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here afterward when the rain stopped and the sun came back out there was a unique and penetrating scent of rain soaked earth and dry grass along with wet junipers the whole medley was accompanied by a background note reminiscent of black currents what was particularly fascinating was when i watered the bone dry garden beds back at home i detected the same black current note in the water soaked dried ground and vegetation this rehydrated desert scent of the northwest is very different from the petrichor scent that everyone talks about and is absolutely unique i am starting a new giveaway of three big boxes of fragrant items samples decants mini bottles and a few larger things to enter just leave a comment all photos are mine posted by ellen at 4 03 pm 18 comments labels bend oregon deschutes river drawing winners fragrance giveaway giveaway winners new drawing for perfume prizes newberry caldera scent of birch leaves thunder and hailstorm sunday june 27 2021 winners of the last drawing scents of a road trip giveaway continues first things first the winners of the drawing are anne mermaid mary m craftily snek to claim your prize just send your complete correct name and shipping address to olympicorchids at gmail dot com or pm me on facebook we haven t been on a road trip for at least a year and a half so decided it was high time to go on one our destination was bend oregon by way of portland we got out on the road kind of late in the day on sunday so driving through the countryside there was a strong coumarin smell from the hay fields and maybe some clover fields i had noticed this before when driving on the same route but was very conscious of it that afternoon once we were in portland walking around the neighborhood where we were staying the scent of jasmine wafted in from a yard and the rubbery sweet smell of privet was everywhere monday morning we headed south and east on highway 26 which goes via mount hood it was warm to hot so we had the windows open for the whole trip near the pass i smelled damp live mushrooms and saw lots of bear grass which is a plant with tall white columns of tiny flowers growing along with the bear grass were wild rhododendrons blooming with a profusion of pink flowers as we made our way down the southeast side of mt hood we encountered the smell of fir trees with new asphalt in places where the road had just been repaired at some point the firs and asphalt started to be mixed with smoke i smelled the wildfire before i could see the smoke which eventually formed a dense curtain across the road and turned the sky a light orange the wildfire smoke was no more than a couple of miles from the road which was closed shortly after we passed through and continued to be closed into the next day it was a relief to finally exit the worst of the smoke and smell the dry grass sagebrush and stones of the high desert walking around downtown bend we smelled a cloyingly sweet floral scent everywhere as we walked down the streets it turned out that the city has lots of hanging baskets on the streetlights and all of them are filled with some variety of mixed color petunias with such a powerful scent that it diffuses over the whole block it seems like the hot weather intensified every smell including the pinot noir that we enjoyed in the outdoor café area of a small wine shop there is another drawing for three boxes of miscellaneous samples decants mini bottles etc to enter just leave a comment photos are mine from our trip posted by ellen at 5 56 pm 21 comments labels bear grass enter a random drawing fragrance giveaway mount hood perfume giveaway rhodoendrons road trip in oregon wildfire thursday june 17 2021 the shapes and colors of the pandemic the pandemic disrupted a lot of things including shipping and the sources from which i get materials for perfume making because of delays i ve run out of things and because of unavailabilty of items that i routinely use i ve had to improvise the first improvisation occurred when our bottle printer moved to a new location was shut down for some time and we ran out of printed bottles for the 30 ml size of some popular fragrances to keep up with orders we started putting new labels over the name on existing bottles and quickly realized that using generic bottles for the 30 ml size as we had been doing for the 100 ml bottles would save space that would otherwise be used to store boxes of bottles for less popular fragrances by customizing all of the bottles we wouldn t have to guess about demand and potentially keep things sitting around that we didn t use we have added the classic picture labels to the back of the 30 ml bottles so now the appearance of the two sizes matches perfectly discontinuing the old flat rectangular bottles also saves storage space eliminates the need for more than two types of sprayers and helps conserve space on our stock shelves when i have time good luck with that i will post new photos of all of the bottles in all sizes on the website we are currently using up the old stock but pretty soon everything will be standardized the second surprise came when the clear vials we use for samples became unavailable the supplier said that they were being used for covid vaccine but that doesn t seem probable i think it s more likely that the clear glass was all being used to make a different size and shape of vials for vaccine whatever the real story we could only get amber glass vials with black tops so we are using those until the clear glass becomes available again i like the clear glass because the juice inside is visible but i may stick with the black tops several materials that i use in perfumes have also become unavailable so as i use up the last of the supply on hand i m working on coming up with acceptable substitutes this is considerably more frustrating than any changes in packaging but in the end everything should work out during the pandemic i ve been wanting more than ever to downsize my chaotic stash of fragrance samples decants mini bottles and even some full size bottles to help with that process i m offering another batch of surprise packages to five readers of this post each package will include a mix of things probably some junk but also some potentially valuable items of course one person s trash is another person s treasure so i don t really know which is which in your eyes so it will all be there to sift through just leave a comment saying that you would like to be included in the drawing which will happen after we return to seattle on the 26th unfortunately at present i can only offer shipping within the us the gratuitous but seasonally appropriate photos are mine one of the peonies that got beaten down by the rain and one of a small fraction of the amazing crop of strawberries from our garden posted by ellen at 2 12 pm 21 comments labels big fragrance giveaway big perfume giveaway enter a random drawing improvising during shortages redesigning packaging sunday january 3 2021 winners of belated solstice giveaway the drawing has taken place and the winners are dimi julietti kathleen archivia katie rob if you are a winner please send me your complete name and shipping address so that you can receive your big package of fragrant goodies the best way to reach me is by e mail olympicorchids at gmail dot com the written out symbols are to prevent spam posted by ellen at 9 46 am 15 comments labels fragrance giveaway winners perfume giveaway winners random drawing winners thursday december 24 2020 a belated solsice and big giveaway where to start a lot of this fall was taken up with adapting a large class to strictly online format that s over but i ve got to do it again for another class in january anxiety about the elections and now the insane aftermath of the elections has occupied a lot of mental space for me and everyone i know if n politics this year were a satire it would be too far fetched to work effectively i just hope we can get through the next month without a major crisis of some kind apparently the covid epidemic has greatly increased online shopping because we ve had unprecedented numbers of orders for both orchid plants and perfumes i ran out of boxes for the 100 ml size bottles and it took over a month for the new batch of boxes to arrive so shipping of many orders was delayed and i m still dealing with the backlog we are running out of small sample vials and can t get the usual ones because they re all being used for covid vaccine the solstice is over so the days will at least start getting longer if not warmer crocuses and daffodils are starting to come up and the hellebores are in bud on monday we had torrential rain then on tuesday it snowed the pacific northwest is the only place i know of where it can snow and the snow can stick when the temperature is well above freezing on wednesday i finally had to bring inside all of the orchids tender succulents and other tropical plants that had been having such a good time outside today i m planting the last of the bulbs that i ordered when they were on sale hoping that the squirrels and moles don t eat them all i ve been going through all of my perfumes eliminating anything that i don t think i need to keep for that reason i m offering a series of big giveaways to all us readers the items in the giveaways include small samples larger samples decants mini bottles and a few full sized bottles to enter just leave a comment about your fall to make up for lost time up to 5 readers will be winners of this drawing photos are mine posted by ellen at 4 02 pm 30 comments labels big fragrance giveaway big perfume giveaway strange year winter solstice saturday october 17 2020 everyone s a winner for the first time in many months i took a look at the blog deleted a big accumulation of spam comments and decided that i need to reward those of you who left comments on my last post i still have a big box of old samples and small bottles that i want to give away so if you left a comment on my last post you re automatically a winner no drawing needed just send me an e mail with your name and shipping address olympicorchids at gmail dot com or as a facebook message and i ll send some perfume y stuff your way there will be enough in the box so that i hope you can find some things you want to keep and use some to give away and there will probably be some that you have my permission to throw away because they re not usable i have not checked through all the samples to make sure they re full etc but i think most everything should be in decent condition being home during quarantine has made me realize that i need to identify things i don t want to keep any longer and pass them on to others i ll try to post some more giveaways as the weeks go on maybe even write some real posts the photo is of flower buds on one of our pear trees they look just like candy posted by ellen at 3 50 pm 7 comments labels fragrance sample giveaway fragrance sample giveaway winners perfume giveaway perfume giveaway winners tuesday march 24 2020 living in a society on hold and a big giveaway first of all let me wish good health and financial stability to everyone who is being impacted by the coronavirus wherever you are i know that the pandemic has changed all of our lives in numerous ways and that it is a constant process of adjustment ever since university classes stopped meeting in person and schools closed at the end of february we in the pacific northwest have been going through increasingly stringent stages of isolation and suspension of public activity like everyone else i m in the strange situation of suddenly being freed of all outside obligations i can do what i need to do from home on my own time it s limiting but it s also freeing and gives me some time to do things i would probably not have done otherwise i ve set up an online class for spring quarter so we ll see how that goes i ve purged my e mail of over 100 thousand old messages so it s about as lean and mean as it can get i ve started running again after a long hiatus so am going to get some outdoor exercise i ve weeded the entire front garden and started back on the battle of the blackberries which take over everything if not controlled i ve been making perfume samples and filling bottles to get stock back up to where it should be that s not finished but it will be before too long i m updating my websites and thinking about some new perfume releases i ve been cooking with the aim of emptying our pantry of old stuff over the next few weeks i ve been taking care of the orchids and shipping out orders to help keep people sane while they are shut in plants and perfumes are important for mental health during this time this week i m taking up blogging again and this is the first post in a very long time to kick it off i am giving away a huge box of fragrance samples that have been in total quarantine for a months or years so all you have to do is leave a comment about how you re dealing 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