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Recommended Perfume Books

I thought it was about time I updated this popular post for 2020. Although I originally called it my top 10 (and I don’t want

How To Make Perfume: A Guide For Beginners

The chances are that you are here because you want to learn how to make perfume. BUT…. you either don’t know where to start or

Creating Feelgood Fragrances

Today I was thinking about where this whole perfumery business fits into an increasingly uncertain world. It doesn’t matter where you look or what country

Training Your Nose

When I tell people who don’t know me what I do the first thing they say is “you must have a really good nose” or

How Do I Use Perfumer’s Alcohol?

When starting out in perfumery and learning about the raw materials used it is easiest to work with blends made in alcohol,before moving on to

Perfumery Materials For Beginners

I often get asked what materials to buy as a starter kit for beginning perfumery and although there are many companies who do kits I’d

Why The Fragrance Industry Lacks Diversity

………………… and what we can do about it. This is a topic that has bothered many of us in and around the fragrance industry for

Diluting Perfumery Materials

I get a lot of questions around the topic of how to dilute materials before use when making perfume and it came up again in

Elderflower Champagne Recipe

Ok so it’s not strictly related to perfume making but since moving to The New Forest I’ve been more interested in the various ways we

Thoughts on COVID-19 and how to navigate difficult times

This is an email I sent yesterday to my list. It’s also a long one so grab a cuppa and settle in. I hope it

7 Steps To Launching Your Perfume Brand

Creating a perfume is the first step but what happens when you want to start selling your creations? 20 years ago, it would have been a

Brand Showcase – Fairy Scents

Interview with Valentina Slavova of Fairy Scents on how she explored her love of natural materials with her aromatherapy training and progressed to creating a

Brand Showcase – Olsuss

Interview with Sonia Reisin of Ölsüss on how she progressed from creating glycerine soaps to opening a skincare boutique and has now added candles, sprays,

Getting Started Making Perfume

These three videos were part of a free online training I created back in 2013 to help disprel some of the myths around the perfumery

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