Posted in Velvet and Sweet Pea, tagged enfleurage, Kashmir Rose Face and Body Frosting, Laurie Stern, Orange Blossom Face and Body Frosting, Tuberose Gardenia Face and Body Frosting, Velvet and Sweet Pea's Purrfumery on November 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
If you’ve read Scent Hive over the past several months, you know that I adore Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Face and Body Frostings. (You can find my praise for Kashmir Rose here, and Tuberose Gardenia here). Although I have not given Tuberose Gardenia the full attention it deserves, nor have I reviewed V&SP’s Orange Blossom, until now.
The common [...]
Posted in Aftelier, Soivohlé/Liz Zorn, Velvet and Sweet Pea, tagged Aftelier, Black Cat, Chocolate and Saffron Body Oil, Halloween, Laurie Stern, Liz Zorn, Mandy Aftel, Natural Perfumes, Oudh Lacquer, Soivohlé, Velvet and Sweet Pea on October 9, 2009 | 10 Comments »
As a mom, the focus of Halloween tends to be on costumes, post trick-or-treat candy negotiations, and not so much on grown-up-time fun. I’d like to change that with this post, and focus on some delicious treats for those of us out of our tweens. So pull up a chair, and get to deciding which [...]
Posted in Aftelier, Artemisia Natural Perfume, Ayala Moriel Parfums, Velvet and Sweet Pea, tagged Aftelier, Artemisia Natural Perfume, Ayala Moriel Parfums, Bees, colony collapse disorder, Honey, Natural Perfumes, Roxana Illuminated Perfume, Tango, The Purple Dress, Velvet and Sweet Pea, Yuzu Citrus on September 7, 2009 | 15 Comments »
The name for my blog, Scent Hive, is clearly inspired by bees. I’m no expert on these insects, but am fascinated by their amazing ability to communicate with each other and of course their attraction to (and need of) scent and flowers. Communicating about natural scents and beauty products, and a maybe a little sharing [...]
Posted in Face Care, Roxana Illuminated Perfume, Velvet and Sweet Pea, tagged Agarwood, Bonny Doon Farm, Daybreak Lavender Farm, facial oil, Himalayan rose otto, Moroccan rose absolute, natural perfume, organic jojoba oil, organic shea butter, rosa mosqueta, rose bourbonica, rose otto, rosehip, Roxana Illuminated Perfume, Velvet and Sweet Pea on May 17, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I have never considered myself a rose type of gal. Certainly I enjoy strolling through our rose gardens here in town, and in our front yard we have the most gorgeous rose bush and its fragrance is one of my anticipated summertime pleasures. But while I have a nature lovin’ appreciation for this classic flower, [...]
Posted in Velvet and Sweet Pea, tagged Blue Spruce, iris root, Laurie Stern, narcissus absolute, Narcissus Poeticus, osmanthus, Sniffapalooza Magazine, Velvet and Sweet Pea's Purrfumery on May 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Narcissus Poeticus is one of those rare fragrances that holds both darkness and light in its grasp. The darkness of the soil that we don’t dig into, so as to not disrupt the burgeoning bulbs below our feet. And the light of the sun hitting delicate petals once they emerge victorious after the harsh winter. [...]
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