tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post115499569607750701..comments2024-02-21T05:09:01.090-05:00Comments on Anya's Garden Perfumes + The Natural Perfumery Institute: Inspiration + Creation + Tedium = Rewardsanyasgardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-1155581436364087182006-08-14T14:50:00.000-04:002006-08-14T14:50:00.000-04:00Anya, I have been wearing it and wrote about it to...Anya, I have been wearing it and wrote about it today. Interesting that it immediately reminded me of Joanne Woodward saying that phrase in The Fugitive Kind, "there's STILL somethin WILD in this country!". That film is one of my favorites and another one of those American deep southern retellings of a Greek Myth, something like you have accomplished yourself, with Pan...indieperfumeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-1155569383341239202006-08-14T11:29:00.000-04:002006-08-14T11:29:00.000-04:00One more on goats and labdanum/cistus:http://www.s...One more on goats and labdanum/cistus:<BR/>http://www.scents-of-earth.com/labdanum.html<BR/><BR/>Deep in our subconscious -- yes!anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-1155568604807384082006-08-14T11:16:00.000-04:002006-08-14T11:16:00.000-04:00Lucy - I almost forgotI just realized the quickest...Lucy - I almost forgot<BR/><BR/>I just realized the quickest way to describe to folks the result of blending goat hair tincture and how it smells in a perfume is to cite Bo Jensen's site:<BR/>http://tinyurl.com/zk7pt<BR/><BR/>Anyone familiar with cistus or labdanum would have an immediate affinity for Pan, the perfume. The absolute of the plant is in there, and the synergy with the goat hair is what makes it magical. Many of us have been fortunate to obtain the resin collected 'the old way', combed from the hair of the goats or sheep. <BR/><BR/>The added bit of pheromone because mine comes from the hair around the scent glands (near horns) of a rutting billygoat is a bonus ;-)<BR/><BR/>Other than that, Pan includes the essences of plants found sacred to the GoatGod, a true homage. And a lot of fun!anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-1155566993998282882006-08-14T10:49:00.000-04:002006-08-14T10:49:00.000-04:00Thank you, Dear LucyI am getting incredibly lovely...Thank you, Dear Lucy<BR/>I am getting incredibly lovely feedback about the perfumes. The buzz about Pan is incredible, it really touches people with the animalic note, and a reference to Pliny calling spikenard calling "little goat" made me laugh: http://www.touregypt.net/magazine/mag03012001/mag4.htm<BR/>Tinctured goat hair is like spikenard brought to Eden and back -- transformed. A perfumer has to be willing to take chances and not be bound by fears or prejudices. Here's the succinct observation I made on POL, and that Robin in nowsmellthis used when someone questioned "goat hair"?<BR/><BR/>Indeed, LOL! But I just saw a discussion of this at the perfumeoflife forum, and I hope Anya will not mind my using a quote of hers from there: "the goat hair, like most animal essences is rather funky until diluted. Wait. It's still funky diluted! But in a blend, in a tiny amount, it is sublime."<BR/><BR/>I will only use non-cruelty animal essences in my perfumes, and this is a great find!anyasgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223385840614041356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502094.post-1155558766721801762006-08-14T08:32:00.000-04:002006-08-14T08:32:00.000-04:00Anya, the Pan is glorious and deep, very individua...Anya, the Pan is glorious and deep, very individual, and I love that it contains goat hair. Love goats. Andy Tauer's lovely review was right on point. You are doing wonderful work. I hope you can market them to everyone who should know about them because they are a delight.indieperfumeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933060392329498890noreply@blogger.com