I wish I stayed in touch with my very first client. It was an Ebay transaction back when Ebay was still handcrafter and custom friendly, and in an effort to raise money for books while reducing some junk in my household, I took out an add offering custom made ritual oil. In luck rarely had [...]
03.09.2010
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I am asked almost weekly to create a reproduction of a fragrance. I hate this – hate hate hate it – with a burning passion. Asking me to do imitations denies me of a creative outlet, and frustrates me because it tells me that some perfume fans aren’t willing to adapt and change as perfumes [...]
03.06.2010
Tuning back in to this blog as I gear up for another round of picture posts and related content for your general entertainment. I’m still running stuff at the perfumery on Etsy, and while my feelings regarding Etsy are complicated, I’ve decided to try to simplify everything by just playing in my own sandbox. Once [...]
01.10.2010
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Perfume in the west is conceived of mainly as sex juice. Spritz a perfume. Attract a man. Spritz a perfume. Be what every woman desires. There’s a new twist on this the past decade or so, too: spritz a perfume. Be a celebrity. A fascinating twist, since in this day and age there is nothing [...]
12.22.2009
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The Financial Times dug up some mold on oud, and while they’re talking about agarwood like it’s news, the stuff was sniffed out by perfumers centuries ago. Believe it or not, that modly old wood is one component of the genius behind natural ambers and many a wood-scent cologne. It’s also insanely expensive, and there’s [...]
