Gender and Unisex Fragrance: The movement towards tolerance. March 9, 2022Finally, to return to my original question, “So dear flower, are you a boy rose or a girl rose?” The rose tells us that like many flowering plants, roses have...
Letters from the Bureau of Scent and Recollection: Longevity March 2, 2022Natural perfumes also share this performance quality. Although some synthetic perfumes evolve to the “drydown” or base notes most lack the depth and nuance found in natural perfumes. And like...
Perfume's Sillage: A Mirror of Women's Liberation March 18, 2022By the 70’s synthetics were the dominant ingredient in perfume and their presence was herald by the women’s liberation movement. Scent marking is a trait to establish dominance, and what...
Aromatherapy vs. Natural Perfumes, Is luxury the only difference? February 16, 2022Often when I make a blend for a friend as a gift, I have different feelings depending on the intent. For the aromatherapy, I am giving them a blend because...
Free Therapy: Guided Meditation - Release From Tension September 1, 2021This is short guided meditation that you can do to help with tension and pain. It can help relieve fatigue, relax the body for sleep, and calm the nervous system...
Does Procrastination Stare Back? Practical Tools for Overcoming Resistance November 10, 2020Is it procrastinate when you don’t want to do something or simply resistance? I wondered this thought as yet another month passed with a very spotty yoga practice. My yoga...