Update, and Sienna Musk Review

Wanted to say happy May Day! Hope you have some nice spring weather where you are! We have a sunny spring day today. I’m not wearing any scent this morning while packing orders because I’ll be testing some mods later and need to save skin space. Yesterday I ordered a new press for putting the…

The blog EauMG has posted a review today of Champagne de Bois. Thanks, Victoria! It’s CdB time of year again with fall in the air. And while you’re there at the EauMG blog, check out Victoria’s make-up tutorials on creating vintage looks. She’s cute in all of them and it’s fun to see how close…

Thought I’d check in briefly. I’ve not been able to work on business things the last few days (which sure feels weird), but all orders have shipped. We’ve been having a heat wave — it was well over 100 degrees over the weekend, but back into the 90s today. I should be able to post…

Wow, there’s a very generous drawing right now for some Sonoma Scent Studio bottles on the Nathan Branch blog, so go on over and express interest if you see a bottle you’d enjoy having.  One bottle is the new Lieu de Reves, which may interest some of you. I like his product photos; I’ll have…

We’ve been getting quite a bit of rain in CA, which is good news for reducing the water deficit from our several-year drought. Above is a picture of a New Dawn winter bloom on my front porch, next to a rose hip. And below is a close-up photo of some moss on an oak tree by…

I went back to the previous popular mod of ET and decreased the musk a tad and added elemi, then I added vanilla absolute to the ET formula and eliminated the ethyl vanillin completely. I like this mod better with just natural vanilla because it adds some woodsy nuances and does not have that powdery…