Introducing Ambre Noir

New Scents: The last ET tester, labeled 1-16-1, has too much cistus in it because I had tried increasing that when I decreased the musk. The cistus got too heavy so I am putting it back to the way it was in the previous tester, which was labeled 12-30-4. I’m trying less musk in that…

I will get back to the reformulation of ET and I have two ideas. When I worked on this before, I was trying to put in both the new moss and new labdanum, and I think I’ll keep the old labdanum instead to keep it more consistent. I also just received a sample of a…

I sent out a newsletter last night that looked fine when I sent a test message to myself, but this morning the final message that went out has smaller than normal images; I apologize if the photos of the shea cream and body lotion look small in your version too! They looked fine when I…

I redesigned the labels on the shea cream jars to incorporate the jasmine theme similar to the perfume boxes (I’ve been meaning to do this and went ahead with it now because I’m starting to ship the new shea formula today and wanted it to have the new labels). You can see a photo below…

Thank you to all who included SSS on your Best of 2012 lists! Nostalgie was included on Angela’s favorites list on Now Smell This. Forest Walk was included on Gaia’s best of 2012 post on The Non-Blonde. And Nostalgie plus Forest Walk were mentioned in Carol’s best of 2012 post on The Muse In Wooden…

I’m so honored to learn that Jill of Jewel Alchemy created a scent locket necklace inspired by To Dream. It’s beautiful with two gemstones I love, amethyst and iolite. Her work is very creative and original. Thanks Jill! I’m a gemstone lover so this is especially fun for me to see (I was a geology…