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

Greenleaf usually introduces several new scents each year. This year they have released only one new fragrance for Fall and Winter 2008. Pomegranate is a sweet and juicy blend of Pomegranate and Green Apple.

The beautiful magenta color is cheerful and bright and reminds me of a fruity cherry type of scent. We are starting out with their Room Spray, Hourglass Candle, Aroma Decor Diffuser (effusion) Oil, Sachet and Reed Diffuser Oil refill.

Click here for NEW Pomegranate by Greenleaf.

Olive Oil Organics are made by the folks at Old Virginia who produce WoodWick candles. This is an entirely new line featuring 100% all natural olive oil and beeswax with essential oil fragrance.

The reason I love these is because they are all-natural and do not utilize paraffin wax. They are designed to liquefy quickly to form a pool of highly scented oil that releases fragrance fast. The best comparison I can provide, is they would be similar to the Glade candles in the shallow metal bowl.

The travel tins are 4 ounces and will burn for 25 hours. They feature tight fitting lids so you really can take these with you on your travels. Their slogan is “Passionately Pure” and they burn cleaner than soy wax.

We are starting out with 9 scents: Almond Biscotti, Artesian Spring, Casablanca Lily, Cinnamon Creme Brulee, Citrus Ginger, Fuji Apple, Night Blooming Jasmine, Sage & Verbena, Vanilla Dolce.

These fabulous scents are guaranteed to fragrance your room quickly and are perfect for stale hotel rooms. At only $7.00 each, now you can inexpensively bring great fragrance from home on your journey!

Click here for Olive Oil Organics.

The new Fusion hand-blown art glass candles and reed diffusers by WoodWicks have finally arrived! Of course, they are simply gorgeous and every candle lover must have at least one.

The Reed Diffuser jar can be reused over and over, especiallly now that WoodWicks offers reed diffuser refills in their classic year-round scents. Currently, there is no refill available for the new Fusion scents. We will find out more next month regarding their availability.

Fusion scents just arrived:
* Blackberry Oak * Caramel Apple * Cinnamon Sugar * Gardenia Lily * Grenadine Melon * Linen Bouquet * Mandarin Vanilla * Raspberry Mojito * Sheer Woods * Water Mint * Wine Berry *

Any of these beautiful Fusion creations would make a stunning wedding gift! Click here for WoodWick Fusion.

We are very excited about the new Fusion line by WoodWick of art glass candles and reed diffusers that should be arriving next month. Not only has WoodWick created 12 new fragrance blends, but they have once again innovated an entirely new offering of home decor accessories.

Freshbet will be offering: Blackberry Oak, Caramel Apple, Cinnamon Sugar, Gardenia Lily, Mandarin Vanilla, Raspberry Mojito, Sheer Woods, Water Mint and Wine Berry.

These are the kind of beautiful glass containers you will want to keep and use over and over again. Thankfully there are now many reed diffuser oil refills available on the market as well as replacement reeds.

All of these art glass containers are unique, hand-blown collectibles that are filled with the enticing aroma of dual-blend fragrances. Now you can enjoy their visual beauty as well as their captivating sensory scents.

Fusion is expected to arrive in June and we will start adding these to our website over the next few weeks.

Many of you have noticed we are not showing the Original warmer refills on our site. This is because the Factory is out of stock until early June. You can certainly call us to place a pre-order at 1-800-322-0525. Our shopping cart is designed to charge your card when an order is placed, so to prevent premature charges, these have been hidden until our stock arrive.

I have also just found out that we will indeed be getting warmer refills for Fall/Holiday in Christmas Memories and Oh Christmas Tree. These will be available in late September.

We already have warmer refills on order in Pomegranate Plum and The Haunted Home. Expected arrival date for these scents is early September.

Click here to shop for Claire Burke plug-in warmer refills.

Deb tells me we have had several local patrons request this scent by Aromatique. I remember seeing it at the Atlanta Show and thinking we should eventually add this lovely fragrance.

So, I have ordered this scent in a Reed Diffuser Set, Reed Diffuser Oil Refill, Bath Soap and Body Lotion. Aromatique continues to impress me with their great fragrance throw and very fair pricing. The bath soaps will sell for only $2.50 each.

I recently read a review by Candle Find on the Aromatique Fresh Fig and Summer Sorbet. Even the ladies at Candle Find note the scent throw on Aromatique candles is fabulous. If you are looking for a home fragrance line with some serious fragrance, you must try Aromatique!

These new items should be available on our site in the next few weeks. Splendor in the Bath is a beautiful pastel blue color, simply ideal for any Powder Room. The scent is described as alluring and sensuous… combining a beautiful bounty of seashells and fern with the enduring fragrance of oriental spice.

Click here for Aromatique.

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.

Click here to shop for Hillhouse Summer.

TC is always creating new products and scents to maintain their cutting-edge position in their industry. Their new T-Cells are innovative and very popular with our customers because they are non-aerosol, last up to 90 days and can be recycled making them “green”.

Recently I was talking with Jerry, our Sales Region Manager and he advised that Jen Hart of TC has created 2 new scents for their line of T-Cell odor neutralizer refills:

#750905 Vanilla Cream which is similar to Yankee Candles’ Buttercream scent.
#750907 Apple Cinnamon is similar to Claire Burke’s Apple Jack & Peel.

They are releasing these on July 1st. I will be ordering these in June to add to our offering. If you would like to pre-order, you can call us at 1-800-322-0525. Otherwise, these will be available on our website for purchase in early July when we receive these items into inventory.

Click here to shop for TC T-Cells.

I have painted my nails for the last 25-30 years and I just can’t tell you how much I love our new Peacekeeper Nail Paint. First, it’s all organic and natural without any formaldehyde or other toxins. It wears like iron and dries super quick. I actually have been able to stop using a base coat and top coat. I found it bubbled when I used standard top/base coats. Now I can slap 2 coats of Peacekeeper Nail Paint on my nails and it’s totally dry within 20 minutes.

When I first saw the Peacekeeper line at the Minneapolis Gift Mart last summer, I noticed they had some beautiful lipsticks and lip glosses. I have been very focused on adding more natural items as I believe we are all tired of chemical-based products.

Now I don’t wear lipstick anymore, but I did wear it for many years when I worked in Corporate America. I continue to be impressed with the folks at PeaceKeepers who donate all their after expense profits to various women’s causes. Their organic products are perfect for Cancer survivors/patients and any woman who values a chemical-free beauty product.

We are now offering 3 new colors in Lip Gloss: V Day, UNIFEM and Eternal Equity. As you can see by the names of the first 2 colors, these are dedicated to special women’s causes.

There are also 3 new colors in Lip Paint: Paint Me Content (Rose), Paint Me Wise (Burnt Orange) and Paint Me Loving (Pink). The lip paints come in stylish black plastic twist tubes.

Peace Keeper Lip Paints were nominated as finalists for “Best Lip Product of the Year” by Cosmetics Executive Woman(CEW). The revolutionary mineral makeup is rated as one of the safest cosmetics in the US. Made from natural ingredients like Vitamin E, Jojoba oil, Grapeseed oil and Candelila Wax.

Click here for Peacekeeper Cause-Metics.

We recently had an inquiry from a customer who wanted to buy a replacement stone & wick assembly for her Scentier Fragrance Lampe. I had not previously considered this, so naturally I contacted the Rep who helped us take care of this right away.

We now stock 4 different size/colors of the Scentier stone and wick assemblies:
* Silver small
* Silver large
* Gold small
* Gold large

Depending upon the size Lampe you own, you should select the large or small size in the color tone that best matches the metal trim on your lampe.
Click here for more info.