Saturday morning I worked a shift as a volunteer at one of
our local science museums that sponsored a “Meet the Mammals” day. Standing
with a few other volunteers at the “flying mammals” table, I had the distinct
feeling that I was at a trade show, selling bats, sugar gliders, and flying foxes,
and their marvelous adaptations for flight to crowds of little kids
and their parents. I felt sad that the small local holiday bazaar in which I
participated last year has been canceled this year.
To make up for this void, I have decided to put together the
first ever Olympic Orchids holiday gift box, with a selection of limited
edition fragrances for Winter 2012. I’ve modified Café V a bit, and it will be the
featured perfume item, in the form of a 5 ml parfum concentration spray. I’ve
written about the Café V experiment before, and the fact that it was abandoned
because it contains a significant amount of cardamom, a spice that some people
seem to dislike. Knowing this, I'm giving customers the option of trying
Café V or substituting any of the other 5 ml spray parfums in current
production.
Along with the perfume, there will be a bottle of
Amber-Labdanum bath oil, the offspring of the popular bath salts I sold at last
year’s holiday bazaar, laced with Olympic Amber and a perfect dose of labdanum.
There will also be a bar of all-natural patchouli-scented soap, formulated at
the request of a friend. As a bonus, thanks to Michael, there will be a CD by
the jazz group that he plays with.
The red boxes are here, a batch of Café V is ready to go, and the gift box is listed on the
website. I've just set up a Black Friday promotion of
free shipping anywhere in the US (code = HOLIDAY) or $5 off international shipping (code = INTERNATIONAL). The codes
will be good from midnight on November 22 through midnight on Saturday,
November 24, Pacific standard time.
The last time I tried to do a promotion, the discount code
function on my shopping cart didn’t work reliably and I had to issue a lot of
refunds manually. I’ll talk to the people who host my website (they are actually real people!) and try to make
sure the codes are functional this time. Speaking of websites, I’m in the
process of switching over my orchid plant website from the dysfunctional
company that currently hosts it to the same company that hosts my perfume website. When I tested the link to the orchid plant website, I found that even that doesn't work, and I get a warning from Sophos that a virus has been detected, so I removed the link! It seems that 1&1 is going from bad to worse every day. The switch to the new platform should happen within the next week or two. As soon as the new plant website is up and
running there will be free shipping on all orders until I get the new
shipping-by-weight algorithms set up. Unfortunately, plants can’t be shipped
internationally.
Here’s wishing everyone in the US a happy Thanksgiving and
safe travels if you’re going somewhere for the holiday.
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