August 14th, 2008 — , Creme de Peche, New Perfume, white witch from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
There’s something about peaches.One of my favourite books as a child was about a giant peach and one of my most vivid romantic memories from childhood is about peaches. I stayed in London with my sister during the summer holidays when I was 12 years ol…
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August 13th, 2008 — , Aftelier, Anya McCoy, NPG, Strange Invisible Perfumes, alexandra balahoutis, mandy aftel, natural perfumers guild from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
On the 11th of February 2008, I purchased some ‘gardenia absolute’ from a natural perfumer who was officially named as ‘Friend of the Guild’ on the 29th of March 2008. Note *The Guild in this case is the Natural Perfumers Guild owned by Anya McCoy.And …
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August 9th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, passion from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
Passion, life and breath, they go together. Passion is a force that comes from the heart into the breath. It is raw emotion finding a release through life. Without passion there is no art. Through emotion, imagination and passion the perfumer breathes …
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July 30th, 2008 — , Mimosa, fairy folk, white witch from Zita @ +Scented Soap Opera
Mimosa is a sylph, she guards the winds and the earth. She dances and makes a storm, she sings and makes the sky blue. Her mind is clear and her heart is open. She creates dreams and eases nightmares. Mimosa is a muse in herself. When she is near new i…
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July 24th, 2008 — , Rose, jasmine, ruth ruane, white witch from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
Phytonic rose extract - South Africa (damascena): Gorgeous toffee caramel sweet rose with spicy green undertones.Phytonic rose extract from musk rose- South Africa: Deep sultry rose, moody and luscious.Rose leaf absolute -South Africa: Sweet green hay-…
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July 21st, 2008 — , hydro-distillation, tuberose, white witch from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
I married an alchemist and that does have it’s advantages. Last week we extracted tuberose absolute using hydro-distillation.Here is the tuberose concrete just beginning to melt. Tuberose concrete is a solid waxy substance, yellow in color.Here the wa…
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July 19th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, fairy folk, orris root from Zita @ +Scented Soap Opera
I’m in a meadow, there is a soft breeze about my face. The sun is warm on my head and shoulders. I walk to the old oak tree and lean against it. It’s summer and the shade is welcome. The heat of the day floats around my bare legs and I can hear the dr…
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July 1st, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, gifts, natural beauty, new white witch site, white witch from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
Launched on the 21st of June. We had a few creases to iron out and at last we are READY for you all.So What’s New?Earn 50 points when you register as a customer. Old customers will have to re-register on the website, but will be rewarded with 50 points…
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June 20th, 2008 — , Anya McCoy, Anya McCoy's Natural Perfumery Group, Anya McCoys Natural Perfumers Guild, Anya's Garden, Anyas garden natural perfumery class, natural perfumers guild from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
NOW there are 83 comments on my post! Anya McCoy has written to my ISP suggesting that the the anonymous posts are written by myself! I did not write a single anonymous post and I published every comment that came in, please note there is not one that …
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June 15th, 2008 — , natural perfume, new white witch site from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
Only 6 Days to go to the launch of the all new White Witch® website New Site Launch on the 21st of June!New White Witch shop will be open for business from 12.00 midnight on the 20th of June. Business as usual at whitewitch.ieFree points to all new re…
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June 13th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumes, all natural, poetry about perfume from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
in the center, a small heartchanging, growingfor ages…life force…the circle. Nature is our cloak.
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June 11th, 2008 — from Zita @ +Scented Soap Opera
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May 30th, 2008 — , Anya McCoy, Anya McCoy's Natural Perfumery Group, Anya McCoys Natural Perfumers Guild, Anya's Garden, Anyas garden natural perfumery class, natural perfumers guild from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
PLEASE READ THE 70 Comments Following my post!For your information, I have published every single comment that came in. There was not one that could defend what Anya McCoy did. I believe in freedom of speech, if someone can defend her actions, let us h…
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May 25th, 2008 — from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
While I am creating perfumes I find my brain slips into alpha mode. My imagination runs riot and I feel myself becoming totally and completely absorbed in my work. Like meditating and making love it makes me forget myself. I know when I am in the zone …
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May 24th, 2008 — , Anya McCoy, anya's garden primer, natural perfumers guild, natural perfumery classes from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
By this stage I am sure that the author of the primer, Ms McCoy will have recruited a few individuals to feel sorry for her. I say to those individuals, please stop and think for a moment. What I am doing needs to be done. What I am saying needs to be …
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May 24th, 2008 — , Anya McCoy, anya's garden primer, natural perfumers guild, natural perfumery classes from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
By this stage I am sure that the author of the primer, Ms McCoy will have recruited a few individuals to feel sorry for her. I say to those individuals, stop and think for a moment. What I am doing needs to be done. What I am saying needs to be said. W…
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May 24th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, Perfume Critic, st patricks avenue from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
The story takes an interesting twist. Writing this episode brought me back to the days in the 90’s when the scandal broke out about the bishop of Galway, Bishop Eamon Casey. Casey was a vocal opponent of US foreign policy in Nicaragua and as a result o…
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May 19th, 2008 — , Anya McCoy, Anya McCoys Natural Perfumers Guild, Anyas garden natural perfumery class, expose from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
What is behind this exposé is a desire to be heard, to speak out, to stand up and say ‘this is not acceptable’, due to the need to reveal the substandard quality of the work that Anya McCoy sold to her students.I have read recently that Ms. McCoy boa…
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May 18th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, black pepper, essential oil, evlauations from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
Pink pepper oil; Shinus molle, is an oil that is steam distilled from the fruits of a tree called the Californian pepper tree or the peruvian pepper tree. The tree grows wild in many tropical regions. The fruit was first distilled for use in the perf…
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May 15th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumes, natural perfumers, raw natural materials, white witch from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
Attention all perfumers ~ Fast Buy on White Witch Concretes!BONANZA SALE NOW ON!NB: The price of the item you select will be the normal sale price until you add it to the cart on the shop.
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May 13th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, grasse, ruth ruane, seminar from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
Please help me to raise the money I need to go to Grasse. Already nearly €325.00 has been raised.The seminar costs €1090 and then the cost of the flights, train tickets and accommodation for 2 weeks altogether I will need €2000 .Already €325.00…
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May 11th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, Natural Perfumes, all natural from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
There was a fine balance in everything she did.Her laughter was filled with tears.She made stones her pillows and her walls from cloth.Her eyes were ancient and her face was young.Half the time she was my friend and the other half my enemy.____________…
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May 11th, 2008 — , Nathaniel Musselman, Natural Perfumery, natural room perfume, white witch from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
All New from White WitchArtisan Handmade Angelico Incense sticks are made for White Witch by natural perfumer Nathaniel Musselman. Angelico are heavenly to burn in the home, unlike anything I have ever smelled before from incense. Containing: A Medite…
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May 10th, 2008 — , AV-AT, Eden Botanicals, atlantic, holy neroli, neroli from Zita @ +Scented Soap Opera
She says a prayer in the morning before getting out of bed and says grace before breakfast, lunch and dinner. Then she gives thanks and rejoices at the end of every day. Sister Neroli, only wants to please God. She’s bright, cheerful and squeaky clean….
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May 9th, 2008 — , Anya McCoy, Anya's Garden, natural perfumers guild from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
I posted my complaint about Anya’s Garden Natural Perfumery Classes and it was accepted on scam.com And it was also accepted on complaints.com That was back in 2008-01-30.Anya’s Garden Natural Perfumery Classes are run by Anne E. McCoy who owns Natura…
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May 7th, 2008 — , Anya McCoy, Anya McCoy's Natural Perfumery Group, Anya McCoys Natural Perfumers Guild, Anya's Garden, Natural Perfumery, natural perfumers guild from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
I want to write a special post first to say thanks for all the comments everybody made in support of me and my loss of 800.00 USD to Anya’s Garden and all that went with that loss. Secondly to highlight what now appears is so much greater that my pligh…
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May 3rd, 2008 — , Love Stories Natural Perfume, Natural Perfumery, Sweet, angels, love, samara botane from Zita @ +Scented Soap Opera
This story was inspired by three lavender concretes I received from Marcia Elston of Samara Botane. There was once a heavenly white angel of Lavender. He wore robes as pure and as white as the driven snow. He was a giant of an angel, with arms that cou…
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April 29th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, all natural, allegiance, loyalty from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
Keeping the faith. Staying true to the cause.Saying no when everyone else is saying yes. Loyalty in the face of temptationThese are all expressions of loyalty, but how do they relate to natural perfumery?There is an important word word which encapsulat…
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April 25th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, love from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
A love of Natural Perfumery is a *warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion. It can be a love of creating natural perfumes and a love of natural perfumes already created. It can be a love of the materials and love of what the materials do to one another…
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April 24th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, Tango, mandy aftel from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
Aren’t these the most lovely perfume bottles you ever saw! Not only are they lovely but they are filled with gorgeous natural perfumes by Mandy Aftel! I am a big fan of her perfumes and her botanical perfumery ma…
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April 21st, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, dedication, master from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
dedication - the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of actionThe Dedication of the Perfumer to Becoming a Master at Her CraftRemember this: there is nothing that was ever mastered without dedication.I remember when I wa…
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April 21st, 2008 — , Natural Perfumes, luca turin, mandy aftel, orchid from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
Having struggled hard over the last few evenings, making concoctions that smell nothing like I want them to, a penny dropped this morning. I had been reading the Secret of Scent by Luca Turin and, in the book Mr Turin goes into great detail about the d…
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April 14th, 2008 — , Experienced, Professional, natural perfumer needed from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
…the craftsmanship of natural perfumery.This post is just going to be full of questions. The first one being “what do I know about the craftsmanship of natural perfumery? I haven’t even mastered it yet.That’s why I am searching for a professional nat…
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April 14th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, dedication, master from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
dedication - the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of actionThe dedication of the perfumer to becoming a master at her craft.Remember this: there is nothing that was ever mastered without dedication.I remember when I w…
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April 9th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, mastery, natural perfumer needed from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
…the craftsmanship of natural perfumery.This post is just going to be full of questions. The first one being “what do I know about the craftsmanship of natural perfumery? I haven’t even mastered it yet.That’s why I am searching for a professional na…
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April 8th, 2008 — , Art, Natural Perfumery, materials, skill from Zita @ All Natural Perfumery
What’s the definition of ‘art’ :(from the free definition dictionary- http://www.thefreedictionary.com/art)art 1 play_w(”A0440900″) (ärt)n.1. Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.2. a. The conscious production…
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April 7th, 2008 — , Art, Natural Perfumery, Vanilla, jasmines, roses, sensuality, virgin from Zita @ All Natural Perfumery
Art for the senses: Music, for the ears, fine art and design for the eyes, textiles for touch, gourmet food for the palette and perfume for the nose.With music we can have electronic voice or we can have the complex human voice.With art we can have com…
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April 6th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, Rose, beauty, classic beaut, classic perfume, luca turin, secret of scent from Zita @ !All Natural Perfumery!
Behold the rose, how can one even begin to captivate that beauty? How can one imitate the velvety petals, the curls and folds that embrace one another, and a scent so pure and heavenly? Rose absolute and rose otto, whether from the the damask rose or r…
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April 6th, 2008 — , Art, Natural Perfumery, balance, beauty, craftsmanship, creativity, dedication, love, loyalty, sensuality from Zita @ All Natural Perfumery
Natural Perfumery is about beauty.It’s about sensuality.It’s about art and craftsmanship.It’s about dedication.It’s about love and loyalty.It’s about balance.It’s about creativity and nature.It’s about passion. It’s about wholeness and growth.It’s ab…
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April 2nd, 2008 — , peaches blossom bubble gum from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
“common everybody…”seriously though, I was delivered the most delicious red mandarin cold pressed oil the other day. I’m not a lover of citrus oils, they are too…flighty, but I fell in love with this one: citrus deliciosa tenore (C. reticulanta Bla…
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April 2nd, 2008 — , Auditions_Natural_Perfume, ruth ruane, white witch from Zita @ +Scented Soap Opera
She is always late. Hyacinth is a distraction in herself and is also distracted by the smallest thing. Like a child, focusing on a serious issue is not something she is good at. Flitting from task to task, she is a butterfly woman. Say to Hyacinth “wou…
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March 27th, 2008 — , Love Stories Natural Perfume, ruth ruane from Zita @ +Scented Soap Opera
This is the last episode in the series of stories about Rose and her journey of self discovery. Thank you for your continued reading and encouragement throughout.Now please enjoy!—————————-Rose was settling in for her first proper eve…
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March 27th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumery, Natural Perfumes, Perfume Critic, ruth ruane from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
It’s just been published, only on PerfumeCritic.com…Episode 3 of St Patrick’s Avenue.The Demise of Frankincense.It is just an ordinary Sunday morning for Cassie.She never really looks forward to her stoic visits to her father, but it’s the only day s…
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March 24th, 2008 — , Natural Perfumes, Strange Invisible Perfumes, mandy aftel, old wizard, white witch from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
Remember that story of “The Emperors New Clothes” by Hans Christian Anderson? The two tailors said about their work, “we are two very good tailors and after many years of research we have invented an extraordinary method to weave a cloth so light and …
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March 17th, 2008 — , daffodils and primroses, learning perfumery, spring natural perfumes from Zita @ + A Natural Perfumers Journal White Witch®
Funny what kids teach us. I have a 6 year old son who is learning how to draw. He is very intent on learning and sometimes he gets frustrated because he can’t draw what he wants, how he wants. I remember being advised by a very good art teacher to “dra…
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March 17th, 2008 — , Love Stories Natural Perfume, heartbreak from Zita @ +Scented Soap Opera
*The day after Rose’s night of passion with the French waitress Bergamot. Rose didn’t have time to nurse a hangover that day. She left “La Vigne Tremblante” (The Trembling Vine) restaurant after she drank her coffee and had eaten a fresh hot croissant …
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March 2nd, 2008 — , Love Stories Natural Perfume from Zita @ Scented Soap Opera
…and on her journey of self discovery she met many interesting people…I haven’t told you the story about Rose and the French waitress Bergamot.Rose lived for some time in cozy apartment overlooking the canal. When she moved in it was only partiall…
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February 26th, 2008 — Perfume Critic, ruth ruane, scented soap opera, st patricks avenue, the budding cafe from Zita @ White Witch Perfumers Journal
Episode Two: The Budding CafeThe working week begins on a Tuesday for Cassie. She walks to work. It takes her 20 minutes walking briskly. She crosses through Kennedy Square (Eyre Square) and past the big black cannons that face the main bank before wal…
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February 15th, 2008 — Natural Perfumery, Natural Perfumes, blue moon from Zita @ White Witch Perfumers Journal
Opoponax and Cassie, two friends of mine. They met in September and by June they had turned the moon blue.What’s your blue moon?
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