by Anya | Jan 10, 2018 | Anya's Garden Perfumes
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,...
by Anya | Jan 7, 2018 | Anya's Garden Perfumes, Healthy perfume, How to Make Perfume, Hydrosols, study perfumery
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...
by Anya | Nov 27, 2017 | Anya's Garden Perfumes
The biggest sale of the year, and the chance to stock up on 100% natural perfumes for yourself, your friends and family. Use the code cyber40 at checkout for the 40% off discount! Sale items on this page only. Strange Magic – exotic and unique, made from...
by Anya | Nov 18, 2017 | Anya's Garden Perfumes, How to Make Perfume, natural aromatics, natural perfumery course, Natural Perfumery Institute, raw materials of perfumery
How Autumn got Trashed by Hurricane Irma This was going to be most heartfelt newsletter I’ve ever sent because I want to share the events of September and October and explain why I’ve been so quiet. Yes, I kept posting on Facebook, but behind the...
by Anya | Nov 2, 2017 | Hydrosols, raw materials of perfumery
I purchased my first hydrosol in 1989, a lovely gallon of Rosa damascena from the May 1989 Turkish harvest. The well-known aromatherapist must have given direction on storage and use, but I don’t recall them. I still have some of that hydrosol, archived for...
