Community Appreciation Month • 2025

Beginning November 1st: ALL full-size bottle purchases will enter you into a raffle for a chance to win a FREE themed prize box!*

Every year, we start working on our Community Appreciation Month ideas earlier and earlier because we aim to have them be more special, inspired, and reflective of our deep appreciation for our community than the year before (and we do keep trying to set the bar high, and to make sure you all know how appreciated you are!). To say we have been excited for this one is a great understatement, as this giveaway features collaborative efforts from across Portland and represents the true spirit of this wonderful city. From other pioneers of scent culture, such as OLO/ Siela, Maak Lab, Imaginary Authors, and Catherine Haley Esptein, to legendary local artisans in the world of food & coffee, and even our favorite local radio station, we have pulled out all the stops this year to make sure you know not only that we appreciate our community, but Portland as a greater community full of vibrant, kind, and thoughtful creatives and people in general. We are also excited to offer these prizes to our greater online community, so they can potentially see Portland through our eyes and appreciate the efforts of our collaborators from the comfort of their homes (though we hope that if you win and don’t live here, you’ll feel inspired to visit!). From the release of Ponte Etereo to this Community Appreciation Month, the theme of our entire year has very much been in celebrating the collaborative, committed, uniquely accessible “weirdness” that Portland is known for.

The spirit of Portland’s collaborative and welcoming artisanal ethos has been our inspiration for this year’s Community Appreciation Month raffle. This raffle serves as a grand collaboration across artisanal mediums and includes well-loved Portland staples such as Jacobsen Sea Salt, Steven Smith Teamakers, Woodblock Chocolate, Wallflower Coffee, and XRAY.FM. Our grand prize, the Portland Box, also incorporates fragrances from OLO, Siela, Maak Lab, Imaginary Authors, the ever-elusive Slumberhouse, as well as a fragrance and the book Nose Dive by local author/ perfumer Catherine Haley Epstein. Our other themed prize boxes also include offerings from FZOTIC, La Boticá, Rania J, and more. Scroll down further to see full details on our three prize packages.

Explore our blog post about Portland’s fragrance culture and greater community here

*Beginning November 1st, and running through November 30th, every customer who purchases a full-size bottle from us will automatically be entered into our raffle to win one of the three (3) different prize boxes below. Raffle tickets apply to each full bottle purchased, so each bottle purchased will automatically add a raffle ticket on your behalf.

Secondary Prize • The Cozy Box

One community member will also win this beautiful prize box, complete with items from local collaborators and a special contribution from FZOTIC. This prize box will include:

1 x 30 ml bottle of Deixis by FZOTIC

1 x 255 g Detritus Forest Floor Candle by Maak Lab

1 x set of signature palo santo by La Boticá

1 x Cozy Reads discovery set by Imaginary Authors

1 x The Abandoned Mansion soap by Imaginary Authors

1 x Jacobsen Sea Salt Popcorn Trio Seasoning Set

1 x Steven Smith Teamaker x Salt & Straw Limited Edition Ice Cream Royale Tea box

1 x Woodblock Chocolate Enfleurage Resting Chocolate Smith Tea Peppermint 70% Dark

1 x XRAY.FM Hoodie (size Large)

Secondary Prize • The Indulgence Box

A third community member will win this prize box, filled with rich and indulgent offerings from featured local artisan collaborators as well a special contribution from Rania J. This prize box will include:

1 x 50 ml bottle of Musc Moschus by Rani J

1 x 14 ml bottle of A Whiff of Waffle Cone by Imaginary Authors

1 x Vanilla Coffee Grounds Soap by Saponifico Veresino 1945

1 x Jacobsen Sea Salt Salty Chocolate Caramels

1 x Steven Smith Autumn Leaves Teacup Gift Set

1 x Woodblock Chocolate Double Origin Drinking Chocolate

1 x Wallflower Coffee Ethiopia Single-Origin Coffee Beans

 

Explore OLO/ Siela fragrances here

Explore Maak Labs’ various fragrant products and classes here

Explore Imaginary Authors’ fragrances here

Explore Nose Dive by Catherine Haley Epstein here

Explore XRAY.FM here

Explore Jacobsen Sea Salt here

Explore Steven Smith Teamakers here

Explore Woodblock Chocolate here

Explore Wallflower Coffee here

Explore another example of our commitment to community and collaboration (and to snag a ticket if any remain), our upcoming event with PAMCut’s Tomorrow Theater, here