Ann’s newest candles smell wonderful and come in beautiful, art-glass jars.  Each one is soy-based with 100 hours of burning time and represents a room in the home with lovely fragrance.  Or choose to be reminded of your dream home!  Once the candle is burned, add the glass to your collection…the colors are vivid.  $55 each, in an elegant gift box. 

"Family Room" is Cortland apple fragrance, $55.

Choose the scent of the sea for your bathroom, "Marine," with a color to evoke the fragrance.

Beautifully gift-boxed, Ann's new candles are perfect for gifts! $55 each.

"Beach House" will make you want one of your own, $55.

One of the new fragrances from Lampe Berger’s “Dreams of Exploration”  is Springs of Mekong.  The Mekong river originates in China’s Quinghi Province and flows 4,909 km through Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia.  The fragrance blends the cultures of Southeast Asia by way of flowers and plants, so let’s look at what’s in Springs of Mekong.

Cool, shady, mysterious bamboo

Shiso leaves, from ancient times used to lend the flavor of aniseed

Fresh, clean, crisp cucumber

Regal White Cedar

Bamboo Iris, an Asian variety

Mentha Longifolia (Mint)

All of this floral beauty comes in a bottle for $18.95, expertly blended to relax you as if you were on a lazy boat drifting down the Mekong River, carrying you somewhere elegant for dinner.    Try Springs of Mekong from Lampe Berger.  Available now at Ann’s.  Let us know how you enjoyed your experience.

$18.95 for half-liter bottle at Ann's.

“I had a farm in Africa.” 

So begins Isak Dinesen’s “Out of Africa”.  But no one said it better than Meryl Streep in the movie!  Robert Redford as Denys Finch-Hatton and Streep as Baroness von Blixen-Finecke brought Kenya in the 1920′s to the big screen.   John Barry’s unforgettable music score of soaring strings literally takes you up in a plane as you soar over the African landscape.   (Click here to hear it!)   If you haven’t read the book or seen the movie, whyever not???

You know what you have to do.  But before you click on Netflix, set the mood. 

You’ll have to drive to Ann’s and pick up a bottle or two of Lampe Berger’s new Excursion to Kenya.   Pour some into your Lampe Berger, light the wick, and blow out the flame.  Now your journey can begin.  (i.e., Now you’re ready for movie night.)

Excursion to Kenya is a combination of rare spices, wild flowers and rich precious woods reminicent of colonial Africa in the days of big game hunters.   You can actually smell the coffee on the plantation and the jasmine blooming in the highlands of the Ngong Hills.  It’s a wonderful journey, and you can make it comfortably in your favorite chair, right there at home in front of your plasma TV.

So what are you waiting for?  Africa calls!   Your Excursion to Kenya begins as soon as you visit Ann’s and pick up a bottle.  $18.95. 

Read it.  Watch it.  Burn it.  And you too will say,

“Here I am, where I ought to be.”   (Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa) 

Let’s go to Paris.  Want to?

Imagine yourself strolling through the “Jardin de Tuileries” .   You’ll smell all the roses, peach trees and citrus blooming, and of course admire all the fashionably dressed people. (You, naturally, are well-attired in the lastest fashions.) 

View of the Louvre Museum from Jardin du Tuleries

Sigh.  How to make this dream a reality?

It’s so easy when you burn Lampe Berger’s new Chic Paris fragrance in your Lampe Berger at home. 

So instead of digging for your passport….follow these steps to the letter:

Drop by Ann’s Fine Gifts and purchase a bottle or two of Chic Paris.  (And some chocolates.  DO NOT forget the chocolates!)  

Drive home.  

Pour the fragrance into the lampe (no more than half-full).

Let the wick soak (20 minutes).  Eat the chocolates while you’re waiting.

Light the burner and blow out the flame after 2 minutes.  

You’ll be instantly transported as the fragrance fills your rooms.  

Enjoy Paris in a half-liter bottle, $18.95.   Bon voyage!

New from Lampe Berger: Paris Chic

Rather, make your house smell like good food!  It’s easy with a little Lampe Berger fragrance from Ann’s.  (What is Lampe Berger?  Click here to find out.)  These are half-liter sizes, $18.95 at Ann’s.  Stock up for the holidays, or give some to friends as gifts. 

Creme Brulee smells like the French bakery around the corner just took fresh croissants out of the oven!

Indulge without the calories...Chocolate Indulgence smells so good you can almost taste it.

The best ingredient for non-bakers.

Enjoy the smell of your favorite candy when you burn Caramel Lampe Berger fragrance.

Here in Houston, we don’t open our windows much.  That’s why Ann’s Lampe Berger is an easy and pleasing way to freshen the air in your home.  It removes odors and leaves your favorite fragrance.  (For more information about Lampe Berger, click here.)

Ann’s has 5 NEW Lampe Berger fragrances to try!  These come in 1/2 liter sizes and each bottle is $18.95.  (Buy 10 and get a 10% discount!  You can mix fragrances, but they all must be the same size.)  Come in and sample all our fragrances…there are over 60 to try!  You’re sure to find one you like and will enjoy in your home:

Mystery Patchouli replaces Patchouli Honeydew. Scents: balsam and amber.

Radiant Iris is floral and a little woody.

Summer Night is an insect repellant that smells like Ocean Breeze. Use it on your patio to keep the bugs from eating you alive.

Gingerbread smells like Christmas baking!

Carribean Tonic smells like the Islands..mint and pineapple.

New Lampe Berger Fragrances arrived!   They are Caribbean Tonic, Summer Night, Radiant Iris, Mystery Patchouli, and Gingerbread.   All 1/2 liter sizes, $18.95 each at Ann’s.

For more about Lampe Berger and how it removes odors, click here.  Better yet, visit here and get some Lampe Berger for your home!

New Lampe Berger Fragrances at Ann's

Home is so much more pleasant when it smells good.  Ann’s Antica Farmacista diffusers give a lovely scent without burning anything.  The birch reeds diffuse the scent into the air, no candles, no burners.  Ours have little alcohol, so they last longer.  Great for weekend homes, too.  Arrive to a lovely fragrance when you open the door!  $67.50 at Ann’s, includes the reeds.  Here are a few “flavors,” in pretty bottles.  Which do you like?  There are more to choose from at Ann’s!

Antica Farmacista diffusers make your home smell good without burning anything.

"Amber"

"Champagne" (Smell it, don't drink it.)

"Acqua" (Water)

Manly fragrance: Vanilla, bourbon, and mandarin combined.

When temperature and humidity go up, it’s nice to freshen the air of your home with Ann’s Lampe Berger fragrances.  Lampe Berger actually removes odors from the air in your home and leaves it smelling of the fragrance you like best.  Keep one at the lake house to freshen it after being shut up between visits.  Burn it after cooking to remove cooking odors.  For more details and a fragrance list, click here.  When you visit Ann’s, you can try our samplers to “test” the fragrance before you buy it.  We have a large supply of every fragrance available, and have stock in many discontinued fragrances.

Some of Ann’s favorite fragrances include Fresh Eucalyptus.  Clean and light, it also soothes when you have sinus congestion. 

Fresh Eucalyptus Lampe Berger Fragrance, 1/2 liter size, $18.95 each

 Take a sea-side vacation without leaving home:  burn “Sea Mist” in your Lampe Berger Fragrance lampe.

Sea Mist Lampe Berger Fragrance, $18.95, 1/2 liter

Sweet Pear Lampe Berger Fragrance, 1/2 Liter, $18.95

What’s your favorite?

Just like our candles and our wonderful Lampe Berger, diffusers add fragrance to your home.  Unlike items that require burning, however, diffusers “diffuse” the fragrance without lighting a match, making them a great and safe alternative to candles in powder rooms or homes with pets or small children.  The fragrances are made of essential oils and permeate the air for months, keeping your home smelling wonderful.

Agraria fragrances fill your home with flowers and scents evocative of Northern California and are an Ann’s favorite.  Available in two sizes, they are packaged beautifully for gift-giving (perfect hostess gifts) and come in a lovely bottle.  The reeds are the sticks you put in the bottle (included in your purchase); the fragrance is pulled up the sticks and dispersed into the air.  No flame necessary.  The little tray shown in the pictures beneath each bottle is also included.

The elegant bottles and jewel-toned colors are pretty, too.  8 Agraria fragrances to choose from.  Small size, $45; Large, $110. 

Agraria Bitter Orange Diffuser

Agraria Mediterranean Diffuser

Agraria Riviera Pear Diffuser