Common Scents

For a long time, I’ve been aware of scent warmers, devices that heat scented wax with a tea light or electricity to scent a room. I never quite saw the logic of these devices. After all, if one wants to melt aromatic wax, that’s what scented candles are for, right?

I even like the color! …of the current wax, anyway. (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger.)

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Shades of Things to Come?

Aly and I experimented with a new soap “flavor” recently. Time will tell how successful we were, but at the moment, we see reasons to hope!

Hard to say if it will retain this color as it cures (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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