Neroli as the piney brightness, bitterness, and green woodiness from a wave of terpenes. It has the fruity, green floral notes of the best of rose and geranium. The indolic nature of the white flower is in full effect, but held at just the level so that it does not overwhelm. A hint of spice . . . what’s not to love?
Read MoreWe have finally understood that there is such a thing as the practice of creating accords with blends of natural and synthetic compounds that can result in better fragrances than using a binary approach to natural and synthetic. So we learned to stop worrying.
Read MoreWe don’t recommend ultrasonic diffusers or any other form of water-based diffusion. Odds are, you just aren’t going to clean it enough or use distilled or demineralized water to keep it safe. Nebulizers provide a safer option with optimal scent delivery and fan-based evaporative diffusers provide a cheaper and easier option.
Read MoreWildly successful in the 1960’s and 1970’s, vetiver fell out of favor in the commercial perfume trade for decades, to be reentered into the collective memory with the intense entry of Lalique’s Encre Noire in 2006.
Read MoreWestern colonial culture has a much deeper association with the scent of patchouli than the more recent affiliation with the 1960’s and 1970’s counterculture movement in the United States, whose unwashed visages were heavily scented in synthetic patchouli fragrance oils.
Read MoreThe original fougères sold a fantasy of the sophisticated gentleman’s ability to simultaneously experience the wild, animalic sensuality of the forest, rich with the romance of decay, the refined pastoral of bergamot, lavender, and hay (coumarin), and the sublimated eroticism of the walled flower garden. The scent allowed men to experience a more open sensuality without completely losing their masculine, hard-charging colonial mindset.
Read MoreThere is something so decadent about reaching into your very own pile of freshly roasted nuts, redolent with their own earthiness and the sharp, medicinal nature of fresh rosemary. Learn how to roast your own nuts and take back the joy of roasted herbs, spices, and nuts.
Read MoreThe benefit of using your own tinctures is that you can decide whether to use sugar or alcohol in scented beverages. As the growing popularity of flavored, unsweetened sparkling water shows, many more people are beginning to recognize the enjoyment that can come from carbonation and natural essences.
Read MoreLearn how to make safe and effective aromatherapy room sprays using essential oils. We include 15 recipes to get you started on this wonderful entrance to aromatherapy and perfumery.
Read MoreTaking a bath is a luxury. Why waste the special break from obligation by overstimulating your sense of smell with a bath bomb or salts that are more marketing than meaning? Besides, you have more important things to be thinking about, like getting in touch with your body.
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