scent of the day

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Today I am wearing Ambra del Nepal from i Profumi di Firenze. My favorite!

It is a smooth blend of vanilla, amber and cardamom. I have been wanting to try

blending my own for a while now. I have everything except for vanilla absolute.

Does anyone know of a good source for this. I am going to try infusing some

pods today.

[Guest guest]

I love sandalwood inspired scents...can you tell me where u purchased Moksha?

Is it your own formulation???

Javon

[Guest guest]

> What are you wearing today? You can snip the above and add your 'fume.

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>

> Anya

> http://.com

> The premier site on the Web to discover the beauty of Natural Perfume

> " The Age of the Foodie is passé. It is now the Age of the Scentie. "

>

>

Following the shower, undried, I used the snowdrift farms alba lotion

scented with 3 % Lavender/Spearmint. Really slid this on me, I smell

wonderful.

Patti

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That's to bad...that you hated it. I wonder if it was the real thing or not.

It actually smells wonderful. Send me your info privately and I will mail

you a sample of what I have...I'm sure you will love it.

vr

Darlene

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I tried " Bandit " , but I did not like it. :-) I have tried blending my own

version of Fracas minus the vetiver base and I have had some success....not

totally satisfied with the results yet though. Tell me, has anyone used

fragrance oils in combination withssential oils and what do you guys think about

using fragrance oils. Could you still call your fragrance " Natural " if you

added fragrance oils to the blend??? I have used gardenia and carnation

fragrance oils.

vr

Darlene

[Guest guest]

> What are you wearing today? You can snip the above and add your 'fume.<

I'm wearing a sandalwood fragrance called Moksha , layered with amber oil.

~Pixie

[Guest guest]

> Many perfume and fashion newsgroups and forums have a thread on

>the SOTD and members check in with their choice. It would be nice

>if we could get such a thread going here, just to see what everyone

>is wearing.

>

> October 1

> Jasmine Tea from Fong of artemisiaperfumes. Refreshing top

>notes over a mellow heart. Sweet, dry, lovely. Of course, I'll

>probably dab or spritz on different scents later today. Don't be

>hesitant to name " synthetic " perfumes -- I wear them sometimes. I

> also am moved to just use a soliflor sometimes, like champaca or

white lotus or beeswax abs!

>

> What are you wearing today? You can snip the above and add

>your 'fume.

>

> Anya

On Saturdays and Sundays, I try out different scents from samples a

friend sent me. Today is New York Fling from Bond No. 9. This is

the second trial for this scent and it's growing on me. It's a

light, floral scent on my skin. Top Notes are Grapefruit, Mandarin,

Bergamot and Petitgrain. Middle Notes of Neroli, Gardenia,

Cyclamen, White Lily, Basil, Verbena, Jasmine. Base Notes

Vetiver, Oakmoss, Skin Musk, White Wood

PJW

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-----Original Message-----

I love sandalwood inspired scents...can you tell me where u purchased

Moksha?

Is it your own formulation???

Javon

Hi Javon,

I love sandalwood scents too. I created Moksha as a kind of wearable incense

for myself to use for meditation. It's such a wearable fragrance that I

added it to my perfume collection.

I sell the fragrance on my perfumery site www.ava-luxe.com

~Pixie

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At 03:32 PM 10/1/2005, you wrote:

>October 1 - I'm wearing Fracas by Piquet. It's a nice blend of

>tuberose and other white flowers like Lily of the Valley. I love the

>scent of

>tubersoe!

Hi Darlene:

I got some of this a few weeks ago on Ebay. Pure parfum. hated the scent

sniffing it out of the bottle, adored it on my skin -- at first. I love

tuberose, too! BUT it dried down to smell like a dirty ashtry on me. Must

be the synthetic base in it, sometimes they're vile, and often the are the

worst part of synthetic fragrances, because they linger so long.

I might follow the recs on dab, roll or spritz thread and mix some with

alcohol and put it in a mini mister and spray my hair. If I still think I

smell an ashtray, maybe we can swap ;-)

Anya

http://.com

The premier site on the Web to discover the beauty of Natural Perfume

" The Age of the Foodie is passé. It is now the Age of the Scentie. "

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At 03:49 PM 10/1/2005, you wrote:

>-----Original Message-----

>I love sandalwood inspired scents...can you tell me where u purchased

>Moksha?

>Is it your own formulation???

>Javon

>

>Hi Javon,

>I love sandalwood scents too. I created Moksha as a kind of wearable incense

>for myself to use for meditation. It's such a wearable fragrance that I

>added it to my perfume collection.

>I sell the fragrance on my perfumery site www.ava-luxe.com

Um, PixieSerena -- you realize we have ad day every month, and this month

we have long ad Libran Bacchanalian weekend?

Anya

http://.com

The premier site on the Web to discover the beauty of Natural Perfume

" The Age of the Foodie is passé. It is now the Age of the Scentie. "

[Guest guest]

<< Pure parfum. hated the scent

sniffing it out of the bottle, adored it on my skin -- at first. I love

tuberose, too! BUT it dried down to smell like a dirty ashtry on me>>

I have Fracas in parfum form. Love it! I think the base is vetiver, which

could account for the ashy drydown.

Have you tried Fracas's (older) evil twin sister Bandit yet? It was created

for the same design house as Fracas - Piguet. It's divine, but it's

VERY heavy on the ashtry accord. I love the tagline too... Not for every

woman, but for a certain type of woman.

Pixie

[Guest guest]

<<Um, PixieSerena -- you realize we have ad day every month, and this month

we have long ad Libran Bacchanalian weekend?>>

Anya,

I always love your ad days. I find such cool stuf!

~Pixie

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What are you wearing today? You can snip the above and add your 'fume.

Oh Dear!

You *really* do not want to know!! )

Yesterday my farm jacket fell in a puddle, I hung it in the porch when

I got home and it dripped dried over night.

This morning I rushed - late as usual - to let the horses out,

grabbing my jacket on the way and hastily putting it on as I dashed

along the road to the farm. As my body warmth heated the jacket, I

began to notice an *exceedingly* strong horse smell - that just got

gaggingly stronger as I ran. Turning my head to the left I realised

the smell was indeed coming from ME. Yep, that puddle was no ordinary

rain water puddle, it was in fact a puddle of horse " pee " .

This " natural odour " is one that definitely will not tincture in to

any kind of *acceptable " fragrance!!!

So today, I wore horse pee......

Oh, and did I mention I had to call in the local shop on the way to

the horses, to get cat food for the farm cats? and got served by the

very person to whom only last week I was extolling the joys of natural

perfume....

Right now (after a shower and relax!) I have a blend of Rose ab. Black

pepper and Lemon in a base of coconut oil, smoothed all over as an

after shower moisturiser. Yum.

I also have the same blend in a vapouriser, but with just a tad of clove added.

I find as the dark nights draw in and the cold, wet, winter begins to

wake and give the first hints of icy chills to come that I need the

comfort of rose, the warm of spice, coupled with reminders of summer -

just past - brought by sunny scented lemon.

LLx

(Who promises to make, and report on, her first " proper " perfume soon...)

[Guest guest]

At 05:49 PM 10/1/2005, you wrote:

>I tried " Bandit " , but I did not like it. :-) I have tried blending my own

>version of Fracas minus the vetiver base and I have had some success....not

>totally satisfied with the results yet though. Tell me, has anyone used

>fragrance oils in combination withssential oils and what do you guys think

>about

>using fragrance oils. Could you still call your fragrance " Natural " if you

>added fragrance oils to the blend??? I have used gardenia and carnation

>fragrance oils.

Sorry, Darlene, using FOs cancels the ability to call it natural. We have a

goal here to try to source natural gardenia, or figure out a blended accord

of natural aromatics that will duplicate it. As far as carnation --- there

is great carnation absolute out there, why use the FO?

Anya

http://.com

The premier site on the Web to discover the beauty of Natural Perfume

" The Age of the Foodie is passé. It is now the Age of the Scentie. "

[Guest guest]

At 05:49 PM 10/1/2005, you wrote:

>I tried " Bandit " , but I did not like it. :-) I have tried blending my own

>version of Fracas minus the vetiver base and I have had some success....not

>totally satisfied with the results yet though. Tell me, has anyone used

>fragrance oils in combination withssential oils and what do you guys think

>about

>using fragrance oils. Could you still call your fragrance " Natural " if you

>added fragrance oils to the blend??? I have used gardenia and carnation

>fragrance oils.

I wanted to add -- you'll find perfumers here who do use FOs. They disclose

this to the customer. That's the marketing difference, which needs to be

made. If someone declares themself a natural or botanical perfumer, it is

expected all their aromatics are from plants.

>

Anya

http://.com

The premier site on the Web to discover the beauty of Natural Perfume

" The Age of the Foodie is passé. It is now the Age of the Scentie. "

[Guest guest]

> What are you wearing today?

Thanks to everyone for sharing - you've mentioned some

interesting scents, although I think I'll pass

on the 'horse pee'. ;-)

I'm testing my first perfume-like essential oil blend

of mandarin, petitgrain, rose absolute, and sandalwood

(bought before I realized the environmental issues involved).

The carrier is jojoba.

It's been 'mellowing' for about a week, and is nice but

not long lasting. After about 20 min, I'm left with

sandalwood. IF not off topic, would anyone have any advice?

thanks!

Doris

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I was test burning a new lavender candle today with Lavandin absolute and so

I wore my own " Fern " fragrance to go with the aroma.

Dorothy

Dorothy McCall, Cert. Aroma.

Kingsbury Fragrances

The Royal York

3955 Bigelow Blvd. Ste. 907

Pittsburgh, PA. 15213

(412) 687-2720

www.kingsburyfragrances.com

" Vibrating aromatic threads speak of the Divine through tapestries of scent "

Dorothy McCall Cert. Aroma.

[Guest guest]

At 10:48 PM 10/1/2005, you wrote:

>I was test burning a new lavender candle today with Lavandin absolute and so

>I wore my own " Fern " fragrance to go with the aroma.

>Dorothy

This is a great thread! I find it really inspiring to hear about what

everyone is wearing. Let's keep it going. I just got in, and the 06130 Yuzu

Rouge I wore (a gift from a group member) dried down to a tea fragrance,

and I hardly noticed an Yuzu at all! Still, it was a pleasant perfume, but

I feel natural perfumers do Yuzu much better.

Anya

http://.com

The premier site on the Web to discover the beauty of Natural Perfume

" The Age of the Foodie is passé. It is now the Age of the Scentie. "

[Guest guest]

I am wearing my own creation " Tres Bon " today. It is a fresh green woody

floral. And layered with body cream, powder and spray. Yummmmmmmmmmmmm!

Dorothy

Dorothy McCall, Cert. Aroma.

Kingsbury Fragrances

The Royal York

3955 Bigelow Blvd. Ste. 907

Pittsburgh, PA. 15213

(412) 687-2720

www.kingsburyfragrances.com

" Vibrating aromatic threads speak of the Divine through tapestries of scent "

Dorothy McCall Cert. Aroma.

[Guest guest]

It is going to be warmer in the Burgh today, so I am wearing my own

synthetic/natual blend " 1000 Kisses " . This was inspired by my brother

who signs his e-mails " 1000 Kisses "

It is a Freesia, musk, Benzoin and Honey absolute blend. Airy and fresh.

Dorothy

Dorothy McCall, Cert. Aroma.

Kingsbury Fragrances

The Royal York

3955 Bigelow Blvd. Ste. 907

Pittsburgh, PA. 15213

(412) 687-2720

www.kingsburyfragrances.com

" Vibrating aromatic threads speak of the Divine through tapestries of scent "

Dorothy McCall Cert. Aroma.

[Guest guest]

Showering with Dr. Bronner's almond castile scented with fresh, not dried

ginger EO for that morning zing!

My SOTD will be, in the morning, Quinta Essentia's Moon Breath, in honor of

the New Moon in Libra ;-) It is a gorgeous floral, white flowers, of

course, creamy and feminine and light. Sounds positively lunar, yes? It is.

I'm sure I'll dab on her Libra perfume later today!

Anya

http://.com

The premier site on the Web to discover the beauty of Natural Perfume

" The Age of the Foodie is passé. It is now the Age of the Scentie. "

[Guest guest]

What a fun thread!

Today I'm wearing a fragrance called 10 Corso Como , an incense and

sandalwood fragrance that comes from Milan Italy. The scent is made for the

design house of 10 Corso Como , a very chic Milan house.

~Pixie

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--- Anya <mccoy@...> wrote:

> >For the SoTD thread, I'm wearing 'Opone' by Diptyque,

>> one of my favorite fragrances. I've never received a

>>compliment on it, so tend to wear it by myself, but it

>>sets my imagination free, and I feel their description in

>>my bones while wearing it: " Rounding the cape where

spices >>are grown, under full sail, bound for fragrant

gardens of

>> roses and saffron. "

>

> Thanks for the post on Diptyque, I think it's the first

one here. I will check out this line now, since you think

it is all-natural. I have heard of it, mentioned on perfume

forums, but didn't realize the natural aspect.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I give pause also when a line is called all-natural. I hope

no word-splitting is going on - Diptyque is high-end, and

sold at Aedes De Venustas and Beautyhabit. Below is the

commentary on Beautyhabit (I hope it's okay to cut and

paste this; let me know if it isn't):

" All the Diptyque fragrances are natural, whether they are

woodsy, spicy, green, floral or fruity. It is Diptyque's

proudest accomplishment to have never used a synthetic

fragrance in developing its products. Each Eau de Toilette

takes you through an exotic journey creations stemming from

memories of travels through the Mediterranean and Near East

mostly. They conjure up images of the Greek hot summer

days, but also an orchard of limes and tangerines, the

clear morning of a classical Latin landscape, noon in the

countryside or the scent of a green riverside garden. "

Of course, on reading it, there can be other synthetic

additives besides fragrance...

Below is the URL:

http://www.beautyhabit.com/diptyque_edt.html

>

> Kathy, you have a lot of exotic scents going on up there

> off-grid in Alaska!

:-) some more exotic than others... yes, there is a lot,

and much of it unevaluated. It is a task for a larger

set-up than mine. I was very encouraged by Marcia Elston's

comments about Canadian distillers (thanks Marcia, and BTW,

my field guides arrived, and they are wonderful, better

than you described).

To capture the fragrance of a *place* is very challenging,

as I'm discovering, yet very exciting. Assembling the

fragrance materials to do so is the largest hurdle of all.

My sister was visiting me on our family homestead, and

commented there was no smell like the autumn woods in that

area - it had something to do with the mix of Devil's Club,

overripe Highbush Cranberries, Spruce, and cold air. She's

right - it's not better, but unique, as is any place. The

high cold areas have an invigorating quality to the

fragrances. I'm trying to keep all this in mind as I plan

and create. The Devil's Club, for all of its deep, earthy

quality has turned out to be no more than a midnote as an

oil maceration, and less assertive than I would have

thought, but I *am* mixing a maceration with eo's, which

are much more concentrated. My plan was to build a

signature base accord around Devil's Club, and develop

several different themes using that accord. I'm still

tincturing a large amount for the winter, and fine tuning

the steam distillation. The roots may not turn out to be as

prolific for eo as the leaf buds in spring, when they are

resinous.

I'm actually struggling at the moment with using aged whale

oil as a fixative (I was hoping the Devil's Club would

prove to be that). The whale oil fragrance is incredibly

tenacious (and incredibly fragrant), but this has been

lying fallow in a drum for over 25 years, and so the

fragrance has mellowed, but we are talking a definite

animalic note with that. I know many people have a

reticence using animal byproducts, but I've always wanted

to work with real animalics (like the billy goat musk). The

oil is a leftover from back when it used to be legal to

have a spring hunt for Belugas in Cook Inlet. The neighbors

used to cut up the blubber and store it to feed to the sled

dogs, but the dogs could barely tolerate it (too rich- gave

them intense diarrhea), so it sat in the drums, wafting

odorous fumes for decades :-) I've got several blends aging

at the moment - whale oil/frankincense, wo/sandalwood,

wo/myrrh, wo/patchouli, wo/jasmine, wo/vetiver, wo/oakmoss,

wo/Devil's Club, and wo/cedar.

I think one could go on and on about fragrance crafting...

it's exciting to talk with people who understand, and have

experience.

Kathy

Flathorn Lake, AK

__________________________________

- PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005

http://mail.

[Guest guest]

At 05:37 PM 10/5/2005, you wrote:

>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>I give pause also when a line is called all-natural. I hope

>no word-splitting is going on - Diptyque is high-end, and

>sold at Aedes De Venustas and Beautyhabit. Below is the

>commentary on Beautyhabit (I hope it's okay to cut and

>paste this; let me know if it isn't):

>

> " All the Diptyque fragrances are natural, whether they are

>woodsy, spicy, green, floral or fruity. It is Diptyque's

snip

>Of course, on reading it, there can be other synthetic

>additives besides fragrance...

>Below is the URL:

>http://www.beautyhabit.com/diptyque_edt.html

I think I'll write them, and ask about the musk, white lilac, wisteria and

hyachinth. giving them the benefit of the doubt, perhaps they blend accords

that mimic those scents. Perhaps not ;-)

> > Kathy, you have a lot of exotic scents going on up there

> > off-grid in Alaska!

>

>:-) some more exotic than others... yes, there is a lot,

>and much of it unevaluated. It is a task for a larger

>set-up than mine. I was very encouraged by Marcia Elston's

>comments about Canadian distillers (thanks Marcia, and BTW,

>my field guides arrived, and they are wonderful, better

>than you described).

>To capture the fragrance of a *place* is very challenging,

>as I'm discovering, yet very exciting. Assembling the

>fragrance materials to do so is the largest hurdle of all.

>My sister was visiting me on our family homestead, and

>commented there was no smell like the autumn woods in that

>area - it had something to do with the mix of Devil's Club,

>overripe Highbush Cranberries, Spruce, and cold air. She's

>right - it's not better, but unique, as is any place. The

>high cold areas have an invigorating quality to the

>fragrances. I'm trying to keep all this in mind as I plan

>and create. The Devil's Club, for all of its deep, earthy

>quality has turned out to be no more than a midnote as an

>oil maceration, and less assertive than I would have

>thought, but I *am* mixing a maceration with eo's, which

>are much more concentrated. My plan was to build a

>signature base accord around Devil's Club, and develop

>several different themes using that accord. I'm still

>tincturing a large amount for the winter, and fine tuning

>the steam distillation. The roots may not turn out to be as

>prolific for eo as the leaf buds in spring, when they are

>resinous.

>I'm actually struggling at the moment with using aged whale

>oil as a fixative (I was hoping the Devil's Club would

>prove to be that). The whale oil fragrance is incredibly

>tenacious (and incredibly fragrant), but this has been

>lying fallow in a drum for over 25 years, and so the

>fragrance has mellowed, but we are talking a definite

>animalic note with that. I know many people have a

>reticence using animal byproducts, but I've always wanted

>to work with real animalics (like the billy goat musk). The

>oil is a leftover from back when it used to be legal to

>have a spring hunt for Belugas in Cook Inlet. The neighbors

>used to cut up the blubber and store it to feed to the sled

>dogs, but the dogs could barely tolerate it (too rich- gave

>them intense diarrhea), so it sat in the drums, wafting

>odorous fumes for decades :-) I've got several blends aging

>at the moment - whale oil/frankincense, wo/sandalwood,

>wo/myrrh, wo/patchouli, wo/jasmine, wo/vetiver, wo/oakmoss,

>wo/Devil's Club, and wo/cedar.

>I think one could go on and on about fragrance crafting...

>it's exciting to talk with people who understand, and have

>experience.

>Kathy

>Flathorn Lake, AK

>

>

>

>__________________________________

> - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005

>http://mail.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I am wearing my Nirodhaha Healing roll on parfum. It contains essential

oils of white rose oil, jasmine sambac absolute, gingergrass, clary sage,

sweet orange, and almond oil. No synthetics.

I think I could wear alba rose oil and jasmine sambac every day!!!

Gingergrass adds a really special kind of spicy note...Try blending with it.

Don't overdue it though. A little goes a long way.

Also I have been spraying a bit of orange blossom hydrosol on my face...Warm

in La Jolla today......

JoAnne

Le Bijou, a natural perfumery http://www.JoAnneBassett.com

Exquisite natural fragrances http://www.JoAnneBassettInc.com