This review of Boxeuses sounds good! A new Lutens in the older style.
And another reminder about Robert Tisserand’s blog with info on why so many small companies oppose the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010.
My wrists have made good progress but still have more to go. l’ve been working on a strategy for selling the small number of remaining old style bottles and I’ll have more on that soon.
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….
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…
We were talking about musks in a perfumery group and it got me thinking about the issues I’ve run across when having testers try new scents in progress that have musk in the base. We all smell musks a bit differently because some people are anosmic to certain musks or can smell them but not…
I just got my delivery of kilos from France with mimosa absolute, more labdanum, and a new low atranol oakmoss. Some kilos are hard to open, at least with my lousy wrists, so my kind Dad is in charge of opening evil kilo containers; I need to have him stop by to help with these….
I just listed the new Wood Violet fragrance on the site so you’d know what is coming. I’ve been working on it for about four months and it should be ready for purchase soon. It has notes of violet, plum, cedar, cinnamon, clove, sandalwood, vetiver, violet leaf, and musk. It opens with lush plumy violet and dries…
I’m still testing various tweaks of the ylang/tuberose/jasmine and want to narrow this down to one or two mods. It’s always hard at this stage to choose the final adjustments to the formula, but I’m almost there. Yesterday we had our first day of real rain for this winter. We really need it here in…