by Anya | Apr 6, 2019 | How to Make Perfume, natural aromatics, natural perfumery course, Natural Perfumery Institute, study perfumery
In my professional making perfume course, I instruct students in the art of perfumery from the first drop to the final product. There are many bonus modules for fragrant products, including potpourri, body butter, scented body powder, enfleurage, and many more that...
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 | 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 | Aug 9, 2015 | How to Make Perfume, natural perfume, natural perfumery course, Natural Perfumery Institute, study perfumery
Slow Study Making perfume takes time, and lots of thinking and introspection. As I work through adapting my textbook for my new website, I am finding many passages that are very helpful for anyone who wants to make perfume, or is already making perfume, whether you...