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!
Winter Woods should be on the site for purchase the week of the 22, and the description is up on the site now. Gardenia Musk will be along shortly thereafter. Reves will be a little longer. I tried Ineke Evening Edged In Gold yesterday. The prominent base of cedar with fruits and cinnamon reminds me…
February is my anniversary month, and it has now been 10 years! It is hard to believe, but I first put the SSS website up in February 2004. When I started, I thought I’d see where the business went and had no expectations about how long it would last. It has been very rewarding to…
I worked on Encens Tranquille today; I added a light orris note that softens the sandal/incense/labdanum and I like it this way. The new labdanum is drier than the old so it feels less heavy, and I wanted to add a few other things to the base to offset that effect and stand up to…
I had a few things go wrong today that slowed me down, so the cart will be delayed a day or two, but will be up this weekend. I’m switching the bottle labels over to a new system that will save a lot of time once it is done, and it’ll be a few more…
The month of February 2009 is the 5th anniversary of the Sonoma Scent Studio website. I’ve focused on building a fragrance line of woods, florals, incense, musks, and woodsy gourmands. I still have lots of work to do but have made good progress on the website and packaging over the years. I greatly appreciate the support the fragrance community…
Updated: My personal email had been down for several hours this evening (starting around 5:30 CA time). My website email was still fine, so all my mail to the info@sonomascentstudio.com email was not affected. As of 10 pm CA time my personal email is back up. All’s well. 🙂
Congratulations! It’s great to see you, and other indie perfumers, getting the recognition that you deserve.
I just emailed you the article link – I did that before coming here! duh!!
Thanks! Yes, it’s nice to see the indie movement continue to pick up speed!