Anya's Garden Perfumes + The Natural Perfumery Institute

  What a Great Scent Strip Holder Find! by  Anya McCoy  |  Oct 9, 2013  |  natural perfume ,  Natural Perfumery Institute ,  study perfumery  |  12 comments Daniel Krasofski’s skillful repurposing of a film developing reel! On the right: don’t do this! On the left: do this! I always am grateful for my connection to thousands of natural perfumery fans, perfumers, and members of the Yahoo groups. I’ve been on the Internet for twenty years, and have read about all the problems and opportunities in our art because of their posts and their private correspondence with me. Daniel Krasofski is one of my  students , and he wrote me from Napa, where he was taking Jeanne Rose’s day-long course at Eden Botanicals. It was this bit of a tiny photo in the collage of photos he sent me that caught my eye. What in the heck is that spiral stainless steel thing? He was in class and on the road for the rest of the weekend, so my email asking about it we...

  Orange Flowers that Smell Like Orange Peels – Perfume From Your Garden by  Anya McCoy  |  Oct 11, 2013  |  Anya's Garden Perfumes ,  natural perfume ,  Perfume From Your Garden book  |  2 comments photo credit: Monrovia nursery Beautiful orange flowers that smell like orange peel? Be still my heart! From the same genus as night-blooming jasmine, this Cestrum can be grown as an annual in cold climates, and a perennial in warm. I have high hopes for my tiny plant 🙂 Cestrum sinensis is great! grows to 6’x6′ (3mx3m) Many plants won’t make it into  Perfume From Your Garden book  (renamed Homemade Perfume, published in 2018)due to space limitations, but I’ll write about them here and in the newsletter when it gets started. Show of hands: who wants a pretty plant that will make their garden smell like oranges?   2 Comments Linda Scott   on October 11, 2013 at 10:17 am  (Edit) It’s so pretty, and oh! Yes, it sounds di...

  Daniel Krasofski on Recycled Scent Strip Holders, Perfume, Ayurvedic, Aromatherapy Adaptations by  Anya McCoy  |  Oct 20, 2013  |  natural perfume ,  raw materials of perfumery ,  study perfumery  |  2 comments I  blogged recently  about the great discovery that Daniel Krasofski, one of my students, made on a visit to a thrift store. Daniel kindly offered to share details to help everyone find and adapt these stainless steel goodies for their perfume business. Here’s Daniel’s helpful blog, and don’t forget to check out the link and the end to the Institute for Art and Olfaction in Los Angeles, where he’s on the faculty. Greetings, I was surprised to wake up the other morning to Anya’s Blog post about the Film Developing Reels I have used for years, as Scent Strip holders. I also appreciate everyone, from all over the world, that has contacted me over the last week. Sharing helpful information and knowledge fills me with joy. ...