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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!
Melissa
Of course, include me!
Taras inspiring blog post..Breakfast In Bed
the smell of sea
my favorite home scent is cinnamon. my favorite personal scent is ???. Right now i’m using the last of a ralph lauren perfume that i got for christmas 2 years ago.
I favor the musky scents…..Yankee Candle company’s “Midnight” is my absolute favorite, year around and I also Favor Tyler Candle Company’s “High Maintainence”. Both are extremely romantic scents.
Jens inspiring blog post..Beth Moore on the Election
mmmmm . . . they all sound wonderful! i go in phases between warm food/baking smells (vanilla, pumpkin, apple pie) and fruity/flowery smells (mango, gardenia, coconut)
what a great giveaway!
Katy Lins inspiring blog post..Randomness . . . Caution, may contain a rant.
Freshness of orange, sweetness of an astor lily and the comforting aroma of bread baking in the oven.
If anyone could bottle the scent of a fresh cut lawn I would be in heaven!
I prefer a light floral scent, freesia comes to mind, also like white linen or lavender. No food smells for me, I have a weight problem and if I smelled vanilla, pumpkin or gingerbread I would be off and running to the fridge.
I love anything that is for fall. Harvest spice, cinnamon,vanilla,etc. I had two that I like at christmas- sugar cookie and one called Home for the Holidays(yankee). that one has a hint of pine and it just smells like Christmas.
Danielles inspiring blog post..Ick!
Maui Pear…it sooooo reminds me of the tropics and how wonderfully relaxed I feel whenever I can get there.
White linen or german chocolate cake, it depends on my mood, but I’m afraid the chocolate would make me crave chocolate more than I already do!
of the ones you’ve listed, I’d pick White Linen. Of my favourite scent, I grew up in Bangladesh and I love rich Indian inspired smells so for a single scent I’d pick Rosewood.
Robertas inspiring blog post..Couscous & Cabbage
I adore coconut lemongrass ! Yum, yum, yum!!! The coconut lime verbena collection from B&BW is so good, but I love to support moms & other ladies in their businesses. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I have two favorite scents! I love the smell of mulling spice simmering on the stove in some fresh apple cider. The whole house smells like fall. I also love the smell of fresh pine greenery and boxwood, including the Christmas tree. I love natural holiday decorations, so for Christmas the whole house is infused with the scent of different pine greens. I love bringing nature into the home!
Jessica
I vote for Harvest Spice, I love spiced scents!
That pot looks like a great deal, I love the idea of no flames!
Are you kidding? We have to pick ONE. As much as I love the thought of the warm smell of fall and baking, I think I would have to vote for the Maui Pear. If I can’t go to the islands, that scent would take me there! Aloha! Thanks for the great giveaway!
Melissa,
What a generous giveaway! My favorite scent for the past few years has been Carrot Cake. I bought a candle from a local lady who used this scent and I have been sold since.
Hugs,
Cathie
Catherines inspiring blog post..Kreativ Blogger Award and a New Little Painting
Harvest Spice gets my vote for fall! I love the memories that it brings.
Stephanies inspiring blog post..Halloween
My favourite scents are hot apple cider & I *love* the smell wafting out of those LUSH stores!
All of those Urban Botanics scents sound very yummmmmy! If I *hda* to pick a couple, I’d go with Harvest Spice & Sunshine & Pomegranate!
I have to say White Linen sounds awesome! I usually like laundry-smelling things, and it’s really neat to see what actually goes into making a laundry scent (who knew there was green tea involved?)
Saras inspiring blog post..Money talks
Ooooo…The Harvest Spice Collection! It makes it smell like you have been hard at baking even if you haven’t! I love your site!
Tammy Ws inspiring blog post..Quote
I love the smell of fresh coffee. Even when I didn’t drink coffee (which I do now) I always loved the smell when you first opened a can or when it is fresh brewed or when it is being ground. So it is coffee for me.
I love lavender and citrus…lemon and lime.
The White Linen sounds yummy…but so does Harvest Spice, Coconut Lemongrass and Sunshine and Pomegranate…oh dear…decisions.
During the Fall/Winter I love anything apple, cinnamon spice. In the Spring/Summer I love anything tropical, coconut etc. Thanks for including me in your giveaway.
June
I love so many scents: lavender, lilac, freshly mowed grass, fallen leaves, rain, grapefruit…
Jens inspiring blog post..Fall Beauty
Spicy Baked Goods are my personal favorite!
Jennifers inspiring blog post..10 Things I’m Loving Right Now
I always love anything scented like apples or apple cider!! Yum!
Harvest Spice sounds wonderful!
Sharons inspiring blog post..Cat Naps & Bedtime Books
I love the smell of cinnamon this time of year. I think either the Harvest Spice or the Almond Cookie would be my favorite.
My favorite would have to be “sunshine and pomegranate”!!!
Thanks for the cool giveaway!
Alesha
wow…how fun! would love the Sunshine & Pomegranate – Grapefruit, Mandarin & Pomegranate one. love give aways and having a scented home.
thanks melissa…great job here woman!
lylah ledners inspiring blog post..Becoming an On-Purpose Home Keeper Series – Part Four
I love clean scents, with citrus in them, and light, clean florals, not rose, more like freesia and honeysuckle. But there is nothing like cinnamon and vanilla for the holiday smells. So, of the listed ones, white linen, harvest spice and sunshine & pomegranate all sound wonderful.
I would definitely go with the Harvest Spice, those are some of my favorite! Thanks for offering this, it’s so cool!
Fall is my favorite time of year .. so I pick Harvest Spice.
Almond Cookie – Almond, Maple Spice, & Coconut sounds absolutely delicious!!
ginas inspiring blog post..the making of a Christmas card
I have been torn between the seasonal scents of Almond Cookie &
Harvest Spice yummm
but in the end I think Maui Pear has won me over for the year round appeal.
I love the smell of baked goods in the fall (cinnamon rolls:) In the spring my absolute favorite smell is of the flower daphne. In the summer, honeysuckle and lavendar.
Darcys inspiring blog post..Dress and Tiara
Love the Harvest Spice scents for the fall and winter and Maui Pear for spring and summer. My all time favorite, though, is lavender for its fresh clean scent!
Harvest Spice since we are approaching the holidays.
Rhodas inspiring blog post..It’s a Giveaway!!
At this time of year with fall setting comfortably in, I’d have to say the German Chocolate Cake -chocolate, brown sugar and coconut sounds fabulous and just what I need for my new kitchen!
I also love the scent of lavender and my husband loves it too!
I would have to vote for Harvest Spice – it just fits the time of year!
Terri
Ohhhh I love any and all things that have Pina Colada & Coconut so I’d have to pick Maui Pear – Pina Colada, Coconut & Pear!! Yummmmm! Perfect scent for Summer time or for the Winter when you WISH it was Summer! hahaha
FAB giveaway!
~melody~
coconut lemongrass…is my fav..i LOVE verbena!!!!
Looks like she has a great bunch of products!
Thanks for the opportunity to cast my vote!
karens inspiring blog post..VOTE * IT DOES COUNT!
I would love my home to smell like German chocolate cake!
LuckyGirls inspiring blog post..Keeping Up With The Big Box Stores
Oh, I think Harvest Spice sounds wonderful.
Shannon
Shannons inspiring blog post..
Harvest spice all the way!!
My favorite scent in the world just cannot be bottled, but it is the smell of fresh clean laundry when it has spent the day hanging out on the clothes line on a crisp fall day! Fresh linen scent or lemon verbena come pretty close, but there is nothing like burying you nose in a pillowcase dried on the line!
Heathers inspiring blog post..The Final Push
I don’t think you can beat the smell of nice clean baby fresh from their baby bath – plus you get cuddles to boot!
For me – my favorite scent is Philosophy’s Pure Grace
For the home – the smell of chocolate chip cookies baking
For the giveaway – the Almond Cookie sounds divine
Thanks for the fun!
Amy
I love the smell of Creme Brulee! And for the holidays, fresh winter spruce. And in the summer, pineapple crush from Tyler candles.
Thanks!
Ohhhhh German Choc cake sounds divine!
Smells good to me…
citrus scents or baked apples for me. Depending on the weather outside of course!
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