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From: conjureoils-owner@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:20 am
Subject: Yule 2009 is LIVE! Cyber Monday SALE - Buy 2 get 1 FREE!

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Hello Everyone!

It's been a while since I promised a site update, but here it is! It's not incredibly big, but you know what? That's ok! As my body grows in tandem with the little child I have inside me, I get slower, more introspective. I find that my energy is turned inward. I'm less physically energetic; I find myself to be more dreamy, more receptive. I daydream in the bathtub and listen to music and feel a whole new range of complex emotions well up in me.

At the same time, business continually gets busier and that's great! My husband has been a great support in helping me keep up! Unfortunately, my morning sickness included an aversion to scents! (Oh no!) but it only bothers me slightly now. So I do apologize if things seem slower, but I'm running at a slower pace, trying to balance exhaustion, nausea and an ever-growing body! (Not to mention jacked-up printers and software! GRR!) I humbly thank you for your patience!

But enough of this sappy crap! On to the GOOD STUFF!!!

SALE!

Cyber Monday Sale - Buy 2 get 1 free! All lines (Except Limited Editions!)

Buy 2 bottles or pip sets and receive the third of equal or lesser value FREE!

The Cyber Monday orders for the sale will be accepted until Midnight Pacific Wednesday!

To order, just put the two bottles you would like in your cart and just add the third along in the comments or in an email! Easy peasy!

SHIPPING TAT FOR HOLIDAY GOODIES!

In order for you to receive your orders on time for the holidays, please order no later than December 14. I have re-enlisted my elves from last year to ensure we can get your packages out lickety-split!

SITE UPDATE!

Ghosts of Holidays Past - Yule 2009The Winners of the Conjure Oils Holiday Contest are:

Samantha Sadler Texas , USA
Jennifer Teixeira California, USA
Lisa Chavez , New Mexico USA
Cassandra Messer Tennessee , USA
Gail Talbot-Olson Massachusetts, USA

Please contact me to receive your Major Award!
(A 5ml of your scent and a $50 credit at ConjureOils.com!)

And onto the site update...

Ghosts of Holidays Past

Yule 2009

It is only fitting that the holidays that celebrate the birth and return of light should be celebrated when the world is at its darkest (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere!) These scents celebrate that special liminal place where light and dark merge into a world created solely for those who exist on the other side.

A Spectral Ball

Encapsulating the holiday spirit of the spirits!

milky sap of poinsettias and yew lining the entrance to the ballroom, the ethereal breath of cardamom and cognac from the Yule punch, swirls of gossamer linen brushing the gleaming teak floors as the ghostly couples share a waltz from beyond the grave.

contributed by Samantha Sadler Texas , USA

Belo Abismo

"Battle not with Monsters, lest you become a monster, and if you gaze into the Abyss, the abyss gazes into you." -Nietzche

sea lavender, bladderwrack, sea salt, lime and wanton tales dredged up from the myrrh-ky depths.

contributed by Jennifer Teixeira California, USA

Haunted Gingerbread House

Eat this house before this house eats you!

ghoulish ginger, anguished allspice, vitiate vanilla, and craven cloves are seared into unholy brown cake walls topped with sweet cream concealing a dark heart of mayhem: bittersweet chocolate and chile.

contributed byLisa Chavez , New Mexico USA

Korochun

A Slavic holiday celebrated on the longest night of the year, December 21st. Hors, the old sun, becomes smaller as the days become shorter in the Northern Hemisphere and dies on the Solstice, defeated by the dark powers of Chernobog. On December 23rd Hors is resurrected and becomes the new sun, Koleda. On this day Western Slavs lit fires at cemeteries to keep their loved ones warm, and organized feasts to honour the dead and keep them fed. They also lit wooden logs at local crossroads.

smoke carried on frosty air and promises of warm wheat bread, juicy figs, spiced cookies and buttered rum.

contributed by Cassandra Messer Tennessee , USA

Winter Shroud

The cold loneliness of a mid-Winter night. Knee-deep snow below you, the silent forest around, and a clear never-ending darkness above. The only sound is the soft crunching of paws breaking through the drifts searching for prey. Everything sleeps, covered in a mantle of stillness.

smoldering oak carried to the nose on a bitter wind, frozen apples left to wither on the bough, decaying leaves amid ice tipped cedars lifted by the heat of dragon's blood and juicy pomegranate.

contributed by Gail Talbot-Olson Massachusetts, USA

Yule Resurrected - 2009

The Anti-Claus 2009

Santa's evil twin who, come New Year, delivers the consequences of too much holiday cheer!

Peppermint schnapps, coal dust, cigar smoke, and wooden switches

contributed byKaren Shibuya, Virginia USA 2008

Candy Caning 2009

It's pleasure and pain.

Tangy pomegranate and juicy black cherry submit to the decadent will of dark chocolate

Ded Moroz 2009

Ded Moroz, or Father Frost, is a character akin to Santa Claus in the Ukraine and other parts of Eastern Europe. He delivers gifts in person to children with his granddaughter Snegurochka,"Snow Maiden", donning his heel-length, crimson fur lined coat, hat and valenki boots. Celebrate a true Ukrainian Christmas with perennially popular Eastern European cookies baked special for Ded Moroz and Snegurochka! Cut into rounds, stars, or crescents, they are often hung on the lower branches of the Yule tree as treats for the younger children

notes in this delectable offering are warm and dry ginger, golden peach honey, orange peel and toasted almonds with a just a hint of spice and a delicate dusting of powdered sugar on top

contributed byJennifer Tonapi, Ohio, USA 2007

Festival of Lights 2009

Hanukkah, the Hebrew word sometimes translated as "dedication" or "consecration", is celebrated on the 25th day in the month of Kislev, falling anywhere between late November to late December. It is marked by lighting candles each night on the Menorah just after dusk to invite miracles, wonders and to express gratitude.

a scent for Hanukkah, warm and inviting: fresh baked loaves of Challah, golden tendrils of honey, sweet beeswax candles, frankincense, saffron, and clove

Contributed byShawna Morse, Georgia, USA 2007

Hannukah O Hannuka 2009

Come light the Menorah Let's have a party We'll all dance the Horah Gather round the table We'll give you a treat S'vivon to play And levivot to eat

All the sweet treats of Hannukah!

Strawberry-filled sufganiyot, a dusting of powdered sugar, honey-crusted sesame seed candies and milk chocolate gelt

Contributed byNikki Imai & Michelle Parker Irvine, CA/Ottawa, ON 2008

Little Match Girl 2009

The Little Match Girl By Hans Christian Andersen first published in 1845

Dying matches, splintered wood, bitter snow and the tantalizing visions of apples and dried plums fading from a vision

Contributed by Atalanta & Fawxe, Texas USA 2008

Misa del Gallo 2009

Misa del Gallo, or "Roosters Mass" is a name used in Latin America for the Catholic Tradition of Midnight Mass. It comes from the belief that the rooster was one of the first creatures to witness and then announce the birth of the infant Jesus.

celebrate midnight mass in an ancient cathedral: dark amber, sweet myrrh, olibanum, candle smoke wafting heavenward, raw chocolate, desert chaparral and sweetgrass

Contributed byGary Lodato, North Carolina, USA 2007

Naughty 2009

"Good girls go to Heaven. Bad girls go everywhere." -Mae West

ginger infused bourbon vanilla, flirtatious bergamot, bold clove and champagne

Nice 2009

Just how good have you been this year?

a perfectly angelic arrangement of spun sugar, white orchid and sweet patchouli

Snegurochka 2009

In Russian folklore, there is a snow maiden named Snegurochka - daughter and helper of Grandfather Frost who has the jolly task of delivering presents to children on Christmas. In one old fairy tale, Snegurochka yearns for the companionship of mortal humans and falls in love with a beautiful shepherd named Lel. Unfortunately, her heart is frozen and unable to know love. Her mother - Mother Spring - takes pity on her dear Snegurochka and gives her heart the capacity to love. However, her heart of snow and deep ice melts in the heat of passion.

Snegurochka, how cold it is! Vitreous soul It does not wait my love It knows all secrets in advance How difficult it is for me What more can I say? And my heart aches Ice heated And difficultly selected words Where is your accordion? Where is the light of love? Do you not know?

romantic and withering iced rose warmed with a heart of oud and ignited with spicy ginger

Contributed by Christine D., OR USA 2008

Snowbound 2009

The sting of black leather on shivering skin; the merging of ice and lust.

Frozen musk topped by worn leather, thawed by sultry sandalwood and a drop of sweetest honey

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These scents will be available until the New Year!

Happy holidays and all the best!

Vajra

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From: "vajraubergine" <apocalypso23@...>
Date: Tue Nov 3, 2009 8:40 pm
Subject: Third Annual Conjure Oils Holiday Contest is a GO!

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Holiday Contest!

For the past two years now, Conjure Oils has offered a contest for people to come up with a suggestion for a Holiday blend of their own design. Each and every year, I get more and more stunning, wonderful and creative entries and I'm hoping that this year will be no different!

Conjure Oils Holiday Contest 2009!

Here's the contest: Come up with a name, a description, some notes, a story, an image. It doesn't matter which - you can develop the entire concept or just come up with one or two things. From these submissions, I'll select several ideas to create for the Yule line this year.

The winners will receive a 5ml bottle of their scent as well as a 50 dollar gift certificate good for anything on the Conjure Oils website! ...not to mention temporary fame there as well!

In order for me to potentially use them, all entries will become the property of Conjure Oils so make sure you want them out in the world before you submit your ideas! By entering the contest, you agree to give me permission to use your idea for production. If you don't want your name associated with your entry, let me know, ok? I'll respect your privacy.

Please email your submissions to yulecontest (at) conjureoils (dot) com by November 10th and don't forget to include your contact info!

I'll pick the winners on the 11th and make the scents available by November 15th. If I can't decide, or there are too many ideas, I reserve the right to freak out, scrap the whole idea and save some ideas for next year.

May creativity and good luck be with you!

Vajra

ps. The Hallows scents will be left up throughout the season to give folks the chance to get the ones they love.

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