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rosemary revisited

scentedwench wrote 3 weeks ago: I had to decant sample vials of Rosemary today and something about its greenish brown gummy characte … more »

Tags: natural aromatics, Rosemary, Chocolate, Lavender

the power of copal and myrrh

scentedwench wrote 3 weeks ago: I poured and packed three bottles of Ofrenda this morning, for an order.  This is one that I had to … more »

Tags: natural aromatics, Perfume, abies grandis, Copal, frankincense, myrrh, Ofrenda

appreciating roses right now

scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I had to make up another batch of Medea some weeks ago, and finally filtered it yesterday afternoon, … more »

Tags: natural aromatics, natural perfumery, medea, Rose

explorations of Pogostemon cablin

scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I have a 16 oz bottle of dark patchouli from India that I’ve been hoarding for about six years … more »

Tags: natural aromatics, Patchouli

co-distills and attars rock

scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been playing with attars in a very limited fashion for some years now.  There are the ob … more »

Tags: natural aromatics, natural perfumery, Attar, co-distillation, rosa bourbonia, ruh khus, Vetiver

Saffron

scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: From Lise Manniche (Sacred Luxuries), “…The well-known flower pistils of Crocus sativus … more »

Tags: natural aromatics, natural perfumery, Arctander, Manniche, Saffron

ginger on my mind

scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: When I picture a fire-breathing dragon, I tend to think of ginger from several angles.  Ginger is s … more »

Tags: Perfume, natural perfumery, Ignis, Ginger, Paracelsus

Musk rose (hard to find, but worth it)

scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I was talking about using blue lotus phytol, a few posts down… I also happen to have a small ( … more »

Tags: natural aromatics, natural perfumery, phytol, musk rose, Circe

Gulhina, better with age

scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I’ve had about an ounce of gulhina attar for 4 years, and check in on it infrequently. I had … more »

Tags: natural aromatics, natural perfumery, Attar, Hekate, gulhina, Henna

Nelumbo nucifera, the blue one1 comment

scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I’m working on expanding my palette of heart notes, and am starting to work, slowly, with a ph … more »

Tags: natural aromatics, natural perfumery, Blue Lotus, nelumbo nucifera, phytol, Peter Wilde

Hekate is back!

scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: It’s been on the list of ‘things to do’ for a couple months, but Hekate is finally … more »

Tags: News, natural perfumery, botanical perfumery, Blue Lotus

woohoo! new site and logo...

scentedwench wrote 2 months ago: I had to learn DreamWeaver by the seat of my pants last week, and managed to completely rebuild my s … more »

Tags: News, Mandrake

Mandrake Apothecary is carbon-balanced!

scentedwench wrote 2 months ago: A couple weeks ago, I signed on with Terrapass in order to balance out the carbon ye olde Mandrake g … more »

Tags: News, Carbon-Balanced, TerraPass, Carbon Neutral, solar

Hemera, the last of the summer flowers

scentedwench wrote 9 months ago: Hemera is the primordial goddess of the day, and Nyx (primordial goddess of night) is her mother. He … more »

Tags: Perfume, News, natural perfumery

Damascena, Centifolia, Bourbonia, Moschatus, and how!

scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: May had me in the planning stages of a project based around roses, and June has seen that to complet … more »

Tags: Perfume, natural aromatics, natural perfumery

Demeter and Hekate, new unguents!

scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I am offering up jojoba-based unguents this month, Demeter and Hekate. They are available for $25 ( … more »

Tags: Perfume, News, Cats, charitable donations, natural perfumery


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