Ask the Perfumer Sunday Mar 22, 2020
I’m here to answer your questions about natural perfumery until later tonight. Don’t forget to check the box so that you’ll get a notice when I answer. For fun – here’s the image of most of the Bonus Modules that my students get when they enroll in my Basic perfumery…
Ask the Perfumer Sunday March 15, 2020
Yellow ylang ylang flowers turn the tincture green, and get darker with each recharge. The scent is very, very strong! Beautiful. Hi Everyone!I’ll be here until later today, early evening, to answer your questions about perfumery, natural perfumery, to be exact. If…
Ask the Perfumer Sunday
Time to revive this much-loved give back I provide to the perfume community. I’ll be here until 10 PM Miami time.
Making Perfume – Working with Thick Aromatics
Making Perfume: Working with Thick and Pasty Aromatics I have been working with perfumery aromatics since 1976. That’s the year I began to seriously study perfumery with the aid of a few rare books and the assistance of two retired perfume industry sales…
Helpful tools for perfumemaking
Essentials pictured above very useful, but not an exhaustive list represented here in this photo. More perfumemaking tools are shown below in this post. PHOTO: stainless steel tray for surface protection when pouring, filling bottles, etc. Stainless steel measuring…
Making perfume: 100% natural pefume products
In my professional making perfume course, I instruct students in the art of perfumery from the first drop to the final product. There are many bonus modules for fragrant products, including potpourri, body butter, scented body powder, enfleurage, and many more that…
Homemade Perfume book #1 best seller on Amazon
This has happened several times during the pre-sales time frame on Amazon – Homemade Perfume made it to #1 in Aromatherapy (and a few times in Nature Crafts, too)! Thank you for your support in pre-ordering my book, and I got word today that even though the release…
Homemade Perfume book by Anya McCoy July 31, 2018
Jasmine Syrup Perfume for your mouth!
So many jasmines, so much fun! You can do this with any non-toxic, organic fragrant flower you have in your garden, and the tasty syrup is fabulous in cocktails, drizzeled over ice cream or cake, or anything you can think of! Pick the flowers when they’re at the…
Homemade Perfume book
I’ve spent over forty years extracting fragrance from plants, blending those extracts and purchased essential oils and other fragrant materials into perfume. Not just perfumes, but also sprays, body butters, and bath and body scented products. With the publication of…
The ecological wonder of The Great Green Wall
Forty years ago, my husband got funding for his PhD under the USA Department of AID. In return, we were going to move to Dakar, Senegal for a few years to pay back the money for the education. I was studying plant science, ethnobotany, and anthropology at the time,…
Modern techniques for making perfume
Perfumers need to be savvy about how to provide a safe product to their customers. Perfume bottles and lab equipment can arrive from the factory with contaminants such as dust, bits of odds and ends (like paper), pesticides (from warehouse spraying) and other assorted…