Anya from the Natural Perfumer’s Guild and Anya’s Garden Natural Perfumes just posted about the various new gardenia extract products that are being developed — it’s an interesting post and has some beautiful photos that will help you learn the difference between the various types of gardenia.
I had posted a while ago about one of these natural gardenia products but it’s great to know other options are on the way!
I sent out a few Reves2 samples to testers and have had good feedback so far. I want to send out some more soon, and I’m just wearing it more myself after taking a few days off from it. I’m hoping testers will have some name ideas. I’m working again on the winter scent and…
Dr Weil’s newsletter today reports on a study by Greek researchers that tested the antimicrobial activity of eight essential oils and found thyme to be most effective. Weil’s letter says it “almost completely eliminated the bacteria it was pitted against within an hour” and it was even effective against the so called superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus…
Today I’m talking with someone who has worked in many segments of the fragrance industry: Miriam Vareldzis of 40 Notes Perfume. She has worked as a fragrance evaluator for major companies, has started her own indie perfume line, and currently also works for an outstanding natural ingredient supplier. Miriam has been interviewed by Cafleurebon and…
I have two lines of amber testers going: one that adds cistus to Ambre Noir and makes a few other adjustments, and one that goes farther afield and adds some saffron and tobacco as well as the cistus. The first seems much better now, and I’m playing with the rose note to see if I…
I’ve been talking about the topic of scent perception for several years on this blog, and here’s another interesting, though limited, study showing that we each smell things a little differently. Thanks to Robin at Now Smell This for the link. This investigation found that almost everyone was anosmic to some ingredient in the study,…
The last case of half oz bottles (17 ml) that I purchased has a bigger problem with slightly leaning necks than usual; the necks on some of the bottles must lean just a little off vertical, even though it is hard to notice by naked eye, because the sprayers do not sit quite vertical when…
Hi Laurie:
Thanks for catching my blog, I was long overdue in writing about the new gardenias from tahiti and china.
I was the first person to get the gardenia enfleurage butter from Trygve, and wrote about it way back then. It is gorgeous, isn’t it?
However, I think the price is prohibitive, and thus I am very excited by the new entry into the market from China, and of course, I encourage everyone to try to make their own. Flower markets can often order ‘seconds’, aka misshapen gardenias at wholesale at a good price.
Hi Anya,
Yes, I found the price point of the Enfleurage product prohibitive too, so I was excited to see your post. I’d love to try the product from China; I’ll look into it.
That’s a great idea to check with a flower market. I’ve tried to grow gardenias here and they just don’t seem happy in our dry summer heat, but maybe I need to experiment with other varieties. SF has a big flower market so that’s an interesting idea. It’d be fun to try to make some. 🙂
Thanks again for the informative post (and beautiful photos) and thanks for your additional comments here!