Incense Pure in Katie’s 2011 Holiday Picks

Happy holidays! Wishing those who celebrate a happy holiday with family and friends! I’m very grateful to be able to share with you here on the blog and to have this opportunity to meet so many wonderful people. 🙂

I just listed the new Wood Violet fragrance on the site so you’d know what is coming.  I’ve been working on it for about four months and it should be ready for purchase soon.  It has notes of violet, plum, cedar, cinnamon, clove, sandalwood, vetiver, violet leaf, and musk.  It opens with lush plumy violet and dries…

Thanks, Birgit, for your beautifully written review of Jour Ensoleille on Olfactoria’s Travels! Glad you like it! When I sent out the parfum bottle for the Nostalgie drawing winner today, I was wishing I was an expert at baudruchage (a traditional method of securing the stopper with thread or cord). Here’s a fun little video…

I’ve been trying a few minor adjustments to the last mod of ET to make it a bit less dry, and I have something I like. I’ll need to get a few opinions but this seems to help. I’m also working on BB. I’m working on paperwork too — I really need to finish my…

I think Winter Woods #R5 may be the replacement; it has the new moss and labdanum and is my favorite. It’s getting great tester feedback so far and I hope it can go back on the site soon. I had sent out Ambre Noir R2 but I am trying a tweak to it, so I’ll…

I’m still working to catch up and am making progress. I had to take time out yesterday all morning for an eye exam appointment to get new glasses for working on the computer. I haven’t had glasses for years but they do help eye fatigue so I’ve been meaning to get this done. I made…