Natural Perfumers Guild member Mandy Aftel Announces Advanced Natural Perfume Workbooks

Our Advanced Natural Perfume Workbook is a comprehensive self-guided tutorial in natural perfume creation for advanced students.The 400 page Advanced Workbook is divided into two volumes which are purchased as a set. The purpose of doing the exercises…

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The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 Can Hurt Your Small Business

Vote Down H.R. 3997, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 If you own a small business - and I know this blog is read by a lot of small business owners in the cosmetics and beauty industries - please be aware that the “bailout” bill being pr…

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Perfumer? Body Care Business? Own a Small Business? Oppose the “bailout” proposal for the US.

Vote Down H.R. 3997, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008If you own a small business - and I know this blog is read by a lot of small business owners in the cosmetics and beauty industries - please be aware that the “bailout” bill being pro…

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The Depth and Breadth of Resources on Learning Perfumery at Anya’s Garden Online Course

I have been reviewing and updating the Online Perfumery Course website in anticipation of the new semester starting October 6th. You can read more indepth about what is offered at my perfume website.The realization that what you’ll find on the perfume …

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Arlys Naturals Announces New Stock of Sweetgrass Hydrosol is on Sale

Natural Perfumers Guild Supplier Arlys Naturals Is Offering the Freshest Distillation of Sweetgrass Hydrosol - More Due in Next MonthSweetgrass Hydrosol(Hierochloe odorata)Class: OrganicOrigin: CanadaProcess: Steam DistilledDescription: While there is …

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Natural Perfumers Guild Perfumers to be Featured in Sniffapalooza magazine

Guild President Anya McCoy is pleased to announce that Sniffapalooza Magazine Editor Raphaella Bresica Barkley has announced that she is going to feature each of the Guild Perfumers in upcoming issues of the magazine. Raphaella has often featured natur…

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The Natural Perfumers Guild Perfumers to be Featured in Sniffapalooza Magazine

Guild President Anya McCoy is pleased to announce that Sniffapalooza Magazine Editor Raphaella Bresica Barkley has announced that she is going to feature each of the Guild Perfumers in upcoming issues of the magazine. Raphaella has often featured natur…

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A Time for Charity and Compassion - And Animal Rescue Has Come a Long Way!

Sad Scene from Hurricane Katrina 2005 - God Bless the Animal Rescue Plans in Place in 2008!We all know the horrifying stories: When Katrina hit in 2005, many people drowned because they refused to leave their beloved family pets behind, and when the wa…

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Newbie member of Natural Perfumery group posts message #1000, wins rare aromatics

Natural Perfumery Group on Yahoo is very active, with over 1600 members, 15 new ones in the past week alone, and over 1000 messages this month!Lucky Linda from Iowa introduced herself as a newbie member of the Yahoo group for Natural Perfumery that I’v…

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My response to Ruth Ruane - quoting her and her past actions

My Primer for my online natural perfumery course is copyrighted.Ruth Ruane aka White Witch is a former student and former member of the huge NP group I host who has been posting, without permission, and in violation of a copyright notice, excerpts of t…

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Natural Perfumers Guild Founder Mandy Aftel to Participate in Slow Food Nation Event in San Francisco September 1, 2008

Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes will present the scented side of food at an event on Monday, September 1, 2008 at Coi Restaurant, along with Chef Daniel Patterson of Coi, who co-authored the book Aroma with Mandy. You can read more about the event here.

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Natural Perfumers Guild Member Cropwatch Warns of Oakmoss Being Banned in Europe

The EU Moves Closer to Banning OakmossCedarmoss growing on Cedrus atlantica in High Atlas, Morocco.Picture: T. BurfieldIs the sale and use of fragrant lichen commoditiesto become virtually illegal in Europe?From the forthcoming Cropwatch Newsletter &am…

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Not perfume, just fun and had to share - Lulu the Lulupalooza kitty

I submitted this photo to the famous LOLCats site, I can has cheezburger, and it’s in the queue, but I just wanted to share it with y’all in a rare non-perfumed post. Lulu is the apple of my eye, the most amazing sweet crazy kitty ever. She’ll be four …

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Noted Aromatherapist and Natural Perfumer Jeanne Rose Offering A Series of Classes

Jeanne Rose NATURAL PERFUMERY CLASSES STARTING IN FEBRUARY 2009In February, 2009, Jeanne Rose will begin a series of classes,starting with Botanical Blending and proceeding through theintricacies of Natural Botanical Perfumery. If you sign up for all …

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Plants Hunters and Helpful Hands in Natural Perfumery

Gardenia flowerWhen I was in school studying Economic Botany, (scroll down) I reveled in tales of the Plant Hunters. These were adventurous botanists who traveled to remote regions looking for plants that would be useful to us. Many focused on medicina…

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Updated Syllabus for Anya’s Garden Online Basic Natural Perfumery Course - Fall 2008

Anya’s Garden Online Basic Natural Perfumery Course Syllabus, Goals and Objectives revised August 20, 2008The previously-published syllabus did not include the topics in the Study Modules of the online class website. They are in…

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Anya’s Garden of Natural Perfume Launches First-Ever Handmade Recycled Paper Perfume Boxes Embedded With Wildflower Seeds - Flowers for You!

Anya’s Garden Packages with Handmade Boxes Created from Sustainable Nepalese “Daphne” Plant and Recycled USA Fibers mixed with USA Wildflower Seeds*plant and grow a wildflower garden with the box!*~~~ 15% off everything in Anya’s Garden to Celebrate -…

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A Perfumer’s life can get so busy - with so much great stuff going on!

A perfumer can sometimes dream - or daydream - of little dots/drops - and the dance of the aromatic molecules. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, those drops coalesce into a perfume - a cornucopia of rewards of scent, time and place. They can be imagined as p…

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Natural Perfumers Guild Founder Mandy Aftel Interviewed Live on Martha Stewart Radio Tuesday August 12, 2008

Mandy Aftel will discuss natural perfumes live on Martha Stewart radio Tuesday, Aug 12, 2008 at 7a.m. PT and 10a.m. ET, USA. Here is a link to the Martha Stewart site http://www.marthastewart.com/radio/whole-livingThe show will be broadcast on Sirius r…

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Natural Perfumers Guild Associate Member Basenotes Named in the “Top 50 Websites” by Men’s Vogue Magazine

Men’s Vogue Recognizes Guild Member Basenotes as a Lifestyle Website “Top 50″Basenotes, originally started by Grant Osborne in August 2000 as a site to chat about men’s fragrances, evolved over the years to become one of the perfume world’s premier sit…

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The Natural Perfumers Guild Redesigned Website is Launched 8/8/08

The Natural Perfumers Guild website is relaunched today with a new design more reflective of the botanical nexus of the aromatics used in the creation of natural perfumes. Streamlined and artistic, the site offers the visitor a dazzling array of galler…

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About That Clean, Fresh Scent

What Madison Avenue Touts to the Detriment of Health - from Cigarettes to Plug-In Air “Fresheners” et alJust a quick follow up to the previous blog on chemical sensitivities causing problems for perfumistas. This appeared a few days ago in the Washingt…

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Perfume Seems to be Doing some Perfumistas In - Bloggers Report on Having to Stop Wearing Perfume

Synchronicity has struck. In one day I stumbled upon three perfume bloggers who have written how they have either had to stop using perfume altogether, or at least drastically cut back on their use of perfume. I was idly searching back through the Urba…

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Natural Perfumers Guild Perfumer AbdesSalaam Attar Launches New Fragrance - Cologne of the Emperor - Cologne de l’Empereur

AbdesSalaam Attar, Professional Perfumer in the Natural Perfumers Guild Announces the Launch of a New Fragrance Cologne de l’EmpereurCologne of the EmperorThe best classical colognes are fresh accords of citruses, Lavender and green characteristic note…

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JoAnne Bassett, Professional Perfumer in the Natural Perfumers Guild, Launches Bath and Body Care Line

July 23, 2008 JoAnne Bassett launches a new Bath and Body care line to compliment her natural fragrances. All of the fragrances now have matching Luxury Silk Lotion, Luxury Ultra Thick Crème, Luxury Shower Gel, and Luxury Body and Bath O…

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JoAnne Bassett, Professional Perfumer in the Natural Perfumers Guild, Launches Bath and Body Care Line

July 23, 2008 JoAnne Bassett launches a new Bath and Body care line to compliment her natural fragrances. All of the fragrances now have matching Luxury Silk Lotion, Luxury Ultra Thick Crème, Luxury Shower Gel, and Luxury Body and Bath O…

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Mary Forrest of Secret Garden Soap Featured in Gainesville Times

Natural Perfumers Guild Charter Member Mary Forrest of Secret Garden Soap was recently featured in an online pictorial illustrating the soap making process in the Gainesville Times.The article is a fact-filled description of the proper way to create ho…

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The Natural Perfumers Guild Joins in the Effort to Stop the FDA’s Global Harmonization Act of 2008

Anya McCoy, President of the Guild, took part in a telephone conference today that had as its core focus addressing the harmful effects the FDA Global Harmonization Act of 2008 will have on small body care and toiletry businesses. If implemented, this …

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Sign the Petition - Fight the Planned Destruction of Small Cosmetics Companies by Global Harmonization

You don’t have to be Einstein to recognize the disastrous effect this unfair corporate-sponsored Act will have on the small independent business owners who make cosmetics, perfumes and other body care products.STOP THE FDA GLOBAL HARMONIZATION ACT OF 2…

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Pre-Registration for Fall 2008 Online Natural Perfumery Course

Anya’s Online Basic Natural Perfumery Course - Registration BeginningCurrently there are 40+ students enrolled in the Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 course. Read some of the testimonials from them, below. More available upon request.Enroll now for the Fall …

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Pre-Registration for Fall 2008 Online Natural Perfumery Course

From the latest issue of Anya’s Garden Newsletter, July 2008:Anya’s Online Basic Natural Perfumery Course - Registration BeginningCurrently there are 40+ students enrolled in the Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 course. Enroll now for the Fall 2008 session.Wh…

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Interview with Anya McCoy on Perfume Critic

The interview was conducted a few months ago, and Part 1 appeared soon after. The current intstallment is Part 2, and I must say that Marlen, an old Internet buddy who went on to found Perfume Critic really made me feel welcome and opened me up convers…

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Anya’s Garden is Giving Goats - and Grants

Earlier today my assistant Giselle blogged on the Natural Perfumers Guild blog about a microgrant program that is being started to provide assistance to growers and distillers of botanical aromatics worldwide. The Guild will help those involved in our …

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The perfume of Aglaia odorata in the garden - more Independence Day for perfumers

I adore neroli, but the neroli that is what we call the essential oil distilled from the blossoms of Citrus aurantium does not compare to the scent of those blossoms in the garden. I first created a natural tincture/absolute of those blossoms about 30 …

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Independence Day as part of a business plan - Protecting Perfume at the Source

Jasmine sambac “Grand Duke of Tuscany” from my gardenAs an artisan who grows much of her botanical aromatics, I made a conscious decision not to rely on the vagaries of the open market for many of my supplies. Of course, I have to buy concretes, absolu…

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Getting Your Goat - Perfume Musk that is Fragrance without Guilt

Back in 2006, I revealed that I was using a new form of animal musk scent in my perfumes, one that was tinctured from the hair of a rutting billy goat. The adorable goat, Frontrunner, donated some of the hair from the area where his scent glands are lo…

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Will Lapaz of Eden Botanicals - Guest Q&A Expert in Anya’s Garden class

On Saturday, June 28th, students in both the Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 online class were able to ask an expert in the field of natural aromatics numerous questions in a “live chat” session. From Australia to Denmark, through numerous time zones, the st…

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Guild member Avery Gilbert interviewed on NPR radio

Avery Gilbert, psychologist and scent scientist, was interviewed on NPR radio recently. From the NPR site: How do chemistry, biology and psychology come together to create what people perceive as an aroma? Psychologist, smell scientist and entrepreneu…

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Natural Perfumers Guild Member Allured Publishing - Great Discounts on books 20% off through the end of December 2008

The Steffen Arctander book Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin is widely regarded as the natural perfumers bible. Click here for the Arctander book on Allured.comCoupon code: anyaperfume which offers 20% on all Allured books has been extend…

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Scent Scientist and Author Avery Gilbert Joins the Natural Perfumers Guild

Noted scent scientist, author and lecturer Dr. Avery Gilbert has joined the Natural Perfumers Guild as an Associate. The Guild is welcoming the most notable perfumers, authors, aromatherapists, organizations, suppliers and associated professionals to i…

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Natural Perfumery Group - Sixth Anniversary

Natural Perfumery Yahoo group - Sixth Anniversary, 1500+ members strongIn 2000, I started a perfumery group on the old idma.com server. It was populated by about two dozen folks that I knew from aromatherapy and fashion groups, and it served its purpo…

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The Natural Perfumers Guild Releases a Position Paper on Defining Natural Perfumery and Self Regulation in the Industry

For the past few months a number of people have contributed to a document that both strives to help define natural perfumery and has self regulation of the industry as goals. The approach we decided on by general concensus was to take a very gentle app…

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Steve Earl Responds to Jean Pierre Subrenat of the World Perfumery Congress - 2007

To view the quotes and the context for this blog, please visit my article on Basenotes wherein I trace my take on the evolution of acceptance of natural perfumery in the past few years. What triggered my article was a published account of the closing s…

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Steve Earl Responds to Jean Pierre Subrenat of the World Perfumery Congress - 2007

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In Search of Scentless Ben (Oil) ;-)

Posted earlier today on various groups I host on Yahoo and one I don’t, but my friend’s group is dedicated to oils and herbs:No, it’s not a man, and if he was, I guess he’d be like the killer in Perfume, the book/movie. The image is of a camel providin…

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The Three Stages of Public Acceptance of Natural Perfumery - My latest article on Basenotes

I had a lot of fun writing this article looking back on the past three years that natural perfumery has had a presence on the Internet. I hope you enjoy reading it and look forward, as I do, to the ongoing development and acceptance of our naturally-fr…

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The Three Stages of Public Acceptance of Natural Perfumery - Natural Perfumers Guild President Anya McCoy’s latest article on Basenotes

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