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The daily lemming

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Running low on samples? (Ha.) The Peace Blend Box from The 7 Virtues, with 1.5 ml samples of Grapefruit Lime, Jasmine Neroli, Orange Blossom, Patchouli Citrus, Rose Amber, Vetiver Elemi and Vanilla Woods. "These perfumes build peace. They provide dignity and meaningful employment in communities rebuilding after war or strife. This contemporary perfume collection blends the aromatherapy benefits of natural and organic essential oils with social enterprise. This collection will carry you to far away nations while rebuilding Afghanistan, Haiti, Rwanda, The Middle East, India, and Madagascar." $28 at Sephora.

The 7 Virtues Peace Perfumes ~ new fragrances

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The 7 Virtues has launched Peace Perfumes, with seven new fragrances: Grapefruit Lime, Jasmine Neroli, Orange Blossom, Patchouli Citrus, Rose Amber, Vetiver Elemi and Vanilla Woods. The collection was developed under the Sephora Accelerate program (“dedicated to building a community of innovative female founders in beauty”), and features organic fair trade essential oils…

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If Abdullah was selling saffron, I’d be the spice lady

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A trailer for the documentary film Perfume War, about grower Abdullah Arsala of Aghanistan and Barb Stegemann of Canadian perfume house The 7 Virtues. You can read more about the film at The Man Who Defied the Taliban by Growing Flowers at Pacific Standard:

Stegemann, who borrowed off her credit card after her bank refused her a loan, spent 2,000 Canadian dollars to purchase one cup of the bitter orange oil to produce her first perfume, Afghanistan Orange Blossom.

You can follow the film at Twitter or Facebook; it opens nationwide at Cineplex in Canada on April 14. As always, no political comments please!

(found via @Sherry HawkinsHutley at Twitter)

Holiday fragrance gifts 2015, part 3

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Our 2015 series of holiday gift posts continues with home fragrance items. Do comment if you have any fabulous suggestions of your own! Coming up on Sunday: gift ideas for men.

Tocca Pondicherry candle

From Tocca, the John Robshaw collection, featuring handmade ceramic candles with lids. Available in a number of scents, designs and colors; shown is Pondicherry (“An old French colonial outpost in India, Pondicherry paints its mansions in fantastic alizarin pinks and cadmium yellows. I love exploring Goubert Market for its baskets of vetyver, garland flowers, black currants and pamplemousse.”) 270g (55 hour burn time), $60 each at Beautyhabit…

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