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’ll lock in the formula now and will get the first batch made and filtered. I decided to keep the name as is; I like the name and when I ran a list of a few possible alternatives to some testers they prefered the original name, saying that the scent doesn’t have enough leather to worry about getting that…
I wanted to check in and wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. We’ll be having Thanksgiving here with my brother’s family. I’ll probably put the shopping cart up this weekend, after I’ve had a few days with family (they’re here until Sunday morning). I’ve been delayed on the Amber Incense but am getting back to it….
Thanks, Gaia, for your beautiful review of Forest Walk on The Non-Blonde! I’m so glad you liked it! Other people have said they find it to be very realistic to them too. One of my questions when I set out to make the forest theme was where to draw the line between realism and interpretation….
I may have a name for the new amber incense scent. I’d wanted it to be something that would fit the meditative theme since it is an incense, and I thought it might be nice to keep to the tranquil theme since it came from working on Encens Tranquille. I’m thinking of naming it Passaddhi, which…
The Post Office and FedEx are closed today, so I’m packing orders to ship tomorrow. I’m making some testers too. I’m trying Cameo again and really like it but worry whether this version will be too soft for some people; the previous version was stronger, so I’m thinking about a compromise between the two. Edited…
Just wanted to check in today. We had a glorious pink sunrise this morning! The light cloud cover sometimes makes the sky glow pink as the sun rises. We look out over a valley where the fog often rolls in overnight, but the fog breaks up sometime in the morning and if it is just…
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!