by Anya | May 4, 2015 | Anya's Garden Perfumes, natural aromatics, natural perfume, Perfume From Your Garden book, raw materials of perfumery
First, I have to thank my new garden assistant, Eric, because he was the first one in three years who followed my instructions to radically prune back my orange jasmine tree (Murraya paniculata) so that I would get lots of flowers. The pruning is needed to produce new...
by Anya | Jan 21, 2015 | Anya's Garden Perfumes, Perfume From Your Garden book, raw materials of perfumery
This is a closeup photo of one branch of my Meyer Lemon mini tree showing it touching branches with m labdanum bush. The two labdanums that I’m growing are experimental, to see if they will survive in hot, humid Florida. They’ve survived one summer so far,...
by Anya | Oct 15, 2014 | Anya's Garden Perfumes, natural aromatics, Perfume From Your Garden book, raw materials of perfumery
Five yellow-flowered plants are in full bloom here in Miami, and all yield a valuable perfume, either to the air, or, luckily, to the perfumer’s bottle. I’m growing cassie, vanilla, ambrette seed, aglaia, and angel’s trumpet. This is the first year...
by Anya | Oct 13, 2014 | Anya's Garden Perfumes, natural aromatics, Perfume From Your Garden book, raw materials of perfumery
Just a quick post about the progress of my patch of ambrette seed plants. Known as Abelmoschas moschata or (Syn. Hibiscus abelmoschus L.), is prized for food, drink, industrial and medicinal uses, but I prize it for the musk-scented seeds, which are valuable in...
by Anya | Aug 3, 2014 | Anya McCoy, Perfume From Your Garden book
Can you vote on this? I found the first photo of me with a plant, a tiny tomato plant to my left, from when I was only one and half years old. I want to use the photo in the Perfume From Your Garden book, so I scanned the original...
by Anya | Jun 26, 2014 | Anya McCoy, Anya's Garden Perfumes, enfleurage, Giveaway, Perfume From Your Garden book, raw materials of perfumery
How to Make Enfleurage des Poudres – Powder Enfleurage Fragrant Body Powders – An Ancient Art Rediscovered Update April 19, 2015: I do recommend using a bit of powdered orris root or powdered oakmoss as a fixative. The ylang ylang enfleurage was...
