One of my all-time favorite scents that both my husband and I enjoy is the Amazing Grace scent from Philosophy. It is a beautiful light fragrance that is a very clean, feminine blend of soft, floral blossoms accented by a hint of light musk.

Philosophy is introducing five new ways to experience this beautiful scent - both in and out of the shower. Enjoy their new Amazing Grace Buffing Wash, Amazing Grace Scented Candle, Amazing Grace Shave Gel, Amazing Grace Scented Spritz, and Amazing Grace Body Butter.

Whether you like your daily fragrance routine and like to layer or if you prefer to scent yourself in one simple step, each of these new products will provide the perfect blend of Philosophy's cult classic scent.

Surround yourself with grace:

Amazing Grace Perfumed Buffing Wash - $26
This gentle, non abrasive wash is formulated with natural ingredients to gently moisturize and clean your skin while helping to smooth and soften skin without irritation.  It feels almost like grains of rice in the creamy, gel-like buffing wash.

Amazing Grace Scented Candle - $30
This is perfect for not only the bathroom, but anywhere you want to take this beautiful scent with you out of the shower. It fills my room with a cozy, almost calming scent.

Amazing Grace Shave Gel - $15
This shave gel is more like a lotion, but it's velvety texture helps your razor glide over the skin for a gentle, yet close shave. This is exclusive to Sephora.com.

Amazing Grace Scented Spritz - $25
Probably my favorite of the new fab five pieces, this spray is very lightly scented that provides moisturizing and antioxidant benefits to the body when spritzed over. It is a perfect refresher during the day, especially after coming in from the heat.

Amazing Grace Body Butter - $28
This is a very highly emollient moisturizer formulated with shea, mango and cocoa butter to hydrate, tone and smooth dry skin to leave it feeling silky soft. A true butter, not just a thick cream.

Shop for the new Amazing Grace products at philosophy.com, sephora, sephora.com, nordstrom, and other speciality stores, or by calling 1.800.568.3151.

Truly amazing, friends!   
 

Candles may not be the most personal gift, but they are a nice gift for possibly an aunt or grandmother, especially when you do not want to make a huge production out of it.

One of my favorite candle companies is Lumiere. All of Lumiere's candles are hand poured daily from the best ingredients by skilled artisans. They use only the best quality ingredients and use their exquisite craftsmanship required to make an exceptional product.

They are offering a new Spring Collection, that is so in tune to the season. In this set are 3 - 4oz. candles in the scents of Lilacs in Rain, Chamomile & Lavender, and Fresh Air. This collection retails for $30.00.

You can shop for this collection and many more of Lumiere's beautifully scented candles at The Luxury Candle Company.

Women always love tea. And candles. So how about some wonderfully tea scented candles for a great Mother's Day gift? I just spotted these over the weekend at Bath and Body Works and I knew you would love to hear all about them.

It is a wonderful new collection of tea scented candles that just out from none other than Sarah Duchess of York.

The tea collection features 5 fragrances, chosen by the Duchess herself, and are each inspired by the very special place that tea holds in her heart and in her home. The candles themselves come to life in white bisque tea canisters adorned with a an English family crest.

The collection:
Loyal-ty - White Ginger Tea fragrance
Tranquil-ty - Green Tea & Mint Leaves fragrance
Royal-ty - Bergamot Tea fragrance
Digni-ty - Mandarin Green Tea fragrance
Hones-ty - Rose Ginger Tea fragrance

These are all 9 oz. candles and retail for $16.50 each. There is also the gift collection available (pictured) that contains a 2.5 oz. sized candle of each of the five fragrances for $49.50.

I love the scents of all of these, and I am even loving them more knowing that a portion of the proceeds benefits the Sarah Ferguson Foundation. Mom would love that too!

I love tea. Unfortunately, I cannot drink it as it is a migraine trigger for me.

Almost better than tea, is a tea scent.  I have found a wonderful Raspberry Herbal Tea scent in a candle that takes care of my craving. It is a Jimmy Belasco Soy Candle, and it is divine!

Jimmy Belasco is the original founder of Ergo candles, and he now has his own candle line. I am quite impressed with the quality, scents, and long (clean) burn time.

I found this wonderful candle for $22 at a great web site,

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We could not wait until our holiday section premiers to tell you about this great beauty of a candle we found.

It is Cake Beauty's Mint Cashmere Cream Candle. And it is by far, one of the best-smelling food scented candles I have every burned - EVER. I am constantly having passers-by asking me what I am baking (I have it placed on a table in my entrance-way and apparently you can smell the sweet aroma outside!).

Honestly, this 100% Soy based candle smells as if you are baking a sweet chocolate cake with mint frosting. It is unbelievably decadent. And I love the fact that it burns clean with the cotton and paper-fiber wick, and that the scent last for hours even after blowing out the flame.

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