"What do you think of the name Jolene [as perfume name]? I know it's the name of the fictional home wrecker in Dolly Parton's song. But do you think it's celebrating that kind of behavior? Would I be making the unintentional statement that I condone such behavior. Because I may as well call it Home Wrecker, or Mistress, or The Other Woman".
I was so excited about my purchases today, I just had to share. Big Shout Out Rustic Escentuals for adding soap molds to the catalog (Thank you, thank you, thank you).
This is another naming a product tale. Last year I released a male scent I named Believer. Originally I wanted to call it Sunday Morning, because that is what came to mind. No kidding! I could visualize watching my grandfather getting ready for church. Now, since I didn't want to limit my market and keep the name simple (and I couldn't get a copy of Sunday Morning by Earth, Wind, &Fire) I decided on Believer. I could visualize a soap bar with footprints in the sand. I found a soap mold similar to the above but the price was a lot higher...and the molds were sold as individual cavity. I couldn't work with that on Frugal's budget. So I made shower gel and waited.
::Cue Hallelujah chorus::
So I get a tweet about Spring Sale at Rustic and notices that they have added to the catalog and I find...my footprint in sand molds. A whole lot cheaper and 3 cavities to a mold. This means I can sell my Believer soap the way I envisioned it. While I was poking around the molds, I came across this. I already knew where that was going. I have a cologne that is curing called Mighty2 ( I could get that Earth, Wind, & Fire Song). So all is well in the Frugal workshop and just anxiously awaiting UPS tomorrow.
Most of our fragrance (and some product) names are based on song titles. I had a new fragrance oil called Pennies From Heaven. It smelt great but I didn't care for its name since it didn't meet my song requirement. So I spent most of Friday looking for a song to name my fragrance.
The first time I smelled Pennies From Heaven, it made me think of dancing in an old jazz club. So I began searching YouTube for old jazz standards. I found some great songs, but nothing really fit the scent. During the third or fourth hour (I lost count) of my search, I was listening to a Billie Holiday song when I noticed "Pennies From Heaven" right side of the screen. Actually it was listed 3 times. Pennies From Heaven by Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan. I'd spent all day searching for a song so I could rename a fragrance that already was a song title.
