Cocoa Sandalwood Review and Drawing on The Fragrant Man

Amber Incense and Fig Tree were just reviewed by John David McCoy on YouTube. I really appreciate the coverage there, and the reviews are lovely. He was thoughtful to take time to learn about my background and inspiration. His background is also in the sciences, in physics. He is reviewing a number of artisan lines…

Turn-around time is about 4-5 days instead of the usual 1-2 because of an influx of orders. I’ll try to catch up as soon as can. I finished the label files and gave them to the printer so I’ll get a proof next week. Good to have that done! Gardenia Musk is on hold while…

I was going to put samples up tonight, but I’m going to wait until tomorrow night because I need to get some things done tomorrow without having orders. I did finish the initial draft of the new Amber Incense page. The cart buttons should be up tomorrow for samples. 🙂 Ambre Noir is temporarily out…

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms! My Mom is spending the day with her grandchildren. I’ve said before how my Mom didn’t wear fragrance when I was growing up, though my grandmother did. My Mom still influenced my appreciation of scents though — she encouraged us to enjoy the scent of flowers in her…

Had a great visit with family. Here is the newest member, my older niece’s new dog.  They rescued him from a shelter and think he is a 6-year-old Australian shepherd mix.  He’s a sweetie.  The girls are cuties too, but I don’t want to post pics of them for their privacy. Worked with labdanum absolute…

I have quite a few fragrance formulas to work on right now and am going back and forth between them. One is gardenia, of course, and others include the scents that need the new oakmoss. The new moss seems to work well in Winter Woods; I don’t want that scent to change much because it…