Sweet Anthem - Rebecca - update

So I found the description for Rebecca, here http://www.sweetanthem.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/qogs/managed-mt/mt-search.cgi?search=Rebecca&IncludeBlogs=27%2C+41&limit=20, hoping the link works...this is the description too,

Rebecca - A concoction of the deepest black oud and smoke, mulled with a perfect autumn blend of honey and amber, and livened with pepper, ginger, and coriander. Candied pears, Texas flowers, and late summer blooms are strewn throughout.
Notes include: agarwood, amber, black pepper, blue bonnets, ginger, honey, pear, and tobacco

So I confused the tobacco with leather, and I got the spices wrong, too, but I got the sweet from the honey.

The scent is growing on me, I'd wear it again.


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Sweet Anthem - Rebecca

I'm flying blind with this one. I haven't read a description of this scent recently so I'm totally going by my nose. We'll see how I do. Also, this scent is going to be slightly reformulated, read the Sweet Anthem blog for updates.

So...I'm smelling leather, cinnamon, cloves, a pretty masculine scent for me. But maybe a little sweetness, too.


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Forgot to Mention...

Good Charma is having a Mothers Day discount MOM2011...if you're shopping there


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New Obsessions...Back for More Good Charma

I have, maybe, two new obsessions...first is this awesome tassel bracelet from Good Charma






And second, doves, swallows, or other small birds in jewelry.
This is coming from purchasing a niece a confirmation gift that, I think, is a beautiful dove pendant
Like this one





So I went to Etsy and made a treasury

Then I found these, the first one is from Tiffany and Co. and the second I found at Amazon.com











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My Custom Scent

So excited and happy!! I received my custom scent yesterday. I'm wearing it today, and I love it!!!
The notes I picked were
Top - Orange Peel - I think this one is self explanatory
Middle - Pink Pepper - can't find a good description for this, but I find it spicy, but milder smelling than black pepper
Base - Tonka Bean - definition from Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipteryx_odorata

So right now a smell a little like an orange blossom, I think. I smell the orange, but it's light and lingering. It mixes well with the tonka bean, which smells slightly vanilla. The pink pepper blends in well, too, all in all, I love my scent and plan to wear it often. Also, not sure if Meredith blended anything else in, I would say no, but sometimes I don't trust my nose.

In addition Meredith sent me two samples, Emily and Rebecca. I will test Rebecca, when I'm ready to switch from my custom. I tested Emily a while back.

And my other favorite perfumer, Ashlee from Wylde Ivy has some new scents coming out, so look for those.

On a Winning Streak

Nope I'm not Charlie Sheen, so I won't be going around yelling WINNING!!!, but I did just have two contest wins.

While away on vacation without really having to do anything I won another bracelet from Rembrandt Charms, in their spring contest, so for me it paid to become a member of their charm collector club.

And, just today I won a $25 gift certificate to one of my favorite perfumers (did I spell that right?) Sweet Anthem. Meredith had a quick contest for the paint colors for in her new shop in Seattle. Being on the east coast, I hope to visit that fantastic city someday soon and Meredith's fabulous shop.

So I picked a design your own perfume session, where I picked fragrance notes, and Meredith will blend them for me. My notes are...
Top - orange peel
Middle - pink pepper
Base - tonka bean

Can't wait to see how this turns out


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Opulent Alchemy

So, a while ago I blogged about what to do with some replica samples I received from Opulent Alchemy. I wasn't sure how to review, if review at all. I'm going to stick with my initial feeling of testing but not reviewing since these are replicas.

The scents that I'm familiar with are dead on!

I tried all my samples and found a couple that I really liked and have either ordered or plan to get.

Anyway...what I will say is this...if you are looking for a replica scent, whether it be still in production, discontinued, or a cult scent that is out of your budget, check out Opulent Alchemy.


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