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

We have lots of gentlemen customers at the Fresh Bet website. In the past we have only been able to offer the Zen for Men bodycare line. We are now pleased to announce that we have just added the Caswell-Massey line for Gents.

Caswell-Massey is “America’s Oldest Perfumer” established in 1752. They are America’s 4th oldest continuing company having been established in Newport, Rhode Island in 1752. This year they are celebrating their 254th Anniversary!

Caswell-Massey has a wonderful history that encompasses fragrances worn by such luminaries as Presidents George Washington and John Kennedy, the Eisenhower Family for the White House and other noteworthy Hollywood Celebrities like John Barrymore and Cole Porter. These are sophisticated gents who found many of the Caswell-Massey scents to their liking.

We are starting out with: Greenbriar, Jockey Club, Newport, Number Six and Sandalwood. We have soaps, body wash, lotion, after shave balm, shave cream and cologne.

Caswell-Massey products have a deep sense of history and authenticity with quality being their top focus. They use only the finest perfume grade oils to scent their products and there are no synthetic shortcuts. Only the purest, natural botanicals are utilized and they do not utilize animal testing. These are truly luxury items for those who use only the very best toiletries.

Click here for Caswell-Massey.

A few weeks ago, Wade & I were down at the store when a gent came in to look for some men’s care products. He was clearly a sophisticated professional who was searching for upscale skin care. We’ve always had a small selection in this area and it became clear to me that we needed to do something about that right away!

I started researching upscale men’s lines and we decided to add two fine lines to our Fresh Bet offering: Roger & Gallet and Caswell-Massey. It only seemed logical to me that we should go to the Atlanta Mart to sniff these new items in person before we ordered. So, I dragged Wade down to Atlanta as my official men’s product line buyer. I am pleased to report that we now have 2 lovely new men’s lines in stock just in time for the Holiday gift-giving season.

Roger & Gallet of Paris is imported from France with elegant and beautiful packaging. We are starting with 3 of their unisex fragrances and 2 of their Men’s fragrances. All of these are best sellers and the price points are fair enough for such luxury items.

For the gents we have: L’Homme and L’Homme Essential.

Their best selling scent and also their oldest is called: Jean Marie Farina. This scent is used by both men and women alike.

Their next best selling scent is Vetyver. We also opted to add their line called: Bouquet Imperial which my husband liked and the packaging is Orange so this works well for us here in Clemson. We are starting out with basics in Cologne, Soap, Bodywash, Lotion and a few gents hair products.

Click here for Roger & Gallet.

Our Rep has just informed me that the Enchanted Meadow Factory has decided to drop their Chai line of Zen for Men. This is sad news for us because Chai has become a best seller with our clientele and is also loved by the ladies as well.

We will attempt to stock up on this scent for winter, but when the Factory inventory is depleted there will be no more. So, if you love the Enchanted Meadow Chai scent, stock up now!

We have just been notified that the Claire Burke Factory has decided to discontinue all Refresher Oil Sprays. Apparently they are already sold out on Original and there will be no more. They still have Applejack, Wisteria, Citrus Blush, Sheer Vanilla and The Sea so we will attempt to stock up on these before they are entirely depleted.

Several weeks ago they informed us they have discontinued production of the large deluxe size bag of Potpourri which was 3.0 dry quarts. Now with this change to the refresher oils, it would seem they will be coming out with all Potpourri including one refresher oil. In other words, we can no longer offer Refresher Oil as a separate item.

Throughout the next few months we will probably see a new size potpourri being offered with the refresher oil to replace the existing 1.6 quart small bag and 3 qt large bag. I will continue to ask them to consider bringing back an individual refresher oil that is not in spray format.