Natural Perfumers Guild Blog announced by Anya McCoy

The Natural Perfumers Guild blog debuted yesterday, April 11, 2008 and you can click here to visit it.

The blog will replace the Guild newsletter as a place to share press releases, post ads, inform the public about Guild news and give higher visibility to Guild Perfumers, Associates and Suppliers. It will be managed by Guild Assistant Gisele.

I'll continue to blog here occasionally, but everyone who knows me knows that the Guild has a special place in my heart, as it was given to me by Mandy Aftel because she liked the way I was hosting the huge Natural Perfumery group on Yahoo - which now has more than 1500 members! There were only 550 members three years ago when Mandy and I first became friends, so we - the natural perfumers and myself - are doing something right in the eyes of the public. That's an incredible growth rate and it shows no signs of abating.

Natural perfumery as defined by the Guild has ethics, goals and communication as cornerstones of our art and the keywords chosen for the new blog to supplement our slogan of Slow Scent reflect that:

AUTHENTIC + ARTISAN + HONEST + GREEN

We demand those qualities in ourselves when we source our raw materials and put hundreds of hours into creating a perfume from our artistic gifts. Our products are authentic artisan creations, we disclose our ingredients and we strive to be as green a company as possible.

Bookmark the Guild blog as you'll find a lot of sales advertised there first, and that will give you the chance to pick up on perfumes, raw materials, perfume making kits, classes and more.