Anya's Garden Perfumes + The Natural Perfumery Institute

  Perfumed, Edible Galangal Root Harvest in Miami by  Anya McCoy  |  Jan 28, 2014  |  Anya's Garden Perfumes  |  1 comment Have you ever had Thai food with galangal root? Have you used the galangal root essential oil in perfume? I can say yes to both. This ginger relative really spreads in the garden, and I had a wheelbarrow’s worth dug up the other day. Anybody in the Miami area that wants some, let me know. Love the pink/salmon sprouts of new growth, it’s very decorative. Smells and tastes beautiful. A bit hotter than ginger, and indispensable to Thai soups.   1 Comment Laura   on February 1, 2015 at 8:01 am  (Edit) Anya – I am reading this +1 year but looking for Galangal today, actually (1 Feb 2015) to take out to Kenya with me – I leave tomorrow and a friend has made a very last minute request that I bring some!! If you have any please email me at  lmcpherson@cricons.com  and I will come pick it up – thanks – Laura

 Originally published Sept. 22, 2013 There’s a saying in the natural lifestyle world: “Can you eat….so and so” meaning is the lotion or body care product made with pure and natural ingredients? I was reminded of this recently when someone interested in buying my perfume wrote me several times, asking specific questions about the ingredients. I answered each email, also telling her to check out my Ingredients page. She then sent another email asking if I used undenatured alcohol. Of course, I do, and I wondered why she wasn’t finding the answers on my website. I discovered the Ingredients page was listed last on the menu, so I moved it up to the #4 position. I want customers to know that the ingredients in my perfumes are so pure, they could eat them. Rose, citrus, jasmine – all are good enough to eat – or drink. I’m not saying you should ‘eat’ my perfumes, although I do remember Maria Browning of Bitter Grace Notes blog and Elena Vosnaki of Perfume Shrine blog musing online about using