Just a quick post to say the drawing for Lieu de Reves and Sienna Musk sample sets will be done this weekend and the results will be posted on the
PerfumeShrine blog.
I’ll mail the samples to the winners after I receive their addresses.
Update: The winners have now been posted on PerfumeShrine and I need them to email their addresses to me at info@sonomascentstudio.com. Winners were Dawn, Natalie, AuditDiva, Jenavira13, and Marin (antiM). Thanks for playing!
Champagne de Bois is back on the list and is available again. The reformulation is done and I think it turned out very well. I switched to the new labdanum, eliminated cedar, altered the aldehyde balance, and changed the jasmine. It’s a rich, warm, woodsy fragrance with aldehydes, jasmine, clove, sandalwood, labdanum absolute, amber, vetiver,…
I’ve been testing two new frangipani absolutes and the differences between them are interesting. One is plumaria rubra that is likely the type called Celadine, and another is plumaria alba that is made mostly from the type called Singapore. Both are strong and heady, but the rubra is sweeter and more floral. The alba has…
You’ve probably heard that Napa, CA had a rather large (6.0) earthquake last night, waking people up at 3:20 in the morning with shaking, damage, and power outages. It woke us up in Sonoma too, with quite a bit of shaking and rolling. My cottage is on stilts on a hillside, so the swaying can…
I’ll put the cart back up either late Thursday evening before I go to sleep after spending Thanksgiving with my family, or early Friday morning. I will have to wait on Ambre Noir until we can batch more, but I think the others can go up. I’ll be taking stock tomorrow, and we’ll keep batching…
I wanted to wish everyone a wonderful holiday! Hope you have a great time with family however you celebrate. I also want to extend my very sincere thank you for the support you’ve given me and other indie perfumers. The online fragrance community is truly a special group and I’m grateful for all the wonderful…
Got my pen tablet back from repair! Wacom was great about fast turn-around. For anyone with sore wrists who can write by hand but can’t type much, these tablets are nice. They’re also great for graphics and photo editing, though I have much to learn in those areas. Still waiting on the high speed internet….