I’m still catching up on lots of things and not quite ready to put the cart up, but I’m getting closer. My back is improving but is not ready yet. It feels like spring here with sunny weather and the first daffodils blooming — always makes me happy to see the first signs of spring.
A couple days ago there was a review of Tabac Aurea on Chemist in The Bottle. Thanks, Lucas!
I know this is not good news to start the new year, but I am going to suspend most international shipping for now (please read all the way through for options). Alcohol-based perfume is not supposed to ship by regular airmail in or from the USA, and regulations are becoming tighter on shipments of perfume…
I went back to the previous popular mod of ET and decreased the musk a tad and added elemi, then I added vanilla absolute to the ET formula and eliminated the ethyl vanillin completely. I like this mod better with just natural vanilla because it adds some woodsy nuances and does not have that powdery…
I wanted to check in with an update. I’m feeling slow, steady healing of my wrists (yay!). It will be a while more before I’m out of the dangerous phase, but patience is producing results. I’m sorry that I haven’t been able to respond to your emails. I so appreciate all the good wishes, but…
I just added Winter Woods to the site. It’s a gentler smoky woods scent than the Firesides, with a gourmand amber and woods drydown, quite delicious and long-lasting. Here’s the website description: http://www.sonomascentstudio.com/winterwoods.shtml For those who tested samples, it is #5, which is similar to #4 but without one earthy ingredient and with added ambergris. If…
I have taken the shopping cart down for a summer break. I need to do some physical therapy and can’t do it when the cart is up. Summer is the best time to do this because it is my slower season, partly because people take vacations and partly because my most popular scents are best…
Surgery went well and I’m feeling more energy today. I should be productive again in a few days (I see surgeon Thursday to assess healing, but he was very pleased how it went). Thanks so much for good wishes! The roses are just starting to bloom so I’ve been enjoying the first cut roses of the…
Signs of spring? I thought we’re getting closer to that point here in Poland as well, in the morning the snow started to melt but now it’s colder again and we have heavy snow fall at the moment. There’ll be more snow than it was!
We are always crazy early out here with spring flowers. We’ve been having an unusual lack of rain for about a month now, with very warm spring-like weather. I’m not complaining though. 🙂
Hope the snow treats you well. Would be fun to see photos on your blog sometime!
I need some spring, or at least some direct sunlight. I can’t remember when we had some clear sky last time.
And thanks for a suggestion of photos, I’ll think about it.
Snowscapes can be beautiful, but I would find it very hard not to see the blue sky for months.
What a great review! Lucas is a great guy and a wonderful blogger!
Yes! 🙂
Hope you continue to feel better… enjoy the spring! I love winter and snow but by March I’m more than ready for some green. Saw robins today so that’s a good sign. 🙂 Excellent review.
Thanks, rosarita!
I am ADDICTED to Tabac Aurea right now! Ah love, I’m swooning…
Thank you, Laurie, for creating such an addictive perfume. I am grateful!
Glad you’re enjoying Tabac, Sujaan! Thanks for letting me know!