils, Diffusers, Candles, Tarts – up to 40% off
* Ozium Hand-held air sanitizers – 35% off

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Previously we stocked this great floral fragrance by Hillhouse and we all simply loved this old-fashioned romantic scent. We are pleased to announce this scent has returned again this year and is now available in stock and on our website.

We are offering: Sachet, Room Spray, Refresher Oil and Tin Candle. These are beautifully packaged in pink floral and feature an elegant blend of classic night blooming Jasmine and fresh cut rose mingled with ylang-ylang amid accents of lemon, black currant and smooth vanilla.

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WOW, Wade & I had a hectic trip to Atlanta for 2 days to attend the huge January Gift Show to order new merchandise for Spring. Needless to say we were exhausted by the time we left. Here is a brief recap of what we have planned for Spring/Summer 2008:

* New WoodWick candles and Reed Diffusers.
* New Old Virginia Tarts.
* More new WoodWick car scents and Home Fragrance Oil scent choices.
* New WoodWick Fusion art-glass Candles & Reed Diffuser – simply stunning!
* New WoodWick Reed Diffuser oil refills w/new Reeds.
* NEW Olive Oil Organics in travel tin candles and large 22 oz clear glass. AWESOME scent!
* More new Hillhouse Farm Naturals tin candles and new Pomegranate Reed Diffuser.
* Hillhouse Good Dog Linen Spray and tin candle.
* NEW Greenleaf Reed Diffusers and refills. These are ceramic and so charming.
* Greenleaf has introduced a new scent called Evening Twilight which is a powdery soft scent that will be available in Aroma Decor Diffuser Oil.
* 2 New Greenleaf Aroma Decor Diffusers: Yellow Vase, Shanghai
* Greenleaf has also reformulated their lotions to include Jojoba making them even better!
* Greenleaf has a new Spa line which we will be adding soon: Bath Salts, Scrub, etc.

We are optimistically guarded that we will soon be selected to become an Aromatique retailer. They gave me their new Peach Pizazz candle to burn and it is phenomenal! We are excited to report we have ordered:

* The Smell of Spring
* Summer Sorbet
* Fresh Fig
* Citrus Plum Berry
* Peach Pizazz

Thanks to the feedback from Sandy Wood who was kind enough to share her thoughts with me regarding Aromatique!

We have also ordered several other new lines which will be arriving over the next few months:
* Baekgaard leather purse accessories in bright colors.
* Scentier Parfum Fragrance Lampes and Oils
* Lastly, we are expanding our Caswell-Massey lines due to your comments and strong interest to include: Men’s Verbena & Tricorn, Ladies: Almond & Aloe, English Lavender.

I also visited the Enchanted Meadow showroom and will be ordering a few of their new lines as well. So, it was a busy market and we expect Spring to be very busy at Freshbet. As always, if you have comments or suggestions, please email Bet.

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

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.