Ask the Perfumer - Sunday, July 15, 2012 - until 10 PM EST
Good morning, dear friends! I started drinking high-octane coffee again this week, and I'm wired and have already been very productive this not-very-hot-or-humid morning in Miami. My front garden is a floral wonderland today, and I'm sharing my photos with you. I hope they inspire you to grow your own fragrant botanicals, whether you harvest them to scent extraction or not. I'll be here today, working on my hush-hush new fragrant product, so I'll be answering your natural perfumery questions. Gold Champaca Greeting me at my front door - a vigorous Jasmine grandiflorum plant Not scented in the morning - night-blooming jasmine A closeup of the pretty little nightblooming jasmine flowers Tahitian gardenia - yes, the one Monoi is made from My ylang ylang tree is loaded with blooms A harvest basket before 9 a.m. Wonderful work if you can get it!