Love for Vanilla

I love the scent of vanilla, the innocent and sweet smell that it brings. So whenever I see vanilla candle products or room sprays,I buy it. Here are some of my favorite vanilla product and goodies that I bake.

Vanilla Cupcake

INGREDIENTS

• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup superfine sugar
• 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C ). Grease a 12 cup muffin pan or line with paper baking cups.
2. In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar with an electric mix er until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, blending well after each one. Sti r in the vanilla and flour just until mixed. Spoon the batter into the prepared cups, dividing evenly.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until the tops spring back when lightly p ressed, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pan set over a wire rack. Wh en cool, arrange t he cupcakes on a serving platter.

Sometimes I put buttercream icing on top.

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, shortening, and vanilla. Blend in the sugar, one cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in t he milk, and continue mixing until light and fluffy. Keep icing covered until ready to decorate.

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The Classic Vanilla Ice Cream - I use the Nestle ice cream and I add Hershey's Chocolate Syrup or Strawberry Syrup. Add some sprinkle candies or nuts.

Coffeemate French Vanilla This creamer makes my decaffeinated coffee very special. I love to wake up in the wee hours of the day and smell the aroma and my breakfast is just perfect.

Homemade Vanilla Body Scrub

As I love Vanilla, so as skin care products. Luckily, I can combine my two favorites. I found a homemade recipe in e.how.com that is effective, chemical-free and safe vanilla body scrub.

You'll need:

• A small/medium sized container with a lid that's no more than 3" tall.
• Sugar [how much depends on the amount of scrub you want]
• Olive Oil [ Just a enough to lightly coat all the sugar]
• Honey[about 3-6 spoonfuls, depending on container size]
• A large Fork
• A few drops of vanilla extract

1. Sit your container on a stable surface and fill with sugar, stopping at least a half an inch from the top. Make sure there is enough room to add the other ingredients.
2. Take your olive oil and add it to the sugar, a little at a time. You'll know you have enough when all of the sugar is completely coated and the mixture appears creamy.
3. Add the honey. Start with about 3 spoonfuls and add more if necessary. This is where the fork comes in. Blend the honey in with the olive oil and sugar mixture until it becomes slightly thick. It will probably remind you of a paste. Keep in mind it's only 3-4 ingredients and you can work with it as much as you'd like. If you want it thinner add less honey and more oil. If you want it thicker and more sugar and honey.
4. Add the vanilla extract. Blend well.
   

Alice Blue's Vanilla Sugar - a rich, creamy and sweet vanilla I love to sniff; it makes me calm and sleepy. I just love smelling my room after I lit it. The scent is still their plus it does not have that burn smell most candles possess.
































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Scent-sational

Your walking in a park, suddenly someone walk behind you and unconsciously you turn around. Why? Is it her wavy hair, floral skirt, cute smile or wait...that smells good. Smell is probably the most powerful sense that we have. We use it in almost everything. But did you know that our sense of smell is connected to our memory? This is the very idea behind the power of perfume scent. There are seven primary odors: camphor, musky, roses, peppermint, ethereal, pungent and putrid. Each primary odor (or even their combination's) can conjure images associated with our memory. For example, the smell of a favorite dish can bring back images of home cooked meals by Mom. The scent of roses can turn back time and bring one to that momentous prom night. The perfume scent of musk brings back images of Dad.

Perfume scent has that power. It can influence one's mood simply by triggering memories that are most likely associated with the perfume scent. They say anything that has vanilla and cinnamon scents makes guys attracted to it. While women on the other hand prefer musk, woodsy or a little bit of ocean breeze for their guys.


Here are some perfumes that makes men turn around!


Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue

This baby is the most favored scent of young girls too. It has a a casual and breezy, sparkling fruity-floral scent that evokes the spirit of the Sicilian summer. Mouth-watering notes of lime and cedar bring about an image of the South woods on the seashore—making it the perfect blend for a hot summer day.





M by Mariah Carey

Every celebrities have their fare share of perfumes name after them. Why not the diva herself. Mariah's M captivates the oriental-floral top notes of marshmallow and sea breeze accord, a heart of living Tahitian Tiare flower and gardenia and a dry down of sheer amber, patchouli, and Moroccan incense. According to some, It leaves an under note of powder (baby powder scent) that remains on the skin for hours!

Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Demi Moore, Sandra Bullock are just a few celebrities who swears on Clean perfume. Why not? It is the fragrance option for those who don’t like to smell like a particular perfume—but prefer that just-out-of-the-shower fresh smell. CLEAN combines fragrance notes of litsea cubeba, orange, sweet lime, pink grapefruit, passion lily, rose, geranium and white musk in a minimalist glass bottle.

LOVELY by Sarah Jessica Parker

The most popular celebrity scents today, Lovely captures the citrusy, woodsy fragrance softly blends a scent of pure innocence with the exotic nature of a precious oil and the sophistication of a fine perfume. Don't be sad if your grandmother love it, it is not a mature scent but very appealing to everybody.




Ralph Lauren Blue By Ralph Lauren

Nothing beats RL in the perfume arena. They never stop at creating scents that would really make it to every favorite's list. It is a floral fragrance for women. This clean aquatic aroma is a refreshing and crisp blend of soft florals, with watery freshness to top it off. Tuberose and sandalwood give a sexy vibe to this innocent bottle. Husbands swear on it, boyfriends love it so why not try it.
If you haven't by the way.


And some that captures the woman's heart.



You can never go wrong with the crisp shirt and freshly-pressed jeans. Clean for Men is the key, the added note to that uncomplicated style. Introduced in 2003, Clean Men by Dlish is a sexy blend of ruby red grapefruit, English lavender, wild raspberry, clove, lime, olibanum, patchouli and musk that leaves you feeling fresh—like you just stepped out of the shower.

Polo Black by Ralph Lauren

Classic is the one word for me to define this cologne, from it's scent and the bottle. I remember when I was at the mall and this man pass by, he caught my attention by his cologne, and when I went to a perfume store I smelled this simple black bottle and I found out what cologne it was. It is a woody aromatic fragrance
that features sandalwood, tonka bean, patchouli, mango, sage, tangerine, and lemon.








Gendarme

It is a carefree, casual scent that is sensual, yet professionally down-to-business. It blends with the user’s musk, with a mix of green, citrus, and verbena top notes, followed by an herbal dry-down of jasmine and thyme, bound to a hint of leather. It offers a full 12 percent oil blend for a long-lasting scent. Some women have bought Gendarme for thier husbands or boyfriends and even themselves.