Here is an example of the Black Friday deals to look forward to at one of my favorite stores, Bath & Body Works ………

Bath & Body Works has a VIP bag available with 10 products. It will run $15 with any $40 purchase. You can get this deal online or in the store. Doors open at 6am.

Also good to note……Wallflowers (both starter sets and refills) home fragrance will be on sale for $5 a piece, there’s a fragrance sampler (features 10 Signatures scents in minature) for $25, full-size Signature Collection will be Buy 3-Get 3, and you can get two 14.5 oz candles for only $20.

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Black Friday At Bath & Body Works

Here are Angela’s fragrance personalities, with a brief description of each:

*Chanel #5 – Blond either by way of nature or bottle, well-maintained, manicured, and sipping something bubbly.

*Jean Patou Joy – Happy, friendly, and brunette.

*Guerlain Shalimar – Sexy with a mysterious foreign flavor.

*Thierry Mugler Angel – Angels sound very much like Elle from Legally Blond.

*4711 – Fresh, outdoorsy, healthy, and capable.

I like to think that I’m made up of equal parts Joy and Shalimar, with a small dash of 4711. I’m definitely Joy’s friendly brunette, but I like to think that I project a certain sense of Shalimar’s mystery. I’m a big fan of exercise, so that’s where the dash of 4711 comes in.  

Where do you fit?  To read Angela’s post and get a better feel for your perfume personality, take a look here.

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Equal Parts Joy and Shalimar

Grove’s Lemon Mint Leaves Dry Oil Perfume
$26.99

This spray carries notes of lemon, mint, and a “leafy, beautiful earth leaf inspired scent.”  It’s held within a 2 ounce bottle that is decorated with artwork depicting “Grove.” 

Grove is a Fern Lily Girl. A Fern Lily Girl lives among the earth, plants flowers, trees & blesses nature.Grove lives among the trees. She sings to the trees & tells them stories of the earth. Her voice is love to their ears.

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Perfume Oils from Fern Lily Girls

I’ve mentioned before how much I love the fragrances available from Smell Bent.  They work well as unisex and  have unique note combinations and funny names -  a smile is the perfect compliment to a great fragrance.  I got some samples in the mail to try for review.  My daughter sat down with me and we went through them all. Our favorite, hands down, is the Elf Fullfilling.  We loved that it smelled like a cinnamon-flavored cookie. 

Here are my first impressions of each fragrance:

*2010 – Fresh air. Somehow it had this sort of fresh air essence to it, which fits perfectly with a name that signifies a new year, but it’s actually supposed to smell space-age-y.  If you get a chance to try it, let me know what your impression is.

Notes: New Spaceship Smell, Pressurized Cabin, Jet Fuel, Intergalactic Plants and Blossoms.

*Elf Fulfilling  – I wrote “cinnamon” and “shortbread.” It reminded Bay of those buttery-good shortbread cookies, when she first smelled it. The dry down is more spice than sweet though.

Notes: Cinnamon Sugar Cookies, Naughty Pipe Tobacco, Toy Shop Sawdust

*Gelty Pleasures – Brownies. The chocolate note is strong here and that is a good thing, as far as I’m concerned. It’s a deep, decadent chocolate, definitely not chocolate-light.

Notes: Spiced Amber, Rich Milk Chocolate

*Hippie Holidaze – Maple syrup. I have to admit that I am drawn to anything with “hippie” in the name, because that’s probably going to mean patchouli. I was not disappointed.

Notes: Tangerines, Maple Syrup, Aged Patchouli

*Pere Noel – Evergreen. This is a freshly cut Christmas tree in a bottle. Pungent at first, it mellows nicely.

Notes: Sweet Immortelle, Atlas Cedar, Balsam Fir, Pinõn sap

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Smell Bent’s Holiday Smellies

I like this idea, because I use both scent and song to place memories. For example, and that smell when rain first begins to fall, it creates a particular scent as it hits the blacktop of the street. Do you know what I mean?  That smell instantly takes me back to my sophomore year of high school and a day when I cut class with my senior boyfriend. (Shh, don’t tell my mom.)

Another boyfriend comes to mind when I wear a citrus/verbena scent, because I wore it all the time when we were dating. My kids associate it with him, as well, even though it was me wearing the fragrance.

It smells a lot like L’Occitane’s Citrus Verbena, but the actual manufacturer (I bought it at Bath and Body Works a few years back) no longer makes the fragrance. I wish I had stocked up on it when I had the chance. 

What kind of scent memories do you have?  I’d love to hear about them.

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What Do Your Memories Smell Like?

Of course, it would also make a great gift, as that’s the intended use. I’m including the notes of each fragrance below.

Calvin Klein
Women’s Holiday Coffret
$35 at Drugstore.com

*Obsession For Women fragrance notes: Plum, Jasmine, Tuberose, Burnt Amber, Cashmere Woods, Mace, Vanilla, Sandalwood

*Eternity for Women fragrance notes: Freesia, Mandarin, Sage, Muguet, White Lily, Marigold, Narcissus, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Amber

*Secret Obsession fragrance notes: Plum, Rose, Mace, Jasmine, Orange Flower, Tuberose, Burnt Amber, Cashmere Woods, Vanilla, Sandalwood

*CK One fragrance notes: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pineapple, Papaya, Green Tree Accord, Hedione High Cis, Violet, Rose, Nutmeg, Musk, Amber

*Euphoria Woman fragrance notes: Pomegranate, Persimmon, Green Notes, Black Orchid, Lotus Blossom, Champaca Flower, Liquid Amber, Mahogany Wood, Black Violet, Cream Accord

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Calvin Klein Minatures

Personally, I like my man to have a few scents in rotation. If there’s a common theme among the fragrances, say a particular note or group of notes that he is drawn to, that then becomes his signature smell, if not his singular signature scent.

The same is true of women. I have a constantly growing selection of fragrance to choose from, one of the perks of my job, but I do go back to the same few fragrances over and over. I am drawn to particular notes like sandalwood, musk, amber, or cardamom, because I am in the mood for an Oriental or maybe something spicy. Some days I want something clean and fresh. On those days, the combination of Lemon and Verbena works like nothing else can.

I don’t limit myself by season either. I’ve worn my Summer go-to scent Sunkissed Glow a 2 or 3 times a week even as the weather cooled and the leaves changed. My all-time favorite, KenzoAmour, an Oriental, is meant for Fall or Winter, but I spritz it, no matter the season, because it makes me feel powerful and sexy. (Seriously, try it. It’s bold).

Fragrance choice is so very personal, very much like any other element of a person’s individual style. How about you? Do you have an arsenal? Do you go the signature scent route? What do you want your choice of fragrance to say about you?

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How Do You Indentify With Fragrance?

Here are a couple of home fragrance offer examples………

ULTA is offering a set of 2 clear glass Hurricane Candle Holders free with any $30 fragrance purchase. You can use the candle holders in a variety of ways to decorate for the holidays or all year round.

Another home fragrance offer from ULTA is a free 3.7 oz Yankee Candles Cranberry Peppermint jar candle with any $30 Yankee Candle purchase. The Yankee Candle Company has some really cute limited edition holiday candles.  There’s a set of three small-size jar candles or a stocking stuffer snowman-topped tube of candles. They make great gifts.

Yankee Candle Holiday Tea Light Tree Gift Set
$14.99

This set contains 1 white Christmas-tree shaped tea light holder and 4 scented, 4 oz size, tea light size candles.

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Home Fragrance Shopping Deals From ULTA

The Vera Wang people really know females – my daughter is in love with this ad campaign and she’s still working me to get the Princess sample bottle for her own. It has the cutest little crown at the top.  I think it’s safe to say that this appeals to “princesses” of all ages.

I like the fragrance – a Fruity Floral.  It smells a bit like a fancy raspberry chocolate to me. Not an overly sweet chocolate, but a grown-up chocolate, one of those that comes in a beautiful box, almost too pretty to eat.  My only problem with the scent is that it fades fairly quickly. I wish it was available in an eau de parfum.

Fragrance notes: Apple, Water Lily, Golden Apricot, Mandarin Meringue, Pink Guava, Tahitian Tiare, Tuberose, Dark Chocolate, Vanilla, Amber, Woods

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Zoe Kravitz Is Vera Wang’s Princess

Anderson explains further on her website…

I’ve been making many of my own products for years, layering coconut body wash with thick sandalwood/patchouli body butters, amber oils, bath products and essential oils. So what I set out to do was create a fun, sexy fragrance that really captured the beach with soft, gentle touches in a way that lingers. I didn’t want a heavy perfume for you to swim in; I wanted you to feel bathed in soft, natural scents that were inviting and flirty, and of course a super sexy one to “seal the deal”.

Pamela Anderson, a long time supporter of PETA, made sure that her fragrance was cruelty-free, natural, with a vegan base. She also wanted it to be affordable, for the “…hard-working momor young woman out there.” You can find Malibu and Malibu Night at CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Nordstrom, and Sears. If you make you make a $50 fragrance purchase at Sears during the month of November, you can get a $10 Sears Reward Card. The rebate is located here.

Malibu fragrance notes: Berries, Mandarin, Honeysuckle, White Florals, Ambered Sandalwood, Caramel, Vanilla, Praline

Malibu Night fragrance notes: Pomegranate, Chocolate, Persimmon, Greens, Black Orchid, Lotus, Champaca, Vanilla Violet, Mahogany Wood, Patchouli, Amber

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Pamela Anderson Malibu & Malibu Night