Thursday, May 14, 2009

Lovin the Lilacs - Courtesy of Concord Soap Co.

The smell of lilacs is one of my favorite parts of spring, second would be peonies. When I was single, I had a house with a large lilac tree in the backyard. It was wonderful as I could cut as many branches as I wanted to make the house smell good. I could replace them in my vase each day and take them to work, and never run out. Since I moved, we planted a small lilac bush in our new backyard. It's not very tall, the flowers are small and I hate to cut anything from it since it's so tiny. On my route to and from work, I can tell you everyone that has a lilac blooming in their yard. I have been scoping them out and am tempted to put some snippers in my car. Surely they wouldn't mind! Actually I am guilty of doing that in a business park area where there were lilacs a few years ago. Unfortunately, the city decided to repave the road and the lilacs were in the way of progress. One day I drove by and the whole green island in the middle of the two lanes was dug up. My lilacs were dug up and in a heap of dirt and debris. It was a sad day.

Since it will be years before my small lilac does much of anything, I have resorted to other means. I have found a great etsy shop that is able to provide me with my lilac fix. Check out Concord Soap Company located in Concord, Ohio. Melissa makes some great products. I purchased the lilac soap, the lilac sachet and the lilac lotion stick. If you have not tried lotion bars or sticks, you really need to. They are great to rub on your elbows, knuckles, feet, knees, etc. And the scent is just wonderful. I found Melissa on twitter and signed up for her mailing list for specials. She sent me a sample of an almond amaretto body butter and I can't wait to try it too. Check out her etsy shop!

6 comments:

Auroras_Garden said...

Oooo! Lilac! I never thought of making Lilac soap! LOL You know I have a thing for lilacs too. Mom has a huge bush of it and it smells SOOOO good when it blooms. Now you got me wanting to sniff some lilacs! LOL

ChezChani said...

I love the smell of lilacs as well. It's one of my fondest memories of our home in Ste. Agathe. Unfortunately, since we left Canada I have never lived anywhere where they had lilacs..or pussywillows. It's really no way to live.

Concord Soap said...

Thanks so much for the write-up! I LOVE lilacs as well. That's why I searched extra hard to find a lilac fragrance oil that smelled as true to the real thing as I could get. I'm so glad you are lovin' the lilacs!

PurrPrints said...

Nice stuff!

Andrew Thornton said...

I love lilacs. I bet these are a real treasure!

Jessica Marie said...

oooh! everything looks so wonderful :D