Rosebud Perfume Company: News and Links

What's New!

• January 26, 2008: Rosebud Salve is in the 2008 Miss America Pageant Luxury Gift Bag (put together by Wow!Creations), given out at the Gifting Lounge at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas.
• Beauty Splurges & Steals: Insiders' Tips: Beauty Editors Give Their Picks for the Year's Best Buys, By ANNE MARIE DORNING, Dec. 12, 2007, abcnews.com. In the article, Cristina Mueller, senior beauty editor, Lucky magazine, names Smith's Rosebud Salve as one of her top three beauty "steals"
• Autumn 2007: The Rosebud Perfume Company and Sephora have teamed up to create a fabulous New Product, Brambleberry Rose! Available exclusively at Sephora!
• October 23, 2007, Katherine Heigl: Ready for her close-up, by Rory Evans (Instyle.com). Quote from this article: IS: What do you always carry in your bag? KH: Powder, because I get shiny. And lip balm, either the Smith's Rosebud Salve or C.O. Bigelow's Mentha Lip Shine in Black Cherry Soda from Bath & Body Works. It's shiny with a little shimmer and tastes so good.
• October 2007, Smith's Rosebud Salve is in the artist gift bags for the 10th Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor celebrating Billy Crystal. Artists recieving the bags included Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters and Robert De Niro.
• May 29, 2007, The Sweet Balm of Success, by Jon Stewart, Frederick News Post (photos by Skip Lawrence)

Company and Historical Links and News

• Spring 2007: The Rosebud Perfume Company donates products to benefit Doorways for Women & Families. You may read more about the annual charity event, see photos, or view a list of all donors to the 2007 Silent auction.
• BeautyNewsNYC.com, Feb 2007, "La Vie En Rose" includes Smith's Rosebud Salve in its list of top products that contain the essence of Rose.
• Autumn 2006: The Rosebud Perfume Company and Sephora have teamed up to create a fabulous New Product! Available exclusively at Sephora for the first year, Minted Rose combines our tradition rose oils with pepperment oils to create a new, refreshing lip balm.
• The Frederick News-Post, Sunday March 20, 2005, Church home to museum filled with area history describes the South Mountain Historical Society's building, which is slowly being filled with local wares, including tins of Rosebud Salve which used to be sold across the street at S.L.Brown's store.
• September 2002: Ethel Cutshall, age 94, celebrates her 80th anniversary working for the Rosebud Perfume Company and is recognized as part of the 2002 Outstanding Older Employees Program as part of Experience Works Prime Time Awards Program in the nation's capital (Washington DC). This program is sponsored by ExperienceWorks.com. Another program award recipient discusses the program in a related article.
• "Remembering Rosebud: Still thriving after all of these Years," from Frederick Magazine, September 2002
• Chicago Sun-Times, January 9, 2000, Magic Potion
• The Washington Post, June 28, 1999, 107 Years Later, a Family Still Stops to Sell the Rosebud
  [Alternate link for same article, just in case Washington Post ever archives it.]
• The NewspaperArchive.com website has several articles in it, but it is nearly impossible for me to link directly to them. Go to the site and search for key words "rosebud perfume company woodsboro maryland history" and you should get several hits.

Made in U.S.A. Resources and Sites (to help locate other manufacturers of USA products)

• Made in USA.org: http://www.madeinusa.org
• Made in USA: http://www.madeinusa.com
• Still Made in USA: http://www.stillmadeinusa.com

Maryland Information and Links

• Maryland municipal write-up on Woodsboro, MD, including information on the history of the Hotel building that now houses Rosebud Salve.
• Official Woodsboro, Maryland Town Website with general information on the area.
• The Baltimore Sun, A well-seasoned look: The packaging of other food brands may change with the times, but Old Bay's familiar tin endures." Old Bay is a kindred spirit to Rosebud; a Maryland company that has been around a long time and continues to use the 'old style' packaging. Old Bay was bought by McCormick & Co. in 1990 but they haven't tampered with the product or tried to 'improve' it. area.

Other Links of Interest and Misc. Information

• Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe, a novel by Fannie Flag, references the company on p. 159 (depending on the print). Fannie Flag is a distant relation to parts of the Smith family and spent some time in Woodsboro, MD, visiting members of the family. "... better if they didn't know I was here. I'm just passing through on business, I'm a traveling saleswoman for the Rosebud Perfume Company." "You are?" "Yes. And I've got a few more stops to make before I get back home, so ..."
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