A Berkeley, California perfumer discusses the meaning and use of fragrance throughout history, emphasizing the sensual, sexual, and sometimes spiritual, aspects of the art of perfumery, as expressed by poets, philosophers, and anonymous writers. She also offers information neede…
A Berkeley, California perfumer discusses the meaning and use of fragrance throughout history, emphasizing the sensual, sexual, and sometimes spiritual, aspects of the art of perfumery, as expressed by poets, philosophers, and anonymous writers. She also offers information neede…
For centuries people have taken instinctive pleasure in rubbing scents into their skin, using them to pray, to heal and to make love not war. Yet in many ways perfumery, with its creative and sensual possibilities, is a lost art ...
The 'Alice Waters of American natural perfume' (indieperfume.com) celebrates our most potent sense, through five rock stars of the fragrant world. Mandy Aftel is widely acclaimed as a trailblazer in natural perfumery. Over two decades of sourcing the finest aromatic ingredients …