by Anya | Apr 16, 2018 | Anya McCoy, DIY, enfleurage, Healthy perfume, Homemade Perfume book, How to Make Perfume, Hydrosols, natural aromatics, natural perfume, raw materials of perfumery, study perfumery
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...
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by Anya | Aug 28, 2015 | Anya's Garden Perfumes, enfleurage, How to Make Perfume, natural aromatics, natural perfume, raw materials of perfumery
When you make perfume from flowers, there are several ways to extract the scent. I love to enfleurage rare flowers. Enfleurage is placing flowers on a bed of semi-hard fat, such as shortening, or rendered leaf lard and suet. The next step in the process is to...
by Anya | Aug 6, 2014 | Anya McCoy, Anya's Garden Perfumes, enfleurage, natural aromatics, natural perfume, raw materials of perfumery
I’m so thankful for the assistance of my apprentice Paula Diaz and Jimmy in renovating my front garden. Edged, mulched beds full of fragrant flowers and leaves look so beautiful, and the plants are so healthy now with proper care. I’ve had some really poor...
by Anya | Jul 2, 2014 | Anya McCoy, Anya's Garden Perfumes, enfleurage, Giveaway, natural aromatics, raw materials of perfumery, study perfumery
Helene, who posted on the 28th Helene’s name was drawn at random, and she has been notified by private email. I’m so happy for her! This book is a true treasure for perfumers, there is nothing like it out there. Thank you to everyone who entered here and...
by Anya | Jul 1, 2014 | Anya McCoy, enfleurage, Giveaway, raw materials of perfumery, study perfumery
(Update — Thanks to the three readers who did find it downloadable on this site at https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/2031806/1/27102.pdf ) I will be so excited tonight when I get to draw the name of the winner of the print copy of the iconic natural...
