perfume
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The perfume of flowering Black Locust
Last evening, I was walking home along a quiet street, when my nose told me that the tall, graceful trees towering above were black locust acacia trees- in full bloom! These same trees grow in a small grove in one… Continue reading
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1000 Flowers- Past and present- (learning lessons & planting seeds)
Happy New Year to all!! May love and abundance fill all your lives for 2011 and beyond! It is now officially the second day of 2011 here in France- and besides feeling full of optimism and energised to jump into… Continue reading
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Réglisse Noire and the Art of Packaging
This blog began in January of 2007 with my journey to Grasse, France to study perfumery. Since then, following my studies and internships there, I have been focusing all my attention on the subsequent portion of the dream- to create… Continue reading
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To be or not to be? (natural)
Perfume. An art form that, now more than ever, is sweeping the world in a multi-layered storm. It’s interesting to see so many people captured by this fascination! I myself am completely engulfed by it. I have given up everything… Continue reading
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Mood and the psychology of scent
After a chilly and cloudy day yesterday, with the general mood of the class (and me- what a difficult day!) to match, it was a relief to step out of the old wood door into the quiet coolness of my little street… Continue reading
A Perfumed Pilgrimage 