Earlier this week, I made the sad announcement that I'm going to have to discontinue two of my much loved scents, Lime, Basil & Mandarin and Rose & Cassis. So I wanted to do a little post on here so that if you didn't see the announcement, you can still have a read about what's happened.
Basically, there has been a change in regulations which means that my suppliers have had to change some of the formulations of the oils that I use in my scent blends. This has happened a few times before throughout my business journey, but the changes have always made virtually no difference to the scent, this time however I wasn't quite so lucky.
I ordered the new formulations to test and immediately I noticed that they really did smell quite different. I still went on to mix them into my blends, just in case they still worked but unfortunately, as I feared, they just didn't smell anything like the originals that you know and love.
For months, I tried my best to tweak the blends, by adding extra scents or changing the percentages, but sadly I just couldn't get them to smell anywhere close enough to the originals for me to be happy continuing to sell them. So eventually I had to give up and make the really hard decision to discontinue them.
I know that quite a few of you are really disappointed by this news, please know that I'm just as sad to see them go too, they were two of my original and best selling scents after all! But changes like this seem to be part and parcel of working in an industry where regulations are forever being updated and my suppliers are simply doing what they have to do to stay compliant, so although it's frustrating, I completely understand why the changes have had to be made.
As sad as it is saying goodbye to two of my oldest and most popular scents, it has forced me to try and see it as a positive in that it gives me the chance to work on creating two new scents, which hopefully, you'll love just as much as you've loved Lime, Basil & Mandarin and Rose & Cassis.
Unfortunately, I have completely run out of Rose & Cassis oil, so what I have left in stock is all I have left and once they're gone, they're gone. I do have a little bit of Lime, Basil & Mandarin oil left, so if there's something you'd like that isn't currently in stock, pop me a message or an email and I'll hopefully be able to make it for you specially.