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I think I’ll leave Fireside Intense as is and just put in the new moss for the old, which seems to work fine.  I tried leaving out the choya, but I really missed the quirky, smoky animalic note it adds so I’ll leave it in.  I’ll run this past a few people who love the original…

Yesterday I read about the upcoming release of a new scent for men by Tom Ford, and apparently the press was that it used cypriol for the first time in a scent. Cypriol is a natural ingredient also known as nagarmotha or Cyperus and has been used for ages. I’ve tried it from several sources and…

I thought I’d post a few photos of my table at The Artisan Fragrance Salon that took place last Sunday. It was held in an art gallery, so the perfumers had no control over the artwork displayed behind and around the booths. My table had landscape and wildlife art, which was accidentally somewhat appropriate. Other…

I wanted to thank Steve and Gaia for their beautiful reviews of the new Yin & Ylang on The Scented Hound and The Non-Blonde. Also thank you to Mark for including Cocoa Sandalwood on his list of favorite sandalwood scents. Mark is also writing an in-depth series on musk ingredients, starting with this post on…

Nathan has posted the next letters in the series with Mandy Aftel on the Nathan Branch Blog. Mandy and I did an ingredient sample swap, and we describe our reactions to sniffing various new ingredients. It was really interesting for me to have the chance to smell real civet, ambergris, and musk! It’s been very…

Thank you, Amer, for your beautiful review of Cocoa Sandalwood on The Fragrant Man! I know what you mean about the fragrance community being full of generous souls! 🙂 Glad you’ve met good friends and discovered a love of natural perfumes! The Fragrant Man blog is holding a Cocoa Sandalwood sample drawing too, so you…