Sometimes I’m not in the mood for your typical holiday scent, especially after the holiday, like this coming week. Here are two that are fitting the bill right now.

TOCCA Candle in Brigitte ($36/10.6oz @ nordstrom.com) – combines ginger, rhubarb and papaya. Surprisingly pleasant.

SLATKIN & CO. Scented Candle in Autumn ($9.50/4oz, $19.50/14.5oz @ bathandbodyworks.com) – blends the lush smells of red delicious apples, fig and notes of fir balsam and rich cedarwood.

Disclosure: Samples of these items were provided to Cybelesays.com for review purposes.

The holidays are a great time to try a new candle lines and scents. You’ll be expecting company and can seem totally in the know on the candle front so mix it up by burning one with a unique scent. Here are a few recommendations.

 TOCCA Holiday Candela – Cortina ($46/11oz = 60 hours @ nordstrom.com) - Elemi Wood and crisp Pine spiked with wood.

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HONEY facts:

• In order to produce 1 pound of honey, 2 million flowers must be visited.
• Honey is fat free, cholesterol free and sodium free.
• Not only is it quite soothing on minor burns, but can help combat infection and minimize scarring.

So using HONEY in beauty products seems like a natural fit, right? Here are some we love that love us right back in Part II of our on-going feature on products that exploit HONEY.

1. TOCCA Body Wash in Cleopatra ($19/8oz @ tocca.com)
2. AROMA M Geisha Blanche Eau de Parfum ($80/1.7oz @ luckyscent.com)
3. JUNE JACOBS Pore Refining Oatmeal Scrub ($38/3.7oz @ dermstore.com)
4. THE BODY DELI Oatmeal and Honey Masque ($24/2oz @ thebodydeli.com)
5. LUSH Bath Bomb in Honey Bee ($6.15/6.3oz @ amazon.com)

This perfume is a tribute to the woman I have always revered and looked up to for being the original queen of beauty ~ Cleopatra! TOCCA has done it again with the sensual, unique fragrance of Cleopatra Eau De Parfum. This gorgeous scent has notes of orange, jasmine petals, cassis, tuberose, white peach, patchouli, green leaves and dark amber. Ah, it’s the amber that gets me every time! It makes a statement that says I am confident, sexy, strong and beautiful.  What more could you ask for in a fragrance?  Find it for $68/1.7oz @ sephora.com. ~Lisa