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I put Winter Woods back on the website. I do have about an ounce left of the original formula and you can email me about that if you were disappointed not to get that before I ran so low. The new formula is quite similar, but I think it is a tad less sweet. The…

You can head over to Cafleurebon if you’d like to enter a drawing for sample sets from SSS, Ineke, and Cognoscenti. The post is about how artisan perfumers name their scents. Naming can be hard! My side injury is feeling quite a bit better. My assistant is going on vacation soon though, and then we…

I think Tabac Aurea is done!  I’ve had very good feedback from testers.  I’m deciding now if the name will stay as is or if it’d be good to get cuir or something leather themed into the name since it does have a leather note with the tabac.  The drydown is warm and delicious though,…

Thank you, Gaia, for your review of Winter Woods on The Non-Blonde! It’s timely, as evidenced by the buckets of rain pouring here today. It’s very gloomy indoors weather here this week, and Winter Woods hits the spot on days like these. We’ll be batching it this Friday since I’m getting low. Winter Woods and…

I finally had a chance to work on Gardenia Musk on Saturday and Reves on Sunday; I can’t wait to rest my nose overnght and try these tester vials tomorrow. With Reves, I substituted a more floral ionone for one of the woodsier ones and made a few other adjustments, trying to prevent the orris…

Congratulations to the blog drawing winners! The first place name drawn was Haunani and second place name drawn was RusticDove. Just send me an email with your address info and I will mail these out. Haunani, you will receive the Nostalgie parfum bottle. RusticDove, you can choose any 5 ml pocket spray or a sample…