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’ve had a number of people ask me about the differences between what’s actually in the bottle (ingredients), what is listed on the box (ingredients list), and what is listed in the notes for a fragrance. I’ll give a brief explanation of how these things differ. The notes given for a fragrance are a description…
Denise Hamilton, columnist for the LA Times, has written a pair of articles about the growing abundance of indie perfume businesses in recent years. One part of the story gives an overview of the topic, and the other part gives a brief profile of five Bay Area indies, including myself. Thanks, Denise, for including me!
I recently tried a sample of Bond 9’s new Union Square fragrance and can pass my large sample vial on to someone else who would enjoy trying it. I found it to be a pleasant green floral, but it’s not a scent that captured me so I don’t need to keep the sample. Since it is…
I’ve been really busy but plan to do the drawing tomorrow afternoon or evening. On the positive side, my delay has given more people a chance to join in. I want to mention a couple of interesting links from recent posts elsewhere. First, research and trials are underway for developing a new extract of lilac…
Katie Puckrik reviewed Incense Pure on her blog today; it’s a fun read as her reviews always are, weaving in her stories as she goes. Most of you have already seen her excellent YouTube fragrance reviews, but if you haven’t checked those out yet you should! She liked Incense Pure and enjoyed the oudoorsy aspect,…
Wanted to say thank you to Birgit at Olfactoria’s Travels for a beautifully written review of Incense Pure, and thank you to Noor for his review of a number of SSS scents. The entrants for the Indie category of the Fifi awards have been announced, and I wish my indie friends good luck! I had…
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!