Clothes Pegs Required
from Zita @ White Witch Perfumers JournalYesterday evening, I made three stinky blends! And, why am I telling you? So that you can learn from my mistakes of course and not waste one drop of franginpani absolute more than you have to.Here are three blends not to make, ever!Blend # 1I called it…
Read the rest here: Clothes Pegs RequiredSantal de Mysore
from Jenny @ Perfume makingChaya who comment her often sent me some samples of wonderful perfumes and Santal de Mysore was one of them. Thank you Chaya! When I first smelled this perfume I was in love. Serge Lutens (see photo left) launched this perfume in 2001. Serge lutens, se…
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from Lucy @ indieperfumesA perfume material made from the seeds of a marsh mallow, or hibiscus plant in India, it is often used as a vegetable substitute for musk from animal sources. It has a more floral, sweet smell than deer musk and comes into its own on warm skin, not ha…
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from Anya @ Anya's Garden of Natural PerfumeryBasenotes invited both Tony Burfield and spokespersons from IFRA to comment on the recent public dissent between the two organizations, after Burfield’s Cropwatch issued the call for a boycott of IFRA’s 40th Amendment. You may read down further to past…
Read the rest here: Basenotes Publishes Article by Tony Burfield on IFRA and EU regsAccords in perfumes
from Jenny @ Perfume makingIn perfumery we talk about accords like in music you use the term chords. A chord in music is made from different tones but together they sound like a single tone or note because they have a harmony.It’s the same in perfumery; an accord is made of diff…
Read the rest here: Accords in perfumesGalbanun & Labdanum
from Lucy @ indieperfumesThese are perfume materials that have been used since ancient times and often for medicinal and spiritual purposes. Both are listed in the Bible as components of the incense to be burned before the tabernacle. Both used in modern perfumes of the Chyp…
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from Anya @ Anya's Garden of Natural PerfumeryAnother of the short, fun, or informative posts I’ve been making for the past few days…here’s some great news.Several of the European natural perfumers are taking action and proposing a NP conference in the next year to year and a half in Europe. It’…
Read the rest here: First European Natural Perfumery ConferenceWhich Norse God or Goddess are You? Just having some weekend fun …. Freya is looking down lovingly at the little boy in the previous blog post ;-)
from Anya @ Anya's Garden of Natural PerfumeryYou scored as Freya.You Scored 100% as FreyaWhich Norse God or Goddess are you most like?created with QuizFarm
Read the rest here: Which Norse God or Goddess are You? Just having some weekend fun …. Freya is looking down lovingly at the little boy in the previous blog post ;-)A Glimpse Inside My World
from Zita @ White Witch Perfumers JournalThis is a detail from my perfumers organ, Gandalf is gatekeeper! I like painting miniature cast figures, I did the 9 companions from The Fellowship Of The Ring. Each figure takes about 4 hours to paint if one pays close attention to detail. When I am o…
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from Anya @ Anya's Garden of Natural PerfumeryI need to relax. Next week I’m going to post on frivolous, fun, fragrant stuff. The IFRA/EU Global Harmonization is coming, it’ll change the way, or the ability, to continue business for many artisan perfumers. I’ll work on it behind the scenes, but yo…
Read the rest here: Boy, do I need a respite from all this political stuffThreat to Artisan Perfumers
from Lucy @ indieperfumesThe access to and use of natural essences and materials for perfume is under serious threat by the proposed IFRA 40th Amendment, which establishes industry standards that would disastrously affect artisans making perfume in this country and elsewhere. …
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Shout with us! We need your voice!
from Zita @ White Witch Perfumers JournalRemember my post “Shock and Disbelief”? Well at the end there was a plea for you to vote and support cropwatch, the last part of that post went like this: Support is needed here, I fear that upon finding my path in life (natural perfumery), it will be …
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from Zita @ White Witch Perfumers JournalHappy Valentines Day!I took a break last night from my serious and complex work in progress ‘Match Made in Heaven’. It gets rather emotional in my studio at ‘Match Made in Heaven’ peak blending times. Let me tell you, Rose was not happy a happy woman,…
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from Lucy @ indieperfumesIt has turned icy cold here, and we need to protect our faces when we walk into the sleet and icy winds. Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize, with whatever works for you. What works for me is a thin coating of organic jojoba oil that sinks into the sk…
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from Anya @ Anya's Garden of Natural PerfumeryPOLL CLOSED AGAIN. No explanation, no links left. So, the following post is moot, but the situation is interesting.Perfumer and Flavorist magazine has decided to extend the poll by reopening it for votes. The new deadline is March 5th. You can read the…
Read the rest here: UPDATE Feb. 15, 2007 Cropwatch v. IFRA 40th Amendment Poll Reopened — no, actually, it’s been closed unceremoniouslyPink lotus
from Jenny @ Perfume makingThis painting perfectly shows how pink lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) possesses an amazing ability to flourish in a variety of environments ranging from clear ponds to muddy marshes. How can the flowers be so pure and delicate above the waters while its roo…
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from Anya @ Anya's Garden of Natural PerfumeryPlease note that there is a detailed FAQ on this issue, linked at the end of the press release.-Boycott Called to Halt Adoption of International Fragrance Association’s (IFRA) 40th Amendment by UK-based Watchdog Organization Cropwatch Gains Momentum …
Read the rest here: Press Release and FAQ issued on Boycott of IFRA’s 40th AmendmentMmmm
from Jenny @ Perfume makingToday I spent my day on sniffing all kinds of wonderful perfumes. Chaya who comment here often was so kind to sent me some real wonderful samples of perfume. I will review some of them later. I also sniffed the perfumes we swap on my Perfumemaking grou…
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from Lucy @ indieperfumesHere comes Valentine’s Day next week, fast upon us, and here are a number of suggestions for gifts, ranging in price and style.The color of roses for V-Day is generally red, but I think a color appropriate for an intense relationship that doesn’t quite…
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from Lucy @ indieperfumesIn European culture, the appreciation of subtle perfume began in France, before the French Revolution, among the aristocracy, in the years right before their destruction. The Seventeenth Century was very marked by a desire for heavy, animalic scents co…
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from Lucy @ indieperfumesOne of the most uplifting things that can happen in Winter is to come inside from a grey dreary cold day into a warm room that has a large fresh fragrant floral bouquet, or to run into someone wearing a wonderfully floral fragrance. I was fortunate eno…
Read the rest here: Floral Fragrances for WinterI’ve been as sick as a dawg!
from Zita @ White Witch Perfumers JournalWhere have I been all week? Struck down with the ‘flu! Thats where. I think it must be 10 years since I was so ill. I won’t bore you with the details but today is the first day I can say I feel almost like Me! And as for my nose, well the only thing my…
Read the rest here: I’ve been as sick as a dawg!This List Ain’t Peanuts - 130 - 200 Oils Headed for Restriction or Prohibition
from Anya @ Anya's Garden of Natural PerfumeryPeanuts can kill. To those who have a severe allergy, merely inhaling the dust, or eating a mouthful of food with peanuts in it, can die within minutes from severe anaphylactic shock. Parents of vulnerable children check every day the child is carrying…
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