Scratch N’ Sniff Gingerbread (via Flickr: Gaeten Lee
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
It is our first HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY DAY! Let’s debate and VOTE on something a little less stressful than political issues, shall we? Like our favorite scents! [enter BIG SNIFF!]. There is nothing more festive than a home that smells wonderful! So to kick off the delicious scent of the holidays, we have a super fun giveaway!
The other day I came home and was greeted by a HORRIFIC smell as I walked in the door. Fish. We had cooked fish for dinner the night before and accidentally forgot the fish wrapping in the garbage! PEEEWWW! It was nasty. I thought for sure something had died.
But, lucky for me, URBAN BOTANIC had just sent me a box of yummy smelling fragrance oils and a scent warmer! Yippee! I whipped that baby out and before long, my house smelled like Christmas. Sigh. I love delicious smelling rooms.
Scent is such a powerful thing, isn’t it? Sometimes I will catch a whiff of something and suddenly I am transported back to another place and time.
I am very excited to introduce you to the lady that is sponsoring our giveaway today! McKenna Gordon is a reader of The Inspired Room and has started a great home & personal fragrance business called Urban Botanic.
The great thing about her products is there is no flame, no wick, no wax, and no harmful chemicals! And, all the fragrances can be customized and unique to you. And wouldn’t it be cool to BE a fragrance designer? You can check out that option at her site too! She is new to blogland so please visit her site and show her how awesome bloggers are! Thanks McKenna for hosting this great giveaway for us!
THE GIVEAWAY
THE PRIZE:
The Home Collection from Urban Botanics. Retail value is $49.95. It includes a Fragrance Warmer of the winner’s choice (colors are White, Black, Latte, Sage and Denim) and 3 fragrance oils, you choose the from the collections below! You can use just one fragrance at a time, or personalize your scent with a combination of the three!
SCENT OPTIONS FOR THE WINNER:
German Chocolate Cake – Chocolate, Brown Sugar & Coconut
Almond Cookie – Almond, Maple Spice, & Coconut
White Linen – Freesia, Green Tea & Waterlily
Maui Pear – Pina Colada, Coconut & Pear
Coconut Lemongrass – Verbena, Coconut & Lemon
Harvest Spice – Allspice, Maple Spice & Cinnamon
Sunshine & Pomegranate – Grapefruit, Mandarin & Pomegranate
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET’S VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE SCENT!
You can tell us about your favorite scents (either for your home or personal) here in the comments (no hanging chads or double entries allowed)! Leave a comment with your favorite scent and you’ll be automatically be entered into the giveaway! Contest closes on Friday November 7th, 9PM PST and winner will be drawn by a random number generator.
CAST YOUR VOTE!
MAY THE BEST SCENT WIN!
Related post: The Scented Home
PS. Blog of the week this week is Reluctant Entertainer! She is spreading the good news that we don’t have to be perfect to entertain! She has great hospitality ideas. Love her!
ENTRIES FOR THIS GIVEAWAY HAVE NOW BEEN CLOSED!
I’m not sure….several scents sound like they would smell divine! For my home, I generally like kitchen-y smells. So I think I’ll pick Almond Cookie. I can imagine biting into one right now!
Such wonderful and unique choices! My favorite would have to be – Sunshine and Pomegranate. It reminds me of a sun drenched villa in Tuscany.
Sunshine and Pomegranate wins my vote!! But they all sound unique and wonderful!
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Vanilla, almond and coconut are my favorite scents because they are so cozy!
Harvest spice !!!
Oh how very very cool! I LOVE scent! Usually I go for scented diptyque candles but they are too pricey for me right now. My absolute favorite scents in diptyque are “Feu de Bois” (Firewood), and Menthe, but I also love ‘Teak” and Fig & Cassis. I used to go wayyyyy out of my way to get my hands on certain candles…I wish I could still afford to do that!
I love nature scents, and lots of other ones too…just not cinnamon.
Elaines inspiring blog post..Halloween….
It is a tie-Almond Spice and White Linen. I love the warmth of the Almond Spice and the freshness of the White Linen.
I adore the scent of Balsam. But also the traditional lavender, soothing every time.
Laurens inspiring blog post..Jumping ahead
Anything that makes my house smell warm and cozy wins with me, but it is usually a spice mixture – like cinnamon and apples. I have to vote for the Harvest spice – nothing would be more fallish than that. Thanks.
This is great stuff and doesn’t bother my asthma – LOVE IT! Thanks for hosting the giveaway! Lizabeth http://www.sparkbark.com
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Would love to give it a free try! Have 2 dogs and 3 cats! Any scents are better than there’s at times !
My all-time favorite candle scent would have to be “Baked Apple Pie”… So yummy smelling at this time of year!
I love my husband’s smell…smells like graham crackers.
I love a clean, crisp smell, like the white linen. I do alot of baking, so my kitchen usually smells like cookies, hot rolls, pies, and good homeade soups.
As far as scents from the giveaway, I am sure that the German Chocolate Cake was created just for me!!
Scents I like in general are vanilla, cinnamon, then chocolate and hazelnut. But I also like fresh clean scents – so difficult.
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Tough choice among these. I would lean toward the German Chocolate Cake though!
I like fresh clean scents
I’m a fall leaves, apple orchard, pumpkin-huntin kinda gal. I love the sights and smells of fall. The apple cinnamon will fix me right up. What a great site and a great offer! Thanks!
Oh I love coconut and lime and lemon. It reminds me of the beach and its a clean smell, not heavy. Oh, to be at the beach right now!
I love Green Tea in the Spring and Summer because it smells to clean and fresh, but my all around favorite scent is vanilla. It makes me feel cozy!! I am excited about the website for future options. Thanks.
Danis inspiring blog post..Wordless Walker Wednesday
My vote is for Maui Pear…I was in Maui this summer and miss it terribly!
My favorite would be German Chocolate ..though I’d probably stay hungry all the time
My favorite would have to be the Harvest Spice.
Hi.My fave scents are cinnamon,cookie scents & apple pie.I just love the scents of baked goods.
Renee
The best aromas in the whole world to me are: Puppy breath, fresh bathed babies (puppies or human), Rain, fresh mowed grass, vanilla, and fresh baked bread.
This is such a great inspiring place to visit, I just recently “found” you, what a pleasure. Thank You.
Pomergranite and sunshine. Oh heck, ANY of them.
I love this idea. Don’t want to be burning wicks with lead in them with a grandbaby in the house! I am intrigued by the White Linen. That sounds particularly lovely to me.
((hugs)) Rosie
My favorite scents are anything to do with baking…chocolate, pumpkin, vanilla, cinnamon, coconut, almon, chocolate (oh, I already said that didn’t I).
I vote for sunshine & pomegranate. Great giveaway idea!
My favorite scents …
Soothing lavender
Comforting vanilla
Energizing mint
Cinnamon makes me feel hungry
Burning leaves reminds me of home
definetly Lavender. In this crazy time in the world. It’s easy to get really stressed. I lie down for 15-20 minutes with Lavender on the table. Result- it helps to calm me down for awhile. (LOL) Not trying to be a drag.
I vote for german chocolate cake…
I love harvest scents of any kind! The sunshine and pomegranate scent sounds divine though.
Oh I love giveaways! how fun. Harvest Spice or Mulled Cider are my absolute favorites for anything – candles, warmers, oils, etc…
Brings back WONDERFUL memories of my childhood!
I think it’s from the photo of the gingerbread cookies, but Harvest Spice sounds so divine right now!
Harvest spice sounds great!
I love a goos scent! My favorite is citrus and sandalwood together