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!
Oh. My. Goodness. That German Chocolate Cake sounds absolutely scrumptious. It could become a winter favorite for me. Yummo!
Debs inspiring blog post..Maybe You’ve Heard it This Way
Right now Harvest Spice sounds best. The other scents sounds like they would be wonderful too. I will have to check out her website.
I love citrus. There is nothing better than a fresh juicy orange!
Eileens inspiring blog post..
I love anything with a lovely fragrance! Harvest Spice sounds lovely!
Lindsey Langhanss inspiring blog post..The cutest duckie ever!
I <3 yummy smelling things, especially when they match the current season! So I would have to say Harvest Spice. =)
My “favorite” really depends on the time of the year. Right now, I have the Harvest Spice theme going on because it is fall and I love the apple/cinnamon/spice aroma.
During the Christmas Holidays, I usually go for a cookie scent. During spring I break out the clean linen smells and during the summer – something with citrus.
Starwoodgals inspiring blog post..Recipe: Turtles Candy
So many good smells in the world!! I love the scent of pumpkin pie in the fall. Limes (in my margarita!!) in the summer. The smell of baby lotion. I love to clean with lavendar and peppermint. As far as the Urban Botanic scents . . . hmmm . . . I think Coconut Lemongrass sounds devine!!
Leslies inspiring blog post..A weekend getaway!!!
i’d have to vote for harvest spice. with allspice, maple spice, & cinnamon, it’s the perfect oct-dec scent.
feisty tourists inspiring blog post..TTT: VOTE!
The White Linen sounds wonderful.
I vote for Sunshine – It’s so sad to see summer go – I’d love to smell it in my house all winter long!
Melissas inspiring blog post..Create a Hat just for you!
I’m a really big fan of anything citrus-y!
Wendys inspiring blog post..Inspire-me Tuesday~
harvest spice all the way! i love this time of year and all of the smells!
I love the freshness of the grapefruit scent, so I think the
Sunshine & Pomegranate would be perfect.
What a wonderful giveaway! Thanks for offering it!
Cinda
cindas inspiring blog post..Painting in the tub!
I love this time of year and the smell of “Harvest Spice” just evokes so many memories of the season. It’s like gingerbread cookies baking in the oven… What an exciting give-away!
My home desperately needs HARVEST SPICE. We too cooked something that smelled so awful there aren’t WORDS to describe how awful…and it lingered….yuk….I’m heading over to her blog to look, wish I could smell it too!
Blessings,
Debbie
Debbie @ ribbonwoods inspiring blog post..VOTING DAY!
White linen sounds great to me!
Thanks for the contest and a great blog to read and enjoy!☺
I love the smell of apples and cinnamon all year ’round. I enjoy a vanilla scent too, but it makes me want to bake cookies all the time! The Harvest Spice scent sounds fabulous.
Thanks for the give away and a new site to check out!
Hmm…depends on the time of year. These days, VANILLA is the winner for me. Soon it’ll be gingerbread/sugar cookie sorts of things…then come spring, citrus! I’m a little too ADD when it comes to things at home; don’t want the same scent year ’round.
Mmmmm….
I think I would choose the coconut lemongrass scent.
Those all sound like lovely smells.
I’m not a big fan of stinky stuff. I usually avoid Bath & Body Works (or whatever it’s called) because the smell is overwhelming and gives me headaches. It’s one of the reasons I started making my own soap. I love lavender soap or rosemary mint soap.
By the way, dump some baking soda in the stinky trash to help with odor control. Works like a charm!
Astrids inspiring blog post..Dear Chip and Amy,
mmmmmmmmmmm …. the smell of home-made bread baking! (a smell not often sniffed in my house…) But as far as fragrances for my home, none that imitate delicious foods, it just makes me wish the real thing were here!
Violet Skiless inspiring blog post..Doggies Dress Up
Yum. I’d pick the Havest Spice if I won… ’tis the season! In the warmer months I like crisp things, such as cucumber.
Julies inspiring blog post..Tybee Island, our vacation
I like cinnamon smells and have lately fallen in love with a cherry candle that smells just like my favorite cherry chapstick.
The scents listed above look great but I would have a hard time choosing between Coconut Lemongrass and Sunshine & Pomegranate.
Christys inspiring blog post..I Made it Myself– Crafty Conservative
Almond cookie would be my pick. I have to admit I am known to just open up my bottle of almond extract and sniff it until I can’t get anymore scent in my head:) Crazy I know.
Yum. Harvest Spice would be my choice!!
Queen Bs inspiring blog post..Crisis Kinda Averted
It depends on the season for me. In the Spring I like a Clean Cotton scent, Summer would have to be a fruity scent like Cucumber Melon, Fall would be Pumpkin Pie, and Winter would be anything Cinnamon.
I love candles so much!! Ive always got one burning to make things smell yummy! I love scents like vanilla, peppermint, anything that smells sweet and delish!! I just bought a buttercream frosting candle… YUM! So that German Chocolate Cake scent is probably fabulous!! xoxox!
Hollys inspiring blog post..merry christmas children’s book swap!!
I love fresh clean smells. Anything that has green tea in it I absolutely love, so I’d probably like the White Linen scent the best!
I love anything fallish or coffee scents…pomegranate too!!! In the spring and summer, I love lilac and pear scents……mmmmmmmm
Andrea @ Big Creek Cottages inspiring blog post..Still, oh so thankful……..
I love the smell of vanilla and also very light floral scents…..nothing with gardenia in it for sure!! As for the list of Urban Botanics, that Maui Pear sounds fabulous.
- Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wife
Suzanne, the Farmer’s Wifes inspiring blog post..Election Day
It really depends on the time of year – during the fall and winter I like spicy scents like cinnamon or gingerbread, during spring I like lighter scents like white linen, and during summer I like beachy or citrusy scents.
Renees inspiring blog post..Election Day
Ooh, I love clean scents, so White Linen sounds (smells?) amazing. I’ve noticed the UB logo before and was drawn to it. Great stuff. And I’ve done the food wrapping in the trash overnight, too. Yeeeah. Kinda gross.
My First Kitchens inspiring blog post..Hearty Beef Stew
Almond Cookie!!!
Thanks for the scentsational giveaway!!!
Bella
Bella Casas inspiring blog post..Another Incentive To VOTE
I would have to say
HARVEST SPICE. Love that scent.
Laurels inspiring blog post..What Are You Doing Today?
Almond cookie sounds yummy! i’ve never seen these…i love smelly stuff
White linen for me! So clean and subtle.
I love the fall smells….harvest spice definately!!!
Harvest Spice.
Smiles!
Jennifers inspiring blog post..Three teenagers, say it isn’t so!
Almond Cookie sounds absolutely WONDERFUL!!!
cinnamon for the home
lavender for me
Mmmmmm… Almond Cookie! It’s getting to be “winter” here which brings to mind Christmas Cookies and baking.
Barbaras inspiring blog post..Blogger of the Week : Fifi
White Linen is my vote!
German Chocolate Cake sounds Fabulous, oh wait this is about scents sorry I got caught on the cake…actually it would have to be anything that smells sweet or like I ACTUALLY baked German Chocolate cake, my hubby would walk in and be soo excited….& Sadly disappointed…thanks for hosting a giveaway, although I love your site even without giveaways!
my favorite scents are Cucumber and melon mixed -
also cherry’s ummmmm
I LOVE sweet smelling scents like cinammon bun or sugar cookie, but for my house, I love to have fresh scents like clean linen to make the house just smell so clean!
They all sound great, but my vote is for white linen! Pomegranate takes a close second! Thanks for the giveaway!!
White Linen would be my choice. I love the fresh smell.
Mmmmm, warm apple pie.
But that German chocolate cake is sounding pretty yummy.
I’m digging Apple right now. It makes me thik of autumn. I know it’s November but it hasn’t snowed yet so I still am in Fall mode. So yummy.
Renees inspiring blog post..Killing Flies = Hilarious
love hot-apple-cider scent during the cold winter months. during spring & summer, I love all of those clean-linen scents.
–i’m all about the harvest spicey-stuff, and if you threw a little pinch of apple in there I wouldn’t mind at all!
–not much for anything attempting to smell like baked goods, but apple things are the exception
–the white linen also sounds very appealing- very cool and clean, probably with that i-just-did-the-laundry freshness that I am forever pursuing in my home
Summers inspiring blog post..butterscotch pecan muffins