Sorry, folks, the Enlightenment fragrance oil is sold out.

First, let me tell you that the fast buy fragrances are up on the site now.  I’ve put them into their own special category so they are easy to find, here:

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I’ve added a limited amount of Ylang Ylang Mimosa to the October Fast Buy - only 10 pounds available.  If this is one you’ve been asking for, better get your order in right away!

Please, please, please remember - when you pay with Paypal, you MUST return to the O&L page (there’s a link right there in Paypal for you to do so) or the order does not come through to me.  All I get is a notification of getting money through Paypal, but I have no idea what it’s for.  It would be nice if you all just wanted to send me money once in a while, just because you are such kind people, but I can’t assume that - so I have to follow up with you in an email, asking that you send a list of what you ordered, which is time consuming.

Remember, there are a few of the scents remaining that used to be in the line, and they are priced at a 40% discount now.  They are in the regular section of the site.

I have a soapmaking marathon planned for this weekend - I hope you do, too!

Everything is ordered, prices are confirmed, and we’ll be uploading ordering options soon. For the month of October, we are offering four fragrance oils.

Oatmeal, Milk & Honey - $13 per pound
Kumquat - $15 per pound
Enlightenment - $10.50 per pound
Ambre del Nepal - $24.00 per pound (what a savings! This was $31 per pound when in regular inventory!)

**Edited to add:

Ylang Ylang Mimosa - $20 per pound**

Because of weight and flashpoint limitations, it has become much too difficult to ship via USPS for fragrances. ALL orders will be shipped using UPS Ground. When you order, you must provide a street address - no PO box numbers.

Once again, we ship fragrance oils only to US locations.

If you have any questions, please send an email. Thanks in advance for all input.

Just a quick alert to let you know we’re doing a fast buy on two fragrances.  They are:

His Own - $21.15 per pound plus shipping

Olive Blossom - $22.37 per pound, plus shipping

I’m just about to put them up on the site - one pound increments only.  Feel free to pre-order and we prefer that you pay with paypal.  Hopefully the fragrances will go out by the first part of next week.

As many of you have noticed (judging by the recent spate of orders), all remaining fragrances are now 30% off the original price.  Since each order is poured as it is filled, there are times I don’t really know how much remains, so please understand you may be disappointed if something runs out before I get to your order.  I do fill them in the order they’re received.

Also, I’ve put the butters back on the site.  I have natural cocoa butter, unscented cocoa butter (but some scent remains), unrefined shea butter, organic refined shea butter, and the lovely pistachio oil (which is very hard to find).  I’ve always sold these with little mark-up over what I pay, so they are not discounted.  What I don’t sell, I’ll have no problem using myself!

It’s quite likely there will be a fragrance oil fast buy in late August or early September.  I may even consider doing some fragrances in more of a co-op fashion, if I get pre-buy orders, thus giving a better price.  At this time, the fragrances most likely to be offered are:  OMH, His Own, Kumquat, Olive Blossom.  I could be convinced to do Blueberry Honeysuckle, Love Spell, Witch’s Brew and/or Enlightenment if I hear from enough folks that they want it.  You can also leave a comment here if there’s another you really, really want to see.  If I get enough interest, we’ll put it on the short list.

To those who have placed orders, thank you for your patience.  We have run out of 1 pound size bottles, as well as flat rate shippng boxes.

We are also out of the following fragrances:

Lilac & Lily

Rhubarb

Oatmeal, Milk & Honey

Enlightenment

Pepperberry Sorbet

Sorry for the delays - we’ll fill orders as we can.

Newly out of stock:

Amber Del Nepal

Baby Bee Buttermilk type

Blueberry Honeysuckle

I also want to apologize for those of you waiting for orders.  Since making our announcement one week ago today, we’ve been inundated with orders.  Since it’s just Oldtimer & me filling orders, and there have been so many large ones, it’s taking a while to get to each one.  We aren’t ignoring you, I promise.  We are filling in the order received, so if we run out of a fragrance, it’s first-come, first served.

To further complicate things, I’ve been called for jury duty this week, so it could slow us further.

Thanks again for your love of the scents, and for your orders.

We are filling all orders as they came in to us.  Please be patient, as we are flooded with orders, and packing and shipping in the order they arrived.

Out of stock:

Love Spell

Kumquat

Blackberry Sage

Witches Brew

Please watch this blog for other inventory updates.  In the future, if we decide to do fast buys, it will be posted here.

Spring greetings from rainy and cool northeast Ohio!

It seems that spring, with fresh promise and new beginnings, is the time to announce major changes at Oldtimer & Lily.

My beautiful daughter-in-law, Robyn, is matron of honor in a wedding this June.  She asked me if I could help her do favors for the bride’s shower.  I, of course, was so flattered to be asked, I jumped right in.  Above, you can see a small selection of the lotions and soaps, labeled in very special handmade paper, in the bride’s colors of choice - fuchsia and orange.  I really had a lot of fun doing them.  Everything is scented with Country Apple - not one of my scents, but still lovely.

I think this is a great example of all we can do with our handmade products - get good quality body/skin care products into folks’ hands, and show them that it can be beautiful and elegant.