It's All About Bay & Rosemary

The company was at a trade show in London last week, and we were amazed to see people charge onto the stand pick up a Bay & Rosemary tin, breathe it in and then walk off again as if it was the most normal thing in the world to do - clearly they needed a quick pick me up!

We have also be inundated with orders through our web site for Bay & Rosemary, it is a fragrance that is so unique to us here at St Eval Candle Company and we are very proud of it. But what is it about this fragrance that is making people go wild for it?
Bay, the dried herb has been used for thousands of years for both cooking and medicinal purposes. And again as with most herbs they smell better than they taste! Whilst a little bit of research into Bay I found on the Wikipedia website that in the Elizabethan era, some people believed pinning bay leaves to one's pillow on the eve of Saint Valentine's Day would permit one to see one's future spouse in a dream. Forget 'roses are red'...bay is the way!

Rosmarinus officinalis or to the non-latin speaking Rosemary is actually a part of the mint family. Again according to the name "rosemary" derives from the Latin for "dew" (ros) and "sea" (marinus), or "dew of the sea" because in many locations it needs no water other than the humidity carried by the sea breeze to live. And, more importantly rosemary is thought to improve the memory. Amazing.
For all our Bay & Rosemary fragranced candles have a look on our website.
http://www.stevalcandlecompany.co.uk/fragrances/bay-rosemary/