We created a custom candle fragrance in a warming winter blend of woods, spices, and citrus, then poured them into recycled Italian glass jars, and sent them to Los Angeles for gifting Golden Globes press in coordination with The Artisan Group.
When Dad died in November 2008 he was a breath away from retirement. It wasn’t like him to die. He was fighting valiantly when a cancer-related infection took him at an age that I will always consider too young. His was a life of duty. We didn’t have fine things or fancy cars, but he
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Lux Aromatica soy candles were featured in Rhode Island Monthly’s November issue, as well as the RI Monthly Holiday 2012 Gift Guide. Thanks, RI Monthly!
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Lux Aromatica, in association with The Artisan Group, participated in a luxury celebrity gift lounge hosted in honor of the nominees and presenters for the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards. Our soy candles were gifted to select talent managers, publicists, agents, stylists, and other key industry representatives at an invitation-only cocktail party mixer.
Mmmm…chilly nights and cozy fires. We just lit our first fall fire a couple nights ago and settled in for evening “couch time” – that moment when we finally unwind and restore at the end of a long day.
We had the pleasure of gifting Paula Abdul through The Artisan Group, a professional organization of highly skilled indie artisans. Lux Aromatica gifted Miss Abdul with a 50 hour soy candle in a fragrance we created uniquely for her. Named Little Lavender Dress, the fragrance was based on lavender with notes of vetiver, jasmine and
Military family separation is a complex issue. There is a bizarre psychological cycle that many military couples undergo before a separation. Before he leaves, neither of them can stand to be around each other, everything the other one does is an irritation, and they can’t wait for the separation to begin. All the angry noise
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The last 12 months have brought exhilarating changes for our family. Brian’s new assignment meant packing up and moving to a cold, foreign land last January: New England! When we landed in Rhode Island, I knew I faced a lot of work in shifting the business from 600 miles away. Happily, Lux Aromatica is flourishing.
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