Nostalgie drawing will close Wed night

I’m taking the shopping cart buttons down for about a week and taking a little break from orders so I can make new batches of Fireside Intense, Ambre Noir, Encens Tranquille, and Winter Woods with the new oakmoss and so I can work on the new Gardenia Musk. I’m not getting enough time to get…

Neil posted a review of Rose Volupté today on The Black Narcissus; he makes some interesting observations about the types of rose scents that are currently trendy in Japan. I’ve noticed over the years that Velvet Rose is popular with customers in Japan (though my customers are not the norm for the fragrance market since…

I’ve been busy keeping up with orders and haven’t been able to work on the new scents lately.  I’ll have a post soon, hopefully tomorrow eve, on labdanum and how it relates to amber accords and my decisions on Ambre Noir. Was filtering a new batch of Jour Ensoleille this morning and enjoying the scent of…

I just saw a drawing posted today on the blog coolcookstyle for samples of teas and SSS Cocoa Sandalwood courtesy of baconbiscuit and Brie. You might go enter, and if you are a cook, you might enjoy poking around the coolcookstyle blog for inspiring ideas. I’m hoping to put samples back up on the site…

I added the boxed gift set option to the Gifts page in case some people want to wrap gifts for the holidays. Optional cards are also available to send with the gift. It’ll be a couple more days before I receive the larger Priority Mail boxes to ship these, but most people won’t be in…

Back to work! Hope everyone had a great long weekend. We’re having our typical Indian summer, with hot afternoons but cool nights and mornings. Days are getting shorter, and the golden afternoon light has that extra special Sept/Oct glow. My nieces are back in school — it seems to start earlier every year. In between…