Pure Senses Blog – Raves and Rants About Home Fragrances

Even blind babies are able to smile. Yes, we are born with the ability to smile. It is not something that we copy or imitate. Yet smiling is something that we do so naturally that we take it for granted. Approximately one in every 500 babies in Asia is born with a cleft lip and/or  Read more »

Wan Pin and I have chosen The Birthday Parade by Mariann Johansen-Ellis as the featured art on our inaugural series of charity candles. Mariann has so many beautiful art pieces that it actually is a challenge to pick one as the featured art for our charity candles. The Birthday Parade depicts four friends, each on  Read more »

Besides the burn time, the wick is really important to getting a candle to burn clean and well. Of course, the quality of the candles from Yankee Candle and Price’s are very good to begin with, with continuous tests to ensure that the candles burn cleanly, with minimal soot. But maintaining the wick trimmed to  Read more »

We have decided on Price’s Ecological Lantern as the candle form for our inaugural series of charity candles. The ecological lantern is an international patent of Price’s Candles and it is made of layers of biodegradable materials. There are a number of reasons why we picked the ecological lantern as the candle form. First, we  Read more »

Today when I opened the mailbox, I was delighted to find the agreement with Mariann signed and mailed back to us. Ms. Mariann Johansen-Ellis is a Danish artist based in Singapore. I first came across her work when I was making a delivery to Scandic Wonders at Tanglin Mall, one of our trade customers. I  Read more »

How do you get the best out of your candle? Is there a ‘right’ way to burn a candle? Definitely! The essential basic ‘technique’ to burning a candle, is BURN TIME, especially in the first burn. You should burn the candle until the wax is liquefied from edge to edge of the jar. If you  Read more »

Why would anyone want to bring a candle along when they travel overseas? As if I don’t have enough toiletries to pack, and the last thing I’d want to do is to burn my hotel down! Well, our customers have taught us creative and practical uses for our Price’s Fresh Air Travel Candles, so read  Read more »

Our customers LOVE lavender. They would buy any lavender-based fragrance so their homes can smell like a spa. What’s so great about lavender? Let’s see… The Merriam-Webster dictionary states: Main Entry: lav·en·der Pronunciation: \ˈla-vən-dər\ Etymology: Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin lavandula Date: 13th century a Mediterranean mint (Lavandula angustifolia syn. L. officinalis)  Read more »

I am happy to announce that our company’s CSR project has just been created in July 2010 out of the possibility of joy, abundance and making a difference in the world. Through this project, Pure Senses Pte Ltd will raise funds for various charitable and non-profit organizations by manufacturing and selling series of charity candles  Read more »

Every time I thought I have developed a sharper judgement on what sells, something shows up that humbles me. When I first received the samples of the Aromatherapy Spa collection by Yankee Candle, I didn’t think much of it. First it’s the packaging. The tumbler doesn’t look as distinctive as the signature Housewarmer jar; it  Read more »