Tickets are on sale for Jessica Murphy’s presentation titled Pleasures, Taboos, Magic: Art History in Perfume Advertising held in NYC at 7 p.m. on July 19. You might know Jessica through her writing for Now Smell This, but she also has a Ph.D. in art history and has worked in the museum field for many years. She also authors a blog, Perfume Professor. I have loved her blog posts on perfume art and bet this will be a fun presentation!
I’m trying Andy Tauer’s new Vetiver Dance this afternoon and am enjoying it; the lily of the valley comes out prominently on me the first few hours and makes this a very different vetiver scent than any other I’ve tried, much more floral but still unisex. I like the green notes in here too, and…
I need to be out for this afternoon so that’s going to put me just a bit behind, but I should still have the current orders mailed out by Friday. If you’re ordering today it will probably go out Monday. We’re having a hot spell again with temps over 100 each day. We always have…
The new rose scent is almost ready for testing. One ingredient is Bulgarian rose absolute from the variety of Rosa damascena called Kazanlak; the city of Kazanlak is located in the famous Rose Valley of Bulgaria where these fragrant deep pink roses are grown and harvested. A nursery near us, Russian River Roses, grows a…
Winter Woods is included today in Nathan Branch’s 2010 holiday gift guide, along with some other great gift ideas. Mandy Aftel’s body oils sound scrumptious, and sometime I’ll have to check out the Mast Brothers chocolate with my Mom in mind. Winter Woods was tweaked when I switched from the old oakmoss to the new…
I’m making progress on all fronts here (dishwasher installation is in progress at this moment, I’m researching medical insurance, we’re hosting some family visits etc). I’m working on Amber Incense in my spare moments. I’m very appreciative to see that Robin included Incense Pure on her fall 2014 incense list yesterday along with some other…
I am frequently asked what types of classes and schools are available to learn about perfumery. I decided to post about this topic since it seems to be of interest, and now I can refer to this post whenever I’m asked the question in the future. I learned perfumery on my own through self-study and…
Laurie! Thank you so much for posting this. x
Sure! Wish I could go! Maybe you’ll do an online version someday. 🙂