by Anya | Sep 30, 2019 | Anya's Garden Perfumes, DIY, How to Make Perfume, natural aromatics, natural perfume, raw materials of perfumery
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...
by Anya | Jul 29, 2019 | Anya's Garden Perfumes, How to Make Perfume, natural perfumery course, Natural Perfumery Institute, raw materials of perfumery
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...
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...
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...
