This giveaway is closed.
We continue the Week of Giveaways with Maoli Perfumes, a company developed by two homeschool boys and run by their family. It’s cool already, huh?
Maoli is a family affair, dedicated to honoring and respecting the art of natural perfumery while providing fragrant sweetness to kids and kids at heart. The dreaded day arrived, when the boys and their family had to trade turquoise beaches and juicy mangoes for evergreens and sweet plums. Afraid to forget all their sweet and warm island memories, they asked their mom if they could make “their own cologne that smells like sunshine.”
Since mom loves to transform the kids’ requests into learning experiences, she prepared a unit study on natural perfumery in which making an eau de cologne was the final project. Little did she know what the kids were about to create would fill the gap between baby products and pheromone sprays, not to mention a breath of fresh air for those allergic to synthetic scents found everywhere today.
Maoli is giving two Simple Mom readers a full-size bottle of their Colonia Dulce Natural Eau de Cologne!
Inspired by childhood memories of warm sand, sunshine and cool, fragrant tradewinds, Colonia Dulce is a joyful blend of sweet wild lime, juicy Ka’u Gold oranges, pink grapefruit, pikake and orange blossoms. Balmy notes of vanilla, nuances of cacao, caramel and coconut milk comfort with their delicate sweetness.
To win, here’s how to enter:
Leave a comment at this post, answering the following question: What’s your favorite natural scent?
The giveaway is open worldwide, and it lasts until this Friday, May 29. I’ll draw the two winners this weekend.
I hope you win! Check back in a few hours for today’s last giveaway.
{ 302 comments }
← Previous Comments
Next Comments →
My favorite sent is vanilla. I am a baker so the smell of vanilla reminds me of home, pleasure and comfort.
Hmm… Citrus, jasmine, the ocean… I can’t decide!
ooh… so hard to pick one favorite from all the wonderful smells God made… new babies (I don’t think this one has made the perfume counter yet), honeysuckle, lilacs, fresh strawberries, citrus, vanilla, the list goes on and on!
vanilla & cinnamon – not sure if that translates to perfume
I love the smell of rain. The feeling it gives me of the impending water that is about to renew the earth is awesome!
hands down – I love the smell of the outdoors. Especially after my husband has mowed the lawn, and summer flowers are all in bloom. heavenly!
Definitely rose. So soft and beautiful. I love rose perfume.
Peonies are hands down my favorite natural scent! Thanks for the cool giveaway!
Anything citrusing. Simmering orange peels and whole cloves on the stove too. Yummy!
I love coconut mmmmm…..
My favorite natural scent… Hm…
)
Fresh mown grass?… Ok, but I wouldn’t want to spray that on my body.
Vanilla Coconut is a close second.
As spring begins to fade into summer, the nights are warmer and star jasmine permeates the air while we walk our sweet little dog. It makes me wish I didn’t have to exhale so that I could have a steady intake of the beautiful fragrance.
That IS a cool concept!! WOW! Sounds like it would smell awesome, too!
My favorite natural scent would either have to be lavender . . . or lime. Tough call!
Leslie´s last blog post…Recycle Project: Weekend Craftiness
Lavender popped into my mind first, so I guess that’s my answer
my favourite natural scent is lime!!
my favorite natural scent is rain.
I’ve been searching for a scent that smells like the beach for a long time now – my very favorite scent!!
Candy M´s last blog post…Happy National Scrapbooking Month!
I love plumeria- the real stuff. I visited Hawaii once and there is nothing like it.
Lilacs, honeysuckle and orange. What a fun giveaway
My favourite natural scent is vanilla.
I just picked a bouquet of peonies and brought them indoors for I love the way they smell. I love lilacs even more, but my lilac bush got frost-bitten this year so I did not get to enjoy a fresh-picked bouquet
Lilacs and Lily of the Valley
Lavender. I love the smell of fresh lavender.
My favorite natural scent is vanilla. Followed by coffee. And then lilac.
hands down: coconut. It magically transports me to a tropical island and thoughts of sandy beaches…even when it’s actually -20 and the wind is howling!
My babies. The tops of their heads and their breath when they were just on breast milk.
magnolia for sure… or lily of the valley
Mine is vanilla or gardenia.
Gardenia is my absolute fav! I also love the smell of my cutie out in the sand with her baby sunscreen =)
honeysuckle, hands down!
Gardenia – brings back ooooooooh so good memories!
Neas Nuttiness´s last blog post…
a pine forest at the crack of dawn after a ginormous rain storm….mmmm….
I love the smell of lilacs…and knowing that summer is just around the corner
I absolutely love the smell of peppermint…but I wouldn’t want to smell like it!
Orange, it makes me feel alive.
whitney´s last blog post…homemade ice cream
Lilac, roses and clothes after they have been dried outside!
my favorite perfume sent would have to be vanilla cherry. I have been holding on to the last little bit in a tiny bottle i bought years ago since I haven’t been able to find it again.
this is an awesome contest!
Love how this company got started! My favorite natural scents are lemon and lilac.
Thank you!
Lilac or lavender, or that smell right before a summer rainstorm … or right after.
Vanilla or lilacs
Vanilla. I’ve worn it since high school and loooove it!
I really like the smell of the earth before it rains… also vanilla or citrus. : )
Anything Citrus!
I hope I win – this sounds like it smells amazing!
I love vanilla!
Jen´s last blog post…Easter Fun
Oh gosh, that’s tough. I dabble in aromatherapy and I have so many favorite smells. I guess the most “natural” of them, though, would be wet dirt in the sunshine. I wish someone could bottle that smell!
freshly mown grass – smells like watermelon and sunshine to me.
The crook of my little one’s neck after she’s spent the afternoon in the sunshine
a tie between lemon and basil!
Citrus.
oh man, I have a few: gardenia, plumeria, rain, the ocean, real vanilla, and (an odd one) chlorine.
Laura D´s last blog post…Smiles
I love seasonal smells. Springtime-lilac & eucalyptus, Summer-coconut & citrus, Autumn-apple cinnamon & pumpkin, Winter – fresh linen. There are just so many I could go on & on…
Citrus!
Call me a hippy but, I love patchouli and amber.
I live in farm country so there are some wonderful smells: in spring there is freshly dug earth; in summer the corn after a good rain; in the fall the smell of freshly dug peanuts with the earth scent mingled in; of course the laundry from a clothesline any time of year.
Green tea and anything citrus.
Lilacs and freshly cut grass. LOVE IT.
Roses … definitely, roses.
The scent of wild honeysuckle on a warm, sunny day.
traylorillo´s last blog post…Winter’s Work
Vanilla!
Patchouli. It’s warm and earthy.
Lavendar and peony.
Lilacs – they were in bloom when my husband and I first fell in love and the scent takes me back to those precious days.
Lilacs for sure! Mmmm …
Basil and lavendar are my favorite scents in the whole world! I can’t get enough of them!
Freshly cut grass, or the air right after a rain.
Peppermint. So refreshing!
Keli B.´s last blog post…Chicken Milano
My favorite natural sent would be freshly cut grass. It takes me back to my childhood when we played outside while my dad did lawn work
I love love love the smell of lilacs. Nothing better to remind you of spring.
Lemon verbena! A close second? I have some purple bearded irises that smell very grapey. Or old fashioned pinks. This is a really tough question, there are so many that take me back. Smell, of any of the senses, is so linked to memory I think. I can still vividly remember the smell of my babies the day they were born.
My favor natural scent is lilac. I can’t wait for my lilac bush to bloom each spring it scent blows in through open windows to perfume the entire house.
bergamot. it has such a warm, comforting scent. it brings back memories of my grandpa.
lilacs or lily of the valley
My favorite natural scent is the way it smells when it’s just rained in the spring. Mmm… fresh rain air.
honeysuckle, hands down.
Citrus & Jasmine!! And the ocean! Mmmm.
Bergamot, or vanilla/citrus combination…clean and fresh with a little spice is my fave!
stargazer lillies or lillies of the valley
My favorite scent is peonies (sadly, the ones I left behind at my hold house {sniff}).
Kristen M.´s last blog post…Memorial Day
favorite natural smell—–for sure—- honeysuckle!!
Lilacs or freshly cut grass!
Oh, that’s a hard one. Right now I’d say lavender, but as soon as the weather gets cooler it would be pink grapefruit, orange blossoms or vanilla.
Redwood tree smell. We visited the redwood forests in CA a couple of years ago and just drove around with the windows down soaking in the lovely scent. A close second would be rain smell.
My favorites are vanilla mixed with almond—mmmm, sort of a sugar cookie scent!
I have a hard time picking favorites, all on the bush/tree: gardenias, lilacs, magnolias, peonies, they are all so nice!
coconut, I think. or vanilla. MMMMM!
Jen S´s last blog post…Works for Me Wednesday – Window Cleaning
Peonies…makes me think of my grandma’s house.
Ahhh, lilacs and honeysuckle are two of my favorite natural scents.
Sandy´s last blog post…Girls’ Day Out
Not that I would use it as a perfume but I love the smell of fresh cut grass!
sweet orange essential oil, or any fresh citrus fruit. mmmmm.
Nicole aka Gidget´s last blog post…Big Baseball News
Oh gosh that sounds wonderful!
It’s a toss up… lavender will always remind me of my great grandmother’s farm, mint of my kids (they rub it on themselves in my garden) and pikake of my honeymoon in hawaii. Amazing how a scent can bring back memories.
Stefani´s last blog post…Becoming
Hmmm, tough to decide! I really like vanilla, gardenia, magnolia, cucumber, and lemon, just to name a few!
Lilacs!
Minnesotamom´s last blog post…PB Grahams
Sandalwood!!
clover! it’s honey combined with flower combined with everything that’s sweet about summer.
A spring rain…fresh and cool. I love it!
Stacey´s last blog post…Just For Giggles
Real Christmas trees, too bad I’m deathly allergic to them…
Erin´s last blog post…Good Deal Gal Circus Ticket Giveaway!
First thought was the ocean. Love grapefruit as well.
Orange!
Gardenia… my grandmother had a huge bush in the backyard and I just love remembering that time.
ThereO´s last blog post…Garden Update
Lilacs!
hmmm…either lilacs or jasmine blossoms.
Jessie Stimpson´s last blog post…The Little Artist’s Paint Creations
← Previous Comments
Next Comments →