Happy January! I awoke this morning to . . . wait for it . . . a dusting of snow! The first of the year. It was enough to turn the ground white and slushy, really just an inch but it pleased me immensely. I didn't even mind the feeling of freezing water seeping into my sneakers (foolish I know) as I rushed about running errands this morning.
Yesterday I forgot to post the rules for the Joy In January blog project. My apologies. I was supposed to let you all know that the three winners would be drawn and posted on January 19th. Each comment was to include a name or nickname and an email address. Oh well, no harm done. Please check back on Thursday when I'll post the winners using your comment name. Make sense? Winners will be chosen at random from the comments posted for that days giveaway. So if you only leave a comment on the first day you'll only be eligible to win that days prize. Whew, glad we got that out of the way.
I've decided to make up a pot of chili or spicy Asian mushroom soup today to help warm up. Spices such as cayenne and ginger are fantastic antioxidants and are even shown to increase metabolism, just what we need when it's cold outside! Something warm and hearty with a kick. Keeping with this idea of spice today we will give away a 6 ml. atomizer of Ginger Lily edp.
Ginger Lily is a unisex perfume, a fresh clean oriental blend with spiced ginger lily, allspice, clove, ylang ylang, rose, black pepper, amber and vetiver. It's one of my personal favorites and has garnered many loyal fans over the years. I find it's scent clean and uplifting. Would you like to try it? If so, please leave a comment with your favorite spice. This spice could be your favorite to cook with, to wear in a perfume, to eat, to sniff, to uplift. Whatever you please. To start the ball rolling, one of my favorite spices is cardamom. I love cardamom! I add it to steel cut oatmeal and once made a killer cardamom scented whipped cream! I'm guessing the increase in metabolism from the spice will not offset the fact I'm eating whipped cream :(
How about you? What spice do you adore? Please visit these perfumer's blogs for more uplifting scents and giveaways:
22 comments
Love your Ginger Lily scent. I love spice heat in my cooking, whether it’s with ginger or pepper or chile peppers or my great favorite, sichuan peppercorns! Love the numbing aspect there in addition to the spiciness.
superlative spice… that’s hard. for our purposes of SAD i would say my favorite spice is ginger. cheering, warming and healing. an influx of inner and outer warmth. supportive in the ills of the winter season- colds etc.
currently, however, enjoying coriander & rose. einsof.
Cinnamon always runs out fast from my spice rack. Its one of my favorites to cook with, and the smell is heavenly, though easily overwhelming in the essential oil form.
Thanks!
Michael
Charna, I love that you spiced up the SAD discussion :-). Spices can have such a warming and uplifting effect – perfect for the cold winter days. Two of my favorite spices are clove and cumin. And Ginger Lily sounds wonderful – I would love to try it. Thank you for the great blog post!
My favorite spice of the moment is also cardamom. To eat and to wear. I’m throughly enjoying a local aromatherapists body cream consisting of grapefruit and cardamom eo’s. Even though it’s pretty mild where I live compared to many places it get’s me through my version of winter.