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Happy Canada Day!


Moraine Lake, originally uploaded by champy1013.

Happy Canada Day to all of SmellyBlog's Canadian readers!
Hope you had a fun and a fair weather today to celebrate the special day of our magnificent country. My day, personally, was mostly full of Salsa dancing at Robson Square...


Silhouette, originally uploaded by CharlieBrown.

SmellyBlog Logo Poll Contest Winner Announcement


Draw Logo Contest, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel.

It's time to announce the results of the last few contests I run here on SmellyBlog.

First of all, I'd like to thank all of you who participated in the poll for choosing SmellyBlog's new logo. As you can see, I have completely disregarded your advice, and went for my own favourite... I'm kidding, of course. You can probably imagine that there were other factors for my decision making besides your opinion (which matters to me a lot). I asked many people in person, besides on the blog, and consulted with friends and family. The logo with the little "cartoony" nose seems to be the best choice - my decision committee (lead by myself and my devoted graphic designer) felt that this was the most original, and we liked how it was humorous and a bit of a parody on my company's logo. Instead of the graceful and dreamy fairy, we now have a snotty nose with a similar line qualities (and the same font, by the way) and an amused expression of scent enjoyment smeared all over that minimalistic face.

After I have got my graphic designer, the talented Terry Sunderland, to perfect it and clean it up (the lines and the angles are a bit different - you'll need to have an eye for detail to really notice the difference between what I posted originally here as part of the poll, and what you can see above as the header for this humbly stinky blog). It's been up for a while, with no frilly introductions. Now is the time to announce its presence, as well as who won a full bottle of Opium Fleur Imperiale!

SAMANTHA, you are the winner - so please contact me with your mailing address (your bogger profile is secret, so I have no way of contacting you other than through this announcement). Once I hear from you, Fleur Imperiale will be shipped to you immediately!

Flora Linden Ingredients Contest Winners

msiagirl and divina are the two winners of the Flora Linden guess-the-ingredients contest, because you are the only two who guessed a correct ingredient - the green tea (msiagirl) and the spearmint (divina)!

The complete list of ingredients is as follows:
Premium Organic Japanese Sencha Tea
Premium Osmanthus Blossoms
Lemon Verbena Leaf
Linden Blossom & Leaf
Organic Orange Peel
Organic Lemon Peel
Oranic Spearmint Leaf

Please email me with your mailing addresses so I can send you the sample of Tirzah parfum and Flora Linden tea blend from Inner Alchemy Tea Co!

Happy Father's Day!


A Father's Love...., originally uploaded by cowgirlrightup.

Happy Father's Day to all of the dads, pappas, abbas and babbas etc. reading SmellyBlog!
And also to those who don't. Hope this day is amazing for you all that your kids got to spend some fabulous time with you.

Here is a song dedicated to a father that was wroth listening to. And below is a post about what makes a scent masculine, especially for today.

Upcoming Workshops at Ayala Moriel Parfums

Starting June 2007, Ayala Moriel Parfums will be offering a series of workshop related to natural perfumery and fragrance appreciation. The series will take place once weekly, every Thursday evening between 5:30-8:00pm.

A detailed calendar will be published shortly, with the curriculum for each workshop. Each class is self-contained, and fees include materials. You will come out of each class with a wonderful smelling (or tasting!) product, that you made all by yourself!

Here are some details on our very first workshop – The Scented Chocolate Truffles Workshop!

When:
Thursday, June 7th
5:30-8:00pm

Where:
#314-1230 Haro Street (Buzz #295)

What:
In this fun and interactive workshop, you will learn how to make exquisite chocolate truffles and flavour them with fine floral essences. We will be making two flavours of truffles, and you will take them home with you!

How much: $15 per participant (materials included).

PLEASE RSVP (778) 863-0806 or ayala@ayalamoriel.com as space is extremely limited!

NOTE ABOUT UPCOMING PERFUME PARTIES:
We will also be holding a monthly perfume party, usually in the middle of the month, when you can come in to the studio, meet the perfumer and receive your personal free fragrance consultation. Chocolate truffles and beverages are compliment of the house, and we will sometimes have special guests and special program for the night too…

Our next party: Saturday, June 16th 7-10pm
We will celebrate the launch Ayala Moriel’s new soliflore perfume, Tirzah, which is a linden blossom single-note with fresh woody accents. Linden blossoms bloom in June and that's why Tirzah will be launched next month!

Hope to see you all here - Vancouverites as well as visitors!

:)

Ayala
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