Random Thoughs

Good Morning, Rose Garden!!

What have I been up to? I have been making soap for the website, making bath cookies for the website and making bath truffles for the website. Now I need to take pictures the cookies and truffles and post them. The current ones going up on the site will be Limited Edition fragrances because I wanted to use up the little odds and ends that I currently had. The next batch will be in The Chandler's Rose fragrances that many of you have come to know and love.

I haven't made any new videos in a while but that is going to change. I have been monitoring Facebook and have seen where soap makers are having their videos stolen. It really makes me sick!!! I am seeing where people want to make money from soapmaking but they don't want to take the time to learn to create their own, photograph it and/or video it; they would rather steal from people that have taken years and hundreds of dollars to perfect their craft. It really peeves me off!!! So, from now on I will have to do like the wonderful artisan behind Missouri River Soaps and will watermark all of my videos and photos.

On to more pleasant things. Aroma Haven has become my new #1 fragrance depot!! First of all, the company is right here in South Carolina, Roebuck to be exact. I can order on a Monday and receive my package by Wednesday at the latest. Never a spill or a drop out of place. The quality of service is almost magical!! Thank you so much!! I am slowly replacing my Bramble Berry FO's with Aroma Haven's. I love Bramble Berry. In fact, that was the company that was my go-to when I was living in Maryland. For the most part, their blends are well worth the 2 week wait to receive. But as I have branched out to other companies I have found that Aroma Haven has the same quality as BB. The Chemistry Store is still a good resource but the scents can sometimes be off. I was told that they receive their blends from Lebermuth the same as BB but I have taken in FO's from BB and compared them to TCS's and there is a distinct difference in the fragrances that cannot be denied.

The Chemistry Store used to carry Red Apple but discontinued it because it took them so long to sell their initial order. I was despondent due to loving the fresh crisp apple scent. Aroma Haven to the rescue!! Their Macintosh Apple is spot on!! I love it!!!

I have purchased Watermelon from AH and while it is good it unfortunately cannot hold a candle to BB's Watermelon. I love how BB's smells like Watermelon Jolly Rancher (TM).

Honeysuckle is another FO that I absolutely love but not every company's Honeysuckle can hold a candle to each other. TCS's is #1 and BB's is #2. I have more to research and try out.

Evolution and Change

Good Morning!! How is my lovely Rose Garden today? I thought that I would show off some pictures that I have taken recently and in the past. The first soaps that you see are of my Pirates themed soaps. The first one is Pirates of the Caribbean inspired: "It's the Purhl!" spoken in that delish Captain Jack Sparrow drawl. The colors are blue and black. I wanted to have an turbulent ocean look to it. Didn't really achieve what I had set out to do.

 

Now, the one below is the same fragrance and concept. Renamed High Seas (TM) from my Pirate's Cove (TM) line. I was able to capture more of the wind swept sea look that I had been going for back in 2013. Still the great fragrance and still worked beautifully for me. This is now up on the website.

 

 Next is Pirate's Cove: The Sea Witch. A beautiful bright soap that draws you near and when you take a deep inhale it arrests your breathing due to the Ginger EO and the Orangeblossom FO. It smells great but will catch you unawares, and that is precisely what sailors of old would say about sea witches that would entice the sailors to their doom.

 

This my first group photo of my Fractured Faerie Tales (TM) line. From left to right there is:

 Puss' Boots, Rumpelstiltskin, The Little Mermaid, Cindered Ella, Briar Rose and Schneewittchen. All of these can be found on the web as well.

The Website Is Now Open

Hello, Rose Garden!!

My web store is now open!! The address is

http://thechandlersrose.com

I am so pleased. All of the soaps that have been featured here before plus some new items such as Bath Cookies, Bath Truffles and Limited Edition soaps!! First 50 orders are receiving a gift with purchase, no minimum purchase amount.

What are you still doing here?! Click on the link and shop!!