Anya's Garden Perfumes + The Natural Perfumery Institute

by   Anya McCoy   |   Sep 30, 2019   |   Anya's Garden Perfumes ,   DIY ,   How to Make Perfume ,   natural aromatics ,   natural perfume ,   raw materials of perfumery   |   10 comments Making Perfume: Working with Thick and Pasty Aromatics I have been working with perfumery aromatics since  1976 . That’s the year I began to seriously study perfumery with the aid of a few rare books and the assistance of two retired perfume industry sales representatives. I had already been collecting essential oils and absolutes for hippie fun, but that year I got serious about  making perfume . At that time, I hadn’t come across labdanum, tonka bean absolute, myrrh, and some of the other thick and pasty aromatics. The thick ones, as I’ll call them from here out, are impossible to pour, or use with a dropper. When I did come across them, the perfume reps taught me about  diluting * aromatics to work with them, both the thin, pourable stuff and especially the thick, difficult-to-work-with ones. *D

htttp://PerfumeClasses.com The Natural Perfumery Institute's textbook for the basic course in perfumery was edited so that students who are not native English speakers could easily follow the information and instructions presented.  The technical editor I hired previously worked for Microsoft and Boeing, writing manuals for engineers from all over the world.  Engineers are known for their ability to pick apart and question what is presented to them, honing the written word down to its most precise and understandable form.  As you can see by my writing, I'm not so precise, so I knew I needed Andrine's expertise.  She's also a natural perfumer and alchemist, so I had the best of both worlds when rewriting my original textbook into its present form. Here is an excerpt from the textbook, instructing the student how to make dilutions.  The student has already read about the type of bottles, droppers, scale, etc., for this exercise, and now the student has the equipment b