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There’s a great review of Tabac Aurea today on Fragrantica by Somerville Metro Man from basenotes, Mark Behnke. Thank you Mark, and thank you Elena at Fragrantica too (she always works wonders with photos for the articles there). Tabac Aurea Review on Fragrantica In the process of working on the reformulation of Encens Tranquille with…

I thought I’d post a few photos of my table at The Artisan Fragrance Salon that took place last Sunday. It was held in an art gallery, so the perfumers had no control over the artwork displayed behind and around the booths. My table had landscape and wildlife art, which was accidentally somewhat appropriate. Other…

Equestrian 1 ml, 3 ml, and 5 ml sizes have been available on the SSS website for about two weeks. Today, Cafleurebon posted a beautiful review and drawing for a 17 ml bottle, so you can head over if you’d like to join the drawing. Hope your summer is going well!

Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes and Nathan Branch of the Nathan Branch Blog have been hosting blog projects in which Mandy and one other perfumer work on scents and post periodic emails to each other to describe their progress and thought process as they work. Mandy did the first with Andy Tauer on a linden…

I’m batching Cocoa Sandalwood, the first of the new Sonoma Naturals Collection, and I hope to have it on the site by the end of next week. Meantime, the first review is up on Cafleurebon, and you can head over to enter a drawing for a 17 ml bottle. After the next natural is done…