How about a tiny deep dive into how we do “Seasons” when it comes to our JÖL for Home items?
Great, because that is what this post is all about.
First up, why we do “SEASONS”
For two, very big, reasons: 1. To offer more choices. 2. Some scents capture certain times of the year more so than any other. Despite the fact that some folks love those scents year round, it can be costly for a business to maintain inventory of everything they can offer year round. It just makes sense to offer some scents for a time of the year where those scents will have increased interest or demand.
Up to this point we have produced candles in 24 unique scents and we are adding 4 more this Autumn. So far, 3 of our scents have been reworked to improve the smell we were aiming for. It would be a huge task for us to offer those year round. As we head into the next Season, we will have 16 scents to choose from! With any Limited Engagement Scents included, we could have one or two more.
Limited Engagement Scents
We introduced some limited edition scents this year. These are scents that may have some special situations behind them. Maybe they are to celebrate or acknowledge something or someone. Possible it is to offer a scent that we like and want to see if you like it too before we decided on whether or not to keep it on permanently. Then there are one off inspired creations that are special and meaningful to us that we opt to share. These are things that are essentially vanity projects, like our Ancient Elements Collection. Any of the Limited Engagement offerings are made in one batch and then made available to you. Once we sell the last one, it may be permanently retired or place in moratorium until we feel it needs to come around again. If there is enough affection thrown towards one of these, we may decide to add it to a Season or keep it on Year Round.
How our seasons work:
We have set target dates of when a season starts and when it ends. The seasons break up the calendar into 5 periods that may overlap. There are two important components to our Seasons: the period of when we plan to have the selected scents available for any given season, and the last date we produce it for that cycle. Once the date arrives for the new season to start, remaining inventory of the out-going season is pulled for in person sales only. Being that are candles are kept air tight, we can safely store them until their season returns. We cease production to let existing inventory sell down until the day we introduce the next season.
Here is how we break down the SEASONS
- SPRING Scents are made available to sell March 1st.
- SUMMER Scents: May 1st.
- AUTUMN Scents: September 1st.
- WINTER & HOLIDAY Scents: October 1st.
Production of the seasons end on these dates:
- SPRING and SUMMER Scents cease production by August 1st;
- HOLIDAY scents end by December 10th.
- AUTUMN/WINTER Scents end production by February 1st.
Some questions we get:
Q: How do I get to test the new scents?
If you can’t catch us in person at an event. order a Candle Fragrance Sampler. This collection of scent wafers includes every currently available scent as well as any off seasons scents for which we still have wafers. At this time, we do not offer packs for each season or category. If you had ordered a set in the past, you will get some duplicates. With the purchase of a $2 Sampler Collection you will receive a $2 Off Coupon for a future Candle Purchase – making it essentially free. We do suggest adding the Sampler onto an order of other items as it does have a separate shipping fee when shipped on its own.
Q: Would we make an “Off Season” scent for a special order?
This may not be possible. We often produce a scent until we run out of the scent ingredients we have on hand. So, the chances of us having the scent on hand is very slim. Our production runs are getting to be more managed where we buy for what we plan to make and sell and then make that many. We have a very small space where we store our goods, we can’t keep everything on hand at all times. To order enough to satisfy a small custom order, the prices we normally sell at cannot be guaranteed. In fact, they are likely to be 20% higher as our per unit price increases dramatically the less we buy. Custom Orders is not something we offer through our website and can only be done through contact us.
Q: Is this “SEASONS” format the same for other products?
No. This is only specific to JÖL for Home scented items: candles, room sprays and wax melts. Other JÖL items that are made to compliment JÖL for Home are made within the same season but may not be available at the start of the season and will be treated like Limited Engagement scents: a solitary batch is made and when sold out it is gone until next time – whenever or if ever that may be. Beard Care will not have all the same scents for any particular season and availability is not as clearly defined. We are ending the “seasonal” scents for Beard Care and move to a grouping of Custom Scented offerings for OIL FIVE, BULWARK and The ORIGINAL BEARD BUTTER. There will be our standard list of scents that will always be available, then a listing for Scent to Order customs that will also carry a premium. Our list of Scent to Order scents will fluctuate and have some seasonality but not tied to any seasonal schedule as we defined above.
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