New perfume to be released, Creme de Peche

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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Friend of the NPG Claims Synthetic oil is Real Thing! Now she’s a Guild endorsed teacher!

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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The Passion of 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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Mimosa the sylph

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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Archway of roses and jasmines

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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Hydrodistilled Tuberose

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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Orris - The Fairy Folk of Soap

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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All New White Witch Website

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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How Anya’s Garden natural perfumery class went

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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Only 6 Days to go!

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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The Nature of Natural Perfumery

in the center, a small heartchanging, growingfor ages…life force…the circle. Nature is our cloak.

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How Anya’s Garden natural perfumery class went

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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The Creativity of 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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More on Anya’s Garden Primer

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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More Expose - Page 10 to 17

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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Only on PerfumeCritic- Episode 4: The Taboo

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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Anya’s Garden Primer Exposé

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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Evaluating Exercise ~ Black Peppers and One Pink

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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Bonanza Sale on White Witch Concretes!

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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Help Ruth to go to Grasse

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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The Balance of 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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All New from 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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Holy Neroli

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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Reporting substandard natural perfume classes…

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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An opinion: Natural Perfumers Guild is an unethical business and it’s “president” owner conducts her business in an unethical manner.

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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The Three Angels of Lavender

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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Loyalty and feelings of allegiance

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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..and what’s love got to do with it?

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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Most Beautiful Perfume Bottles..

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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…the dedication to 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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Pulling the pieces together

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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Professional, Experienced Natural Perfumer Wanted!

…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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…the dedication to 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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Professional, Experienced Natural Perfumer Wanted!

…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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…the art of 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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…the sensuality of 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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…the beauty of 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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What Natural Perfumery is:

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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sex on the beach

“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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Audition 2 - Hyacinth

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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Angelic Neighbours

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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Episode 3 of St Patrick’s Avenue ~ only on PerfumeCritic.com

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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The Emperors New Perfumes

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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Over the learning curve

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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The Pulse of Love

*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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*Rose left home to “find herself”

…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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Episode 2 of St Patrick Avenue ~ PerfumeCritic.com

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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Just Once…

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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