Michelle Ward/GreenPepperPress Blog

I love fragrance.  Especially in the home.  I used to be a simple sniffer…..would check out the candles at the grocery store and would happy with a pear or melon scent.  On occassion I might splurge and sniff around at Bath and Body for something a little more exotic, like tuberose.  One Christmas Judi gifted me with Frosted Cranberry and I was hooked on that one….lit daily….restocked, lit more….until I realized it was seasonal and hard to get past January.  Drats.  Then Lisa entered my scent scene.  She took me from Glade to gourmet.  The first was Elton John's Fireside.  Swoon.  Like a woodburning fire mixed with mens cologne, the kind you like, not the kind that makes you gag.  Lit daily…restocked, lit more…..until it was no longer available.  Stalked ebay.  Got more.  Savoring the last one.  THEN she found us Votivo:  Champaca.  Followed by Diptique:  Feu du Bois.  These are very special gifts as she *gets* my favorite scentage, they are stunningly gorgeous smelling, and they are not candles I would buy for myself. ($$$) 

I keep this *scent graveyard* because I cannot part with the remnants of scent left in the bottom of the glass.  I love taking a whiff now and again.  The fragrant intake reminds me of treasured moments, and treasured friends.

Here's another thing about certain scents – you already know this – that it can transport you to a memory.  I use that to play subliminal tricks on myself when in my studio….lighting a candle while working on a project so that the scent association launches me back to that creative mindspace when I resume working.  I pour wax right on a page, or chip fragments of dried wax to tuck in my journals.   Our senses are powerful tools.

For a time I was addicted to Cedar incense from Pier 1.  Then they discontinued it.  Drats.  Happy news:  my latest find is from Target.  Chesapeake Bay Candle: Fireside.  An affordable jar candle with that woodsy scent I love.  After lighting it at home several nights I have confirmed it's a good one and will go back for more because I can't be without a scent in the home…..or my studio.

I love fragrance.  Especially in the home.  I used to be a simple sniffer…..would check out the candles at the grocery store and would happy with a pear or melon scent.  On occassion I might splurge and sniff around at Bath and Body for something a little more exotic, like tuberose.  One Christmas Judi gifted me with Frosted Cranberry and I was hooked on that one….lit daily….restocked, lit more….until I realized it was seasonal and hard to get past January.  Drats.  Then Lisa entered my scent scene.  She took me from Glade to gourmet.  The first was Elton John's Fireside.  Swoon.  Like a woodburning fire mixed with mens cologne, the kind you like, not the kind that makes you gag.  Lit daily…restocked, lit more…..until it was no longer available.  Stalked ebay.  Got more.  Savoring the last one.  THEN she found us Votivo:  Champaca.  Followed by Diptique:  Feu du Bois.  These are very special gifts as she *gets* my favorite scentage, they are stunningly gorgeous smelling, and they are not candles I would buy for myself. ($$$) 

I keep this *scent graveyard* because I cannot part with the remnants of scent left in the bottom of the glass.  I love taking a whiff now and again.  The fragrant intake reminds me of treasured moments, and treasured friends.

Here's another thing about certain scents – you already know this – that it can transport you to a memory.  I use that to play subliminal tricks on myself when in my studio….lighting a candle while working on a project so that the scent association launches me back to that creative mindspace when I resume working.  I pour wax right on a page, or chip fragments of dried wax to tuck in my journals.   Our senses are powerful tools.

For a time I was addicted to Cedar incense from Pier 1.  Then they discontinued it.  Drats.  Happy news:  my latest find is from Target.  Chesapeake Bay Candle: Fireside.  An affordable jar candle with that woodsy scent I love.  After lighting it at home several nights I have confirmed it's a good one and will go back for more because I can't be without a scent in the home…..or my studio.