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Esscentual Alchemy’s 12 Days of Holiday Fun – Day 12
Day 12 of Esscentual Alchemy’s Advent Calender
Today’s question is:
What is your biggest holiday wish?
Here’s some of mine: To know that everyone I care about is healthy, happy and loved. To continue to create beautiful natural fragrances that people love and feel good about wearing To bring joy into people’s lives when they wear something I create!
Thank you SO much to everyone who has played my game I had bunches of fun reading all of your posts, and sharing mine with you. I hope you all have enjoyed it too! Thank you to everyone who supports my business, I am so grateful. The picture says it all!
Since it’s that time of year, and today is the last day, I will choose 3 winners tomorrow. Each will get a 5ml EdP spray of their choice from any natural perfume I have available over at Esscentual Alchemy’s website.
Good Luck to all who enter!
Reminder: Leave me a comment here with your answer, and share via social media, and let me know where you did so. Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve won, as I will post it as a comment!
Esscentual Alchemy’s 12 Days of Holiday Fun – Day 11
Day 11 of Esscentual Alchemy’s Advent Calender
Today’s question is:
What is your favorite holiday treat and why?
Mine are butter spritz cookies! My mom used to make them every year, and I thought that spritz gun was darned awesome 
It reminded me of the playdough barber shop set that we had. I loved the way it squirted the cookie shapes out.
Today’s prize is a 5ml EdP spray of Mermaid’s Carnation for one lucky winner!
She sits quietly upon the shore, untangling her locks of hair. She has a shell full of treasures. Within lays a small pink flower. A carnation. Sweetly scented it makes her wonder what exactly it is, that humans do…a scent which has clean, light florals, with a bit of spice.
Perfume Ingredients: sandalwood, peru balsam, genet, carnation, rose, black current, lavender, rosewood, pink grapefruit, bergamot
Good Luck to all who enter!
Reminder: Leave me a comment here with your answer, and share via social media, and let me know where you did so. Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve won, as I will post it as a comment!
Esscentual Alchemy’s 12 Days of Holiday Fun – Day 10
Day 10 of Esscentual Alchemy’s Advent Calender
Today’s question is:
What is your favorite holiday decoration and why?
Mine is the tree. I love decorating it I love seeing it decorated, and watching all of the little lights twinkle, or glow When I was small, I loved to watch the bubble lights that we had, just burble. I especially like watching the tree when the lights are all off and it’s dark outside.
Pixie Dust natural botanical perfume by Esscentual Alchemy
Today’s prize is a 5ml spray of Pixie Dust for one lucky winner
Pixie Dust Natural Perfume is a scented description of an ancient British forest. The kind you would have found in the 16th century. There was magik in these forests and always plenty of little folk. I wanted to evoke the deep earthy, green, the warm sunshine, and perhaps even the wind in your hair…as you quickly turn and notice the sparkle of the wee ones flitting past you.
Notes: Antique Oakmoss, Angelica Root, Fire Tree, Vanilla, Poplar Buds, Lilac Tincture, Violet Leaves, Honey/Beeswax Tincture, Rose, Karo Karounde, Rosewood, Lavender Reserve, Bergamot, Davana, Balsam Fir, Heliotrope Accord, Strawberry Accord
Pixie Dust botanical perfume was created specially for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream ~ A Scent Event” that I organized. The premise was to create a perfume based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, whether that be on a character, theme or idea. There were 16 participating perfumers, and 12 blogs. The perfumes were then sent to blogs, and written about from June 14-24, surrounding Midsummer.
Good Luck to all who enter!
Reminder: Leave me a comment here with your answer, and share via social media, and let me know where you did so. Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve won, as I will post it as a comment!
Esscentual Alchemy’s 12 Days of Holiday Fun – Day 9
Day 9 of Esscentual Alchemy’s Advent Calender
Today’s question is:
If you were stranded on a desert island during the holidays, what holiday comfort would you want with you and why?
I think I would want a big supply of candy canes! This is the only time of year I eat peppermint candies, and so I just would need a lot of them. Plus then I wouldn’t starve to death 
Orange Cream by Esscentual Alchemy
Today’s prize is a 5ml spray of Orange Cream for one lucky winner!
Esscentual Alchemy’s Orange Cream Natural Perfume has Orange Citruses, Sweet Edibles, and Soft Florals. All of these are blended up into a Yummy Orange Dreamsicle for your nose. Mmmm!
Notes: Vanilla, Genet aka Broom Flower, White Cognac, Peru Balsam, Black Current, Jasmine, Rose, Orange Blossom, Tangerine, Mimosa, Blood Orange, Bitter Orange, Rooibus
Good Luck to all who enter!
Reminder: Leave me a comment here with your answer, and share via social media, and let me know where you did so. Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve won, as I will post it as a comment!
Esscentual Alchemy’s 12 Days of Holiday Fun – Day 8
Day 8 of Esscentual Alchemy’s Advent Calender
Today’s question is:
Do you read Holiday stories/novels during this time of year at your house?
We read The Night before Christmas if I remember it. I do love that story, and does anyone else remember the little cartoon that used to be shown on tv? It was about the clockmaker and his family, and then in their house, was a mouse family. The clockmaker made a special clock to get Santa to come, after the mouse son had written a letter to the editor of the town paper saying that Santa was a fake.
For the Love of Bees Esscentual Alchemy
Today’s prize is a 5ml EdP of For the Love of Bees for one lucky winner!
This Natural Perfume has yummy vanilla, green hay, heady genet, fruity current, honey beeswax, lush ylang-ylang, apple floral chamomile, dry and slightly sweet carrot create a flight of the humble bumblebees day.
Perfume Notes: 5 types of Vanilla Bean tincture, Hay, Genet aka Broom Flower, Black Current, Beeswax, Ylang ylang, Blue Chamomile, Honeysuckle Accord, Carrot Seed
Good Luck to all who enter!
Reminder: Leave me a comment here with your answer, and share via social media, and let me know where you did so. Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve won, as I will post it as a comment!
Esscentual Alchemy’s 12 Days of Holiday Fun – Day 6
Day 6 of Esscentual Alchemy’s Advent Calender
Santa knows you’ve been good this year
Today’s question is:
Tell me about the most unique gift you ever got?
The one I remember best from my childhood, was the year I was REALLY into Strawberry Shortcake. I received on my birthday, (which is the 24th of Dec.) a strawberry angelfood cake, and my parents gave me the Strawberry Shortcake breakfast cereal that I really really thought would be so awesome to eat? We didn’t eat dessert masquerading as breakfast at our house So our birthday was the one time of year that we could ask for such things. AND my Great Aunt Norma, as always provided the large jar of Maraschino cherries! This was the lady who let me eat mustard and Miracle Whip sandwiches when I went to her house. She told me, “Eat what you want, and die happy.”
And the most unique gift as an adult has to be from my kids as they each got to the age of gift giving at the holidays Those are the most special though.
Today’s prize is courtesy of Ewen
Since it’s going to be my birthday soon (eep!) today’s prize is a 5ml spray of Birthday! This is a perfume created by Ewen with a little help from Mom He wanted something that smelled of Birthday Cake, and parties. (Nothing like a challenge eh?)
Birthday Natural Perfume by Esscentual Alchemy is a fun romp through a surprise party for a child. Imagined and Created by my 10 year old son, Ewen. There’s lots of yummy smells for your nose to enjoy! Love and hugs and kisses too
Top Notes: Birthday Wishes, Icing Sugar, Kisses, Candy Hearts.
Middle Notes: Birthday Flowers, Balloons, Candle Wax, Candle Smoke, Silly String.
Base Notes: Sweet Cake, Butter, Vanilla.
Good Luck to all who enter!
Reminder: Leave me a comment here with your answer, and share via social media, and let me know where you did so. Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve won, as I will post it as a comment!
Esscentual Alchemy’s 12 Days of Holiday Fun – Day 5
Day 5 of Esscentual Alchemy’s Advent Calender
Today’s question is:
What is your favorite Christmas/Holiday memory and why?
Mine is the year I attempted to stay up all night to see Santa come. My parents were very thoughtful and provided me with a sleeping bag, and pillow. I was at the bottom of the stairs, and I’m sure they were thinking that they’d end up killing me by stepping on me if there was a fire, but they indulged me. Obviously I didn’t make it through, but the sleeping bag was comfy. 
Today’s prize is courtesy of Bowie again
Today I will gift one lucky winner a 5ml EdP spray of Christmas and Cookies!
Christmas and Cookies, is a seasonal natural perfume formulated mostly by my then 9 year old son, Bowie. He wanted something that smelled like Christmas, and cookies, he picked out most of the notes, and I fleshed it out. A perfume to fill your heart with joy during the holiday season, as seen through the eyes and heart of a small child. All of the delights of the season are present!
Perfume Ingredients: 5 types Vanilla bean tincture, Butter CO2, Black Tea absolute, Beeswax/Honey Tincture, White Rose Attar in Sandalwood, Cinnamon, Antique Nutmeg, Balsam Fir, Strawberry Accord
Good Luck to all who enter!
Reminder: Leave me a comment here with your answer, and share via social media, and let me know where you did so. Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve won, as I will post it as a comment!
Esscentual Alchemy’s 12 Days of Holiday Fun – Day 4
Day 4 of Esscentual Alchemy’s Advent Calender
Today’s question is:
What is your favorite holiday tradition and why?
Mine is the making of sugar cookies and decorating them. When I was a little girl, each year, my grandparents would make and decorate an absurd amount of sugar cookies. Like dozens of dozens, or so it seemed to me as a girl of 4. Then once they were all baked, they would sit down together, and frost and decorate them. The frosting was made with BUTTER, thank you very much! And grandpa would smoke his cigar’s LOL and they all that this underlying tinge of cigar smoke to them. But a sugar cookie isn’t truly a sugar cookie without the hint of Swisher Sweets cigars right? LOL And all of the cookies would be gone by the time our large extended family got done celebrating Christmas together, so they must have been alright
Orchid VIII (“Orchid” sp.) – Blossom Detail – Kevin H. Feeley – 2012
Today I will be offering one lucky winner a 5ml EdP spray of Purple Orchid! Rose, Lavender, and Cognac blended together to create a sweet fragrance.
A Natural Fragrance where gentle petals are shimmering in the morning light. Vibrant yellow pollen attracting the winged creatures of the air. A soft fragrance wafts from the center…towards your face. Gracing it with delicate scent.
Perfume Ingredients: Lavender, Rose, White Cognac
Good Luck to all who enter!!
Reminder: Leave me a comment here with your answer, and share via social media, and let me know where you did so. Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve won, as I will post it as a comment!
Esscentual Alchemy’s 12 Days of Holiday Fun – Day 3
Day 3 of Esscentual Alchemy’s Advent Calender
Today’s question is:
What is the dish or food that most makes you feel like it’s the holiday season and why?
For me it’s the above pecan pie It always seemed to me, that Thanksgiving and Christmas were the only times of year that anyone ever made pecan pie in my family, so if there is pecan pie, then I really KNOW it’s the holidays!
Patchouli Creme Esscentual Alchemy natural botanical perfume
I will be offering one lucky winner, a 5ml EdP spray of Patchouli Creme. Esscentual Alchemy’s Patchouli Creme Natural Perfume is refreshing and earthy. It’s like walking through a Sri Lankan citrus grove, after a rainstorm. The pungent twang of citrus paired with rich, earthy undertones. The lingering tone of Patchouli Creme, is clean. Like you’ve just stepped out of the most invigorating, and rejuvinating shower.
Notes: Patchouli, 6 types of Vanilla Bean tincture, Hyrax, Boronia Absolute, Tincture of Equal-Trade Guatemalan Coffee Beans, Litsea Cubea, Antique Nutmeg, Lavender Reserve (grown from seed and distilled in Portland OR), Mimosa
Good Luck to all who enter!
Reminder: Leave me a comment here with your answer, and share via social media, and let me know where you did so. Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see if you’ve won, as I will post it as a comment!
Now I need to go bake a pecan pie, cause I am hungry looking at that photo LOL
