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Glasshouse New Release: Monet’s Garden, Positano and Rio De Janeiro triple scented candles

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Glasshouse has just released three new triple scented candle fragrances, Monet’s Garden, Positano and Rio De Janeiro. Available from Glasshouse candles stockists

Monet’s Garden- Tuberose

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Mixing the simplest flowers with the more rare varieties, Monet’s Garden transports you into the artist’s infamous garden paintings, with rapturous scents of Tuberose, Ylang Ylang an Lavender.

Fragrance description:

Top: Tuberose
Middle notes: Logan Berry, Lavender
Base : Ylang Ylang

My thoughts:

This was my favoutite out of all three fragrances, it’s fresh and light and will be perfect to welcome in Spring! I would describe the smell as being a sweet floral, but it’s not too sweet. For me the lavender was undetectable, which is good because I am not a big fan of lavender.

Positano- Verbena and Basil

Renowned for white houses framed by fruit trees, colourful flowers and olive groves, Positano exudes fragrances of Verbena, Basil and Lime. Take a deep breath and escape to a seaside oasis.

Fragrance description:

Top: Mandarin, Lime, Basil
Middle: Verbena, Bergamot, Lily of the Valley
Base: Oakmoss

My thoughts:

I was not a fan of this fragrance, the strongest scent was the basil and I do not like ‘herb’ scents at all. Perhaps the basil would fade once it was lit, but seeing as these three fragrances are only available in the 350g size jar (with the exception of the GWP promotion), I won’t be purchasing one to find out.

Rio De Janeiro- Passionfruit and Lime

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Think flamboyant street parades accompanied by wild music and lots of laughter. Rio de Janeiro captures the spirit of Brazil, with exotic scents of ripe Passionfruit, Lime, Raspberry and Orange, to give your senses an instant lift.

Fragrance description:

Top: Passionfruit, Lime
Middle: Raspberry, Orange
Base: Rose, Melon

My Thoughts:

I love this fragrance (not as much as Monet’s Gargden though). Just as Monet’s Garden is perfect for spring, Rio De Janeiro is perfect for Summer. The passionfruit is strong at first ‘sniff’ but not overpowering. The smell is fruity, juicy with just the right amount of citrus.

 

Decor Plus in Market Square Geelong, has a promotion on at the moment. You will receive a mini (60g) Monet’s Garden triple scented candle when you spend $54.95 (or more) on the Glasshouse range. I bought a few minis, so received one and I can’t wait to burn it! Stock is strictly limited, so you better be quick if you want to try Monet’s Garden without purchasing the large (350g) candle.

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All three candles are $39.95 RRP each, from Glasshouse Stockists

Have you tried Glasshouse candles? if so, which one is your favourite?

XO XO Cotton Candy Diva

This was not a sponsored post nor am I associated with Glasshouse Fragrances. All opinions are my own honest opinion and do not in any way represent the views of the Glasshouse company. Descriptions of the candles are from the Glasshouse Fragrances website.

There is no such thing as a ‘Real’ Woman

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It is that time of year once again for the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival and what comes with it, are all the comments of how the skinny models -they use on the runways- are not ‘real’ women.

Last night Dita Von Teese made her debut on the LMFF catwalk with her Von Follies for Target lingerie collection. Along side her was what she claimed to be ‘full-figured’ women, despite one of them being so thin that her rib cage was visible! She had tweeted before the show that she had fired anyone that was ‘too skinny’.

As a quite slender teen with little to no curves, I was labeled at high school as being under-weight or people assumed that I must have had a eating disorder. Of course neither were true, I just had a faster metabolism back then. Now, as a somewhat curvy size 14, I still would not  be considered a ‘real’ woman.

When you praise one demographic, at the same time you insult or devalue the other. It is an on going battle between skinny and full-figured, curvy or whatever you want to call it. It’s fine to call people skinny (or even anorexic) when talking about woman with smaller frames, but people are afraid of using the word ‘fat’ when they are talking about someone that is a size 14+ (12 at some stores). You will never see a store with a ‘fat’ section, it will always be called ‘full-figured’ or ‘Plus size’.

And don’t bother turning to the media for answers on what is more healthy or ‘real’ because it will just confuse you. Today they may be saying that curves are better, when next week they may tell you that people are too fat and there is too much obesity.

No matter what you weigh, what your dress size is, if you have curves or not, every woman is REAL! Women should not be defined by what they look like, but unfortunately they still are and most likely always will be.

xoxo Cotton Candy Diva