Wanted to say happy May Day! Hope you have some nice spring weather where you are! We have a sunny spring day today. I’m not wearing any scent this morning while packing orders because I’ll be testing some mods later and need to save skin space. Yesterday I ordered a new press for putting the pumps on the new bottles and hope it will make that task easier, though it’ll take a week or so before it is delivered. Have a great weekend!
I recently tried a sample of Bond 9’s new Union Square fragrance and can pass my large sample vial on to someone else who would enjoy trying it. I found it to be a pleasant green floral, but it’s not a scent that captured me so I don’t need to keep the sample. Since it is…
Just working on a scent where I need to cut the sweetness a bit and sometimes it is hard to do while keeping the basic scent the same. Some balsamic items like salicylates can cut sweetness, but I don’t like them in this. I already have some dry woods in here, but the sweet spices,…
There’s a lovely review of To Dream on Olfactoria’s Travels today — thank you Birgit! I love how she writes, “This is a perfume of a woman who has seen it all, she knows that life is more than roses and violets, but she still sees and appreciates their beauty, and is able to let…
I wanted to post a quick update to let people know that Sonoma Scent Studio has new ownership and that the scents will be available again after the business is up and running. The new owner has been a customer of SSS and became interested when she saw that I had closed. She has been…
It was 108 F again here today; it’s been a really hot summer, but I do better than many people in the heat. I’m a cold wimp though, so that makes California a good spot for me. The grasses in the garden border now have golden plumes that glow when backlit, and I love seeing them…
Just a quick update to say I’ll leave the drawing open through Wed night and will do the draw sometime on Thursday. Thanks so much for all the entries and for the fun stories about your favorite bottles!
Happy Derby Day! In honor of the extremely stormy and wet day (several inches of rain already today) I’m wearing IP (the last mod, so the real one). I LOVE it! Beautiful rose pic. ~Donna
Hi Donna, thanks! I didn’t see the Derby but heard it was a wet one! Glad you’re enjoying IP. I ended up wearing IP today too on this sunny but breezy day here. Hope your storms let up soon!