I’m working on Voile de Violette and had promised testers to two people. I’m looking through my notes for your addresses. If you see this, send me some email. 🙂 I have a version that’s similar to the original but with the change I was hoping to make. Should be ready to send out a few…
Jour Ensoleille is on the site now. It’s a woodsy floral with tuberose, orange blossom and jasmine on a base of oakmoss, sandalwood, vetiver, labdanum, and green leaves. It has a bit of a chypre or vintage feel to me (minus the bergamot and coumarin), and makes me think of late summer or fall. We…
The shopping cart is up and quite a few new scents are on the Fragrance page. More scents are on the way. There’s a new interview about Sonoma Scent Studio on the PerfumeCritic blog: http://perfumecritic.com/joomla2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=169&Itemid=50http://perfumecritic.com/joomla2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=169&Itemid=50/ We have new jars for the shea cream and will post a photo soon. Back to filling orders…
Starting to feel like fall here, with cooler, shorter days and even our first rain due. I’m just finishing a batch of Jour before putting the cart up. Also working on labels on the new printer. We’ll have a preview page up soon on the jewelry section too. In making Jour I had to decide…
Took that first replacement printer back. It was giving strange error messages and having lots of problems. For example, it said “paper jam” when scanning directly to the computer with no paper involved. Seemed to be buggy software (consumer reviews did warn of this happening to some others, but I’d hoped I’d be one of…
Installed the new printer yesterday and am now having problems getting online. It comes and goes. Not sure what’s wrong yet, but wanted to post this: if I don’t answer email as quickly as usual, it’s because I’m having trouble getting online. Hope to have this smoothed out soon…
The formulas are done for all the scents on the fragrance page that have shopping cart buttons. I’ve finished tweaking those and just need to finish larger batches of some. An additional list of upcoming scents is given below that to summarize the ones in progress. Thursday night I had a power surge that got right…
Hope everyone is enjoying these final days of summer! It’s been over 100 daily for more than a week here. We often get an Indian summer heat wave or two. I’ve updated the fragrance page on the webite to be a lean set of scents we will open with soon. Other scents will follow as…
I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a while. We’re planning to open in a couple weeks with a slightly limited scent list until the remaining scents are done; that’ll get the finished scents out for sampling and purchase before the fall season begins. The new Jour Ensoleille, Encens Tranquille, and Champagne de Bois are done…
My high-speed internet connection was finally installed today and this is a huge improvement! Wow, this will be wonderful. I’ve already seen a couple sites I couldn’t visit before, and my daily internet tasks will go much faster. Still need to configure new email, but the basics are up.
The stronger antenna did come in and the satellite internet company is supposed to call Monday to set up an installation. Not holding my breath, but hoping this will work out after all. Would be such a help not to have web pages constantly timing out on me. Am going to go back to the…
Got my pen tablet back from repair! Wacom was great about fast turn-around. For anyone with sore wrists who can write by hand but can’t type much, these tablets are nice. They’re also great for graphics and photo editing, though I have much to learn in those areas. Still waiting on the high speed internet….
I wanted to give a little more background info for what I’m working on now. Several online boutiques have shown interest in carrying my scents, but I’m making myself wait until I have my scent list the way I want it before selling to boutiques. My scent list had become a bit too long and…
I’m excited about a new floral scent I’ve been working on — an update of Jour Ensoleille. I wanted this fragrance to keep the same character but be a little more sophisticated. It’s been a floral scent with orange blossom and jasmine on a lightly wooded base with cedar, sandal, amber, and musk. I wanted the orange blossom to be softer…
Yesterday I read about the upcoming release of a new scent for men by Tom Ford, and apparently the press was that it used cypriol for the first time in a scent. Cypriol is a natural ingredient also known as nagarmotha or Cyperus and has been used for ages. I’ve tried it from several sources and…
Well, the installer tested this morning and they’ll need the stronger antennae here because of the distance. That antennae is on backorder so I have to wait longer for my high speed internet connection. He didn’t know when that might be. Disappointing. It was 105 here both yesterday and day before, and is already 103 so…
Our rural area does not get high speed internet via DSL or cable — the boundary lines for service stop about 3 miles short of us. Two satellite companies serve our area, but one is $100/month and the other at $50/month has a huge wait list that I’ve been on for months. Another $50/month company…
I apologize for not posting more regularly. Last weekend my brother and his family visited for the holiday weekend. Was fun to spend time with them. My older niece really enjoyed the garden, smelling all the roses and cutting a mixed bouquet. My Dad had built two swings in the oak trees that they played…
Happy Mother’s Day to the Moms! Still very busy blending. Thought I’d give an update here and I’ll keep a running list of new scents on the What’s New page. I’m still deciding on a name for the new scent with woods, aldehydes, and subtle florals. New and Updated Scents: Encens Tranquille: We’ve replaced the old Incense scent with…
One new scent is about done, so it’s time for me to come up with a name. The notes include sandal, cedar, frankincense, jasmine, carnation, labdanum, musk, and soft aldehydes. It’s not overly floral but not intense woods either, and the aldehydes add a little effervescence without being heavy. A couple testers have liked the scent a lot and commented on…