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Hello Beauty Mavens and Loyal RomyRaves.com fans, It’s Giveaway Time! We’ve been talking about starting giveaways and contests, and today’s your lucky day because today we are giving away the fabulous fragrance pen I RAVED about in yesterday’s blog post. I am a longtime fan of Sarah Horowitz Parfums and they have generously offered to donate a What Comes From Within Parfum Purse Pen in the fragrance of your choice (valued at $40) to one extremely lucky Romy Raves reader.

Would you like to win this fabulous purse pen? Here’s what you MUST do in order to enter this giveaway contest:

• If you are on Twitter, you MUST Tweet or Retweet @romyraves and mention the Sarah Horowitz Parfums Purse Pen Giveaway and you MUST link back to this blog post: http://www.romyraves.com/2009/09/24/more-than-just-a-fragrance

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• Sign up for a FREE email subscription to RomyRaves.com simply by clicking: http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=RomyRaves&loc=en_US
  

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• Everyone who enters this contest MUST ALSO leave a comment HERE ON THIS POST telling us:
  • If you Tweeted or Retweeted about this post OR became a RR Subscriber (or are already a RR subscriber)
  • What your current favorite fragrance is and why you love it?
  • Which scent in the What Comes From Within Collection you would prefer if you win

The Fine Print:

• Please make sure to include your name & e-mail address
• Anonymous posts will not be counted since we won’t be able to identify you
• Only ONE entry per person
• Comments, Twitter Tweets and RT’s, and email subscriptions will be tallied and a winner will be chosen by using Random.org
• You must have a U.S. shipping address in order to enter
• You have until Friday, October 2nd at midnight (PST) to enter
• Come back on Monday, October 5 to find out if you’re the winner!
• The winner will be contacted via e-mail for current shipping information

Good Luck,
Romy, The One Who Raves

As my hubby always tells me “You have a bionic sniffer” and if you are anything like me, your sense of smell is VERY powerful.  Scents dramatically affect my mood–the right smell can transport me to a wonderful time and place or it can anchor a special memory and the wrong smell can easily put me in a negative space.  For this reason (along with being a beauty maven), I absolutely adore wearing perfume and tend to use different fragrances to shape my experiences.  I am always on the ‘sniff’ for a new scent to add to my permanent collection.

Enter Sarah Horowitz Parfums, a California based fragrance house that has attracted a cult following across the US because of its unique and inspired collections of artisanal fragrances. The creative genius behind this company is Sarah Horowitz-Thran, an extraordinary perfumer who has an intuitive knack for creating non-formulaic complex fragrances that tap into your emotions and offer a wonderful vehicle for self-expression. “Finding the perfect fragrance for you, can bring you into the moment and remind you of who you are and what you love,” says Sarah.

Years ago, I heard about Sarah’s talents from friend, who knew about this entrepreneurial perfumer and her wonderful box of oils that she would schlep around the beaches in Malibu and create custom fragrances for people. Soon enough, I began wearing one of her earliest creations called Perfect Veil a clean, subtle musky scent that is still one of my signature fragrances to this day.

Imagine my delight, when I had the opportunity to try a couple of the new Sarah Horowitz Parfums purse pens (these are fun, sleek, modern, purse-friendly rollerball pen parfum dispensers) filled with the fragrances from her newest collection called What Comes From Within. This inspired line pays tribute to the phenomena of inner beauty (love that concept!) and there are five scents in this collection all based on the powerful connection between spirit, heart and mind. These more spiritually oriented parfums offer the consumer more than just a fragrance, they offer an emotional journey as well.

First, I tried Light Comes From Within which represents Spirit. This is a sheer, luminous fragrance that celebrates new beginnings. It has a sparkling bergamot top note, a freesia, honeysuckle and night blooming jasmine middle note and a fresh oceanic musk and white cedar base note. I would describe this parfum as fresh, slightly floral with an appealing musk aspect that I am drawn to (I am a total musk girl and almost all of my fav fragrances have a noticeable musk note.) This is the type of fragrance I would wear on a summer night, out on a date and hanging by the beach because it has a watery, oceanic smell to me. And I just love it! It’s uplifting but has complexity and depth.

Peace Comes From Within represents the Mind. This is a clean, tranquil fragrance of gentle depth. It has a bergamot top note and a fresh oceanic musk and sandalwood base note. I would describe this parfum as subtle, fresh, water/oceanic and great for spring and summer. I also love the musk notes in this parfum and it makes me smile when I wear it.

Not only am I equally loving both of these intriguing, unique, fresh inspired fragrances, but I am also thrilled about this sleek and modern purse pen packaging. It is a beautiful design, fits nicely in your purse, dispenses the parfum easily and smoothly, and just looks cool.

My affinity for Sarah Horowitz continues to grow and I definitely think you should check out the What Comes From Within Collection and add one of these adorable purse pens and beautifully crafted fragrances to your collection, you will love it!

You can buy any of the fragrances in the What Comes From Within Collection or any other Sarah Horowitz Parfums products Here. As an added bonus, Sarah Horowitz Parfums is offering Romy Raves readers a special discount on another cult fav fragrance in their collection called Perfect Bliss (top notes of blood orange, mango, and papaya; middle note of gardenia; and warm, sexy base notes of vanilla, patchouli, cedar and musk–YUM!). Romy Raves readers will receive a 20% discount on either a Perfect Bliss 1.7 oz. eau de parfum or a Perfect Bliss Body Creme when you use the coupon code BLISSOUT09 .

CONTEST ALERT!!! Make sure to check back on the Romy Raves Blog tomorrow for an chance to win one of these fab purse pens of your very own! Don’t miss out, this is a real treat!

Hey all of you beauty mavens and recessionistas, have I got a beauty find for you! I am always scouring the net for the latest and greatest beauty and lifestyle websites and information, and today I stumbled upon a doozy: Freaky Freddies

Freaky Freddies is one of the oldest and fastest growing sources of free samples and free stuff websites on the Internet. The site currently has 72 categories of freebies that you can choose from and it is updated daily. You can visit whenever the mood strikes or you can sign up to have their e-newsletter sent directly to you.

What I loved most about this freebie site is that have an entire section dedicated to FREE Beauty Booty (these words are music to a beauty junkies ears), which I find especially appealing in these more challenged economic times. They have a nice lush assortment of all different types of beauty goodies to choose from. To find out the latest free beauty loot and samples go to Freaky Freddies Free Beauty Products

I’ve already scored a coupon for a free deluxe sample of Aveda Hand Relief and also signed up for a sample of the newest fragrance by Narciso Rodriguez called Essence (which I have been dying to try BTW), and I plan on scoring alot more free beauty treats in the future. Let me know what beauty booty you score and PLEASE post and share other great resources for beauty freebies on the net—We all love gratis these days