“The State of Natural Perfumery” feature article rated #3 on Basenotes
Originally published Jan. 3, 2013 Due to personal circumstances, I didn’t release a new perfume last year, the first time this has happened since I launched Anya’s Garden Perfumes in 2006. Perfumes require much emotional involvement, and after the death of my mother, I just stayed low and went about what I love most – working with the worldwide members of the natural perfumery community. Part of this outreach was checking the pulse of what natural perfumers around the world were thinking, creating, and predicting. Not being Guild-centric, I reached out to several acquaintances and included them in the article. Those who participated included Tanja Bochnig of April Aromatics, Elise Pearlstine of Bellyflowers Perfumes, Christian David of Honore des Pres, Alexandra Balahoutis of Strange Invisible Perfumes, Tammy Frazer of Frazer Parfums, Jane Hendler of Ajne Parfumerie, Eleanor Jane of Tallulah Jane Perfumes NYC and myself. Imagine my surprise today when Basenotes, one of the top thr