The Possets Blog

Zing!

I woke up at 3 a.m. My mind was racing and I could not just roll over and go to sleep. Was it a character flaw, a deep and ugly case of guilty conscience? Remembering something I had not done? No, none of the above.

Yesterday afternoon, just after lunch I was rolling down the hill toward the Possetorium and I had the brilliant idea,”Why don’t I get myself a nice cup of coffee? I know there is a Starbucks not a minute away.”

I love coffee. I love everything about coffee. I have always loved coffee. When I was a little girl I used to sit and watch my parents drink it and smell the scent of it. I was allowed to have just a teaspoon of coffee with milk in it and I savored it a drop at a time so that it lasted almost as long as a cup of it did. Now, I am a grownup and I do love my coffee.

But not at 3 a.m. which is when it came back to haunt me. I did get to look out the window in the strange light of morning, and ponder the impenetrable mysteries of the universe BUT somehow I did not figure out the meaning of life and I did fall asleep at about 4 but I had to rise at 6 and now I am resolved no more afternoon coffee.

One day I am going to have to take you to work with me. Watch out for the YouTube as I go a real interesting route.

What A Day…

Wow, more going on than a 3 ring circus and more tomorrow. This was supposed to be such a peaceful day and it turned into a riot. Heh. So much to do.

Tomorrow I have lunch with my friend Sarah who has a new baby, Caroline. That is going to be great fun. I have to bring a present for Caroline and I hope I come up with something she will like. She is a real doll. Then it’s off to work!

Working on the Halloweens and really putting my all into it. I love love love this time of year, the anticipation of it all is astounding. I think that I am going to be going crazy with my new camera and video set up. Very cost effective but nice. More later, you will see the results on the website when it changes.

By the way, Sammy and Forever Home are now retired. Sammy has had the celebration of his success and Forever Home was the usual popular blend. Now we are looking forward to more good things from Ohio Alleycat Resource (OAR). I just got the names for the new kitties who are going to be my Halloween and Yule stars. That always makes me happy. The Virtual Shop Cats are happy too: Penelope, Moonie, and Hayden.

Vote For Your Summer Favorite At Possets!

I just put up a ballot so that you can vote for your favorite Summer 2010 Posset on the forum. So, let the world know what you want to stay on as permanent. This is the polling booth.

New Video-On A Great Scented Tree

This is a tree just about anyone can grow. I think it’s almost impervious to clay soil, heat, drought, cold, too much rain. It looks like a million bucks, grows at 1-2 feet a year. What is it? The Spring Grove Arborvitae! A great tree and it is quite inexpensive. Look, it was hybridized here in Cincinnati. The fronds smell like the best fir when crushed. Perfect. Take a look at it on the website, www.possets.com.

New Newbie’s Sample Pack

I thought it would be nifty to update the Newbie’s Sample Pack and rotate to things which are wildly popular but didn’t exist when I made up the first Newbie Sample Pack. This version emphasizes the smooth, seductive, foody fragrances for which Possets is famous. We treat the sweet scents with the respect which will bring out their best aspects. You get an entirely different and fabulous product when you take the ingredients seriously. For instance, when coconut stops being a shredded topping and starts being a natural companion to dark musk and nag champa, then the fragrance starts off foody but goes far beyond. What’s in the new Newbie Sample Pack?

Cri De Coeur
Silver Ginger
Corona Borealis
Lavender Pepys
Dangerous Oil
The Scent of Angels

Of course I will still put in two extra along with your order, and you can tell me which extra ones you want. You can make up your entire very own personal Sample Pack, too.

Sample Packs from Possets are the best bargain in the business. Not only do you get 8 standard sized samples in a lovely bag any way you like, but they are divinely inexpensive and shipped to you with lightening speed. Take a look.

Zounds

What a darned day. Someone told me that there was a jangle in the Force and now I believe. Lucky for me that I am a persistent sort and did quite a few things to make life better, but I had to admit that it all took 125% more effort than on a normal day. Hope tomorrow’s better.

The End Of Summer Possets’ Release Is Live

Possets has just release a perfect quantity of 4 new fragrances to celebrate the end of summer, along with a brand new chapter of the Victorian romance novel, Dark Matter! A great deal of fun when the kids are off to their first days of school and you have a couple of minutes to yourself with a nice cup of coffee.

Dark Matter’s plot finds Isabella ensconced in Rome at the height of summer and having gone from a whirlwind of non stop social activities in London to abandoned in The Eternal City. But no one as attractive as Isabella is ever alone for long and some very expensive fur starts to fly before long! Pomegranate Sorbet is served in the elegant but treacherous salon of Madame Von Rilke, the shady grand dame from Baden-Baden and her “troupe”. Smell the gorgeous ruby ice in Pomegranate Sorbet for yourself and be whisked to Madame’s plush interior for the action.

In addition, another state makes its appearance, Tennessee is a marvelous blend of stone, ozone, and greenery will have you feeling like you are not cooped up in your cubicle, but hiking through the mountains on your way to a great evening in Chattanooga.

Then a couple of personal notes. I had a real Madison Avenue ad man in my family. He loved martini’s, cigarettes, had a wild imagination, and got fired by overusing all three. Don Hopkins, Jr was THE family Black Sheep for years. Well, it’s about time that Don went from sheep to chic. It’s pretty daring and avoids the obvious cliches of tobacco and cognac in favor of revealing itself as a “zesty animalic”. And what, pray tell, is that? Find out for yourself.

And last, Res Ipsa Loquitur commemorates my stint on jury duty. You will do your duty with a smile, and smell so great that no one will disagree with you. Two ambers (for agreeableness), fern, and a very very small amount of eucalyptus make you compelling evidence that scent counts. A grown up, unisex fragrance which is full of authority but attractive. Great for professionals, but only the sexy ones.

There you have it, the mini update for the end of summer from Possets. Just enough new things to satisfy you at this very important time of the year. Savor it, you will be rushing around like mad soon and this may be your last time to be just a little relaxed. So, come and visit Dark Matter at Possets and see what Isabella has gotten into now for starters.

Chapter 4 of Dark Matter Released with New Fragrances!

Oooo, the last update of summer is up at Possets. Chapter 4 of Dark Matter is released and now you have something to have fun with for the weekend. What is going to happen to Isabella, and what about Stewart? Did I include a little treat for you, too? Yes! Come and see!

Business

Well, going for a business meeting in the morning, packing, shipping and creating this afternoon. Full day. I’m a lucky person. More later.

I really want to get to Spring Grove Cemetery and show it off to you. It’s the most interesting cemetery I have been in outside Rock Creek. They have an arboretum, too, with some very interesting plants which were hybridized in Cincinnati to grow in very tough conditions.

Back To Business

Now that jury duty is over and my relatives have gone home, my computer ceased to function. Well, that is not the thing that you want to have happen and so I had to go out and get a new one. I got an HP 210 mini and it does everything I need for the daily communications with you all. Then I have the one in the Possetorium for heavy lifting. The prices have gone down immensely for the minis and that is really all I need. Good times. But I had to spend a little time setting it up. A very little time, a surprising little time.

Back to the Possetorium today and create. I am pretty much caught up with packing and shipping so you Possetiers should be getting your parcels soon. I have two “maverick” fragrances I am going to be making and introducing. It’s not Halloween yet to me, and I like to savor the end of summer and ease into the witchy times of fall. But late summer is so sweet and poignant that you don’t want to ignore it. Back to school, crickets chirping, tall dark green grasses, the sun is still strong and warm but the heavy humidity of July is over and now it’s a thoroughly beautiful long blue sky day. The kids are back in school around here for part of the day, and you have a little bit of time to yourself. Late summer, it’s delightful.