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SAMBA NATURAL Perfumers Workshop Perfume 33 NIB

SAMBA NATURAL Perfumers Workshop Perfume 33 NIB

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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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Interview With Ruth Ruane

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White Witch

Ruth Ruane, aka White Witch, has recently redesigned her website ~ it’s easy to maneuver, easy on the eyes, and the products listed are — well, run on over there and take a peek for yourself!White WitchPhoto copyright White Witch

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Antiquarian Perfumer

The most recent entry into the current line-up of explanations of ‘what we do’ has arrived, via Martin Watt ~ Antiquarian Perfumery While many of us veer away from frivolous and pretentious monikers in this business (i.e. Master Perfumer, Artisan Perfu…

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Natural&Botanical Perfumery 101 ~ Where to Start

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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Roses, Roses, Roses

Forbes.com announced today: Bulgaria expects record production of rose oil in 2008Sophia, Bulgaria - Bulgaria’s rose oil distilleries expect record production this season of the ingredient …

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Blending & Safety

I think it’s sad how modern natural perfume books (teaching material) have so little information with regard to raw materials’ safety. Redirecting the reader/student elsewhere, away from the book or teaching manual, isn’t a responsible route to take as…

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Frankincense

That, my friends, is the result of two years and one month in the life of a forgotten tincture.Boswellia carteri, pea-sized tears of African origin, soaked and sealed in organic grape alcohol, and abandoned to the dark depths of the Cupboard of Scente…

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A Little About Education

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

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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Hats Off to the Neti Pot

I woke yesterday morning with a telltale pulsing behind my left eye. Yup, the sinuses were acting up again.I’ve suffered with sinus infections, hay fever and allergies my entire adult life, and it’s not something a natural perfumer can deal with very w…

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Leather

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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Feeling the Crunch

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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Musings

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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