"I want My house to smell like Your house"

I hear this from a lot of my friends. "What is that smell when I enter your house?" "Your house always smells so good" - my response is always: "It has to!" I can't own a company like EverythingSmells and have a bad smelling house!

So, here's how you can get Your house to smell like My house.

First, as you enter thru the back door foyer, your nose is enriched with the smell of Currant. I like this fragrance because it's not seasonal - it can be enjoyed year-round. Plus men like this fragrance as well. A win-win. Simply place the WoodWick Currant Spill-Proof Diffuser in your entryway. I have mine up on a shelf where the coats and scarves are hung.

Next the downstairs powder room is simply scented by 2 adorable boot shaped soaps that I have sitting on the sink. These soaps are made by Scottish Fine Soaps and smell like Fresh Rain. I love seeing them perched by the faucet, with the added bonus of working as a room air freshener. They come in Blue, Green, Yellow, or Pink and will get your guests talking for sure.

Enter my living room and you will most always smell vanilla mixed with chocolate. I like to blend fragrances in this room by burning multiple candles at one time. My base is the Madagascar Vanilla Natural Candle by Root and the Chocolateness Natural Candle by Root. I then pick a third fragrance by season. Right now this would be the Pumpkin Spice Natural Root Candle alternating with the Mulled Cider.

I prefer not to have fragrance in the kitchen because I feel it would compete with the food smells. However there are plenty of fragrances that do complement food. I also do not have any fragrances in my bedroom. This is just a personal preference. My nose is hyper sensitive and is on overdrive most of the day at work (you can imagine). So the only time I spend in my bedroom is when I want to unwind and sleep. If I was sniffing things this would be much harder to do!

Last but not least the reason why my upstairs bathroom smells so good is plain and simple - SOAP! Whether it's the soap in the shower or the soap bars I have displayed in a mini ceramic tub on the counter...mmmmm. The best of which is Fairy Farts!

All of the products I listed above do come in assorted fragrances. So fine-tune them to what works for you and your personal favorites.

Cheers,

Danielle

Owner/Scent Expert

www.EverythingSmells.com

Let A Little Lavender Into Your Life

I value a good night's sleep. And I know that when I don't get one, it most definitely affects my mood the following day. Sometimes it's hard to unwind at night when our brain's are busy going over everything that happened that day, or, like mine, already planning for the next day.

Something simple and easy that you can do, is to let a little Lavender into your life. The smell of Lavender naturally calms us, soothes us, and can help us destress. And smelling Lavender before bed can actually help you fall asleep. Some people put dried sprigs of the Lavender plant inside their pillowcase just for this reason.

I personally like to put Lavender lotion on my hands before bed. Or you could put a Lavender air freshener in your bedroom. Or burn a Lavender candle as you sit in your living room after dinner. We have over 35 Lavender products at EverythingSmells. Add one or two to your next order for the aromatherapy benefits. Or maybe you know someone going through a stressful situation right now - treat them to the gift of Lavender.

Cheers,

Danielle Roska
Owner/Scent Expert
www.EverythingSmells.com

Halloween in August?

Does it bother you to see Halloween and Fall scented candles/products in stores in August?!? I seriously want to know.

While Fall is my absolute favorite time of year because I love to eat and breathe all things pumpkin, and inhale all Fall fragrances - falling leavings, pumpkin pie, cinnamon spices, nutmeg, hot apple cider, chai tea... I refrain from putting these new scented items up on EverythingSmell's web site until September because it just feels wrong to rush the summer along. I've actually had all the Fall scented products in stock since May, sitting there waiting patiently for the end of August. However, I often wonder if customers would prefer to be able to purchase them now, or in season? The same can be said for Christmas/Holiday scents. Would you believe I had to order them back in April or they would have been sold out by the time winter actually arrived? It's crazy to me. I learned that lesson the hard way the first year I opened the business back in 2003.

So here I am going against the grain and attempting to keep seasonal fragrances seasonal. Much like the glorious "Cadbury Egg." Now there's a perfect example. If you could eat a Cadbury Egg year-round, would you enjoy it as much? I think not. The sheer fact that you can only get a Cadbury Egg during Easter makes them all the more special. Now I did just see a horrid attempt at a Halloween Cadbury Egg with green colored filling. I hope that doesn't make it back next year...ha!

So enjoy the rest of your summer days and fill them with the fragrances of coconut, ocean waves, mango salsa, strawberry shortcake, grilled steaks, tomato vines, lemonade, watermelon, and jasmine. Fall will be here before we know it.

Cheers,

Danielle Roska
Owner/Scent Expert
www.EverythingSmells.com