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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Updated Syllabus for Anya’s Garden Online Basic Natural Perfumery Course - Fall 2008
August 21st, 2008 — , Anya McCoy, Anya's Garden online natural perfumery class, Education, Natural Aromatics, Natural Perfumery, Natural Perfumes, Study Perfumery, botanical perfume, botanical perfumery from Anya @ Anya's Garden Natural Perfume Classes
Perfume Things
August 21st, 2008 — , Education, Justine Crane, Natural Perfumery, primer, trials from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
I’ve been away from the computer quite a lot these past few days, putting the final packaging touches on the first eau de parfum for TSD and diluting materials for trial studies. The class I’m teaching is a week from now and I’ve got the primer for the…
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July 7th, 2008 — , Education, Natural Aromatics, advertising, antiquarian perfumery, article from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
Probably one of the most difficult tasks a self-trained perfumer has before them ~ all that research.It isn’t enough to read the right books or the books that someone who seems more experienced recommends. Bibliographies in those books are often recomm…
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July 7th, 2008 — , Education, Natural Aromatics, agarwood, article from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
Missing trees for woods in perfume industryIan JacksonMonday July 7, 2008″Have you ever wondered how much money is involved in the odors of the developed world.So, to make sure there are no big surprises here, I’m not talking about imported Chanel No 5…
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July 6th, 2008 — , Education, Teazers, Tower District, primer from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
We went out for tea at the one and only tea house worth visiting, Teazers, in the Tower District. While there I thought it would be great fun to walk through the old neighborhood and check out the gorgeous architecture of the homes in the area. Most o…
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June 19th, 2008 — , Education, antiquarian perfumery, joy, spirituality from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
I’ll be the first to admit I know next to nothing when it comes to this gig. I’m learning something new and wonderful about this art form I’ve chosen to follow every single day. From peers, from books, from research — from life! Today is a good day an…
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Natural&Botanical Perfumery 101 ~ Where to Start
June 17th, 2008 — , American Science Surplus, Education, Natural Aromatics, Natural Perfumery, White Lotus Aromatics, natural perfumer, perfumer from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
Well, at the beginning, of course. Get thee swiftly to thy apothecary ~ in this case, that would be American Science Surplus, and buy up as many of those little 5 ml dropper bottles as you can fit in the shopping cart (ok, 50 or 75 or 100 are more than…
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A Little About Education
May 22nd, 2008 — , Education, Natural Perfumery, botanical perfumery, natural perfumer from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
Much has been written lately about natural and botanical perfumery education. It seems you can’t throw a stick these days without hitting an expert in the blending and creation of natural and botanical perfumes. Five years ago your education options we…
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EdC Revisited
May 20th, 2008 — , EdC, Education, Natural Aromatics, Natural Perfumery, botanical perfumery, natural perfumer from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
I felt I’d done quite well with my first real attempt at an EdC. That is, I felt that way until this morning.Trying to put a new twist on an old formula isn’t as easy as you might think. Other folks are chiming in with what they’ve done to tweak the fo…
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May 19th, 2008 — , Education, Natural Aromatics, Natural Perfumery, botanical perfumery, raw materials, tinctures from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
Chamaebatia foliolosa, supposedly a member of the rose family, is a scent once sniffed is never forgotten.Mountain Misery, it’s common name, or Kit Kit Dizze, it’s less common- common name, is the scent of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Deeply green and …
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May 13th, 2008 — , EdC, Education, Natural Aromatics, Natural Perfumery, botanical perfumery, formulating, raw materials from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
I’ve been playing around with Eau de Colognes of late ~ attempting to recreate formulas, and come up with a few of my own.The whole water issue with EdC’s kind of scare me. I remember when I was new to natural perfumery, I attempted an EdC based on a f…
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May 10th, 2008 — , Education, Natural Aromatics, Natural Perfumery, botanical perfumery, raw materials from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
I’m obsessed with green.I want to run out and gather up leaves and grass to tincture. Chaparral — manzanita in particular — intrigues me. I’m inspired by Roxana Villa’s ‘Q’ parfum built around an oak leaf tincture. She and I had brief email conversa…
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May 7th, 2008 — , Diana Rajchel, Education, Le Parfumeur Rebelle from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
Le Parfumeur Rebelle is proud to feature co-editor Diana Rajchel’s monthly column ‘Perfumery Without Pretension’ ‘in which she outlines the trials, tribulations and legalities facing botanical perfumery today.Her writing style is intelligent and highly…
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Perfume Politics: The Oppressive Perfumer’s Guild
May 4th, 2008 — , Certification, Education, Organizations, Politics, Regulatory Issues, history, perfumery from Marcia @ the aromaconnection blog
Guilds are perhaps the precursors of modern trade unions, and also, paradoxically, of some aspects of the modern corporation. Guilds are actually small business associations and have little in common with trade unions. They are more like cartels in that…
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Yuzu
May 2nd, 2008 — , Education, Natural Aromatics, Natural Perfumery, botanical perfumery from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
I remember my first experience with this essence as being sort of meh. No big deal, I thought. Now, years later, I find myself craving the scent of this odd little citrus.It is not sweet and robust as orange essence, nor subtly tart as lemon, or sheer …
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May 1st, 2008 — , Education, Natural Aromatics, Natural Perfumery, accords, botanical perfumery, natural perfumer from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
I’ve been experimenting with creating leather accords, pushing the leathers toward gourmand and simple rankness.The gourmand leather accord is pretty interesting. Among many of its components is valerian root tincture. Valerian, as supremely rank as it…
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April 28th, 2008 — , Education, Natural Perfumery, botanical perfumery, natural perfumer, raw materials from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
Some of you may be wondering why natural perfumes are so costly — why a bottle the size of your thumbnail can cost as much as $150, and more. One reason is because most natural perfumers build in cost of production increases into their products — giv…
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April 25th, 2008 — , Education, Music, Natural Aromatics, Natural Perfumery, Poetry, botanical perfumery, natural perfumer from Oh, True Apothecary @ Oh, True Apothecary!
As some of you who read this blog know, I’ve taken time off from the grind of mass producing skincare and perfume products to study. When I initially made the decision, I thought it would be difficult — y’know, being separated from my loyal customers,…
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