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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

Which Perfume Class Should I Choose?

I often get emails from prospective students saying: “I want to take a perfume class, but I don’t know which one to choose”. It is

We all need to eliminate this toxin from our lives

For anyone interested in health and well-being “toxin” is a buzz word that’s been around for a while. With the trend for green, organic and

The Curse Of The Creative Woman

One of the major issues I see with creative, competent, women is they often create businesses that start to feel like a chore (Sidenote: I’m

Measuring Safe Limits Of Perfume Materials

This week I had a question from one of my online students about how to work out the safe limits for materials in the fragrances

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

Creating a perfume brand on a limited budget

I had an email a couple of weeks ago that is a common question I get asked. It went along the lines of “have a

Creating Bespoke Fragrances

I had a great question this week from a reader and thought it followed on well from last week’s newsletter topic which was being selective

How to create Hygge with fragrance

You might have noticed a huge fascination this year with all things Scandinavian and particularly with the Danish concept of Hygge (pronounced Hue-gah). Candle companies

What I learned at IFF about creating fragrance for products

Years ago I worked at a huge fragrance company called IFF – first in the applications lab and then as a fragrance evaluator where I

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Training Your Nose

Which Perfume Class Should I Choose?

We all need to eliminate this toxin from our lives

The Curse Of The Creative Woman

Measuring Safe Limits Of Perfume Materials

How Do I Use Perfumer’s Alcohol?

Creating a perfume brand on a limited budget

Creating Bespoke Fragrances

How to create Hygge with fragrance

What I learned at IFF about creating fragrance for products

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