AN UNINTENTIONAL EXPERIMENT AND A NEW DRAWING

For the past few months I have been posting on Facebook whenever there was a winner of one of the drawings, and the winner usually responds right away. This last time I got busy with a lot of things and didn’t put anything on Facebook. The winnings are unclaimed, and there were far fewer comments than usual on the post for the new drawing. It seems that a lot of people don’t see the blog unless I put an alert on Facebook. I’ll do it this time and will try to remember to do so in future. 

This week’s winner is TRINITI

Last drawing’s winner was PARROT. Parrot has one week to contact me, otherwise everything will go to Triniti as a jackpot. 

To claim your winnings send an e-mail to olympicorchids at gmail dot com or leave a message on the Olympic Orchids  Facebook page. I will need your complete shipping address. 

This week’s photo is Phalaenopsis bellina, which is blooming right now. The fragrance is amazing, kind of a citrusy floral, but unique. It diffuses its fragrance all day. 

To enter this week’s drawing for a big box of samples, just leave a comment about how your summer is going, or any other random thoughts that you have. 

[Photo is mine]

THE MONDAY GIVEAWAY: SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT, AND LAST WEEK'S WINNER

The winner of last week's random drawing was

JADA E

To claim your prize, please send your correct and complete shipping address to: olympicorchids at gmail dot com, or leave a PM on the Olympic Orchids Facebook page. If not claimed by Monday, June 26, the goodies will go into the following week's jackpot.

For this week's giveaway, I've got something a little different. Earlier this spring I participated in a really fun event at Tigerlily Perfumery in San Francisco – Skunk Works Weekend. This was an assembly of perfumers from all over the place, from Switzerland (Andy Tauer, who had a meet-and greet the first evening) the Bay Area, and various points along the US West Coast. The second day there was an amazing brunch at a nearby restaurant followed by a perfumers’ general discussion, culminating in Antonia Kohl’s inimitable cocktail-fueled sniff-and-buy event in the evening. I always love visiting San Francisco and Tigerlily.

The event was back in April, but because I’m always running around like  a madwoman, I had not finished unpacking my carry-on bag until yesterday. When I finally emptied it completely, I discovered two nice cloth tote bags with the Skunk Works logo on one side and Tigerlily’s logo on the other. The idea was that the bags would be used in a giveaway, so that’s what I’m going to do, albeit belatedly.

The giveaway is as follows:

Leave a comment about whether you would like to attend a festive event at a brick-and-mortar perfume shop and if so, what features of such an event you would particularly enjoy. There will be two winners of the random drawing.

1) One Skunk Works bag filled with the usual 100 g of random samples plus some other randomly chosen fragrant goodies;

2)  One Skunk Works bag containing three Olympic Orchids 5-ml travel sprays of your choice and one Olympic Orchids soap.

Both of these giveaways are US only due to the bulky nature of the package and the ridiculous cost of international shipping. Apologies to our international readers and friends!

[All photos are mine. The orchids that are blooming today are Promenea paranensis (top) and Phalaenopsis speciosa (bottom), both first-bloom seedlings; neither one is very fragrant, although the Phalaenopsis has a very light greenish scent. The Skunk Works bag pictured is the one you will receive.] 

WINNER OF SUNNY DAY DRAWING

The winner of last week's Sunny Day Drawing is:

CATA

Please contact me with your shipping address at olympicorchids at gmail dot com.

If unclaimed by Monday, May 22, the items will go into the jackpot for next time.

[Geranium photo is mine]