Just a few years ago I thought perfume was a luxury product due to its price tag. It is an unnecessary item in our daily life which makes us feel and maybe look more confident and attractive. How wrong was I when I delved into the world of botanical perfumery!
Read MoreWhat is Villanelle? A poem, a song, a fragrance, a character, an identity or a blend of a few? Let us see how the classic and modern approaches have shaped the word, particularly for the last two years.
Read MoreFlacons are very rare these days and unfortunately people are slowly forgetting the pleasure of slow perfume. Doing things on the go and having disposable things are signs of our hectic society. Why not try the old conventional method of applying perfume? Extraits will last for years as well as the flacons.
Read MoreWhen slow living habits became part of my daily life, I started looking for bloggers and some inspiration and one day I found a beautiful blog by Clare. Mindfulness is something I have to remind myself about as often as possible, I love reading and browsing through beautiful photography and particularly if it is about Ireland and the seaside.
Read MoreA few weeks ago I started writing an article on perfume ingredients, mainly about animal products and plants which are becoming extinct but are highly valued in modern perfumery in spite of many environmental and ethical complications. I was lucky to interview one of the owners of Hermitage Oils, Eleonora Scalseggi, a well-known supplier of natural materials which has been operating for many decades.
Read MorePerfumery may seem benign, but ingredients derived from plants and animals can come with serious environmental and ethical toll. Perfumery might seem like a fairly benign business. It’s about personal scent more than anything else. But as one of the largest global luxury industries, perfume-making can have a significant impact on certain plants and animals valued for their rare scent profiles.
Read MoreI have heard and read so many myths about natural and botanical (vegan) perfumes that I thought it is time to choose the most interesting ones and bust them. If you know any myths about natural perfumes, I would love to hear them. I will do my best to update the list.
Read MoreA few weeks ago I noticed an unusual activity on my website, one of my perfumes got a lot of attention and was googled again and again. Then people started buying the same sample, then some even bought Extrait de Parfum or Eau de Parfum without even trying samples. What was going on? It was Villanelle, a perfume created and released by me in March 2018.
Read MoreWhen I was thinking of writing about the price which goes into creation of botanical perfumes I first thought to name the post: Why Natural Perfumes Are Expensive. But I quickly changed it since I was never going to prove my point of view but to simply state the fact and support other artisan perfumers in their beautiful creations.
Read MoreThere are only a few things in which botanical/natural and synthetic perfumes are similar, one of them is the general structure of a fragrance. It is essential for a natural perfume beginner to understand why natural perfumes are different in order to wear them properly and enjoy them.
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