Sippin' and Sniffin' 

"You're going to go to the candle wall behind you and smell 160-170 different scents. Obviously don't smell them all because that would be a lot. On your clipboard you are going to write your favorite 8-10 scents," stated Brianna as you walked through the doors of Scent & Sip. Walking into the doors you get a rush of every different scent you can think of. 

    Brianna explains, "A day in my life is repetitive I would say. There is always people coming in and out of the store interested in what it is. Typically Friday's and Saturday's are our busies day but it all depends on who has made reservations for that day. It starts off with greeting customers and taking them to their seats. Then giving them the spiel on how the process works which basically says - “ first you’re going to start by taking your clipboards and going to the candle wall to smell a bunch of smells and write down your favorite 6 to 8 then once you are done, you are going to take a seat and we will pull out those scents in the bottle form and you’re going to play around until you find the blend of your choice that we will then put into the product of your choosing. After that I help the customers build their blend and products and send them on your way. There are also chores I have to do but it’s not too bad." 

Candle Wall

    The candle wall has about any scent that you can think of. You can tell the scent ologist what smell you are looking for and they will help you pick the right scents to help make your special scent.

   

  Next thing you know a party of 15, 7 year old girls come running into the store screaming and laughing ready to make their products. Brianna tells them to go into the back room through the rusty barn doors that say SCENT AND SIP on them. They all run back into the room and quietly sit in the black chairs ready to get started. You look over and all 15 of the girls have their little brown clipboard in their hands and are scribbling to write down their favorite 5 scents from the candle wall. One girl who had long blond hair down to her hips was down at the far end of the candle wall by herself smelling each and every candle. She had the biggest smile on her face when she finally found her favorite two scent that she is gonna mix together. As I look over in her hands are the candles “Monkey Farts” and “Bubble Gum” in her hand, and next thing you know she is running over to the purple chairs to get ready to start whatever product she is gonna make. 

    "What are we making with these scents," asked Brianna as she handed Chloe a pair of glasses to keep the oils out of her eyes. 

    "I want to make a lather poof!" yelled Chloe, so excited that she almost fell off her chair. 

    "Well I want to make a sugar scrub that has bubblegum and strawberry in it!" shouted the birthday girl from across the other side of the table. 

Front of the Store

   As people walk down the main street of Lansdale they look to their right and see a little shop with decorations in the windows and a sign that reads SCENT & SIP FRAGRANCE LAB. People are wondering what this store involves and what it is all about. There are customers walking in and out of the doors very intrigued on what it is and how it came about. "The history of the place is my mothers high school best friend. He has a wife named Jen. She is the owner of scent and sip. She started this business because she originally worked at QVC but left that because she wanted to do something with healing and scent therapy. Basically, her business is a mix of Bath and Body Works and Painting With a Twist. It's a fun and unique idea that is very creative for everyone. It’s a great concept that has been around for six years now," Brianna exclaimed. Coming into Scent & Sip you can be as creative as you want and everyone has their own favorite smells that makes this process much more meaningful. "I can’t pinpoint one favorite customer, but I can pinpoint all the people that have come to the store over the years and have now become regulars. It’s so nice to see how people have lives outside of this place and they come together with us to make their products, you see all kinds of people and make all new types of friends, so it really is such a great place to work," stated Brianna as she got ready to help out other customers. 

    "I can’t pinpoint one favorite customer, but I can pinpoint all the people that have come to the store over the years and have now become regulars. It’s so nice to see how people have lives outside of this place and they come together with us to make their products. You see all kinds of people and make all new types of friends, so it really is such a great place to work," Brianna stated. Everyday is a new day when it comes to working here. Every customer is different and has their favorite scents that they like. 

Bottles of Scents 

    A family of 6 people enter the store, laughing and carrying on. They come up to the bar and tell the manager- Brianna, who has long thick black hair wearing black leggings and a red sweatshirt that they are here for their reservation. She seats them right at the front of the store on the purple high top chairs with a silver tray in front of them where they will be making their products. Brianna and Payton (another coworker) come walking over quickly to help the family grab their scents. They both walk over to the shelf full of hundreds of brown bottles containing the liquid forms of all the scents in alphabetical order. 

    "Here are all your scents, go back and smell them again and remind yourself of the scents because they are a lot stronger in the bottle forms. You can take one, take two and smell them together to get your unique scent," explained Payton as she held the rest of their bottles in her hands. 

    

    "What if I like all four of these scents together, can I mix that many," laughed Kim, sighing because she wasn't sure if she was on the right track.

    "You can use anywhere from one scent to five scents in any product, it's just up to your preference," Payton elaborated. 

    Scent & Sip offers so many different products and a variety of scents that you can choose from. It is a great place to be yourself and let the creative juices flow. Everyone is very friendly and we allow to have fun with everything that you do. A great place to have birthday parties, bachelorette parties, or get a group together and go and have fun.