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Sidetracked

I should have worked on Gardenia Musk today but got sidetracked on a new project. I made some exciting progress though and will return to Gardenia tomorrow with a fresher nose. When I left off the day before yesterday Gardenia seemed improved and ready for testing. I usually plant daffodils long before this but just…

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As July ends…

We’re enjoying some bouquets of very fragrant carnations and stock grown from seed; the carnations are especially nice, with more spicy scent than most varieties. They’re an heirloom type called “Enfant de Nice” from Renee’s seeds. Her larkspur called “Alouette” have also been spectacular this year, very prolific in beautiful colors and wonderful as cut…

Fragrant Mandevilla Vine

I stopped by a local nursery to pick up a couple grasses that I needed and I spotted a vine that I’ve never grown: the deciduous Mandevilla laxa, known as Chilean jasmine.  The large, very fragrant, white trumpet-shaped flowers quickly won me over, so I had to bring one home to try.  It grows 10-20 feet and…

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Draw for free samples of Vintage Rose and Wood Violet

We’ll do a draw at the end of the day Thursday for 3 winners of one sample each of our two new scents: Wood Violet and Vintage Rose.  Just post here on the blog that you’d like to be entered or send an email to info@sonomascentstudio.com and you’ll be entered in the draw.  Tell me…

Winter Garden

Most of the garden looks soggy and bedraggled this time of year, but we still have a few flowers: winter iris, cyclamen, violas, and lots of lovely camellias.  The stalks of dried grasses were nice too, but we just cut them down so spring growth can begin. In this climate zone of California it’s tough to convince…