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Where scentsy started. 

Scentsy began in 2003 with the powerfully simple idea of aromatic candles, decorative warmers with wax melted by the heat of a light bulb instead of a flame. Colette Gunnell and Kara Egan, Scentsy’s founders, shared Great enthusiasm for the idea and from this  they created a Business partnership and Scentsy was born.

Enter Orville Thompson, who 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 wick less 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.

Orville and Heidi purchased Scentsy from Kara and Colette, Taking the company to Idaho where its first home was a 40-foot ocean-shipping container on his small sheep farm. This 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.

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. In October 2009, Scentsy Took it's first step Internationally and opened up in Canada

2010 brought new honors for the company: Scentsy was included in the Direct Selling News Global 100 list of top direct selling companies, as well as being named the number one consumer products company on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States.

2019 Saw Scentsy's 15th anniversary, By now a recognized industry-leading company. What began in 2003 as a simple idea inspired by ordinary women has since become a thriving international business. Orville and Heidi — along with thousands of Scentsy Consultants and customers — have created something extraordinary that touches thousands of lives each day in profound ways. Orville says it best: “Through the power of our fragrances, the simplicity of our product line, and a deep sense of family at home and at work, we find hope, vision, and an appetite for working hard as a team that binds us together. With Scentsy, we have each found something that speaks to and encourages the best in ourselves and each other.”

Scentsy Corporate HQ

2701 E Pine Ave, Meridian, ID 83642, United States.