Ask the Perfumer Dec 28, 2013 and a Year-end Beauty: Golden Gardenia
Ask the Perfumer Dec 28, 2013 and a Year-end Beauty: Golden Gardenia by Anya McCoy | Dec 29, 2013 | Anya's Garden Perfumes , Perfume From Your Garden book , raw materials of perfumery | 10 comments This is the last “Ask the Perfumer” forum for this year. I’ve been busy with the winter garden in Miami, and have to play catchup with my blog posts. So, if you have any perfumery questions, I’ll be here until 10PM ET tonight. Photo from logees.com We had a lot of rain last night, and my garden is so happy! This is a nice nitrogen boost for my plants, and the moistness makes for a welcoming soil bed for my Gardenia jasminoides var. “Aurea” – yellow gardenia. It looks like a yellow rose, doesn’t it? It’s a variety of the common gardenia we all know and love. When I enfleurage “regular” gardenias, and by that I mean G. jasminoides and G. vietnamensis, and G. tahitiensis, they all turn that color a day or two into the process. Quite beautiful, yes? Do you grow gardenias? Have you