Tabac Aurea update

I’ve been filling 17 ml bottles to send to Meredith at Sweet Anthem to restock her supplies. I’ve also been filling lots of holiday orders. I think the formula for cocoa sandalwood is done, and I’m just wearing spiced citrus vetiver to decide if it is done. I’ve not had as much time as I…

I want to wish everyone a happy new year! I hope 2014 brings good things for all of us. Many thanks to the blogs that included my scents on their Best of 2013 lists! It was especially encouraging to see my first two natural scents on four lists this year. Cocoa Sandalwood on Mark Behnke’s…

I just put Voile de Violette and Wood Violet back on the scent list. Champagne de Bois and Cameo will be next, hopefully within the next few weeks. I think the Reves take-off may be done; it’s been getting great feedback from most testers. I’m still toying with the other new one, but I will…

A few days ago Marla posted on Perfume Smellin’ Things about the soothing effects of frankincense, referencing a Johns Hopkins study that linked the positive psychoactive effect to a protein in the brain called TRPV3. She also mentioned Incense Pure in the context of being a soothing scent, and that’s not the first time this…

I’m scrambling to do some holiday rituals like shopping and cards along with the usual orders, scent development, sourcing of new materials, etc.  I just tried some very nice naturals this week from France and am working on an order.  I’ll get some mimosa absolute that will be fun because I’ve not had a large enough quantity…

Tonight for some reason an email was just sent out with old posts. Usually an email is only sent when I make a new post. I’ve never had a random email sent out before in all these years. I apologize — I did not request that email of old posts to be sent. It must…