Finding a new scent is like finding a new favorite place to travel or visit. The escape to another place in time. The experience is a sensory event.  Unlike some trips taken, the scent always goes with you. There is a newer niche house on the scene that creates fragrant memories of destinations with the finest raw materials. The house of Source Adage takes the adage of where you travel and brings it to life. There are four distinct parts of the scent journey, which are monto'ac, c'i'aan, i'khana, and aka'ula. Each truly shines in its own unique place and evokes those thoughts along with artfully chosen notes. 

i'khana is a destination of enlightenment, from the Choctaw language of the Southwest. This scent is a memory of visiting the Florida Keys. The notes of this stroll along the shoreline include the following: Grapefruit Rind, Lime, Spicy Peppercorn, Cardamom, Coconut, and Pale Musk. 

To add Source Adage i'khana to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/ikhana

monto'ac originates from the Croatian dialect of the Carolinian Algonquins, meaning "great spirit". This intriguing scent is like visiting the forests and taking in the lush, light scents of the pines. The notes include Silver Sage, Native Green Grape, Oak Moss, and Green Tobacco Leaves, Leather, and Musk. 

To add Source Adage monto'ac to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/montoac

c'i'aan is one amazing blend with the word having origin in the Southern Alaskan Ahina language, meaning "New Moon". This uplifting journey to Alaska's wilderness consists of a highly complex blend. The notes of Fragrant Juniper CO2 Extract, Spearmint, Apple are the balance or the ice to the fire and warmth of Balsamic Fir, Cedar, and Amber. 

To add Source Adage c'i'aan to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/ciaan

aka'ula is derived from the Native Hawaiian language meaning "Red Sunset". This is the lovely fragrant nod to the tropical beauty of the island that is also a place of volcanic eruptions. And the red lava and embers of smoke leave the visual trail of its natural fury. The scent trail of aka'ula is the notes of Spicy Ginger CO2 extract, Vetiver, Pineapple leaves, Agarwood, Vanilla and Deep Coffee and Smoke notes. The embers seem to literally send off an aloha with each spray. You can find the Source Adage niche brand here at LUXSB in the premium category. 

To add Source Adage aka'ula to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/akaula

Source Adage - Founded by creative directors, Christopher Draghi and Robert Dobay.

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There's a new scent available on LUXSB-Luxury Scent Box! Meet Lipstick Fever by Juliette Has A Gun, the latest addition to the LUXSB fragrance library. A scent inspired by a swipe of lipstick. Juliette Has A Gun is a niche line that is for the woman with many moods, who uses her gun to see the world, use her instincts, explore her inspirations. Lipstick Fever is devoted to the old art of cosmetics and use of the violet note as the stunning star. Violet was often a note used in ipstick to give it that storied vintage, Old Hollywood powdery effect.

Lipstick Fever, an all grown up fruity floral, is the 16th scent by the House of Maison Juliette Has a Gun.  This is the ultimate in femininity, glamour, and  is a throwback to times when the powder-puff scent was on every well appointed vanity. This is a contemporary gourmand, with a floral twist. A puff of powder is present in the violet and iris absolute, the purest forms of the flowers. Raspberry is one of the top notes that feels perfect for summertime. Vanilla absolute is the base note with a soft, sweet effect. Add in the edgier notes of woodsy cedarwood, and patchouli for the scent of the trusty clutch we grab and go for a quick touch up of lipstick ( or our favorite LUXSB sprays!)  

To add Juliette Has A Gun Lipstick Fever to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/lipstick-fever

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If you ever wanted to know more about the art of perfume, the language can prove complex. In fact, some of the words will be as foreign as a new language. It is understandable to have questions about the hows, whats, and whys of scent. Thankfully for the selection process, LUXSB - Luxury scent Box has you covered with ease of shopping and first class service. The way that fragrance is grouped together in families ties together those complicated notes into a no fuss experience. Maybe you have always been curious about one particular word but never knew who to ask for answers. That can become a little frustrating.

For this reason, Fragrance 101 is here to the rescue! The words of scent if you have those burning questions about terms and meanings, we have answers!

What is Sillage? Projection? Have you heard of the word "fougere" or "gourmand"? Do top, middle, or base notes leave you ovewhelmed or confused? What is a fragrance "house"? Any of those words and more are topics you can expect to learn more about in future 101 posts. Send over any top questions to LUXSB and we might highlight them here in the blog!

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Some people are risk takers, others are not. But in scent, we find our freedom in expression. With fragrance, taking a walk on the wild side is all in the choices of blend, of niche houses. There are houses that stay true to the formula, then there are those that break the mold with dynamic blends that delight the senses. The niche house of Amouroud make the art of perfume an immersive, creative process for the wearer. 

Amouroud is a bold new perfume concept in which notes are chosen that create olfactory memories. Their scents express a joy, serenity, and passion. Stones appear in real and imaginary forms, defying traditional thoughts of notes. The creative collaborative noses add elements to the line that separate it from the norm. Three amazing Amouroud perfume choices are Dark Orchid, Oud Du Jour, and Wet Stone. 

To discover Amouroud fragrance collection: 

https://www.luxsb.com/brands/amouroud

There is no getting away from the allure of Dark Orchid. The rich, seductive aspect of the black orchid is explored by Cecile Hua, a parfumeur. The rare black orchid joins with jasmine, ylang-ylang, and lotus: a hypnotizing floral experience. The unexpected top notes of Mandarin Orange, Black Gardenia, and Sicilian Bergamot attract attention. The base notes of Patchouli, Sandalwood, Incense, and Vanilla hold onto the skin, a lingering mysterious element. This is a sultry blend, daring and bold. It will not fail to stay true throughout the day to night, There will be no lack of compliments! 

To add Amouroud Dark Orchid to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/dark-orchid

Oud is one of the most potent and rare materials, often found in the Middle East. Sourced fom the noble tree,  it has warmth and incense like quality that is undeniable. Not just any house can make oud into a sophisticated, soft component. Amouroud Oud Du Jour is a perfect daytime oud scent. The top notes of Pink Pepper, Raspberry, and Saffron (a very expensive material) are sweet and subtle. Middle notes of Incense, Lily of the Valley, and dried Plum play well with base notes of Black Amber, Patchouli, Guaic Wood, and Oud. This is a great oud to tiptoe into! 

To add Amouroud Oud Du Jour to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/oud-du-jour

A must smell scent for a curious nose is Wet Stone. It is as mythical as the unicorn, with a radiance of a jewel. There are waves hitting the shoreline, and the smell of salt wafts. This stone was discovered in the notes of Ginger, Cardamom, Sage, and Sea Salt. Ambergris, Agarwood (oud), Patchouli, Vetiver, and Cedar will surprise with a long lasting curiously exotic finish. The notes are inventive, creating an illusion of a jewel. 

Discover Amouroud as an exclusive to LUXSB as a selection in the premium scent category. This is a great way to find your new favorite scent! 

To add Amouroud Wet Stone to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/wet-stone

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Spring and flowers are an inseparable combination. If you happen to love a good bouquet, or taking a stroll through a flower shop or a rose garden chances are that your a floral fan. With countless choices, a few suggestions for top picks worthy of your all time favorite girl are Jimmy Choo Floral, My Burberry Blush, and Versace Bright Crystal. 

Jimmy Choo Floral is radiant, sparkling, with notes of magnolia, citrus, and woodsy notes. This is a light, refreshing fragrance, reminding you that summer is right around the corner. Wear a fun spirited, sunny, glowing feeling fragrance with the floral flanker of the original Jimmy Choo.  

To add Jimmy Choo Floral to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/jimmy-choo-floral

My Burberry Blush is a beautiful, sophisticated scent with the floral notes of rose, geranium, jasmine, and wisteria. The fruity notes of lemon and pomegranate round out a London proper version of the fruity floral. The nose of this My Burberry flanker is Francis Kurkdjian, a legendary perfumer. This is one that could be worn for any occasion, an ideal addition to her collection. 

To add my Burberry Blush to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/my-burberry-blush

Versace Bright Crystal is a tried and true fan favorite, appealing to women young and sophisticated. The peony and magnolia are the flowers that are featured. Lotus, pomegranate, and amber blend nicely in this universally wearable scent. This is an office friendly scent that will make you sparkle with cheerful energy. 

To add Versace Bright Crystal to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/versace-bright-crystal

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In these most uncertain times, there is probably an increase in your stress level. Whether is has been through cabin fever, or social distancing, we have all made extraordinary changes. Sometimes it is difficult to push the pause button, to turn inward for balance. Simple things often taken for granted are truly precious, like personal time, or visits with friends or loved ones. We look for a new normalcy and this is stressful to many. There is a connection between fragrance and mood. Essential oils are often used to promote wellness, and restore calm. If you are searching for a way to bring comfort and peace into your environment, try using scents and fragrances to enhance your overall quality of life. 

Comfort scents perhaps are a reminder of a favorite meal, a childhood memory, your mom or grandmother's favorite scent, or the smell of a homemade pie out of the oven. Our definition of comfort is difficult to categorize, but is usually something very familiar, calming. Recognizing your comfort scent is a way to bring more peace to your home, that cozy feeling that is hard to describe. Maybe your comfort scent is a food related scent. Maybe you lean toward a clean scent with a citrus note that opens with a bright, sunny outlook. Or perhaps the soft, herbal quality of lavender is your go to bedtime prep. The way that we feel about scent is a personal, unique experience. 

The science of scent has been used since ancient history, in the practice of aromatherapy. Essential oils taken straight from the plant, flower, or fruit have a healing power. They have the power to increase the calm factor and promote endorphins to boost the mood. Fragrance is thought to stimulate the nose to send out messages to the nervous and chemical systems. Some of the most sought after oils for a positive, peaceful benefit are in the herbal, floral, and citrus families. Lavender is known for being a relaxing scent. Rose is also a relaxing scent. Vetiver, from the grassy Indian vetiver plant is used to combat anxiety. Ylang Ylang can lower the blood pressure, heart rate, and cortisol. Jasmine, a white floral, is used for a non drowsy calming effect. Bergamot, a citrus oil from the orange of the same name, is known as a mood booster. Chamomile has been used in supplements for anxiety disorder. Geranium can lower blood pressure and calm. Frankincense and patchouli, two fragrant herbs, are often grounding scents that can improve depression. 

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Nothing is quite like the simple pleasure of pouring a cup of your favorite coffee. From the scent of the roasted bean to the way it wafts through your personal space. Coffee lovers would probably enjoy having a scent to remind them of a moment with their cup of joe. Well, look no further than the scent from Montale, Ristretto Cafe Intense. Montale is a fragrance house that was born in Paris in 2003 that has a unique history of creating scents with Arabian influences and notes. Montale has a catalogue of over 140 fragrances. The original bottles have a distinctive aluminum bottle, as to not expose the juice (another name for perfume) to light. The house of Montale pays tribute to the energizing, natural quality of the coffee bean in two scents, with Ristretto being the latest.

The Italian word "ristretto" means a drink of concentrated espresso. An espresso shot can have quite a potent kick. This is found in the sophisticated blend of the top notes of Italian black coffee mingled with a very decadent Turkish rosewater. These grab your attention as a swift “pick me up” of black coffee with the sweetness of a deep rose. In the mid notes, you will find French rose buds, roasted coffee, and woods. This creates the scent of the finest sourced coffee with a freshly picked rose before bloom. The base notes are lovely gourmands of caramel and vanilla that unite with white musk and amber. Imagine mixing your coffee with cream and sugar for a little touch to enhance the taste. This leaves the coffee note very wearable, sweet but recognizable.

The entire experience of Ristretto Cafe Intense is a complex take on a gourmand and floral families with coffee as the featured ingredient. The natural essences of each note are present in this beautiful scent. This is an ideal scent for night wear, with a richness that will linger on the skin for hours. This is a scent that is attention-getting, bold, confident, and totally intoxicating.  This is one of the fragrances that can be found in the LUXSB - Luxury Scent Box library of fragrances, in the premium category. Now coffee is far more than a morning beverage, as a journey of the senses. 

To add Montale Ristretto Cafe Intense to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/ristrettointensecafe

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      There is a new direction to promote living a more eco friendly lifestyle. This is known as the clean lifestyle and can also include living vegan. For clean fans, there is a fragrance line that believes in producing a clean product. Meet Shay & Blue, an indie line created by the former head of Jo Malone London and a new gen perfumer. Shay & Blue uses real flowers, fruits, and spices. Only using raw materials and ingredients to hand produce each and every batch. This process creates a boutique, artisan style product free of the chemicals, phosphates, phthalates, synthetic dyes, nitro musks, aluminum, formaldehydes, petrolatum, and parrafin. Also the line touts being cruelty free and vegan, which means that there is no animal testing and no animal by products are used in the perfume making process.

    Shay & Blue is a labor of love from the founders Dom de Vetta and Julie Masse'. They have a hands on approach to the art of blending perfume, from sourcing and picking ingredients, oil extraction, filtration, and bottling. The packaging is even made with Planet Earth in mind, using sustainable materials. Plus consider each and every blend to be unisex, based not on gender, but on the personality of the wearer. 

      Salt Caramel by Shay & Blue is a warm, addictive scent made to entice the gourmand fans. Gourmand means there are notes of foods present in the blend. This gently spiced scent combines sweet caramel, tonka bean, and sandalwood for a smell as yummy as a salted caramel treat. Imagine a rich just off the stovetop caramel being poured into your perfume. How fresh and natural is that? If you have a sweet tooth, consider this one as your next guilty pleasure! 

To add Salt Caramel to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/shay-blue-salt-caramel

    Blood Orange by Shay & Blue takes citrus to another level. Imagine cutting open a ripened orange, picked from the orchard. Then add in pure musk, leather essence, and woody accords. This is citrus done clean, a heady but luxurious spring and summer ready fragrance. This scent could be worn comfortably by any age. If the energy and bright attitude of citrus is the first you reach for, give Blood Orange a try. It takes 3 pounds of fruits, spices and flowers to create one large size.

To add Blood Orange to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/shay-blue-bloodoranges

    Blueberry Musk by Shay & Blue is a gorgeous floral, am inventive take on the blueberry.  A muddled blueberry puree is made more luscious by incorporatiing floral extracts of delicate orange blossom, a bold magnolia, and the grounding note of cashmere. For the floral fan who enjoys a subdued, quiet office friendly skin scent, Blueberry Musk is bound to become your favorite! 

To add Blueberry Musk to your fragrance calendar, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/product/shay-blue-blueberrymusk

   Shay and Blue is a niche scent made with love for a long lost art of perfume creation, a hands on experience with ingredients that are as fresh and natural as humanly possible. They left out the factory, automatic bottling of the huge brands and decided to pour each bottle by hand. All the cost of sourcing high quality materials are absorbed by the brand, not passed along to the consumer.  This company is ethical, with scents that will help you stand out while being good to yourself and the environment. These can be found right here exclusively available at LUXSB as a Premium selection, with even more Shay & Blue to discover. 

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Now more than ever, it is so important to enjoy the small things in life. The experience of wearing fragrance is a tiny reminder of taking a moment to breathe. To feel your personal best, even while being indoors more than usual. Don't let life indoors affect personal care. This is an ideal time to find ways to create your own consistent routine and make home a special place for self-care to take care of yourself and your family. Daily or consistent use of a scent is a great way to give yourself as much self love, care, and support in times of uncertainty. 

One way to control your environment is to choose to wear scent. That is a simple choice, also an assertive, powerful action. Spraying perfume or cologne is a small act that makes a big diffference. You will smell great, and feel better. A choice for your well being sets the tone for everyone around you, and promotes self awareness. Maintaining grooming habits is essential to staying self aware. Plus, taking pride and joy in self-care may bring out self confidence. 

Make your home feel as familiar, but also as productive as possible. Using a signature fragrance is like a special memory, or soft blanket, both secure and comforting. Lift your spirit with your LUXSB perfume subscription, or companion products such as body lotion, shower gel, or fragrance hair mists. And scents as mood enhancer is a ritual that goes back to ancient times. It is the art of aromatherapy. Using key notes or oils to create a better frame of mind, and to release tension from the body.  Try using fragrances with notes of iris, lavender, citruses (think oranges, lemon, neroli, and grapefruit), vanilla, and rose to destress and make use of all of the extra, but so valuable me time. The note finder tool on the LUXSB site can help locate the perfect fragrance.      

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On Mother's Day, the role of mom has such special meaning.  We share our love and appreciation for all that she does, whether defining life's major moments or all the simple little things  Moms everywhere are celebrated for their amazing qualities that make her one of a kind.  There is not anyone just like your mother, so one gift will not fit all.  Or it becomes harder to figure out what Mom doesn't already have.  Why not send your love this year with the inspirational, uplifting gift of fragrance from LUXSB? 

LUXSB - Luxury Scent Box is a subscription perfume service that will send the gift of variety. Mom will enjoy choosing her own scent choice every month, with hundreds of scents to select from. She will also receive a really beautiful, portable atomizer case to keep her favorite perfume secure and at an arm's reach. Every single detail adds a personal touch and extraordinary value to this gift, including access to designer and exclusive niche fragrances!  

How It Works: Choose a duration to gift. Choose a date to notify of your gift. Personalize the gift with a message. Easy and painless checkout.

Your LUXSB gift is far more than a one time surprise. She will love the surprise of receiving a deluxe travel size of monthly fragrance supply vial for either 3, 6 or 12 months! The length of gift subscription is up to you. Let mom explore her senses. She can either choose to go with a familiar offering or something different each and every shipment. How fun is that? 

Give your Mom a gift that will delight her senses, and make her day over and over! Gift LUXSB membership now.

To Gift LUXSB Membership, click on the link:

https://www.luxsb.com/gift

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