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...A Modern Perfume Organ
I started collection essential oils and absolutes in 1966. At the time, I didn’t know my bottles of aromatics were supposed to be arranged on a tiered shelf called a perfume organ. Because I was a botanist, I categorized them by the part of the plant they were...The Passion of Natural Perfumers
The Beauty of Botanicals Made Liquid – The Passion of Natural Perfumers This article originally appeared on Basenotes.net on Feb. 20, 2008 by Anya McCoy 20th February, 2008 The 21st Century Revival and Redefinition of Natural Perfume by Natural Perfumers Like...Distilling Cornutia grandifolia for perfume and health
I’ve long been obsessed with a tropical member of the Mint family Labiatae and focused on obtaining some plants of it to grow in my fragrant garden. They were harder to find than I imagined, but I got two in small pots about a year and a half ago. You can read...New Natural Perfumery Course Textbook Cover and a Giveaway
The cover for the perfumery course textbook at the Natural Perfumery Institute was due for a re-design. I love the new look, shown above, and I hope you do, too. The cover now cheerfully and correctly illustrates some of the raw materials of perfumery, from roses and...Creative Commons License – Copyright
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