Have I mentioned that one of my favorite scents in all the world is pine? It may even be my favorite. I have a long history with pine. I grew up in Michigan. Summer vacation for our family was a camping trip to the Pigeon River State Forest. We started out in tents, then eventually graduated to a pop-up camper, and by the time I was in high school we had a trailer/RV. As we neared the campground and I caught my first whiff of pine, I knew we were almost there. (I didn’t particularly like camping, but I loved that piney scent.) In my college years I was a camp counselor in the northern Michigan woods – more pine. To my mind, it was absolute heaven to be surrounded by pine trees. To this day, whenever I get a whiff of pine, I relax and feel my shoulders drop.
When I lived in Philadelphia in my grad school days, Wanamakers carried this wonderful pine bath from Austria. I bought it and used it religiously. A hot bath with the scent of pine was the perfect way to relax after a long day. When I moved to Boston, I found it for a while at Crabtree and Evelyn or Caswell Massey (one of those ‘C’ shops.) But no longer. I search for it whenever I travel. I miss it so much it hurts. If you ever run across some form of pine bath, let me know please!
We always have some form of pine scented candle in our house. The best, bar none, are the ones from Aunt Sadie’s Candles. It’s their “Tree in a Can.” Heidi sells them in her shop and they sell like hotcakes every year. I usually stock up on them for the long winter ahead.
But this time of year, I get the real thing. Right in my home. There’s nothing better. That’s why we always have a real tree here at MHC. Pine heaven. I don’t want an artificial tree. I love picking out a tree at our favorite nursery and that each year’s tree is different in size and shape from all the others we’ve had in previous years. Every year we say, without fail, “This is the prettiest tree ever!” This year’s tree is particularly well-shaped. Let me show you.
Oooh, it’s pretty. It’s covered in vintage ornaments, as well as some newer ornaments that look vintage, like my favorite bottle brush ornaments:
Ok let’s see if I can make a link work in your comments.
Because when I read your post I immediately thought about a bath product I have used. I looked and it seems it is available in the US too.
Do you know the bath products from Dr. Kneipp? They have a Spruce and Pine range.
Found this link (hope it works)
http://www.kneippus.com/spruce-herb-bath-3-4-oz.html
Good luck with finding some Pine scent for your home and bath.
Love, M
The tree is beaUtiful, and I love the big bottlebrush ornaments. I have a link for you too. It’s a line I carried in my store ~ wonderful quality and a little goes a long way. It’s the Frasier Fir scent from Thymes.
hhttp://www.thymes.com/Collection.aspx?nodeid=2037
Happy shopping.
Well, sweetpea, you outdid yourself on this year’s tree. That is just the quintessential tree I’ve seen. It’s lovely.
I know what you mean about scents. My favorites have always been Crabtree and Evelyn and when we go over to granddaughter’s house in Washington I make a trip to see what’s available. I have some very old favorites that they don’t have anymore and I miss them greatly. But for oils I always get them from Hayward Enterprises on the internet. I think you might find some pine oil that you’d like. Hers are the best.
But my favorite house scent is Twilight by Scentsy. It is the cleanest and freshest scent for a home. But their Lush Gardenia is my favorite to fragrance my house before company arrives. I just love those 2 scents.
xoxo,
Connie
I love your tree. I wish I was right there on the sofa with Scout looking at your tree and knitting or crocheting. I too think Pine is my favorite scent. I remember driving down that one lane road downthe hill to Pigeon River. The trees swaying in the breeze and the smell……amazing.
We are still decorating our tree.
Love and miss you,
Mere
Yes it’s perfect! And it looks just like ours…that’s our favorite kind :) It looks all old fashioned and smells great right up til we have to take it down :)
I LOVE the smell of fresh Christmas trees too!! Your tree with all it’s ornaments is just beautiful! It looks like it’s a fir of some sort.
Hi Claudia, Your tree looks so beautiful. I love the smell of a real tree!I can smell your pine candle from here.
Kathy
It’s a beautiful tree… and I love that pine scent too… never heard of pine bath products!
http://russianfooddirect.com/store/178/health-beauty/bath-salts/pine-scented-bath-concentrate-with-pine-oil_item5155.html
Your Christmas tree is gorgeous Claudia ♥ Hope you have a very very Merry Christmas!!!
Your tree is beautiful and I completely understand the need for pine scent. It is a favorite of mine also and that is why I live here in the forest with my pine trees I love so much. Happy Holly Jolly Joy…
http://www.wellcultivated.co.uk/health-beauty/natural-body-care/weleda-pine-bath-milk
Found another!.. none in the US though. Weird.
It’s a beautiful tree and you have it decorated so pretty! Pine scent brings back memories for me of when my family lived in Flagstaff, Arizona, when I was a little girl. It was a happy time and the scent is always so soothing.
your tree looks a b s o l u t e l y beautiful, claudia. i completely love the smell of pine trees, too. i used to go to a camp in the north woods of wisconsin (near hayward).
have you ever tried vitabath in the green scent?
xo
~molly
Claudia your tree is lovely and IS the perfect shape!.. Your ornaments seem to reflect your personality (as much as I can glean from a blog) and it looks just perfect to me. Your pictures give off just the glow to get one in the spirit of the season. Ann
Your tree looks wonderful. I can almost smell it. I will have to look out for that balm.
Oh I love pine too! It is so cold here our wreath on the front door doesn’t smell very much :( I have never seen pine bath! How great! I hope you find some. Have a very pine day :)
Hugs, Lisa
Your tree is amazingly lovely my friend….and yes…pine is one of my favourites too….now a pine bath would be amazing!
Warm hugs. xoxoxo
Your tree is
just lovely!!!
I also find the
scent of evergreens
to be very soothing
and relaxing. Send
me your address and
I’ll pop something
off to you that I
think you will like!
xx Suzanne
The scent of pine is so refreshing isn’t it? I love it too.
Your tree is truly lovely. How wonderful that you have such beautiful ornaments to adorn it.
Hugs,
Terri
Claudia, I remember that pine wash but I don’t know who made it either! I can smell it as I write! I’ll stay on the lookout for another one, too. Each year we think our tree is the best one ever, whether it is small, tall, fat or thin. And now every year we discuss getting the fake but never do, and are always happy when the real one comes in. We don’t cut it ourselves because one of my earliest childhood memories is driving home from a tree farm with my youngest sister in the truck sobbing madly because we cut down a tree!! I know they are from farms, but I would rather not see the deed! Linda
Your Christmas tree is so lovely~ and it really IS a great shape! I feel the same way about the scent of pine. It takes me back to 6th grade science camp in the California coastal mountains. Love it. I broke down and bought a fake tree last year and miss the smell of the real trees… so I bought three real wreaths this year. My home smells like “real” Christmas now!
Hugs,
Jill
I absolutely love your tree! I have a collection of antique ornaments and they are my favorites. I’m a quilter, but I’m loving the scarfs you crochet. Makes me want to get out my crochet needles and make one for myself.
That tree is perfect in every way!
Brenda