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Aromastrology Scents For Cancer
Thinking about leaving your comfort zone? Do it. You can always go back if things aren't right. Pack your day bags and head to the beach for some needed peace as we focus on Aromastrology scents for Cancer. With the help of the stars, we learn more about ourselves and those around us. Keep scrolling to find out which violet fragrances for Cancer you can use to Scent Your Space.
See below for more specifications for this Water Sign and its main note. Have a look at how the Aromastrology Wheel is illustrated in a new way that groups the types of signs together. Moreover, see our Chinese Aromastrology for the Year of the Tiger.
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Past Aromastrology
- Jan 20 to Feb 18: Aromastrology Scents For Aquarius
- Feb 19 to Mar 20: Aromastrology Scents For Pisces
- Mar 21 to Apr 19: Aromastrology Scents For Aries
- Apr 20 to May 20: Aromastrology Scents For Taurus
- May 21 to June 21: Aromastrology Scents for Gemini
Home is where the heart is for this sign. Cancer is known to hold onto things that make them comfortable – whether harmful or helpful. Able to be particularly decisive, they are providers and nurture those around them. They’ll find and make the time for things and people important to them.
- Main note: Violet
- Main compatibility: Taurus
- Synergy with: Sagittarius and Aquarius
- Scents for Cancer: Seashore, Meadow, Black Orchid, Meditation, White Cashmere
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Scents For Cancer
A natural summer seashore where the fresh salt air of the sea meets coastal vegetation of wild greens with light floral and citrusy notes, along with a hint of un-ripened coconut.
Raise your inner awareness and open your mind to better manage your mental health and day-to-day energy.
Do You Know The Differences Between Aromatherapy And Aromachology?
While both support the benefits of physical & mental health via scenting, do you know the differences between aromatherapy and aromachology? When it comes to healing and revitalizing, both are very important to know which oils to use depending on your needs. Additionally, both have therapeutic qualities proven by scientific studies. Aromatherapy is older, dating back to the 1920s. Meanwhile, Aromachology is more modern and began in the 1980s.
Aromatherapy
What is aromatherapy? Aromatherapy is the study of how fragrance can trigger a physiological response and/or stimulate physical reactions to the body. Similarly, volatile organic compounds (known as VOC or VOCs) found in plants can heal and repair the body when damaged. These same VOCs can also cause allergic reactions, which is why certain types of essential oils are not for everyone. When you remove the VOCs, it becomes a fragrance oil that retains all properties that benefit cognition.
Aromachology
Aromachology is the study of the effects of scents on human behavior, feelings, and emotions which generate a psychological response. Fragrances can evoke specific memories, promote a desired mood, or create a certain energy. Smells have a unique and exceptional ability to trigger memories, as the olfactory processing system is very close to the hippocampus – the memory hub of the brain. Our products begin as pure, organic essential oils and are then filtered to remove these harmful VOCs so they become a hypoallergenic fragrance oil. This allows use by everyone, even those with allergies, to enjoy the therapeutic qualities.
In conclusion, it is imperative to note that despite the different approaches and applications of aromatherapy and aromachology, they will never negate each other. They synergize effectively to better manage self-care, mental health, and physical health.
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Introducing the new Aromachology Collection
Which notes help us achieve certain emotions and states of mind? Here's how each of the note types work with you, not against you.
- Citrus: bright, crisp aromas spark creativity and stimulate productivity. Therefore, try Pink Grapefruit, Mandarin Zest, and Lemon Ginger.
- Fruit: energetic and fresh scents encourage recharging and refreshing of the mind and spirit. So give Mango Coconut, Confidence, and Vitality and Vigor and shot.
- Spice: if you like warm, intoxicating scents that inspire confidence and adventure, then try Black Tea and Fig, The Great Pumpkin, and Autumn Bonfire.
- Floral: stressed out? It might be time for you to stop and smell the roses. Consequently, sweet fragrant scents restore harmony as they provide a sense of calm and relaxation. Perhaps you will enjoy Flower Shop, Orange Blossom Neroli, and Santal Homage.
- Herbal: deep, Earthy scents promote clarity of vision and grounding to reality. Meditation, Sage and Sea Minerals, and Serenity Now will be your playground.
- Wood: start with robust, invigorating scents that increase perseverance and determination. These include Cedar Seduction, Conquer, and Lakeside.
Of these aromas, what type of notes would benefit your self-care the most? Start scenting your space today and see how it makes life more enjoyable. Watch what we're doing next and stay connected on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok, and YouTube.
Scenting The Man Cave: A Father's Day Fragrance Guide
There is still time to shop for the perfect Father’s Day gifts! This year, Father’s Day is on Sunday, June 19. Show the father - or father figure - in your life how much you appreciate his wisdom and support by giving him one of our impressive Aroma Retail Gift Sets. Which scent(s) do you choose? See our Father's Day Fragrance Guide below for masculine scents that Dad will love.
For a Father’s Day gift idea with an incredible value that will impress even the most discerning Dad, select the Whole Home Scenting gift set. This arrangement comes complete with the Scent Machine – Home 101 including a 4oz Fragrance bottle of your choice, a Wax Melter/Wax Warmer with a set of 3 Wax Melts, and the Mix and Match Gift Set with the opportunity to mix and match fragrances among a Candle, Room Spray, and Reed Diffuser.
- Gift wrapped in cellophane with bow
- Includes blank card for your personal message
- Further discounts will not apply
Express your gratitude to Dad by giving the Housewarming Gift Set This collection includes the Scent Machine – Travel with a 4oz Fragrance bottle of your choice, a Linen spray, and the Mix and Match Gift Set with the opportunity to mix and match fragrances among a Candle, Room Spray, and Reed Diffuser.
- Gift wrapped in cellophane with bow
- Includes blank card for your personal message
- Further discounts will not apply
A Father's Day Fragrance Guide
Need some suggestions for smells that Dad is sure to love? Check out this fragrance guide for our Dad-Approved scents! And yes, women LOVE these because of their masculine presentation.
Conquer
For the sports enthusiast, you can’t go wrong with the Official Scent of the Henderson Silver Knights hockey team. Allow him to reminisce about his glory days with this scent, perfect for his ‘man cave’. Conquer is becoming a fan favorite – maybe the only ‘bandwagon’ that Dad will be proud to jump on!
Country Club
For the sophisticated man who can be found enjoying his time on the golf course or unwinding in the country club, this is a perfect gift idea for Dad. Country Club is Aroma Retail’s most masculine scent.
Focus
For the hardworking man, support his focus and productivity with the gift of scent. Focus is a thoughtfully crafted blend similar to a citrusy and aromatic men’s cologne that will help eliminate distractions and allow Dad to attend more fully to the tasks at hand.
Lakeside
For the outdoorsman, take him on an intricate journey down memory lane, with a scent that brings to mind weekend fishing trips and barbeques down by the lake. Celebrate all the memories made with Dad with the gift of Lakeside.
Allure Noire
For the elegant gentleman, select this sweet, masculine scent that women absolutely adore! Allure Noire is the perfect unique scent for Dad’s home office and all of his guests are sure to compliment his impeccable taste.
If you are running short on time or can’t find any Father’s Day gifts, give Dad the freedom to select from the fragrance guide and give him an Aroma Retail Gift Certificate. It will be emailed directly to him along with a personalized message from you.
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Aromastrology Scents For Gemini
School is out and so is the sun! As Summer approaches, we focus on Aromastrology scents for Gemini. With the help of the stars, we learn more about ourselves and those around us. Keep scrolling to find out which sandalwood fragrances for Gemini you can use to Scent Your Space.
See below for more specifications for this Air Sign and its main note. Have a look at how the Aromastrology Wheel is illustrated in a new way that groups the types of signs together. Moreover, see our Chinese Aromastrology for the Year of the Tiger.
Past Aromastrology
Jan 20 to Feb 18: Aromastrology Scents For Aquarius
Feb 19 to Mar 20: Aromastrology Scents For Pisces
Mar 21 to Apr 19: Aromastrology Scents For Aries
Apr 20 to May 20: Aromastrology Scent For Taurus
If you need help making a decision, consult with a Gemini. They observe all options to consider the best possible result and the worst possible outcome. Without placing a real right or wrong on the situation, there is understanding. Gemini also loves to share news and facts, sometimes gossip.
Main note / ingredient: Sandalwood
Main compatibility: Sagittarius
Synergy with: Taurus and Leo
Aromastrology Scent For Gemini: Lemon Ginger, Desert Breeze, Sun Dried Linen, The Great Pumpkin, Happiness
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Scents For Gemini
With an essence of style and sophistication, this fragrance enhances productivity in the most subtle way.
Scent Your Workout For Better Results
Need help getting more reps and a new squat P.R.? Scent your workout to hit your maximum! Keep scrolling to learn more about how to scent your gym and fitness center using specific types of aromas. If you own a business, see why scenting a workout area leads to happier sessions and an increase in memberships. The same applies for private and home gyms, don't worry!
If you currently have a gym membership and not a personal or home gym, you'll want to look at the Scent Machine Travel. It's our simple and easy-to-use portable oil diffuser that fits in your car's cup holder and the bottle pouch of your backpack. Small enough to take with you and scent your personal space without offending anyone.
Why It's a Good Idea
- gives the immediate feeling of cleanliness and luxury
- to create a welcoming gym and health club environment
- re-enforces good feelings when business partners and clients walk in
- might increase and retain club memberships and business relations
- can influence recruitment and retention of employees who work there day to day
For related reading, see our business blog on Why Scent a Gym and Health Club.
Best Scents For Gyms And Why (Updated)
Want to hit your max lift? Look for aromas that contain herbs (mint, jasmine, eucalyptus, rosemary) and/or citruses (orange, lemon, grapefruit, bergamot). These note types have an encouraging effect on the mind which can enhance productivity and invigorate your energy to get that new deadlift P.R. (personal record). Check out these suggestions from our Fragrance Library:
Herbs
- Linq A (Updated)
- White Tea And Thyme (Updated)
- Eucalyptus Forest
- Energy
- Kai Jasmine
- Conquer
- Serenity Now (NEW)
- Warm Cozy Hug (NEW)
- Lakeside (NEW)
Citruses
- Meditation (Updated)
- Fresh Linen (Updated)
- Pink Grapefruit
- Mandarin Zest
- The Empire
- Focus
- Orange Blossom Neroli (NEW)
- Fresh Rain (NEW)
- Sage And Sea Minerals (NEW)
These are just a few picks and fan favorites, see our entire collection here!
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Here's Why Gyms Smell Bad
The equation is much simpler than people think: Moisture + Bacteria = Malodor
In a gym, there will always be moisture due to sweat. This is the same for bacteria, since people are coming from their workplaces or home to use equipment is not immediately cleaned after use. Now, multiply this times tens of bodies that come in and out on an hourly basis. That's a lot of bacteria and a lot of moisture being circulated in the air, all in one place.
How to Scent Your Gym and Fitness Center
Putting a Scent Machine oil diffuser in your gym in order to increase revenue and enhance the guest experience is simple and can be done in a few steps.
- Define which areas require a scenting solution, if not the entire space
- Select a Scent Machine that will deliver the scent to the targeted area(s)
- Choose your fragrance - most facilities will either choose ONE fragrance to create their signature scent or MULTIPLE fragrances to change at different times of the year or specifically for an event
You are welcome to consult with one of our scenting experts by calling 702 780 7370 or e-mailing [email protected] with any questions on how to scent your gym and fitness center.
Updated December 2024
Mother's Day History and Traditions
Mothers do it all. They are there to hug you on bad days, give advice when you think you don't need it, and be your biggest cheerleader no matter what. Beyond what most people see, mothers are always working in the background. This includes hours spent at doctor appointments, weekends sitting in bleachers for a game, and crafting the perfect birthday treats. Keep reading for Mother's Day history and traditions.
Mom: The Goddess
Mothers do so much that there is a long history of people commemorating the love of their mothers. While America didn’t create the official ‘Mother’s Day’ until 1908, the appreciation for mothers dates back to the ancient times when Greeks and Romans honored the mother goddesses.
In the 16th century, the English had Mothering Sunday where people returned to their mother church for worship. But this was also a time to honor mothers with flowers picked along the way. Sometimes, even with Simnel cakes – a special pastry made of fruit and almond paste.
But it wasn’t just others organizing ways to celebrate motherhood. Mothers also got together to help one another in properly caring for their children and doing what they could to bring peace – like in 1868 with Mother’s Friendship Day where former Civil War soldiers from both sides gathered with their mothers to promote reconciliation within the country.
Mother's Day In America
With all moms do for us, it’s no wonderful that Mother’s Day is celebrated in over 150 countries. Here in America, more than 80% of people participate in Mother’s Day. Not only is it the busiest time of year for phone calls, it’s also the third most popular holiday for flowers (following Valentine’s Day and Christmas).
Getting the perfect gift for your mother can be a struggle. Fortunately, we are in on a helpful little secret: Moms love things that smell good. That’s right, after diapers and sports jerseys and shoes worn without socks, moms are due some good smells to offset the horrors she has been subjected to.
At Aroma Retail, we have candles, sprays, wax melts, reed diffusers, and scent machines. Not sure which one to consider? Check out our bundled Mother’s Day gift ideas here:
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How to Scent For Mom
And if you’re looking for the perfect scent for her, try our Park Hyatt Aviara’s Kai Jasmine Fragrance which beautifully marries the fragrant perfumes of fresh cut jasmine and creamy gardenia in a luxurious scent that will put any bouquet of flowers to shame. The best part is, our scents will outlast those flowers that will likely die after a week or so.
More favorites Mom will love:
- Places Collection - Flower Shop, Luxury Spa
- Resorts Collection - Ginger Flower, Asian Lily
- Mood Collection - Comfort, Confidence
- Seasonal Collection - Merry Cranberry, Champagne Cheers
If your mother is eco-friendly, she can rest assured that our products are made with the environment in mind with recyclable packing materials, safe oils, and low emissions. All our essential oils are organic and hypoallergenic, making them safe not only for your mom, but also her fur babies too.
This year, share these newly learned Mother's Day History and Traditions with Mom! Don't forget to celebrate everything your mother has done for you by giving her the gift of scent – and don’t forget to give her a call. Happy Mother’s Day!
Mother's Day Gift Ideas
Just in time for Mother's Day! Show Mom how much you love her with our NEW gift set arrangements. Introducing the Whole Home Scenting, Housewarming, and Bed and Bath Refresh Gift Sets. Shop the links below for these offerings and more Mother's Day gift ideas.
NEW Whole Home Scenting Gift Set
Get the best value and a little bit of everything with the Whole Home Scenting gift set. This lovely arrangement comes with the Scent Machine – Home 101 with a 4oz Fragrance bottle of your choice, a Wax Melter / Wax Warmer with a set of 3 Wax Melts, and the Mix and Match Gift Set with the opportunity to mix and match fragrances among a Candle, Room Spray, and Reed Diffuser.
- Gift wrapped in cellophane with bow
- Includes blank card for your personal message
- Further discounts will not apply
NEW Housewarming Gift Set
Treat yourself or someone special with this Housewarming gift set. This alluring package comes with the Scent Machine – Travel with a 4oz Fragrance bottle of your choice, a Linen spray, and the Mix and Match Gift Set with the opportunity to mix and match fragrances among a Candle, Room Spray, and Reed Diffuser.
- Gift wrapped in cellophane with bow
- Includes blank card for your personal message
- Further discounts will not apply
NEW Bed and Bath Refresh Gift Set
Bring a little luxury home with this Bed and Bath Refresh gift set. This enchanting gift set comes with the Wax Melter / Candle Warmer and a set of 3 Wax Melt Bars, a Linen Spray, and the Mix and Match Gift Set with the opportunity to mix and match fragrances among a Candle, Room Spray, and Reed Diffuser.
- Gift wrapped in cellophane with bow
- Includes blank card for your personal message
- Further discounts will not apply
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Aromastrology Scents For Taurus
Earth tones and Earth signs are trending! Spring is in full swing, and here we focus on Aromastrology scents for Taurus. With the help of the stars, we grasp more about ourselves and those around us. Keep scrolling to find out which signature fragrances for Taurus you can use to Scent Your Space.
See below for more specifications for this Earth Sign. Have a look at how the Aromastrology Wheel is illustrated in a new way that groups the types of signs together. Moreover, see our Chinese Aromastrology for the Year of the Tiger.
Past Aromastrology
Jan 20 to Feb 18: Aromastrology Scents For Aquarius
Feb 19 to Mar 20: Aromastrology Scents For Pisces
Mar 21 to Apr 19: Aromastrology Scents For Aries
It’s hard to miss this inventive spirit. A strong sense of beauty and reliability will always keep a Taurus at the top of mind and close to the vest. They are relentless in their efforts to inspire others and they value dedication above all. Stay loyal to a Taurus and they will always be loyal to you.
Main note / ingredient: Amber
Main compatibility: Cancer
Synergy with: Leo and Gemini
Aromastrology Scent For Taurus: The Empire, Country Club, Ginger Flower, Luxury Spa, Zen Temple
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Scents For Taurus
An amorous blend of flowers dipped in sweet citruses, with a dash of cedar to give it personality. This is a BEST SELLER of 2021.
Create a signature scent with this inspiring and vivacious aroma. Let your guests know that they're in the presence of luxury.
How to Get Rid of Common Smells in Your Home
Words by Christina Poletto / Illustrations by Trina Dalziel
Just because you're used to an odor doesn’t mean it’s not noticeable to guests—particularly when it’s unpleasant. We’re here to show you how to get rid of common smells in your home.
Scent events can be sudden—think a spritz of perfume or the discovery of last week's unemptied lunch box. But malodors—sour and pungent smells—are often indicative of a more serious home hygiene issue like unwanted moisture or germs. These offensive odors tend to develop over time, such as when the scent molecules from our bodies or pets get trapped around the house.
When scents build up gradually, it's easy not to notice them. "Our brains are trained to notice new scents," says Emily Calandrelli, a science expert and host of Emily's Wonder Lab on Netflix. "When there's a lingering scent—even a bad one—your nose treats that as white noise; you don't notice it anymore." Here's how to de-stink common problem areas right under your nose.
7. Don't Forget Nooks and Crannies
Good old-fashioned baking soda can help bust up musty smells in stuffy spaces. Harris's DIY air freshener: "To a small Mason jar, add a half-cup of baking soda and a few drops of essential or fragrance oil. Poke some holes in the lid of the jar, then just swish it every couple weeks to refresh the scent and the odor-absorbing qualities of the baking soda."
For high-traffic areas (and gym bags), use a moisture absorbing packet/satchel. They're odorless, chemical-free, and filled with charcoal that neutralizes smells. Avoid keeping dirty clothes in your closet and empty your hamper often—it absorbs smells too, so clean and disinfect it frequently.
6. Freshen Pet Beddings
Just like bedsheets, dog bedding should be laundered often. (It doesn't hurt to keep Benji regularly bathed, too.) Between washes, try a spray that uses natural enzymes to remove odors. Launder pet bedding with a sanitizing laundry detergent.
Litter woes? Scoop early and often (sorry). Whatever litter you use, sprinkle powdered deodorizer or baking soda in the box base between litter changes. It neutralizes that distinctive ammonia odor and helps keep clumps from sticking.
5. Fight Bathroom Odors
Start with the toilet and use a combo cleaner-disinfectant to wipe around the seat, lid, and hinges. When you clean the toilet bowl, target under the rim. Eliminating the smells in a bathroom are a key method on how to get rid of common smells in your home.
To manage moisture - a major catalyst for foul odors, mold, and mildew - make sure your exhaust fan is working effectively. Use this easy test: Hold a square of toilet paper up to the fan cover while the fan is running. If the paper doesn't stay in place, the fan is not doing much more than making noise and might need a deep clean or replacement. Vacuum or wipe down the cover regularly. Keep your drains as clear of hair and gunk as you can get them.
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4. Banish Kitchen Smells
When you cook, turn on the vent fans to circulate air and filter out smells and toxins. Empty your garbage often and, between every bag change, hit the inside of the can with a disinfecting spray. The same rules apply for recycling - empty and disinfect the bin often. A few times a year, give the cans a thorough wash with soap and water.
Dank drain? Mix 1 cup each of baking soda and vinegar. Pour down the drain, let rest for an hour, then flush with warm water. Citrus peels can be an easy fix for stagnant garbage disposals. Add small peels and a cup of ice to the disposal while running cold water. If the funky smell persists, try disposal cleaning tablets or sticks, which cut odors with foam. Use an old toothbrush to clean under the drain's rubber splash guard.
3. Eliminate Common Culprits
A full trash can or gym bag in the hall is an obvious stink culprit you can quash simply by removing or cleaning; start there. You'll have to work harder to find and remedy the more generalized atmospheric odors, and here, perspective is important. Calandrelli suggests assessing your home the next time you return after a few days away. You'll be better able to detect smells you might have become accustomed to. Or ask an honest friend to give your home a critical sniff test so you can troubleshoot.
2. Treat Upholstery
The key is to remove or harmonize with scent molecules embedded in your furniture, rugs, and curtains—not just cover them up. Regularly launder, vacuum, and brush the items you can. Underfoot, try carpet refreshers that you sprinkle onto the surface, let settle, and then vacuum.
For furniture, beddings, and curtains, spritz on our Linen Spray air freshener, which traps and overpowers odor molecules. Great for high-traffic areas, pet beds, ottomans, and more.
1. Focus on Air Quality
"Open the windows!" says environmental toxin expert Tonya Harris. "Houses built in the last couple of decades are more tightly sealed, allowing less air exchange." Make opening windows a habitual part of your cleaning routine.
Boost your air-scrubbing efforts with an air purifier. Look for one with a charcoal filter to help neutralize odors, a HEPA filter for allergens, and an air-quality monitor. The unit's CADR (clean air delivery rate) tells you how much air is filtered per minute in a certain square footage.
Updated September 2022
Easter Baskets and Traditions
Easter is coming and that means family time, Easter baskets, and egg hunts! With Spring newly upon us, there is nothing better than spending a sunny morning outside in your Easter best, breathing in the clean, fresh aroma of dewy grass, and sweet blooming flowers as you dash about seeking spots of colored eggs among the foliage. Keep scrolling for more on Easter baskets and traditions!
Many parents assemble baskets of gifts for their kids every year – not only for egg gathering, but also just for treats. 60% of college kids who don’t live at home still receive baskets shipped to them by their parents. Of the almost $21B spent on Easter in America, $3B of that is all about candy, which chocolate being the most popular treat. In fact, Easter is second only to Halloween in being the biggest candy selling holiday in America.
Eat Rabbit Ears or Rabbit Feet First?
Some of our favorite Easter candy has been around for a while with chocolate eggs dating back to the 19th century. Jellybeans became associated with Easter in the 1930s with their lovely multi-colored, egg-shaped design, but the confection itself has been around since ancient times and was previously known as Turkish Delight. Peeps (the candy corn of the Easter world) didn’t come about until the 1950s. The chocolate Easter bunny became an instant success when it debuted in Pennsylvania in 1890 with a 5-foot-tall chocolate bunny that drew attention to the new treat. Do you eat your rabbit ears or rabbit feet first? If so, you’re among the 78% of people in America who do the same (myself included).
But where did the idea of the bunny and eggs come from? It followed German immigrants to America back in the 1700s. The night before Easter, children made small nests for the bunny who would deposit colored eggs within to find the next morning. But the bunny accidentally dropped some along the way, so the kids would run out in the fresh spring grass to search for brightly colored eggs that may have been overlooked and egg hunting was born!
A Timeless Tradition
Egg decorating has been happening since ancient times with ostrich eggs and since the 13th century specifically for Easter. Designs could be made into the egg prior to dying by gently scratching the shell and dyes were generally created with natural ingredients, like flowers, tree bark, berries, and onion skin. While that sounds very organic, I confess, I’m partial to the vinegar-scented pools of vibrant colors we use today.
But egg hunting isn’t the only thing you can do with those pretty eggs. Egg rolling is also a thing. It’s exactly what it sounds like in that you take a decorated hardboiled egg and roll it down a hill in a race against other people with their eggs. This is hugely popular in Britain where it originated but has also become an annual tradition at the White House. Every year since 1878, children gather on the lawn of the White House and push their decorated eggs.
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While outdoor egg hunts and other Easter activities are so much fun, indoor ones can be way more convenient, especially with inclement weather. But with our Meadow Fragrance, you can bring the verdant freshness of a spring meadow to your home. The kids can dash about the living room while you sit back with a cup of coffee and the comforting scents of wildwood, grass and the delicate notes of wildflowers.
This Easter – whether you’re indoors or outdoors celebrating and whether you start your chocolate bunny by the ears or the tail first – we hope you enjoy this special day! Happy Easter!
Scenting An Assisted Living Facility
What impression do you get when you walk into an assisted living community? A lot of what we interpret a possible place of residence or work is impacted by the overall feel, but how a place smells leaves a lasting impression. Here's our answer the question on "why do care homes smell" and how Aroma Retail will help you with scenting an assisted living facility using an easy-to-use Scent Machine.
Why is scenting an assisted living facility a good idea?
- to increase the chances of potential residents choosing to use your establishment as they walk into a lobby or tour an assisted living unit
- re-enforces good feelings when residents and employees walk into your establishment
- can influence recruitment and retention of employees who work there day to day
Why do care homes smell?
Many things contribute to the malodors in this type of location. Bodily waste is one answer, but also the aromas of rubbing creams and other medicines needed for care cause the stink. Ongoing cleanliness is key to smell maintenance in your space.
How do I stop my nursing home from smelling?
Other than using air fresheners and odor eliminators, it is helpful to conduct ongoing smell maintenance. This is achieved through use of a Scent Machine. The Scent Machines assist in a professional, affordable, and high-quality manner. Check out Aroma Retail's selection here. Aside from using a Scent Machine oil diffuser, we have Scented Candles, Wax Melts, Linen Sprays, and more.
What do nursing homes use to get rid of the smell?
Scenting an assisted living facility should help create warm and inviting scents. To name a few from our Fragrance Library, Green Bamboo, Wellness, and Luxury Spa. Moreover, use Hot Apple Pie, Comfort, and Eucalyptus Forest to build coziness. The options are endless!
We provide expert, time-tested options for creating the scent you want to match your desired mood, decoration, ambience, and brand. Take our Fragrance Test now and explore our many solutions to Scent Your Space.
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Best April Fool's Day Pranks
April 1 is a day for harmless pranks and silliness. It was a personal favorite of mine when I was a kid, but that could be because I had a younger brother who was so fun to prank. I would spend all morning setting up little traps for him to encounter. There were partially opened doors with cups of water precariously perched on the top of the door to spill on him, markers with the tops all switched so they looked like different colors than they were, switching white vinegar for water in the fridge. If you’re starting to feel bad for him, don’t worry – he certainly got me back plenty of times. Not my best April Fool's Day pranks, but I've found some favorites growing up. Hit the jump to start the mayhem!
Wrapping Paper
What you'll need: a lot of wrapping paper and tape
How you'll do it: time will be needed most on this one, and the EASY WAY to prank your target with this one is to wrap all of their things before they arrive to work or after they leave for the day. It's even funnier if you wrap things that aren't even inside - for instance, wrapping their favorite mug, but it's actually just nothing wrapped in the shape of their mug. This is the ADVANCED WAY to execute this prank, most commonly seen on "The Office" here:
Sticky Note Hell
What you'll need: many pads of sticky notes and even more time
How you'll do it: this one is usually best executed before or after the work day simply because of the time it takes. Remove notes from the pad and begin decorating the target's office. Change up the colors and get creative! Lastly, they are notes, so feel free to write fake lovey-dovey things on them or adult jokes.
Fake Update
What you'll need: access to target's computer
How you'll do it: when your target is away, visit fakeupdate.net and select an O.S. - for highest confusion, use a Windows update for an Apple, and an Apple update for a Windows. Maximize the screen. Leave the scene of the prank.
Packed in Peanuts
What you'll need: packing peanuts
How to do it: when the target is away, fill every open spot with the foam peanuts: drawers, cabinets, slide out bins/baskets, etc. If you empty out a space, take a picture or write down what goes where so that you can return things back after the prank.
Things in Jell-O
What you'll need: gelatin dessert (Jell-O), personal belongings of your target
How to do it: begin taking personal belongings from your target. Smaller ones will likely go unnoticed and easier to place in the gelatin. Follow instructions to create the gelatin dessert, do not refrigerate - that will come in the next steps. Place about half of the gelatin dessert mix into a new container along with one or more of their belongings / you can also place the belongings in a new container and then pour the entire mix. Now refrigerate everything and check on it in about 10 hours. Place these gelled things back where your target would normally find them. Consider your target pranked.
April Fool's Day Origin and History
The origins of April Fool’s Day are a little hazy, but one of my favorite theories is that it dated back to the 16th century when the world went from the Julian Calendar (which started the year on April 1st with the spring equinox) to the Gregorian Calendar (which starts the year on January 1st). So, all those people who forgot that the year changed in January were called April Fools.
Regardless of how it started, April Fool’s Day is such a fun time to pretend like you’re a kid again and enjoy the ridiculousness of the day. You certainly wouldn’t be the only one. All through history, people have delighted in pranks. Television has teased people for decades with things like spaghetti trees that had people calling in to see how they could get one and Smell-O Vision that people swore actually worked. But what does work, are the Scent Machines from Aroma Retail that can scent your cinema room or a movie theater for your multi-sensory experience when watching your movies or shows.
This April Fool’s day, channel your inner child and enjoy the fun of playing a prank, being full-on goofy. Like a kid in a candy store. Or…you can bring the sweets to you with our Candy Shop Fragrance! It’s such a fabulous way to celebrate being playful with the cheerful notes of citrus and raspberry reminiscent of large lollipop spirals of bright colors, or a kaleidoscope of jellybeans crowded in glass jars. If you love pixie sugar, cotton candy and sour straws, you’ll love this fabulous new scent – on April Fool’s Day or any day! And that is no prank.
Aromastrology Scents For Aries
Take charge, Aries! As the seasons change, we now focus on Aromastrology scents for Aries. With the help of the stars, we grasp more about ourselves and those around us. Keep scrolling to find out which signature fragrances for Aries you can use to Scent Your Space.
See below for more specifications for this Fire Sign. Have a look at how the Aromastrology Wheel is illustrated in a new way that groups the types of signs together. Moreover, see our Chinese Aromastrology for the Year of the Tiger.
Jan 20 to Feb 18: Aromastrology Scents For Aquarius
Feb 19 to Mar 20: Aromastrology Scents For Pisces
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The charm and focus of an Aries is unforgettable. Similarly, they take charge and position themselves as leaders, and even in situations that are unfavorable, others look to them for guidance and direction. In like manner, Aries is a true wordsmith, alluring those around them with flair in their diction. It is quite difficult to this sign derailed, and if you do, it won't be for long.
Main note / ingredient: Lily
Main compatibility: Libra
Synergy with: Scorpio and Capricorn
Aromastrology Scents for Aries: Asian Lily, Lavender Garden, Asian Garden, Sun and Sand, Pacific Breeze
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Scents For Aries
Inspired by an English lavender garden, this beautiful place is brought together with citruses, flowers, and herbs.
An intricate arrangement of garden favorites meets vanilla. This is our best selling scent for good reason.
Best for warm weather in the Spring and Summer, flowers and citrus make up this original aroma. Can you smell the sunblock?
A timeless aquatic and fresh scent, composed of fruit, flowers, and musk. This will place you on a balcony overlooking the sun-kissed ocean.
Scent Your Space with these fragrances and more! View our entire Fragrance Library here.
Scenting For Pet Stores And Odor
What impression do you get when you walk into a pet store? So much of how we perceive a place is influenced by, not only the looks, but the smell. Read on to learn more about scenting for pet stores and odor with an oil diffuser and more!
Before we continue, it's important that you know our products (Linen Sprays, Wax Melts, Room Sprays, Scented Candles, Reed Diffusers, and Fragrance Oils) are made from natural ingredients without volatile organic compounds nor allergens. This makes every product safe for pets to enjoy with you. We are a CERTIFIED Green Business, meaning that you can buy with a peace of mind, knowing that each dollar you spend is contributing to safe processes to create safer products for the environment and for your pets.
Why is scenting for pet stores a good idea?
- to increase the chances of potential customers buying from your store
- re-enforces good feelings when customers and employees walk into your business
- can influence recruitment and retention of employees who work there day to day
What smells are attractive to dogs?
If you manage or own a pet store, one of your main customers will be the ever-sensitive smelling machine: the dog. It makes sense to ask, “what smells are attractive to dogs?” The trick here is to make the aromas in your store attractive to your human customer and to the dog. Some smells that dogs and humans will find pleasant include vanilla, coconut, lavender, and ginger.
Vanilla scent picks: Black Orchid, Seashore, Asian Garden, and more!
Coconut scent picks: Meditation, Green Fig, Coconut Spice, and more!
Lavender scent picks: Flower Shop, Tropical Coco Mango, Focus, and more!
Ginger scent picks: Arancia, Ginger Flower, Lemon Ginger, and more!
Why do pet stores smell weird?
Pet stores smell weird for a variety of reasons, including that they sell pet food, often house live animals, and allow pets in the store. Pets in the store can lead to unavoidable urine smells that, even after cleaning, smell chemical.
Scenting for pet stores and odors is a smart idea. Pet stores can use an oil diffuser to scent their space. An oil diffuser can include scent machines ranging from small to large HVAC units. They attach to heating and air conditioning systems using air pressure to distribute scent around a room or building. We provide affordable and quality options to make your place smell wonderful. We have a solution for tiny rooms and enormous sales floors.
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What is a good pet deodorizer?
If you own or manage a pet store, you might ask yourself, “What is a good pet deodorizer?” Pet deodorizers come in many forms, but a good pet deodorizer gets rid of pet urine smells and replaces them with fresh scents such citrus, eucalyptus, and lavender - some examples of these we touched on above.
When scenting for pet stores, it is wise to consult our Aroma Retail experts depending on your specific needs. We provide expert and time-tested options for creating the scent you want to match your desired mood, ambiance, and brand related to scenting for pet stores. Have a look at our Fragrance Library here.
St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick’s Day is a day to celebrate in the United States – and with good reason when more than 32 million Americans can claim Irish descent. That’s more than six times the number of people currently living in Ireland. In fact, more than 40% of America’s presidents have had ancestors who came from Ireland.
St. Patrick’s Day is an official holiday in Ireland, meaning everyone is off for the celebration. It used to be a revered holiday in America that required bars to close down - at least until the 1960s. Fortunately for green beer, that is not the case anymore today, though I’m sure most of us would appreciate the extra day away from work.
The parades for St. Patrick’s Days originated in America, long before it became the United States with the first one held in the early 1600s in a Spanish Colony located in now-St. Augustine, Florida. Over a century later, Irish soldiers missing their homeland marched in a parade in Boston, starting a tradition that continues to this day.
Contrary to popular belief, the Irish sadly haven’t always been lucky. The potato blight in the mid 19th century forced more than a quarter of the overall population toward American shores as a means to escape the famine that took the lives of over 1 million Irish. Unfortunately, they received a rough time of it on US soil as well, finding little welcome. It wasn’t until the gold and silver rush in California where Irish found their luck with many striking it rich with those precious, much sought-after metals. This is actually where the term “The luck of the Irish” comes from.
Luck of the Irish
In case you’re wondering about four-leaf clovers – yes, they are lucky. Those four leaves are said to symbolize faith, hope, luck, and love. If you’re looking for one, be forewarned that there is a 1 in 10,000 chance in finding one. But don’t worry, the three-leaf clover is still something special too. The Celts called them ‘seamroy’ and considered this plant to be sacred as it indicated the onset of spring.
Those vibrant clovers are part of the Emerald Isle and why we all wear green on St. Patrick’s Day. And drink green beer. And dye our rivers, fountains, and pools green – the Chicago’s Plumbers’ Union started the tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green back in 1962. But there’s another reason – rumor has it that leprechauns can’t see green. Why does this matter? Apparently, they are curmudgeonly souls destined for a life of fixing the shoes of other fairies and have a propensity to pinch humans when they see them.
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Celebrate With Scents
Of course, another alternative to keep those cranky leprechauns away is to cheer them up and good smells can cause a 40% increase in mood! Happiness from our Mood Collection can do exactly that. With the luxurious, elevating aromas of coconut milk and musk, this creamy, floral scent will ease any leprechauns’ scowl and get the happy celebration started at your St. Patrick’s Day party.
Or, if you’d like to bring the smells of Ireland into your living room, try our Featured Fragrance from our Resorts Collection, Waterfall. It will envelope your home in the clean, fresh scents of nature with greens, melons, and floral notes, so you’ll feel like you’re on the Emerald Isle itself.
Whether you’re warding off grumpy leprechauns, elevating the mood of your St. Patrick’s Day party or bringing the smells of the rolling green hills of Ireland to your home, we leave you with a popular Irish saying – Wherever you go, whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be with you. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
For related reading, see blogs on Scenting For Franchises and the official scent of the Henderson Silver Knights hockey team, Conquer by Aroma Retail.
Daylight Savings Time Change
Remember to change your clocks and your scent!
Are you ready for the Daylight Savings time change on March 13? Change is inevitable, so why not make it fun by also changing your scent? Many people scent their homes or businesses by season. Read on for more ideas of how to make Daylight Savings enjoyable and bring in some welcomed change below!
Why change your scent for Daylight Savings?
- Welcome in something new. If you own a business, you can increase the chances of potential customers choosing to enter, buy, and come back. At home, you can increase positive and rejuvenating feelings to welcome Spring and Summer.
- Re-enforce good feelings when customers and employees walk in or when friends and family step into your home.
- Positively influence recruitment and retention of employees who work in your business day to day. At home, you can create a refreshing environment.
Scenting options are endless, but it is wise to consult our experts to change your scent depending on your specific needs. We provide expert and time-tested options for creating the scent you want to match your desired mood, ambience, and brand for your home or business. Have a look at our updated Fragrance Library here.
Will we gain or lose an hour?
With Daylight Savings around the corner and everyone talking about the need to change your clocks, you may be asking, “Will we gain or lose an hour?” The answer is that we will lose an hour. An easy way to remember, is to think about the season. Daylight Savings starts in Spring and ends in Fall. So, think, “Spring forward” and "Fall back."
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Why does Daylight Savings exist?
Daylight Savings exists to make more use of daylight by moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. Why not make this Daylights Savings (March 13) and the need to change your clock into a fun and memorable experience by choosing to change your scent? We have affordable and quality options to scenting your home or business. Depending on the size of your space, you can purchase scent machines to cover different square footages.
Conquer by Aroma Retail
"IT'S PERFECT." We have gathered the finest alchemists from throughout the land to formulate the most intoxicating fragrance, truly fit to mask the malodors of the Middle Ages. With great honour we present to you Conquer by Aroma Retail, the Official Scent of the Henderson Silver Knights Hockey Team.
Your manor can now smell just like the brand-new home of the HSK, the Dollar Loan Center. The fragrance features a truly unique blend of freshly forged swords, healing eucalyptus, and refreshing mint and black pepper. With mid notes of an enchanted forest, including evergreen pine, wild iris, cedar leaf, and fir needle. Finishing strong with masculine base notes of iron wood, oakmoss, sandalwood, musk, and the worn leather of a squire’s satchel.
Scent Your Space and own Conquer by Aroma Retail, signature scent of the Henderson Silver Knights, in any of our products:
Linen Spray Air Fresheners
Wax Melts
Fragrance Oils
Mix and Match Gift Set
3 Reed Diffusers Set
4 Scented Candles Set
5 Room Sprays Set
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Scenting For Franchises
Do you own a franchise, or have you dreamed of owning your own franchise? Or perhaps you manage a franchise? Scenting for franchises becoming more popular now that mask mandates are ending. Scent is incredibly important for first impressions and can impact profits and sales of your business. Consider these ideas on scenting your franchise and keep reading for more tips below!
Why is scenting your franchise a good idea?
- To increase the chances of potential customers choosing to enter, buy from, and return to your franchise
- Re-enforces good feelings when customers and employees walk into your establishment
- Can influence recruitment and retention of employees who work there day to day
What is a franchise entrepreneurship?
The idea behind a franchise entrepreneurship is this: you or a group of people (i.e., the entrepreneurs) own a business that sells a product or service owned by a corporation. The corporation assists your business in return for a flat fee and fees based on profits or sales.
If you own or plan to own a franchise, it may be a good idea to use scenting to increase sales, conversions, and create better experiences. Franchises can use many mediums to achieve this: wax melts, linen sprays, reed diffusers, room sprays, and scented candles are the most common after scent diffusers. Scent diffusers can include scent machines that port into heating and air conditioning systems, using air pressure to deliver scented oils in a room or in an entire building.
We provide affordable and quality options to scenting your franchise. Depending on the size of your establishment, you can purchase scent machines to cover different square footages. Check out our scent machines here. The best thing is that we do not require contracts for scenting but allow the franchise owner to focus on making their businesses smell wonderful!
What is a franchise opportunity?
Franchise opportunities are fantastic ways to start a small business with the support of a larger corporation and a brand or product that is widely known. Examples of franchises include McDonald’s, PetMobile, and Flip Flop Shops.
To grow your franchise opportunity, consider scenting and varying scents depending on the season. The options are endless, but it is wise to consult our experts based on your specific needs.
We deliver experienced and time-tested options to match your desired mood, ambience, and brand. Browse our Scent Library here. We focus on helping customers get exactly what they need and tailoring fragrance needs to each franchise manager/owner.
What is franchise retailing?
Franchise retailing is a way of opening your own business using the name, branding, trademark, and products of an existing business.
Consider how to make your franchise retailing profitable. Franchise scenting is one way to help increase profits and sales by attracting and retaining both customers and employees. We have aromas that change to match the season and your mood!
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When thinking about scenting your franchise, customer care is very important. We have incredible customer care, Google it and see for yourself! There is no pressure to buy. Scenting your franchise should be on your timeline and we are here when you are ready.
Why wait to start scenting your franchise?
We make scenting for franchises easy, affordable, and fun. There are also aggressive discounts for franchises. Check out our Quick Guide to Scenting Your Business today, and let us help you on your journey to wonderfully scenting your franchise!
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The Smelly Team
Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey but unsure what to expect? Read up on Cristina Reding, our owner and Captain of The Smelly Team 🍃 here in Las Vegas, NV. We took the time to chat with Go Solo in hopes of inspiring others who are shaping up their small business journey.
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Aroma Retail makes your place smell wonderful! Aroma Retail began with my husband's vision to bring the amazing scents world-class resorts use to the consumer. We wanted to make sure everyone could enjoy the amazing benefits of essential oil fragrances, aromatherapy, and environmental scenting. We knew Aroma Retail could be the company to make that happen. Read More about how Cristina manages The Smelly Team.
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Mask Mandates Ending, Time to Stop and Smell The Roses...And All The Wonderful Scents From Aroma Retail
Thanks to mask mandates ending, we are removing our masks, and putting our bare faces into the cool breeze! Say farewell to those face coverings, now is the time to come nose-to-nose with smelling the world again, and Aroma Retail is ready!
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Oh, the places we can go! Additionally, oh, the smells we can finally savor! We have 80+ yummy, decadent, and sumptuous fragrances that you won’t be able to stop sniffing. Whether you’re running a business or wishing you could take that hotel smell home, we've got it taken care of.
Why is scenting important?
If you are a business owner, you didn’t have to worry about scent marketing these last two years. Now clients can enjoy the savory scents of restaurants, those velvety notes at cafés, and the buttery popcorn in movie theaters.
Now is more important than ever to make sure your scent marketing is on point. Here are some great aromas for bringing customers into your business:
- Black Orchid – Resorts Collection: this luxurious scent will add an elegant touch via sandalwood, musk, amber and jasmine.
- Allure Noire – Resorts Collection: give your business opulent air that combines amber, vanilla, florals, and bergamot.
- Black Tea & Fig – Resorts Collection: welcome patrons with black tea, fig, nutmeg, jasmine, and vanilla.
- Focus – Mood Collection: fresh greens and citrus mingle perfectly with floral and woodsy aromas.
- Happiness – Mood Collection: bring a smile to your clients and guests with the blend of hazelnut, vanilla, coconut milk, and flowers.
Get out and smell the roses
Being out and about allows us to experience more of your favorite scents. Bring specialty blend aromas like Coffee Shop, Luxury Spa, and others into your home and business. Most importantly, with mask mandates ending, it's time to stop and smell all the wonderful scents we have to offer.
Bring Scent Into Your Home or Hotel Room with Linen Sprays
https://aromaretail.com/shop/fragrance-product/linen-spray/The only thing better than sinking into a pillowy soft hotel bed is when you discover the linen smells amazing! Aroma Retail specializes in luxury products made to Scent Your Space, no matter how large or how small. There are many fragrances designed specifically for hotels so guests always associate their fond vacation memories with your scent branding. While having a lobby that smells wonderful is a great start, it’s not the end of the customer journey. Here's how to scent your sheets by using our new Linen Sprays to bring scent into your home or hotel room.
Linen Sprays are Versatile
Hotel rooms get a lot of use by various people, which can result in multiple malodors. From food to hygiene, these combine into bad smells that will have your guests cringing regardless of how you clean. We now have a solution to bring those alluring aromas from the lobby into the hotel room. Linen Sprays are also useful in where you live, read here to learn more about scenting apartments.
Our Linen Spray can go on everything from sheets, comforters, and pillows to cushions, curtains, and carpets. Just a few sprays will elevate the scent in your room to leave it smelling incredible and completes the full sensory experience!
Safe For All Fabrics and Pets
All of our products, Linen Sprays included, are crafted to be hypoallergenic and are made with natural ingredients to ensure the safety and comfort of your guests. This means that your pets can harmlessly be around the spray without irritations.
Linen Spray can go beyond the hotel to scent your home and office! This is accomplished by spritzing a couch or pillows that can never be washed. Don't forget that your pet's bed and favorite place to hang out can be freshened too! You're able to Scent Your Space, and theirs.
Find Your Favorites Fragrance to Scent Your Sheets
The best part is, we have over 80 of your favorite fragrances to choose from. This allows you to find just the right one for your home and business. Clean-smelling fragrances are always popular for applying to linens, and especially for hotel room scents. Some of our popular aromas include:
- Comfort - Mood Collection: This was designed with an aim toward offering comfort. The warm, soothing notes of vanilla and musk blend with delicate jasmine and freesia undertones to provide a cozy, welcome atmosphere that encourages your guests to lay back and relax.
- Wellness - Mood Collection: The fresh, citrusy zest gives this aroma a clean feel, especially when paired with the light addition of lavender and other gentle floral perfumes. This will have your guest rooms smelling as clean as they are comfortable and also inspire good health and optimism.
- Farina Fragrance Museum - Places Collection: This luxurious blend provides an upscale scent that appeals to both sexes. Elegant spices mingle with sandalwood and bergamot and just a hint of citrus. Bring opulence to your rooms with a spritz of Farina.
- Thomas Pink’s Fresh Linen - Resorts Collection: This is the epitome of a clean smell with cottonwood, linen musk and the subtle additions of white rose and violet, your guests will be breathing deep at this hotel room scent.
Still not sure? You can always take our fun fragrance test to find the right aroma for your hotel room scent here. We’re incredibly excited for the new opportunities our Linen Spray is creating to Scent Your Space just the way you want. Enjoy!
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Aromastrology Scents For Pisces
It's time for Pisces to rise to the surface and shine! Looking at the stars, we focus on Aromastrology scents for Pisces that will help explain more about ourselves and those around us. Keep scrolling to find out which signature fragrances for Pisces you can use to Scent Your Space.
See below for the visuals for this Water Sign and more specifications for Pisces. Furthermore, the Aromastrology Wheel is illustrated in a new way that groups the types of signs together. For related reading, see our Chinese Aromastrology for the Year of the Tiger.
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Known to be tender, a Pisces will take the time and weigh emotions to make permanent decisions. Although it will take a long while, the sense of wonderment will fill their hearts with loyalty for big changes to come. They use their artistic sense of imagination to create the world, even if it exists in their own illusion.
Main note / ingredient: Bergamot
Main compatibility: Capricorn
Synergy with: Virgo and Libra
Aromastrology Scents for Pisces: Waterfall, Champagne Cheers, DiLusso, Farina Fragrance Museum, Allure Noire
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Scents For Pisces
Refreshing and luxurious, this is the most natural-feeling fragrance in our Scent Library. Very balanced between aquatic and fresh green aromas.
Champagne Cheers by Aroma Retail
Toast to every special occasion with a glass of champagne - you can even smell the bubbles!
Taking signature innovation from master Perfumer, Giovanni Maria Farina, we have produced a scent that will continue to be reminiscent of a morning in Italy.
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The Perfect Bouquet For Valentine's Day
Chances are, you’re considering the perfect bouquet for Valentine's Day. You aren’t alone. This is the largest flower-giving holiday in America to the tune of around $2 billion spent. This is more than even Christmas or Mother’s Day! On top of that, every special lady knows to decorate and Scent Your Space with fresh flowers.
While most of us order arrangements online, I can still recall how much I loved walking into flower shops to pick out my selections. The fresh, verdant fragrance mingled with the perfume of myriad blooms in the cool aid. I couldn’t help but draw in a deep inhale just to keep enjoying that wonderful smell. The most popular flowers ordered through the year are lilies, tulips, carnations, orchids, and, of course, roses.
Roses are especially popular on Valentine’s Day, making up for almost 85% of floral gifts given. Red being the most purchased and white coming up in second place. But why are roses such popular flowers?
The preference for roses has to do with its incredibly wonderful scent that sets it apart from other flowers. This is easily discernible even in a florist’s shop amid dozens of other types of blooms. If it wasn’t for their perfume, wild roses would never survive as bees are drawn to their fragrance for pollination. Interestingly enough, darker petals usually give off a stronger scent, which could be why red is so often purchased.
Roses Aren't Just Red
The array of colors that roses come in also makes them ideal for any occasion. Some even have up to two or three colors, especially as more hybrid flowers are grown. But roses, especially red and white ones, go beyond our contemporary appreciation. Dating back to the stories of Greek mythology, when a wild boar wounded Adonis and Aphrodite came upon her injured lover. It is said that the mixture of his blood and her tears fell into the earth and grew into a rose bush. This made the first white and red roses.
For all these reasons and likely many more, roses continue to be admired and appreciated today. We incorporate the rose into many of our specialty fragrances, from The Empire to our original Luxury Spa fragrance. But most especially, we love the way it smells in our signature oil blend: Flower Shop.
Flower Shop combines rose with so many other floral favorites like carnation, tulip, and lavender as well as adding fresh scents like greens and eucalyptus to Scent Your Space with the incredible aroma. While it may smell like flowers, our fragrance oils are hypoallergenic and safe, so pollen-lovers can still enjoy these wonderful scents!
No matter what arrangement, box of chocolates, or Aroma Retail fragrance you purchase for your love, we hope you take a moment to stop and smell the roses and find the perfect bouquet for Valentine’s Day.
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Scenting Your Big Game Party
On February 13th, the 56th football event of the year will captivate America. This year’s teams, the Rams and the Bengals, have never won a championship, which means that no matter who comes out on top, it will still be an event worthy of some serious revelry. Read on for more about the most expensive ticket in town and scenting your big game party.
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The NFL Experience
In the weekend before and the weekend of the game, there will be entertainment, food and (of course) guest appearance by some of your favorite football players. Not only is this a veritable theme park for football fans and their families, but all proceeds also go to the NFL Youth Education Town. This helps fund recreational centers in lower-income areas of the hosting city by providing children with after school activities. So, if you’re near SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA this year, make sure you check out the NFL Experience
Betting
Being stationed out of Las Vegas, gambling is something we’re familiar with. In fact, Nevada is the only state where straight sports betting is allowed. However, fun wagers between friends during the game is pretty common. Whether the loser has to shave their goatee or pressure wash the winner’s house, friends often bet on everything from the team winner to the coin toss and even the color of the Gatorade dumped on the winning coach. For post-game and post-workout odors, check out how we scent locker rooms and gyms.
Food
You can’t have a party without food and this game day is no exception. The most popular treats are chips and dip, pizza, chili, and chicken wings. In fact, chicken wings are such a fan favorite that over 1.2 billion chicken wings are consumed on Super Bowl Sunday. This is in addition to over 11 million pounds of potato chips. Learn more on scenting for restaurants to address food odors in your home and business.
Commercials and Non-Game Attractions
Not everyone who watches this major sporting event is there for the football. The commercials hold such a draw that I have a few friends who wait for the game to start again before getting up for a quick break. This is music to a sponsor’s ears as those coveted ads can cost upwards of $5 million! But let’s not forget the halftime show. This year’s performance will include Mary J. Blige as well as rappers Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and Snoop Dog – definitely a must see.
Puppy Bowl
Speaking of Snoop Dogg, not only is he performing at the halftime show, he’s also co-hosting the annual Puppy Bowl (as coach of Team Fluff) with Martha Stewart (coach of Team Ruff). This fun event is the most adorable three-hour tailgate party to enjoy where puppies compete for the ‘Lombarky’ trophy to raise awareness for pet adoption. Make sure you don’t miss the kitten halftime show – it’s guaranteed to be paw-sitively adorable! Do you have smelly pets? Read about our go-to scents for pet odors.
Scenting Your Big Game Party
No, we don’t mean the day-old aroma of the oil used to deep fry chicken wings or the stale potato chip funk. We mean really scenting it with the sweet smell of winning. While we have many fragrances to choose from that will mask and eliminate all those party malodors, we highly recommend our Champagne Cheers Fragrance for game day. There’s no better way to cheer your favorite team to a solid win than with the bright citrus notes and sheer musks of this sparkling scent that will have you celebrating.
February's FEATURED FRAGRANCE: Flower Shop by Aroma Retail - Places Collection
March's FEATURED FRAGANCE: Waterfall - Resorts Collection
April's FEATURED FRAGANCE: Meadow by Aroma Retail - Places Collection
No matter what your favorite game day traditions are, here’s to a safe and fun watch party that smells like victory.
Aromastrology for the Year of the Tiger and Chinese Zodiac
Happy Chinese New Year! 2022 celebrates the bravery, competitive nature, and confidence of a Tiger. Read on to explore Aromastrology for the year of the Tiger and Chinese Zodiac.
恭喜发财
Gong hei fat choy
Gōngxǐ fācái
Wishing you prosperity and good fortune
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What is the Chinese Zodiac?
The Jade Emperor wanted guards for his palace and stated that the first 12 animals to arrive at the gate would earn their place at his side. This became known as the Race to the Heavenly Gate or also the Heavenly Gate Race. Each animal is celebrated for one lunar year. These lunar years vary, although typically ending and beginning in January or February, respectively.
Order of the Heavenly Guards
1st Rat – 2nd Ox – 3rd Tiger – 4th Rabbit – 5th Dragon – 6th Snake
7th Horse – 8th Goat – 9th Monkey – 10th Rooster – 11th Dog – 12th Pig
Aromastrology for Tiger (虎 / Hǔ)
Personality: competitive, brave, confident
Element: Wood
Compatible with: Snake, Horse
Scents: Confidence, Cedar Seduction, Fresh White Tea, Mountain Summit, Eucalyptus Forest
Years: 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022, 2034, 2046
Aromastrology for Rabbit (兔 / Tù)
Personality: shy, kind, responsible
Element: Wood
Compatible with: Snake, Horse
Scents: Winter Woods, Happiness, Leaf Spring, Cedar Citrus, Meadow
Years: 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023, 2035
Aromastrology for Dragon (龙 / Lóng)
Personality: confident, enthusiastic, diligent
Element: Earth
Compatible with: Monkey, Rooster
Scents: Book Store, Allure Noire, The Great Pumpkin, Bright Sunshine
Years: 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024, 2036
Aromastrology for Snake (蛇 / Shé)
Personality: cryptic, resourceful, wise
Element: Fire
Compatible with: Ox, Dragon, Goat, Dog
Scents: Arancia, White Tea & Thyme, Seashore, Golden Bamboo, Tropical Coco Mango
Years: 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025, 2037
Aromastrology for Horse (马 / Mǎ)
Personality: always moving/thinking/doing, full of energy, intelligent
Element: Fire
Compatible with: Ox, Dragon, Goat, Dog
Scents: Lemon Ginger, Wellness, White Tea & Bamboo Leaves, Green Bamboo, Blue Ice
Years: 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026, 2038
Aromastrology for Goat
Personality: sympathetic, serene, compassionate
Element: Earth
Compatible with: Monkey, Rooster
Scents: Focus, Lavender Garden, Ginger Flower, Asian Garden, Sun and Sand
Years: 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027, 2039
Aromastrology for Monkey (猴 / Hóu)
Personality: seeks the unknown, entertaining, intellectual
Element: Metal
Compatible with: Rat, Pig
Scents: White Cashmere, Green Fig, Flower Shop, Pacific Breeze, Energy
Years: 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028, 2040
Aromastrology for Rooster (鸡 / Jī)
Personality: brave, pays attention to details, outspoken
Element: Metal
Compatible with: Rat, Pig
Scents: SLS, Farina Fragrance Museum, Black Tea & Fig, Asian Lily, Kai Jasmine, Sun Dried Linen
Years: 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029, 2041
Aromastrology for Dog (狗 / Gǒu)
Personality: honest, prudent, enchanting
Element: Earth
Compatible with: Monkey, Rooster
Scents: Volupta, Happy Holidays, The Empire, Black Orchid, Meditation
Years: 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030, 2042
Aromastrology for Pig (猪 / Zhū)
Personality: generous, diligent, compassionate
Element: Water
Compatible with: Tiger, Rabbit
Scents: Champagne Cheers, Comfort, Attune, Candy Shop, Wine Vineyard
Years: 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019, 2031, 2043
Aromastrology for Rat (鼠 / Shǔ)
Personality: versatile, intelligent, resourceful
Element: Water
Compatible with: Tiger, Rabbit
Scents: Cornucopia, Merry Cranberry, Creativity, Pomegranate and Sage, Coconut Spice
Years: 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020, 2032, 2044
Aromastrology for Ox (牛 / Niu)
Personality: reliable, physically strong, methodical
Element: Earth
Compatible with: Monkey, Rooster
Scents: Country Club, Desert Breeze, Zen Temple, Linq A, Seduction
Years: 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021, 2033, 2045
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A rich, luxurious floral arrangement complete with the timeless favorites. This beautiful presentation will quickly place you and your senses in this place. You’ll love the watery fresh greens, rose, lavender, carnation, tulip, and even the fresh potting soil. Hints of musk and eucalyptus finish this blend.
Scent Profile
- Top notes: rose, carnation, tulip
- Middle notes: eucalyptus, lavender, fresh leaves
- Base notes: potting soil, musk
About This Special Place
Floristry is the production, commerce and trade in flowers. It encompasses flower care and handling, floral design, or flower arranging, merchandising, and display and flower delivery. Wholesale florists sell bulk flowers and related supplies to professionals in the trade. Retail florists offer fresh flowers and related products and services to consumers. The first flower shop opened in 1875.
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Updated August 2022
A Growing Industry
From Stephanie Cain in The New York Times
Most flowers sold in the United States come from the Netherlands, Colombia, Ecuador and Kenya, all considered major growing areas. The vast majority of roses at weddings worldwide, for instance, are from Ecuador, and the Netherlands produces the most peonies. While there are flower farms in the United States, they tend to specialize in rarer varieties because they cannot compete with volume produced by growers in other areas of the world, or the lower prices they charge.
Flowers used at events are different from those sold at grocery stores or online retailers. So-called event flowers are bred to a higher quality, reaching peak bloom by the day of an event. These flowers are often harvested by hand about 10 days before a wedding, which is roughly the amount of time it takes to fully open.
The flowers at grocery stores are meant to have a longer life, and are harvested earlier so that the petals stay tightly closed and won’t open before purchase. But many times, they never fully open, which is why they aren’t of use to most wedding florists.
Valentine's Day Gift Ideas
In search of the perfect Valentine's Day Gift Ideas? Before you go scrambling to the grocery store hoping they have the ideal flower arrangement and the last brown stuffed teddy bear, we've got you and your last-second purchase covered. Everyone loves a bouquet and it always brings a smile to faces in the room. A little jealousy too, if you didn’t get one. What captures the heart more than their favorite florals is the creativity in gifts you give. Scroll for some creative gift ideas for both before and after Valentine's Day.
Mix and Match Gift Set
YOUR CHOICE of Scented Candles, Room Sprays, or Reed Diffusers! Get any three products in any scent, all nicely wrapped in a decorative bag.
Reed Diffusers
Ideal for scenting small, close-proximity spaces. Great solution for bathrooms and desks. Each Reed Diffuser is a 7-ounce square glass bottle with a replaceable cork. Each bottle has its own set of reeds. Comes in a set of three in the fragrance of your choice.
Scented Candles
Create the ambience in a bedroom and other medium-sized spaces. Each candle is hand poured in a 10-ounce glass apothecary jar with a glass lid. All-natural soy wax. Comes in a set of four in the fragrance of your choice.
Room Sprays
For on-demand, instant scenting. A great portable solution for giving a quick spritz to any room, entryway, or automobile. Each Room Spray is a 4-ounce frosted glass bottle with a chrome fine-mist spray pump. Comes in a set of five in the fragrance of your choice.
Travel Machine
For larger spaces such as a master bedroom or conference room, this Scent Machine is versatile enough to fit in your cup holder to take on your next vacation. Rechargeable like a phone and is perfect inside your carry-on with its 1-ounce oil container that will last you beyond the weekend getaway.
4 ounce Fragrance Oil
The go-to bread and butter of Aroma Retail. All products begin with this fragrance oil, which is safe for pets, has no phthalates nor VOCs, and is hypoallergenic.
Candle Warmer / Wax Melter
Get our Wax Melter / Candle Warmer with FREE Flower Shop wax melt bars! Use coupon code BEMINE online or in-store to claim this deal (choose Flower Shop Wax Melts for this discount to apply), valid through Feb 14. Enjoy your favorite scent SAFELY without an active flame, as this fits our apothecary style candles and other similar candles or smaller! Love sometimes stinks, but you won't. Ever.
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Updated August 2022
New Year, New You in 2022
All across America, people have made resolutions to start 2022 off on the right foot. The top three goals in 2022 center on health improvement with diet, exercise, and weight loss, with goals on more family time, improved mental health, financial awareness and being more environmentally friendly making a list as well. Statistically, these goals carry a 19% success rate. It’s a low number, we know, but don’t get discouraged. We have some great tips here to help you succeed in your resolutions, including – you guessed it – with scent!
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Put your subconscious mind to work
Our sense of smell is the strongest of all five senses and ties directly into our memories and our subconscious mind. What this means is that certain aromas will work in your brain without any effort on your part to boost your resolutions efforts. Focus, from our fragrance Mood Collection, for example, is a fabulous all-around scent to help you accomplish your goals. The grapefruit and citrus water aromas will stimulate your body and mind into action, as well as aiding in weight loss, while amber notes will help you remain calm and focused, and lavender will elevate your mood. Not only does the Focus Fragrance smell amazing, it will get your subconscious mind working for you.
Write your goals down
Did you know that just writing your goals down makes you 42% more likely to accomplish your resolution? That number can climb as high as 70% if you share that written goal with others. Friends are there to cheer you on – and maybe your success will help them too.
Small steps to big goals
Rome wasn’t built in a day. It’s a cliché statement, yes, but it’s true and something to keep in mind with your resolution. Break the enormity of your goal into smaller, more accomplishable bites. Take your overall goal and consider how it could be spread over the into monthly goals, then make those into weekly goals, and then dial it down even further into daily goals. One day at a time is a strong path to great achievements.
Be positive
Achieving your goals can be tough, but a positive mindset will help keep you on track. Rather than focus on all the things your resolution has you missing out on, try to think about all the benefits you are gaining. Fun fact – pleasant fragrances can improve your mood by 40%. See? We’ve got your back!
Want a specific fragrance to help you achieve your goal? Check out our mood collection here where are you will find help with meditation, energy, creativity, and so much more: https://aromaretail.com/product-category/fragrances/mood/
And if your resolution is to help the environment, know that we here at Aroma Retail are Eco-Friendly from our manufacturing process to the materials we use and even our efforts as we give back to the community. Additionally, our organic essential oils are hypoallergenic and safe for you and your pets.
Best of luck with your resolutions this year – we’re happy to be here to help!
Related reading: have a look at our 2021 Best Selling Fragrances