RE: Esalen Perfume Workshop

[Guest guest]

Mandy Aftel's Essence and Alchemy was in high gear at Esalen in Big Sur,

California this past weekend. The days were gloriously sunny with a glowing full

moon at night. The smell of the evergreens mixed with the scents of Mandy's

exotic oils made for an intoxicating miasma the whole three day event. Mandy

brought out her perfumes to share while the 20 students in the room also sniffed

the lovely oils she brought to mix our own perfume formulas. Everything from

Bergamot to Blond Tobacco, Bois de Rose to Cocoa Absolute, and several I had

never heard of, like Cepes(mushroom), Choya(burnt shells) and Costas (grass that

smells like wet dog). What a rush!

Sandy Messori

Grower and distiller of fine oils and hydrosols

Rivendell Aromatics rivendell7@...

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Sounds glorious!!! Love your phrase " intoxicating miasma " ...!!!!

[Guest guest]

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> Mandy Aftel's Essence and Alchemy was in high gear at Esalen in Big Sur,

California this past weekend. \

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It was nice meeting you Sandy ;-) I hope you were able to share your oils with

some of the other students and am sorry I missed them!

I am still in process mode after all the activity from the weekend... LOTS of

hours in workshop, fabulous fresh meals, mineral baths, massage, yoga and a lot

of driving for me..I'm still exhaused!!

Meeting Mandy was fabulous and she is a treasure for sure! She was 100%

available for student inquiries and shared so much information. The perfume

making went suprisingly smooth...and wonderful creations were made by all.

Some good news is that Mandy will soon be offering her perfume training online

and you can sign up for her newsletter for information on details of when that

will start, etc.

I feel truly invigorated in being part of the rich and exotic natural perfumery

world! We really are doing good work.

Ragna