Lust No. 83

03/12/2010 in Gifts, Guilty Pleasures, PSAs, Vendors! by Lindsay | No comments

Growing up – whenever I’d go department store shopping with my mom, we NEVER had the ladies waving around jeweled perfume bottles spray their contents directly on us.  If we were going to test the perfume, it had to be on a piece of paper that we’d discard immediately afterwards.  My dad has always been very scent sensitive and it would give him a headache to smell the Roberts’ women drenched in department store perfume after a shopping trip. 

"i solemnly swear we are up to no good..."

ALSO, it was a total giveaway if we were trying to conceal the shopping spree from him – until his CC statement appeared and sold us out…  In the meantime, we had to be strategic!!

Not my dad. But, Noel Roberts looks like a cross between Mister Rogers and...

The Clint

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized that my dad passed along his sensitivity to me.  Although I am just mildly scent sensitive, I’d rather not test it out too much and end up with a migrane – so I tend to stick with simple vanilla scents.  I use vanilla scented lotion and I love vanilla candles!  In fact, I burn vanilla candles exclusively.

I recently received the most amazing candle and I’ve decided it’s totally blogworthy.  I love it!  It’s made by Archipelago Botanicals and it’s part of their Private Reserve Collection. 

After its maiden burning, I did a little bit of research on it to figure out why it was so awesome – and why it didn’t give me a pounding headache.  Well, here’s the scoop on Archipelago’s Private Reserve Collection: Each of the high-end, soy candles’ scents is a personal favorite of the owners.  The candles are labeled with the fragrance name and the original lab number.  Mine is Lust No. 83.  Yowza!

My roommate walked into my bedroom when I was burning it the other day and she said, “it smells like a sexy man in here.”  I have to admit that it kind of did – but it was just me, Big Red and the candle…  We all, including Big Red, absolutely love the way it smells!  According to the website, Lust No. 83 is a mix of ”bourbon vanilla (key point for me!), sultry vetiver, warm amber and shocking bergamont.”  I guess the vanilla was my initial attraction, but it’s much more than just a simple vanilla candle.  The candle’s blend is so unique! 

All the candles in the Private Reserve Collection come in really nice, sleek black packaging - a perfect housewarming or host gift for either gender! 

Find Lust No. 83 + other candles in Archipelago’s Private Reserve Collection for $29.50 here: http://www.candleluxury.com/archipelago-private-reserve-lust-candle.html

Enjoy!  (And, a PSA from Smokey himself:  PLEASE don’t play with matches…)

xx, L

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