Urban Botanic
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Your fragrance is your most powerful accessory.
I’m so exited to bring you this next giveaway. A long time ago, when I was about 13 I had a good friend named McKenna Gordon. We were both rather entrepreneurial and played around with many business ideas. We both crocheted and decided we were going to start a crochet business. We even came up with a name, The Crafty Co-op. Well, McKenna ended up moving away soon after and with that went our business aspirations and our friendship. We lost contact and I hadn’t seen or heard anything of McKenna until about 7 months ago, when lo and behold I found her mother’s blog. Who knew the internet could be so small? It was great getting back in touch with McKenna through email and through reading her own blog and pretty soon I found out that McKenna’s entrepreneurial ideas had only flourished throughout the years. You see, McKenna started her own business. A business that is, I think, really going to go places and has already expanded greatly, because of its totally unique and awesome concept.
If you love fragrance, if you love hypoallergenic fragrance, if you love value, this company is one you’ll want to look into.
“McKenna searched for a way to help others enjoy fragrances in a new simple way - to blend scents into a signature fragrance that is unique to each person, a scent they love, but only they can wear. ” Urban Botanic Story
That’s right, your own fragrance. One that you design. The concept is fun and unique, and McKenna is expanding this idea into other areas of her business, with the introduction of the UB Home Collection. McKenna wrote to me about the awesome advantages to using the UB Home Collection of fragrances above candles and other home fragrances.
1. Being able to control the strength of your fragrance.
“Experience a richer fragrance than any candle - you can completely control the strength. Some like a barely detectable scent: just add a drop or two of fragrance to your Warmer… Others (like me) can’t get enough…and want the neighbor across the street to be able to smell my living room.”
2. The UB Home Collection is a much safer alternative than traditional candles and fragrances.
“Everyone by now knows that candle wicks are a scary thing. Lead wicks have now been banned in lieu of zinc wicks, but a lot of people don’t realize that zinc wicks, when burned, emit a chemical very similar to lead; almost as harmful. A lot of companies have come out with “wickless” candles, where you burn a chunk of scented wax with no wick and no flame. That’s great because there’s no fire hazard, but think about this for a minute: if your chunk of wax starts out “yay big” and after 5 hours of burning is only “wee small” - where did it all go?…It is now the air that we breathe. Chemicals found in almost all candle waxes…are harmful to the environment and to our health. If you know someone who is allergic to “scents” it’s probably not the fragrance itself they’re allergic to. In almost all cases, they’re allergic to the chemicals that are found alongside a fragrance…but the SCENT is the most “tangible” thing to us, so we assign the allergy to the scent. People who are allergic to scents can use our products!”
3. Change your scent as often as you change your mind. Choose from a 3 oil home collection or a 6 oil home collection. Each collection comes with 3 or 6 oils that can compliment each other or smell great alone.
“In the mood for an Apple Pie scent? Try a drop of Apple and a drop of Cinnamon. Just love Gardenia? Use it by itself. You can get so creative and there are many combinations that can be put together within each Home Collection.”
4. Excellent Value
“The value is pretty freaky. Your typical extra large jar candle is $25 - $35. Candle companies claim this size candle will burn for 110 hours. One bottle of our fragrance is $13.50 and will scent your home for up to 1,300 hours. Depending on how strong you like your scent, that’s 10 - 20 times cheaper than any candle.”
McKenna wants to give one lucky commenter a UB 3 Oil Home Collection, retail value $49.95, for FREE. The Home Collection includes a fragrance warmer and the winners choice of one of the following fragrance collections:
* “Sunshine & Pomegranate” - comes with Mandarin, Grapefruit, and
Pomegranate scented oils.
* “Maui Pear” - Pina Colada, Coconut and Pear scented oils.
* “German Chocolate Cake” - Chocolate, Brown Sugar and Coconut scented oils.
* “Skinny Dip” - Honeydew Melon, Cucumber and Juniper scented oils.
* “Almond Cookie” - Almond, Maple Spice and Coconut scented oils.
* “White Linen” - Freesia, Green Tea and Waterlily scented oils.
Here’s what you need to do to enter:
1. Visit Urban Botanic and take a look around.
2. Leave me a comment telling me your favorite concept or product and tell me which of the fragrance collections above is your favorite. Comments that do not do both will be disqualified.
3. Giveaway is open to residents of the U.S. only.
4. Giveaway ends at midnight (wherever you’re at).
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This is great for a person like me who has TONS of allergies…Especially to flowers! So I love the fact that the “perfume oils are made from the most natural ingredients possible to avoid skin sensitivities and fragrance allergies.” This is def for me!
Ok…to the combos you listed…Oh wow, German Chocolate Cake! Really? I think that I would be trying to lick the air! Plus when guests come over they are sure to think I had been baking all morning without a thing to show for it. ; )
this is probably my favorite collection from the above * “Maui Pear” - Pina Colada, Coconut and Pear scented oils. I love that whole island smells, the coconut smell at the beach during the summer lol i love it. I think it’s a great idea that they let you come up with your own fragrance and I love Parfum spray, the others I don’t use as much as that. Just spray spray spray and off to work. Great products!
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I Love the fact that these scents are tailor fit. I took the personality scent test and it brewed up a Leafy concoction for me. How very unique; I don’t usually like things simply because the masses do but this is so individual. I love it.
My favorite scent from up there is the German Chocolate. If I can’t eat it, at least I can smell it and I am imagining that they smell marvelous!
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I love the personality test that gives you an inside to YOUR scents. I think it was dead on! I love Sandalwood, and that was one of my personality smells.
My favorite from the choices above would be Almond Cookie. Yum!
Thanks for yet another great giveaway!
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My favorite fragrance collection would probably be the Maui Pear. I love me some Pina Colada and Coconut!
And I think the bubble bath would be the first thing I would buy - I love to relax at the end of the day in a warm, therapeutic bath with a good book.
What a wonderful idea! So glad you found your friend again. :-)
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they have apple pie fragrance oil! i like the whole fruity family and the warming plate.. Of the options here i like the almond cookie. mm..cookies
WOW! What a great concept. Congratulations to your friend and to you reconnecting.
I took the personality test, pretty cool.
The concept I like the best is creating your own scent.
Above, I like the White Linen set.
Thanks. I’m bookmarking this site
What wonderful products! After looking at the site I think that the bubble bath would be my favorite product! I especially love that it doesn’t leave a grimey ring around the tub and that the bubbles can be “recharged.”
For my favorite scent listed that is a very hard choice. If I had to chose one I think it would be “German Chocolate Cake” - Chocolate, Brown Sugar and Coconut scented oils. I love how it smells when I am baking (which is not very often) and this is how great I imagine them smelling!
The bubble bath that “recharges” sounds awesome!
The German Chocolate Cake sounds divine!
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What a wonderful site. I really love the whole UB Home Collection concept. That is just so cool. I don’t like to use candles with the fake scents and a natural alternative is right up my alley.
As far as scents, I like the “Sunshine & Pomegranate” , “German Chocolate Cake”, and the “Skinny Dip.”
I’ve been visiting Kenna’s blog for awhile, didn’t realize you knew her or that she had a business or that her name is actually McKenna. :P It’s such a nice site. According to the quiz I should go with fruity, so probably sunshine and pomegranate for me.
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would love to try the Home Fragrance !
my favorite scent is the German Chocolate Cake ~ it just sounds yummy!
thanks!
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I love everything! I think my favorite product would be the fragrance warmer and Maui Pear would be my pick!
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I love the idea of customizing a perfume.
And I love the Sunshine and Pomegranate smells!
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I love, love the concept of creating scents that are personalized. Maui Pear sounds FABULOUS!
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I love that you can customize your fragrances and that the perfume oils are pure, undiluted, and high quality. And the candles last so long!
I instantly knew Maui Pear would be my favorite.
I really like the idea of wearing personalized scents. I haven’t really worn perfume in awhile because of head aches, but I think these wouldn’t bother me. I especially think I’d love the Skinny Dip!
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Oh my, I just love that personality test.. what an awesome idea to come up with. I just love frangrances like this and my favorite would be Sunshine & Pomegranate! Thanks
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I’ve never been big on scented body products, but I *love* the concept for home fragrance. I’ve had a few scary experiences with lighting candles indoors, and I don’t like the chemicals or product designs associated with a lot of non-candle options out there. I think I would absolutely love the home fragrance that Urban Botanic does, though - just a simple, sleek warmer with a few drops of oil!! - it sounds perfect for my family!
Of the combinations listed in your post, I’m most drawn towards “Skinny Dip”, because I’ve *always* loved fresh smells like melon and cucumber. Juniper would be an interesting twist. Although I think “Sunshine & Pomegranate” comes in a very close second! I’d have to smell them both to know for sure which one I would love most.
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I wish I could smell these through my computer! Smell-o-vision baby!
I think the almond cookie sounds divine. But I would also choose the sugar and spice collection for a fragrance warmer! Fabulous!
I like that she has a personality test to help you determine which scents you might prefer. *I* would prefer the White Linen scent.
I like the idea of putting together your own combinations of scents. That way you can change things according to your mood and you can experiment to find things you like.
My favorite collection in the list you gave is probably white linen.
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We like the personality test concept at Urban Botanic because I wouldn’t know where to start on creating my own fragrance! I do like Violet though and I saw that was one of their fragrances!
As for the collections above: Skinny Dipp, I love how refreshing cucumber and honey dew can be!
From Urban Botanic I really like the idea that you can create your own fragrance but the personality test would be the easiest way I think for us to figure one out ,LOL! Also violet sounds nice!
Of the combos which sounds most appealing would be:
Skinny Dipp, we are really into light smells.
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I like that it has a personality test to help you choose your fragrance. That is a great idea!
I like the sound of “Sunshine & Pomegranate”
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Shower gel that you scent yourself! I love it!
And my favorite (I think) from above is Sunshine & Pomegranite. mmmmmm. mmm.
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Wow! What a fabulous idea! I love that the shower gel is unscented and you can scent it yourself or leave it unscented! What a really great idea! That has to be my favorite thing. I’m sensitive to scents, so the fact I can pick is awesome! My favorite of the ones from above would have to be the Sunshine and Pomegranate. That sounds wonderful! Thanks for the opportunity to enter into so many contests! I love your blog! :)
Almond cookie probably smells divine!! I would totally enjoy the bubble bath!
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The Nourishing Body Lotion sounds wonderful. And Sunshine and Pomegranate…yum!
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Ugh- I keep losing my internet connection, so my whole comment didn’t come through! I was saying that I love the fact that the scents can be personalized so that it would be complimentary specifically for you and also it’s great that no one else would have the same scent! My favorite from the collections you listed would be the Sunshine & Pomegranate.
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What a coinkidink!
My favorite product is the 3 Oil Home Collections! Although, developing my own bath product scent is also appealing! I’m a floral girl, so I would choose the “White Linen” collection.
I just took the test and it’s right on….. floral!
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*“White Linen” - Freesia, Green Tea and Waterlily scented oils. is my favorite from the list.
One product I like is the Nourishing Body Lotion . during the summer it seems my skin is so dry I am always trying to find a lotion that helps me with dry skin.
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I love thie idea of a refreshing shower gel that you pick a scent for, and my favorite fragrance collection is the White Linen!
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My choice from the list is “White Linen” because it sounds very refreshing especially for a bedroom or bathroom. I love the idea of adjusting the intensity of smell and being able to mix and match scents.
Being a bath girl myself, I am very intrigued by the bubble bath of course. As for the scents, many of them make my mouth salivate - “Sunshine & Pomegranate”, “Maui Pear”, “German Chocolate Cake”, and “Almond Cookie”….yummy!!
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Maui pear sounds so nice. I really like the “personalized” aspect.
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I’d love the fragerence warmer in black
* “Maui Pear” - Pina Colada, Coconut and Pear scented oils.
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It sounds fun to make your own lotions and scents and things. I would love to try the home scents. The German chocolate cake sounds tempting, but wouldn’t that make us all hungry all the time? Maybe if I were to win, I would be better to go with something clean smelling, like the “White Linen”.
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White Linen is my favorite scent collection and I really liked the Luxurious Bubble Bath since I love bubble baths (when I can get one)
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* “Sunshine & Pomegranate” - comes with Mandarin, Grapefruit, and
Pomegranate scented oils.The shower gel looks nice! great site and great ideas.
I love the idea of the personality test. I never learned alot about girly stuff, I have always been “one of the guys” until these past few years, so to find something that would fit my personality, it would be such a blessings!
For my home, Fresh Linen. I love the clean smell of this, it warms my heart immediatly.
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I love the concept that you can create a scent that projects everything that’s you.
It makes finding the right scent easier.
The personality test is a great idea.
I am also impressed with the fact that Urban Botanic perfume oils are pure, undiluted, and of the highest quality available on the market today
My favorite fragrance collection is White Linen” - Freesia, Green Tea and Waterlily scented oils