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The Beauty of Aromatic Tinctures
It's not just the fragrance of the plant that is beautiful, some of the colors of the tinctures are gorgeous, too. These photos of some of my tinctures are about ten years old - it's time to take some new photos! At the time, I put the jars on my windowsill, and the...
Perfumed, Edible Galangal Root Harvest in Miami
Have you ever had Thai food with galangal root? Have you used the galangal root essential oil in perfume? I can say yes to both. This ginger relative really spreads in the garden, and I had a wheelbarrow's worth dug up the other day. Anybody in the Miami area that...
Ask the Perfumer forum Jan. 12, 2014 – and a Vetiver house 🙂
I'm reposting some of my photos and brief comments from my Perfume From Your Garden Book page on Facebook here. There's a lot of comments on that page, so if you'd like to join us there, please do. It can be found here. From last week: Whew! Just finished up the Plant...
Ask the Perfumer Dec 28, 2013 and a Year-end Beauty: Golden Gardenia
This is the last "Ask the Perfumer" forum for this year. I've been busy with the winter garden in Miami, and have to play catchup with my blog posts. So, if you have any perfumery questions, I'll be here until 10PM ET tonight. We had a lot of rain last night, and my...
Ask the Perfumer forum and Tropical Lilac! 12/8/2013
I'll be here until 10 tonight to answer your perfumery questions, and taking time out to play with the velvety, highly-scented *leaves* of the tropical lilac plant I found yesterday. I've been searching online for a long time for it, and accidentally stumbled across...
Tips to Lessen the Impact of Gardening with Arthritis
October and November begin the planting season for us here in Miami, and a few weeks ago I got busy beginning the planting of my veggie garden. And then the arthritis flares began, three really bad ones. I have no problem bending over, I'm flexible, and I feel very...
Scented Geraniums Have Glorious Perfume
I was delighted that several scented geraniums I planted last spring survived the hot, humid Miami summer. Pelargoniums are native to the high desert of South Africa, so they like it on the dry side. I just planted a dozen varieties so they can grow during the winter,...
How Perfume Got Its Stank On – Five Perfumers Write About Using Animal Essences
Basenotes, one of the most popular and longest-lasting perfume forums on the Internet, is hosting a five-part series on Animal Essences in Perfumery. I invited four other perfumers to write about their take on this controversial subject. I think you'll be surprised,...
Ask the Perfumer Nov. 10, 2013
I'll be here until 10 PM tonight to answer any perfumery questions, and in the meantime, here's a bit from the Facebook page for my upcoming book Perfume From Your Garden: Perfume From Your Garden will not be limited to fresh plant material from the garden: I love to...
Daniel Krasofski on Recycled Scent Strip Holders, Perfume, Ayurvedic, Aromatherapy Adaptations
I blogged recently about the great discovery that Daniel Krasofski, one of my students, made on a visit to a thrift store. Daniel kindly offered to share details to help everyone find and adapt these stainless steel goodies for their perfume business. Here's Daniel's...
Orange Flowers that Smell Like Orange Peels – Perfume From Your Garden
Beautiful orange flowers that smell like orange peel? Be still my heart! From the same genus as night-blooming jasmine, this Cestrum can be grown as an annual in cold climates, a perennial in warm. I have high hopes for my tiny plant 🙂 Cestrum sinensis is great!...
What a Great Scent Strip Holder Find!
I always am grateful for my connection to thousands of natural perfumery fans, perfumers, and members of the Yahoo groups. I've been on the Internet for twenty years, and have read about all the problems and opportunities in our art because of their posts and their...
When is a Jasmine not really a Jasmine?
First things first, the backstory: I'm making lemons from lemonade. Recently, the landscaper butchered my orange jasmine hedge in the back garden, and it has to be removed. I did some retail therapy, and went to three different online rare plant sites and had fun! One...
You Can Eat My Perfume
There's a saying in the natural lifestyle world: "Can you eat....so and so" meaning is the lotion or body care product made with pure and natural ingredients? I was reminded of this recently when someone interested in buying my perfume wrote me several times, asking...
Ask the Perfumer Sept. 15, 2013
Yes, this is a homely plant, it even has ugly flowers! However, the scent is heavenly, and it's very easy to grow. Can you guess what it is? I teased the members of the Facebook page Perfume From Your Garden the other day, and got lots of responses, many close, but...
Perfume From Your Garden: Butter churns and perfume
Ok, what the heck does a butter churn have to do with our upcoming book on making Perfume From Your Garden? LOL. Teaser! Don't forget to sign up for the newsletter at http://perfumefromyourgarden.com/ because we'll have giveaways here and via the newsletter. Double...
Ask the Perfumer Aug 18 2013 – Reader’s Choice
No theme this week, everyone, because I'm so busy with perfume, students, the Guild, and working on the Perfume From Your Garden book, I figure it's just a reader's choice on the questions this week. So, ask about anything that puzzles you about perfumery, and I'll...
Considering Illustrations Like These for Perfume From Your Garden book
When Elise and I sat down to discuss the options for the illustrations for our upcoming book Perfume From Your Garden, color photos were considered, but the ability to get similar lighting and composition for them ruled them out. Maybe in the future, but our timeline...
Perfume From Your Garden book Didn’t Forget Apartment Dwellers and Non-gardeners!
The Perfume From Your Garden book will have a bonus section: Perfume From Your Pantry! Unless you're in a subtropical region, you can't grow yummy spices like cardamom, cinnamon, allspice, vanilla, etc., but Elise and I will show you how to extract the scent (and...
Ask the Perfumery Sunday Aug 11, 2013 – Busy! Book, Tuition & Kit Discounts
There's a Facebook page for the book Elise Pearlstine and I are writing: Perfume From Your Garden! Click here to join us there, and please also visit our holding homepage for the book by clicking here. We're going to have giveaways of the book when it is published,...
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