A Modern Perfume Organ
A Modern Perfume Organ by Anya McCoy | Apr 2, 2017 | Anya McCoy , Anya's Garden Perfumes , How to Make Perfume , natural aromatics , natural perfume , natural perfumery course , Natural Perfumery Institute , raw materials of perfumery | 7 comments I started collection essential oils and absolutes in 1966. At the time, I didn’t know my bottles of aromatics were supposed to be arranged on a tiered shelf called a perfume organ. Because I was a botanist, I categorized them by the part of the plant they were extracted from: florals, woods, leaves, etc., and kept them in plastic boxes for storage. Later, I had a beautiful old wooden printer’s tray, which, when attached to a wall, provided a lovely display for the small bottles, but was impractical for working, and, of course, didn’t hold the larger bottles. In 1990 or so, I stored my perfume organ in a beautiful Thai display case. Anya McCoy with Thai display cabinet holding perfume organ oils I finally located a man in K