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Valentine's Day Specials from Ayala Moriel Parfums

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Get ready for love with gifts that entice the senses and capture the
heart...






Out of ideas for Valentine’s Day this year? Tired of wondering the mall for
heart-shaped chocolates and cookie-cutter fragrances? Ayala Moriel Parfums
might just have the answer for you. Custom scents can be made for couples as
well as individuals at Ayala Moriel’s parfum studio in downtown Vancouver.
Ayala Moriel also offers a few other irresistibly sensual gifts that are
anything but cliché.



Nothing could be more romantic than commissioning a custom scent for your
Valentine... Ayala Moriel offers a unique experience for both you and your
lover: custom made perfume that will capture your passion, translate your
love into a liquid perfume poem, locked in a bottle for you to cherish
together for years to come. The customer is an active participant in every
stage of the fragrance design - from concept to selecting the beautiful
essences and fine tuning it to perfection.





Immortelle l'Amour Parfum + Tea Gift Set





Now on special discount - when you buy both, receive a $20 discount
Original price $140 - now priced at only $120!
- Essentially, you are getting the previous price for the parfum ($100) and
tea ($20).



You may also choose any fragrance you'd like for our limited time offer
Valentine's Day Gift Sets - we put together a few attractive packages. Gift
wrapping is available upon request and at no additional cost.



Tea Time Gift Set



For a limited time only, we offer our exquisite Perfumed Teas for a
significant discount - $20 instead of $30. Due to the popular demand, we are
bringing back a linden blossom tea, to accompany Tirzah perfume. This is a
completely new perfumed tea, made with wild linden flowers, osmanthus and
green tea and is a delightful floral elixir. Only a limited edition was
prepared of 6 tins only - so hurry up and get it while you can! And of
course we have freshly made Immortelle l'Amour, which is the most romantic
tea that I have ever experienced in my life, a true aphrodisiac.


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Poison Rings



Ayala's exquisite collection of rare, exotic poison rings have captured the
hearts of shameless romantics and critics alike... Distinct for their designs as well as
functionality - poison rings filled with a custom perfume have always proven
to be the right gift and never fail to impress!



Aphrodisiac Chocolate Truffles







Choose from four exquisite flavours available throughout February 15th.
Minimum order is one box, priced at $12 (containing between 8-10 truffles)
Custom flavours are also available upon request for a minimum order of 40
truffles ($60). Please note: we only ship truffles within Canada, via
Xpresspost, or to the USA via FedEx. Inquire by email or call for shipping
prices.



Choose from the following flavours:

Blood truffles: Dark Chocolate, rose otto, saffron and chilli pepper
White Potion truffles: White chocolate, coconut, almond, vanilla and
tuberose


Lovender: Milk chocolate with lavender, vanilla, nutmeg and mace

Caution: these truffles may cause you to fall madly in love...!



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Perfumed Jewelry Gift Set






Last but not least - we've just put out new, romantic and sexy custom-made
gift packages pairing perfume with jewelry. Choose a pendant (available in
blue opal, red garnet, moonstone, mother-of-pearl and opalite) and a
matching poison ring, and we will fill them with a crème parfum to match.


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Valentine's Day Gift Set





Perfume and Jewelry - a perfect match, this time in both liquid and solid
forms. Select a pendent colour of your choice, and let us do the rest -
including helping you out with selecting the fragrance to best suit your
lover's olfactory dreams and make them come true...


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To book your olfactory journey or a fragrance consultation to help you find
the perfect perfume for you and your lover, contact us at Ayala Moriel
Studio (778) 863-0806 or via email ayala@ayalamoriel.com




Warmest regards,



Ayala

Happy Valentine's Day!


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Happy Valentine's Day, my dear Smelly Friends,

Now, wouldn't you all wish the skies looked like that today? Vancouver is at it's usual rainily gloomy charm today, yet I am determined to have fun no matter what!

I would like to wish you all a fantastic and romantic day. Whether you are celebrating by yourself, or with a lover (or two?), may it be a day full of pleasure and smiles. And remember, the most important thing of all is to Love Thyself!

After four years with my Valentine David, and ten years with my smaller Valentine, Tamya, I noticed how my perfume world is starting to affect their lives. A few weeks ago Tamya added a new word to her vocabulary: "Smelly". Mind you, it was more in association with talking about smelly diapers of pooping babies (her favourite topic for conversation), but this is repeating itself and I can't help but laugh full heartedly when she talks about smells.

And this week, I caught David in the middle of an unusual act - he was sniffing the perfumes I have on my bedside table - and actually testing them! One of them was particularly to his liking, and I found myself inhaling pleasant wafts of sweet perfumes from him one night, which went on until around noonish the next day. He admits he loves it. Shamelessly so, I must add: The perfume is in a bottle just about as girly as could be, and the juice is not particularly masculine either. If you guess what it is, you'll win a prize - a 2ml bottle of Guilt perfume!
- The only hint you're getting is a link to my wardrobe.

*And don't forget to enter the Chocolatier's Contest: All you need to do is recommend us your favourite chocolatier. You will be than entered to win a 2ml bottle of Film Noir.

** Below is a fantastically original Guilt-Marnier Chocolate Truffles recipe, inspired by Guilt perfume. It's easy to make and fun. I will post photos soon...

Red Hot Chocolate Beverage

In the movie Chocolat, Vianne (the chocolatier played by Juliette Binoche) serves Armande (the diabetic lady played by Judi Dench) a special concoction spiked with what she is mistakenly recognizes as rancid cinnamon – but in fact is hot chilli pepper. The Aztecs, who were the first to concoct a cocoa drink – cocoa beans cooked in water and spiced with vanilla and hot chillis. This beverage was thought to give power and act as a phrodisiac.

After watching the movie “Chocolat” for the first time several years ago, I had an awful craving to try this drink, and so I tried making it myself. The ingredients, as in any recipe, make all the difference between an ordinary muddy beverage to an exquisite hot chocolate. Dutch processed cocoa is less acidic and more flavoruful. It has an unmistakable reddish colour (as opposed to the dusty-brown of inferior cocoa powders). Black chilli pepper has a rich, rounded flavour and is also quite sweet comparing to other chillis. And the brown sugar adds a nutty flavour.
The recipe is simple but feels very wholesome and authentic.It is richer and fuller than a hot chocolate cooked from cocoa powder only, but not as rich (and choking…) as the hot chocolates that are made of full milk, heavy cream and chocolate. I think it’s perfect – served as a fancy desert drink, a seductive treat or even a breakfast power drink.

2 cups milk of your favourite calibre (1% works just fine)
1 Tbs. Dutch cocoa powder
2 Tbs. brown sugar
30 gr. bitter 75% chocolate (I like Lindt – 3 squares equal to 30gr.)
½ tsp. Pure Vanilla Extract
Black chilli pepper for garnishing

In a small, clean and dry saucepan, mix the cocoa and sugar in a small using a small whisk. Slowly add the milk, while continuously whisking the mixture to prevent lumps from forming. Cook on a medium heat, until very warm, than add the chocolate squares and the vanilla extract. Stir well to avoid sticking to the bottom. Cook until milk is just about to start bubbling.
Serve hot, in small cups, sprinkled with black ground chilli pepper – or your favourite hot pepper or cayenne. Other spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg or cardamom will work well too.

For a more spicy, aromatic hot chocolate, add the following spices to the milk before cooking:
1 Cinnamon stick
4 Cardamom pods
2 clove buds

Now, if you keep on reading to the next post, you'll find a very nice surprise...
...And don't forget our chocolate contest!

Artisan Chocolate Truffles & A Chocolate Contest

What can be better than chocolate? A hand-made chocolate!
The following are two original, artisanal chocolatiers, one is a Vancouver based chocolatier, who makes some of the best chocolate truffles, as well as other sweets; the other is a perfumer who dares to pour some of her fragrant ideas into a base of chocolate, with some stunning results!


Bad Girl with a Good Taste
Some of the best chocolate I’ve ever had come from a little company called Bad Girl Chocolates. These artisanal chocolate truffles are all handcrafted by one lady, Kelly Boyd, and are just amazing. My favourites are the Gianduja Pyramids, and I love both the dark and the milk chocolates ones. The dark one has a hint of coffee flavour and the hazelnuts are a tad crunchier, while the milk one is smooth and creamy… The pomegranate truffles are to die for with their contrast of dark chocolate against a smooth filling of tart pomegranate. There are a few new falvours which I haven’t tried thouhg, such as the Hot Chocolate Truffle (heart shaped and with edible gold leaf) and the Fleur de Sel Caramel Truffle, with the infamous French salt for as an added nuance. These are very reasonably priced for their quality and artistry, and are worth every penny. They can be shipped to anywhere in Canada, or be picked up if you live in Vancouver.

Desire in Sunlight's Perfumed Chocolates
Isabelle Aurel is a student of Mandy Aftel, and her line features many interesting solid and liquid perfume. But perhaps the most romantic of all are her edible perfumed chocolates: Chocolate ganache infused with precious essential oils – jasmine absolute, blue lotus, tuberose and many more. These could make the most romantic and sensual desert dinner – by pairing the gently melted ganache with an array of exotic fruits and nuts. Isabelle recommends dipping figs in the jasmine chocolate - the ultimate aphrodisiac treat!

Isabelle also makes chocolate truffles, which come in three flavours:
Sweetheart Tuberose
Spirit Blue Lotus
Seductive Jasmine

Share your favourite artisanal chocolatiers from your own town, and be one of the two lucky winners to receive a 2ml miniature of one of my liquid chocolate parfums - Guilt or Film Noir.

Next: My very own recipe for red-hot-chocolate, plus a very sexy surprise!

Roses et Chocolat Update: 3 Bottles Left

Only three bottles left of Roses et Chocolat!
If you intend on wearing this delicious melange of roses, chocolate and vibrant spices - now is the time to order, while supplies last.

Roses et Chocolat is also available in our signature pendant as a crème parfum. This will be particularly suitable with our limited edition Carnelian pendant.

Samples are all sold out now, sorry!
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