The Scentsy Story...

 

Colette Gunnell, of Centerville, Utah and Kara Egan of Holladay, Utah, were busy mom's looking for a safer and healthier alternative to wick candles.  These two remarkable ladies are sister-in-laws and they combined their efforts to create a unique product which resulted in the formation of Scentsy in 2003. 

 

Then came along Orville Thompson, who first encountered Scentsy at a home show in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2004. When Orville saw the candles made by this tiny Utah company, he immediately knew they had huge potential.  Sensing there was something special about the wickless candle concept, he brought a handful of testers home to his wife, Heidi, and her mother and sister. After introducing them to the testers, he left them alone. When he returned an hour later, the women were still smelling the testers, laughing and sharing memories.

 

Orville was intrigued by how smelling different scents brought powerful emotions and memories to the surface, and how natural it was to share those feelings and memories with others.

 

Within months, Orville and Heidi approached the duo and purchased Scentsy from Kara and Colette.  A deal was made and they brought the company to Idaho in May 2005 where its first home was literally a metal box. Orville had a 40-foot ocean shipping container on his small sheep farm, which housed Scentsy’s manufacturing and shipping operations for several months.

Orville and Heidi decided to market and sell Scentsy products directly to consumers through home parties. On July 1, 2004, Scentsy signed its first consultant and officially became a direct selling “Party Plan” company.  With Orville's direction and business experience, Scentsy has continued to grow at a phenomenal rate, breaking records and setting the pace for Scentsy to become a leader in the candle industry. 

Now celebrating its sixth anniversary, Scentsy is a recognized industry-leading company. In 2009 the Direct Selling Association awarded Scentsy its highest honor available to young companies, the Rising Star Award, for its growth and commitment to ethical business practices.

With more than 100,000 Independent Scentsy Consultants throughout North America, Puerto Rico and Guam, Scentsy is poised to lead the industry for the next five years and beyond.

What began in 2004 as a simple idea has truly grown into something extraordinary and touches thousands of lives each day.  

If you would like to buy Scentsy Products or Learn more about the Scentsy Business Opportunity, please feel free to Contact Me. 

I look forward to hearing from you.

Katie Jones

Scentsy SuperStar Director & Founding Member