Happy Easter!

Thank you, Dionne, for your review of Jour Ensoleillé on BoTO today! I enjoyed reading your comparison to 7 Virtues Afghanistan Orange Blossom. I saw the Dragon’s Den show (online) that featured the 7 Virtues line, so I was curious about it.

My main laptop needs to spend 48 hours with the geek squad for repair, so I’ll be on an ancient back-up laptop for a few days. I’ll be limping along and not online quite as much as usual, but I should be able to still get the main business routine done. I may be a…

I had a fun time today watching my 9-year-old niece ride a horse that is for sale at a nearby training stable. That was the first time I’d seen her ride, though I’ve seen videos and photos. She’s been leasing a horse and needs to find a new one now that the first one is…

I’m excited to start making testers tomorrow of two new summer scents, one floral and one not. The floral will be for the Boutique Collection and the non-floral will be for the Sonoma Exclusives in both perfume and lotion. I worked on both scents last summer but didn’t have time to finish them until now….

I snuck in some work on the new woods scent today, juggling some notes around to smooth the scent and adding a couple things for details (a touch of castoreum for richness in the base and another dry woodsy heart note). I’ll try the three testers in the morning with a fresh nose and see…

You’ve probably heard that Napa, CA had a rather large (6.0) earthquake last night, waking people up at 3:20 in the morning with shaking, damage, and power outages. It woke us up in Sonoma too, with quite a bit of shaking and rolling. My cottage is on stilts on a hillside, so the swaying can…