The Nose of the Beholder - 2024 April 15, 2024Once upon a time alchemists and shamans discovered the magic of beaver glands when combined with resinous oils to mimic the natural scent of leather. In 1927 Chanel brought Cuir...
Into the Rabbit Hole ~ Forays Within the Aroma Chemical Galaxy November 17, 2019>2013. So I created this gobsmacking perfume only to learn that a certain kind of honey made it pop and that at the end of the day this honey was...
Oud, Musk, Sustainability, Sanity February 1, 2014 The irony of natural perfumery is that it consumes botanical products that are not all thriving on this planet anymore. On the flip side, synthetics use petroleum which is also...
Enfleurage Baby! October 20, 2013 In case you missed our last article on tincturing in Cafleurebon stay tuned for our next article on enfleurage. This really excites me on so many levels First, I...
Perfuming Cinema September 27, 2013We are slowly working our way through the cinematic library of works by Satyajit Ray, prolific film maker from what was then the Bengali region of India. Thanks to Hulu...
More Skunk Please September 15, 2013 You asked for more skunk and we scoured the garages and basements of the Midwest to find some very old skunk...
