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what i want today: aunt sadie’s candles


i can tell it’s nearly fall. all of a sudden, my shopping instincts are starting to lean heavily toward gifting to others…a clear sign the holidays aren’t as far away as my bank account would like them to be. cruising around anthropologie the other day, i came across these completely darling candles by aunt sadie’s, and my first instinct was to buy a dozen of them and call my christmas shopping done for the year! 

these cuties have the chic/kitsch blend down to a science, and it doesn’t hurt that the scents are totally addictive. my favorite is the fresh cut grass (in fact, even my hubs loved that one), but check out the wacky orange and wacky lemons as well – they’re so fresh and summery, without having so much citrus smell that they’re overpowering. plus, the canisters are so cute that i want one in every room of my house.

pick a couple up for yourself now & give them a test drive – at only $16 each, they’re a steal. once you’ve sampled, you’ll be back for more….just in time for all of their yummy holiday scents (hello, “pumpkin pie” and “gingerbread”?!). i guarantee these will be showing up on my holiday gift list!

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what i want today: free stuff from illume


the fine folks over at illume candles were nice enough to give me the heads-up that they’re giving away a huge basket of goodies next week….it’s a tough offer to pass up, given that their candles are not only gorgeous, but smell amazing, last forever, and make completely fantastic gifts. to enter, just go to illume’s website and sign up (bottom right corner of the home page). good luck!

PS…if you win, feel free to send me one of your fabulous new candles as a thank you! i’m especially coveting the mission fig, fresh water and violet rose (just because the glass is so gorgeous!).

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what i want today: fragrances by elizabethW


i was roaming through one of my favorite san francisco boutiques recently, and stumbled across a new-ish perfumerie i just have to share: elizabethw. to be honest, while i generally like the idea of new fragrances, i almost never switch…the novelty just always seems to wear off quickly. but the moment i started sniffing elizabethw’s fabulous fragrances, i threw caution to the wind, and found myself spritzing samples on my wrist left and right. the scents are all incredibly well thought out – they have this amazing blend of simplicity and sophistication. too often with fragrances, i feel they’re either so simple and light they’re not worth the trouble, or they’re so heavy that they just aren’t practical for everyday wear, but the elizabethw options were, well, not to get too goldilocks about it, but they were all “just right.” their website puts it slightly better: “clean, simple, sophisticated, elegant, and totally original”….my thoughts exactly! plus, i love that they’re a san francisco-based company, and they’re really taking the time to design every fragrance by hand.

of the scents i got a chance to sample, the ones i’m still thinking about are vetiver (a spicy, citrusy scent that reminds me of cinnamon, pine cones and orange peel), leaves (a clean, light, almost grassy scent that had me wishing for spring), and magnolia (a scent i’ve always adored, but never been able to find a perfume to recreate it…until now)…but really, i loved just about all of them. of course, if you want to know the actual contents of each scent, you can always check their official list…i sort of prefer to go with my gut on these things.

as you’ve probably guessed by now, i’m pretty well smitten with everything elizabethw has to offer (i can guarantee you there will be some items from their site on my holiday gift list!), but if you’re not ready to take the fragrance plunge, try starting with one of their fabulous candles ($30), or the body cream ($28), which takes ‘luxurious’ to a whole new level. trust me….one whiff, and you’ll be addicted too!

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