The new hay and leather scent that I have mentioned here a few times is called Equestrian and should be ready by the first week of June. I sent a 5 ml travel spray to the AIX Scent Fair for a sneak peek, and Equestrian received a nice mention in a Basenotes overview of the Scent Fair. I’ll post here when it becomes available for sale.
Top: apple, grass
Heart: leather, jasmine, violet
Base: cedar, sandalwood, moss, labdanum, patchouli, benzoin
We sent a newsletter today with this fun ad to introduce our new Ambre Noir fragrance. More info can be found at this link http://www.sonomascentstudio.com/ambrenoir.shtml
I have two lines of amber testers going: one that adds cistus to Ambre Noir and makes a few other adjustments, and one that goes farther afield and adds some saffron and tobacco as well as the cistus. The first seems much better now, and I’m playing with the rose note to see if I…
I put the shopping cart back up and will add the remaining scents as I continue the moss reformulations. I do have a couple ounces left of Winter Woods ready to go, so email me if you want to add a bottle of that to your order (I’ll add it back to the list after…
I put the new site format up yesterday afternoon; the website has a new header and a new color scheme, both of which coordinate with the boxes and labels that will come. Let’s celebrate today with a sample give-away. If you’d like to be entered into the draw, just post here or send me an…
Denise Hamilton, columnist for the LA Times, has written a pair of articles about the growing abundance of indie perfume businesses in recent years. One part of the story gives an overview of the topic, and the other part gives a brief profile of five Bay Area indies, including myself. Thanks, Denise, for including me!
I’ve had a delay on the boxes — it’ll be a couple more weeks before I can put them on my site, but the prints I’ve seen so far show that the gold foil is really beautiful. The oak leaf design is working really well in the foil and I can’t wait to get my…
Hello Laurie,
hope you are doing well.
I just read the announcement of your new perfume – Equestrian on Now Smell This and I must say the description is very tempting.
Hope I will be able to give it a try 🙂
Let’s get in touch, Lucas. I think you’d like this one! 🙂 It’s not quite ready to ship, but soon.
Sure. Shall I send an email later?
That would be great!! I can answer tonight.
Can’t wait to try this. Sounds like something I would love!
Thanks, Cathy B! Hope you like it! I love hay absolute! 🙂