tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24259844802518265242024-03-14T03:22:24.822-07:00Coeur d'Esprit Natural PerfumeEmpowerment ~ Passion ~ PeaceLyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-1549336596232575742018-10-29T11:57:00.000-07:002018-10-29T11:57:06.007-07:00Summer 2018 Natural Perfume Challenge
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Summer Challenge – <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">“Baking in the Kitchen”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the summer of 2018</span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Lemoncello Cake by Lyn<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span>Sponsored
by Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumes in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span>Beginning
on June 1, 2018 with an end-date of Sep 30, 2018 ie: they have to be in my hot
little hands by then. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
Prize</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to be sent out by the end of Oct 2018
(barring unforeseen circumstances) – an Atomizer of </span><span>Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfume.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span>What I’m asking for this year is a
fun sweet confection; a light and frothy bakery product. It could be spicy,
fruity, caramel-y, amber-y, but it needs to smell edible. It brings to mind the
plum notes of Osmanthus, the fruity/jammy jazz of jasmine, or a spicy
cinnamon/ginger/nutmeg nuance. There are so many ways to go with this scent, as
always. It’s a blend that your love-partner will go crazy for. Type ‘cakes’ into your
search engine and get inspired. Of course, I’m aware that Vanilla absolute can
be rare these days for some reason. Use the one in your cupboard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span>I’m allowing these to be included
in your finished perfumes: essential oils, absolutes, tinctures, infused
flowers in oil, natural isolates, and specialty alcohols. No synthetic
components, please.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span>Also remember, this is a
‘challenge scent’ so don’t worry about the IRFA regs unless you plan on selling
it. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span>Your new creation can be in an
alcohol, oil, or crème base (beeswax and oil).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Guidelines:</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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your full name<br />
mailing address<br />
phone number<br />
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URL <br />
permission to post your entry on my face book pages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">website at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.scentofnature.net/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.scentofnature.net/</span></a></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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permission to add your fragrance entry to the glam-bag give-away<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Attach your</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Data Tag</span></strong> ie: name of the
perfume, list of the ingredients, name the solvent (ie: oil, alcohol), your
company information (even if it's simply your name and contact information),
the size of the end product ie: 5 ml; precautions, how to use, and the 'best
before date'. (See photo for an idea of what a Data Tag looks like). Affix a
label to the vial.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please follow these directions</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Submit the perfume and the following to me by 30Sep18.
Please send it out in time to reach me by that date. Send it earlier, if you
like, and it can sit here to mature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for evaluation via the postal mail<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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behind your new creation and submit via email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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relation to Natural Perfumery and submit via email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(you don’t need to provide the number of drops you used) in your creation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Each
perfumer is graded 1-10</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> on the following categories: how well
they followed the above instructions; whether a short five-sentence about his or
her vision of the perfume’s creation was included; whether a short
five-sentence bio; a recent photo was included; were two Data Tags with
pertinent information about their perfume included; plus: the balance,
character, diffusion, tenacity, and structure of their creation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A <u>Natural
Perfume</u> has the following qualities:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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single component can be detected, unless it is a Soliflore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Character – The twists and
turns of a perfume as it evolves on the skin. What kind of a perfume is this?
Is it a raunchy riot? Is it soft and gentle? Where does it take you? What’s at
the heart of it? Does it have personality? How do the layers unfold? Who would
this perfume appeal to?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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surround the wearer with an aura of scent? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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When I saw the parameters for this challenge, I immediately thought of
chocolate, caramel, and coffee. Then I thought of citrus and mints, and
after experimentation, Sassy was created. This fragrance feels playful
and nuanced to me. It is bright and fresh and then unfolds into a rich
blend sweetness and warmth. It is a charming fragrance perfect for sunny
days and warm, breezy nights!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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perfumer's alcohol, black current buds, cocoa absolute, coffee CO2, davana,
grapefruit, pink, mint absolute, peppermint, bitter orange, blood orange, sweet
orange and vanilla.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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experimenting with perfumery since that time. While perfumery is not a
large part of my business, I do have some loyal customers and enjoy my blends
and continue to ask me to create for them. I have also been asked to make
custom perfumes for clients which I really enjoy that process. I wear my
perfumes and try to steal away time to play at my perfume organ creating my own
elusive signature scent. Natural Perfumery is a part of my life!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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with a gorgeous citrus bouquet. It’s so yummy, I wanted it to last forever.
But, the nature of head notes is that they are taken up by the atmosphere quite
quickly. This perfume dries down to a lovely caramel-y scent and I wanted to
keep sniffing my wrist for a few hours. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">I've
been wanting to create this perfume for two years, ever since the night I
dreamt about making a devilishly delicious patchouli-laced caramel sauce. I
started with a 12-year-old barrel-aged patchouli for its rich and mellow
profile. To this, I whipped up an amber base for the foundation, and accented
the perfume with a dusting of cardamom and a sprinkling of rosewater. But
really, it's all about the sweet, sweet patchouli.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Amber, Rose, Cardamom, and other natural ingredients.<em><span style="font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></span></div>
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natural perfumery for about 8 years. However, I really only started making
perfumes for real just within the last couple of years. A big motivator to get
my nose out of books and into the lab has been Lyn's perfume challenges, of
which I've taken part in four. I now have a small gothic perfume brand with
three perfumes ('Something Wicked' is the fourth). I have a website and vend at
the occasional market -- a milestone I never thought I'd reach -- and I'm still
astonished when strangers buy my perfume. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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chewy, edible, natural perfume. It would make a great flavour for a cake. It is
the perfect blend of head, heart, and base notes. This aroma makes my heart
sing and my nose continue to find its way to my wrist.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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homage to the Orisha Oshun. I Based it upon traditional offerings such as
Honey, Sweets, etc. Since Honey & Bees are significant to Oshun I wanted to
create layers of it by incorporating Propolis tincture, Beeswax & Honey,
florals with a honey note. Of course there had to be sweets, Chocolate being a
favorite. My hope is to create a series of fragrance dedicated to Goddess
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/ New Caledonia Propolis Resin Tincture, Vanilla Tincture, Cocoa Abs, Patchouli
light Beeswax, Orange Blossom, Champaca, Honey, Neroli, Cinnamon, Mimosa, Sweet
Orange. Blended with a Vanilla Bean/ Vanilla Powder Alcohol</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pot!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it smelled good, I knew it was
ready to be enjoyed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel the same
about fragrance, preferring to work with natural ingredients to create
something for others to enjoy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a full
time Psychic Medium, I depend on my intuition to create but I'm always looking
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edible perfume; very well constructed and blended. The combination of notes is
very smart. The overall feeling of it is peaceful and gentle. It has a full-on
vanilla dry down. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bottle of Coeur d'Esprit Natural Perfume "Chez Noir", in a beautiful
purple roll-on housed in a handmade paper suitcase made by my friend Robin
Leonard. This scent is suitable for evening wear; and the bottle is perfect to
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then this is the perfume for you. Rich, deep Anise, Tarragon, and Cardamom lead
the way into a full floral heart of Rose, Jasmine, and Ylang Ylang, drying down
to the warm, sensuous tones of ambergris, patchouli, fresh-mown hay, and
labdanum. Not for the faint of heart. Floral/Anise 2007</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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organza bags of the five lovely 1 ml perfume samples I’ve reviewed in this
post. Let your friends know to to read and make their comments, too.There are
two Glam Bags giveaways waiting for the first and second person who comments on
the blog post and includes the words: ‘I would like to join in the Glam Bag
offer’. Contact me privately though my face book page and I’ll connect back to
you for your mailing address. There are two organza bags of the five lovely 1 ml
perfume samples I’ve reviewed in this post. Let your friends know to to read
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first and second person who comments on the blog post and includes the words:
‘I would like to join in the Glam Bag offer’. Contact me privately though my
face book page and I’ll connect back to you for your mailing address. There are
two organza bags of the five lovely 1 ml perfume samples I’ve reviewed in this
post. Let your friends know to to read and make their comments, too.There are
two Glam Bags giveaways waiting for the first and second person who comments on
the blog post and includes the words: ‘I would like to join in the Glam Bag
offer’. Contact me privately though my face book page and I’ll connect back to
you for your mailing address. There are two organza bags of the five lovely 1
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include the words, ‘I would like to join the ‘Glam Bag Giveaway’ in your
comment along with anything else you’d like to say about the challenge. Let
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the three 1 ml perfumes I’ve reviewed so you can experience all of the entries,
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infused with this aroma, and it wafted throughout my house, lingering for a day
or two, I would be so happy. That would mean someone DID do some baking in the
kitchen, and I have CAKE to eat. YAY! This perfume was so well done, Shauna. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></div>
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Ellen Dorey Cassman and Helene Martz for joining in the fun. Your perfumes are
all wonderful and you should feel very proud of your work and your resulting
new scents. I appreciated each of your designs and it was a pleasure to play
with you all again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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before I do anything else, I do the sniff test and make my notes. I dab some on
me and on a scent strip and sniff every half hour until it is gone. Then I
write the evaluation. Finally, I compile this file with your vision, notes,
bio, and my review. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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natural perfume challenge I’ll be running as my life is going in another
direction now. I’m focusing on my art and placing it in galleries; and on
getting my books published and the podcasts recorded and listed on my Podbean
site under Made Whole. This title comes from my book, “Fragments of a Shattered
Soul Made Whole”. It will be a full time job promoting and marketing my book
for the foreseeable future. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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to serve the perfume community in this way for all of these years. I feel
blessed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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by Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumes in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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on June 1, 2017 with an end-date of August 31, 2017 ie: they have to be in my
hot little hands by then. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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This is a light summer floral with
a green undertone and brings to mind fragrant grasses and an array of flower
petals from rose, lavender, jasmine, butterfly bush (vanilla/patchouli scent),
and Japanese Maple (leafy scent). I have eight scented rose bushes, two types
of lavender, and star jasmine growing in my front yard and, throughout the
summer, it’s a perfume that enchants whenever I get in or out of my car. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Also remember, this is a
‘challenge scent’ so don’t worry about the IRFA regs unless you plan on selling
it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Your new creation can be in an
alcohol, oil, or crème base (beeswax and oil).<o:p></o:p></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Guidelines:</span></strong><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please send the following information
to me at <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="mailto:LynAyre@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">LynAyre@telus.net</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br />
your full name<br />
mailing address<br />
phone number<br />
recent photo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">website
URL <br />
permission to post your entry on my face book pages<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/NaturalPerfumes/244441528913829?skip_nax_wizard=true"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/pages/NaturalPerfumes/244441528913829?skip_nax_wizard=true</span></span></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></strong><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">website at </span><a href="http://www.scentofnature.net/"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.scentofnature.net/</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.15pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
permission to add your fragrance entry to the glam-bag give-away<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><v:shape alt="10ml gold atomizer.JPG" id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_i1032" style="height: 128pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 123.5pt;" type="#_x0000_t75">
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</v:imagedata></v:shape></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please attach a</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Data Tag</span></strong> ie: name of the
perfume, list of the ingredients, name the solvent (ie: oil, alcohol), your
company information (even if it's simply your name and contact information),
the size of the end product ie: 5 ml; precautions, how to use, and the 'best
before date'. (See photo for an idea of what a Data Tag looks like). Affix a
label to the vial.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.15pt; text-align: justify;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please follow these directions</span></strong><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Submit the perfume and the following to me by 31Aug17.
Please send it out in time to reach me by that date. Send it earlier, if you
like, and it can sit here to mature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">send two 1 ml sample vials of perfume
for evaluation via the postal mail<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">sign off for the Glam Bag Giveaway <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">write 5 sentences that tell the vision
behind your new creation and submit via email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.7pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.15pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -17.85pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">write 5 sentences about who you are in
relation to Natural Perfumery and submit via email<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.7pt; mso-line-height-alt: 1.15pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -17.85pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">email me the complete list of the notes
(you don’t need to provide the number of drops you used) in your creation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">email me your photo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Each
perfumer is graded 1-10</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> on the following categories: how well
they followed the above instructions; whether a short five-sentence about his
or her vision of the perfume’s creation was included; whether a short
five-sentence bio; a recent photo was included; were two Data Tags with
pertinent information about their perfume included; plus: the balance,
character, diffusion, tenacity, and structure of their creation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">A <u>Natural
Perfume</u> has the following qualities:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "bradley hand itc"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Balance – so that no
single component can be detected, unless it is a Soliflore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "bradley hand itc"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Character – The twists and
turns of a perfume as it evolves on the skin. What kind of a perfume is this?
Is it a raunchy riot? Is it soft and gentle? Where does it take you? What’s at
the heart of it? Does it have personality? How do the layers unfold? Who would
this perfume appeal to?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "bradley hand itc"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Diffusion – does it
surround the wearer with an aura of scent? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Structure – Is there
harmony in the mix? Have the base, heart, and head notes been properly
addressed? Are the proportions correct for these ingredients so that there <i>is</i>
balance, character, diffusion, and tenacity? Does it have dimension? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "bradley hand itc"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Tenacity – staying power
is the ability of a perfume to last on the wearer for more than just a couple
of hours<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 22pt;">Have
fun!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Challengers</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">~ Mary
Ellen Dorey Cassman, Plano, TX~</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><span style="font-family: "calibri";">
</span></span><a href="http://www.doreyaromatherapy.com/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri";">www.doreyaromatherapy.com</span></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Vision: “Whisper” </span></b>I
wanted a fresh, warm and inviting scent, with a light citrus note of bergamot and
earthiness to beckon the sniffer and have them linger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The soft florals of lavender absolute, rose
and jasmine are complemented by the spiciness of cinnamon leaf. As the base
notes emerge, patchouli and sandalwood anchor and solidify the blend with a
touch of the vanilla echoing the softness of the lavender, rose and jasmine.
This is a toney fragrance for a woman who likes her elegance understated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Notes: </span></b>Vanilla, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Jasmine, Rose,
Lavender, Cinnamon, Bergamot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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satisfying on a physical, emotional and spiritual level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a reflexologist, I work daily with blends
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Perfumery is the fun part of my world where I play with structured abandon!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get deep satisfaction from creating
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the name “Whisper” implies. It evokes memories of soft summer night standing
out in my front yard, watering my lovely flowers. It reminds me of the crescent
moon and its pale light barely making it to earth but there nonetheless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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vision of my perfume, GARDEN OF VERSES, is based on the children’s book, “A
Children’s Garden of Verses” by Robert Louis Stevenson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved that book and it has travels with me
through all facets of my life, to settle in a place of honor on my book shelf
in California.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother used to read
poetry from that special book to my sister and me, while sitting in our little
English Garden at our home in Yonkers, New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorites were two poems “The Swing” and
“Windy Nights”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would ask her to read
those two poems repeatedly, and to this day, I remember every verse and line
for both!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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OF VERSES” Vanilla, Patchouli (Iron free), English Lavender Absolute, Jasmine
Sambac, Rose Damascena, Tuberose, Bulgarian Rose, Rosewood, Bergamot, and Heliotrope
blended in Bergamot Denatured Alcohol (organic and my own blend)</span></em><em><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></div>
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creating natural fragrances<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>using
only pure organic materials. The motto for AWAAPP is “define yourself naturally
by wearing A Wing & A Prayer Perfumes”, I believe in this and all of my
perfumes stay true to this credo! Wearing a fragrance is a means of
self-expression and I wanted to convey this in each fragrance I create,
including GARDEN OF VERSES Perfume.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even
though I have been blending natural perfumes for 17 years, I am still
discovering new natural ingredients and new methods in the creation of new
fragrances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Learning is an essential in
the art of perfumery.</span></em><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Garden, “Garden of Verses” reminds me of warm summer days, gentle breezes, and bright
blue skies. It is a wonderful replica of something that can be found in real
life. Very enjoyable to sniff and to wear.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
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listening to the soundtrack of the 1973 movie, The Sting, I was drawn into an
unusually slow rag-time instrumental that was equally melancholic and
euphorically uplifting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Intrigued by
this paradox in the tune “Solace”, I looked up the definition of the word and
found that it is something that gives comfort, consolation or relief—if a song
can successfully comfort in sadness but also aim toward hope then that’s what I
wanted My Front Yard perfume “piece” to convey as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I have but three lavender bushes in
my front yard, the herb grows plentifully in the Okanagan so I purchased local
lavender essential oil and gave it a crowning place in Solace using more than
25% in the perfume concentrate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lavender
triggers alpha waves in the brain and induces relaxation (a state most
important in allowing ourselves to be nurtured and consoled); rose evokes
nostalgia (comforting in times of grief); and jasmine stimulates beta waves
(important for focus and being still in the moment). This trilogy in Solace is
supported by bit players that enhance a feeling of well-being during times of
grief or distress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>Vanilla SCO2 extract, Labdanum, Patchouli, Peru Balsam, Rose absolute,
Jasmine absolute, Lavender absolute, Lavender, Cedarwood Leaf, Raspberry Leaf,
Black Spruce, Spearmint and Rose Hydrosol in Organic Cane Alcohol.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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journey into the enchanted world of scent began on the family ranch in Southern
Alberta as I encountered many awe-inspiring smells from livestock, barns,
fields, gardens and my favorites: the dust from the Quonsets where freshly
unloaded grain was stored and the dust from the fields where freshly cut hay
lay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my teenage years my mother and
aunt treated me to lovely perfumes that to this day bring back wonderful
memories. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps these events
ultimately led to my understanding that scent is powerful and can anchor us to
the moment, engage us in life and help us live fully in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Becoming an Aromatherapist and Natural
perfumer was the next logical step in my path to uncovering the exceptional
healing capacity of the oils as well as tuning into their unsurpassed aesthetic
beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is warm and enticing. It draws the sniffer in to discover how it was all pulled
together. The light touch of spearmint is well-placed and brings some relief to
the floral aspects of the scent. I felt very balanced immediately on smelling
this fragrance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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include: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bergamot, Orange Blossom
absolute, Orange Blossom Water absolute, High Altitude Lavender, Pink Lotus absolute,
Mimosa <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK3"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;">absolute</span></a>, Black Currant Bud absolute, Sandalwood, Oud,
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garden of surprizes. It is deeply floral and pulls you in to discover the
little nuances and ‘scent-bites’ it is offering. ‘Inspired’ has a liquid
hypnotic quality that immediately relaxes and rejuvenates the wearer. The
promise is that you’ll keep going back for another sniff.</span></span></div>
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the blog post and includes the words: ‘I would like to join in the Glam Bag
offer’. Contact me privately though my face book page and I’ll connect back to
you for your mailing address. There are two organza bags of the five lovely 1
ml perfume samples I’ve reviewed in this post. Let your friends know to to read
and make their comments, too.There are two Glam Bags giveaways waiting for the
first and second person who comments on the blog post and includes the words:
‘I would like to join in the Glam Bag offer’. Contact me privately though my
face book page and I’ll connect back to you for your mailing address. There are
two organza bags of the five lovely 1 ml perfume samples I’ve reviewed in this
post. Let your friends know to to read and make their comments, too.There are
two Glam Bags giveaways waiting for the first and second person who comments on
the blog post and includes the words: ‘I would like to join in the Glam Bag
offer’. Contact me privately though my face book page and I’ll connect back to
you for your mailing address. There are two organza bags of the five lovely 1
ml perfume samples I’ve reviewed in this post. Let your friends know to to read
and make their comments, too.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There are
two ‘Glam Bag Giveaways’ to be won by a lucky commenter on this challenge. Please
include the words, ‘I would like to join the ‘Glam Bag Giveaway’ in your
comment along with anything else you’d like to say about the challenge. Let
your friends know to read my face book post and make their comments there, too.
If this is not possible, head on over to my perfume blog and do it there. </span></span><a href="http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.ca/"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "calibri";">http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.ca/</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Participants in the
challenge are not included in this giveaway. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="display: none; font-size: 12pt; mso-hide: all;">Contact me privately though my face book page and I’ll connect
back to you for your mailing address. There are two organza bags of the five
lovely 1 ml perfume samples I’ve reviewed in this post. Let your friends know
to to read and make their comments, too.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
winners can contact me privately through my face book page and we’ll connect so
I can get your mailing addresses. The gift consists of a gold organza pouch
with the three .5 ml to 1 ml perfumes I’ve reviewed so you can experience all
of the entries, as I did. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Results Are In</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ffcccc; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 22pt;">Suzy Larsen<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">from Kelowna,
BC, Canada, for her entry called <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Solace”</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As soon as I opened the
bottle, I was over the moon. This fragrance is so close to what I experience
when I leave or return to my home over the summer months. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This “My Front Yard” perfume design
captured the warm balsamic and deeply floral notes in my personal front yard.</span><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Seal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</v:imagedata></v:shape></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Thanks so much to Mary
Ellen Dorey Cassman and Jane Cate for joining in the fun. Your perfumes are all
wonderful and you should feel very proud of your work and your resulting new
scents. I appreciated each of your designs and it was a pleasure to play with
you all again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Please know that,
before I do anything else, I do the sniff test and make my notes. I dab some on
me and on a scent strip and sniff every half hour until it is gone. Then I
write the evaluation. Finally, I compile this file with your vision, notes,
bio, and my review. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I hope you’ll be back
next year as I love doing this for you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Love Lyn</span></span></div>
Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-20100673180035247082016-09-01T12:14:00.003-07:002016-09-01T12:14:21.983-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQcHbpxGT2r4DMMB3g3zq-Q4EUjUtopWtpBUa4aWt58PA2TJNRCR-dn0xxns3N1PyUrtMu2qgSI3iOPAnX9LlYGe1c1rrp831i9RnAr7fx_G6vFQZVumoPsKrTEuJYCgHUF1AhRf39wN1/s1600/The+prize+for+A+Walk+in+the+Woods.JPG" imageanchor="1"></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "lucida calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Summer Challenge – A Walk in the Woods<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></a></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the
summer of 2016<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Sponsored</span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;">
by Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumes in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Beginning</span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;">
on May 24, 2016 with an end-date of August 24, 2016 ie: they have to be in my
hot little hands by then. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Prize</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
to be sent out by the end of Sep 2016 (barring unforeseen circumstances) - a 5
ml Atomizer of </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfume.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a woodsy, forest, mossy scent with light green notes and local
(to you) forest flowers. This brings to mind tree moss, damp earth, costus
root, fresh florals like scented orchids, genet or broom, honeysuckle, berries,
and fragrant leaves. Remember, no mushrooms as I am allergic. Also remember,
this is a ‘challenge scent’ so don’t worry about the IRFA regs unless you plan
on selling it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your new creation can be in an alcohol, oil, or crème base
(beeswax and oil)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Guidelines:</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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permission to post your entry on my face book pages<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">website at </span><a href="http://www.scentofnature.net/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://www.scentofnature.net/</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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glam-bag give-away</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please attach a</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Data Tag</span></strong> ie: name of the
perfume, list of the ingredients, name the solvent (ie: oil, alcohol), your
company information (even if it's simply your name and contact information),
the size of the end product ie: 5 ml; precautions, how to use, and the 'best
before date'. (See photo for an idea of what a Data Tag looks like). Affix a
label to the vial.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please follow these directions</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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it out in time to reach me by that date. Send it earlier, if you like, and it
can sit here to mature.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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followed the above instructions; whether a short five-sentence about his or her
vision of the perfume’s creation was included; whether a short five-sentence
bio; a recent photo was included; were two Data Tags with pertinent information
about their perfume included; plus: the balance, character, diffusion,
tenacity, and structure of their creation. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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– The twists and turns of a perfume as it evolves on the skin. What kind of a
perfume is this? Is it a raunchy riot? Is it soft and gentle? Where does it
take you? What’s at the heart of it? Does it have personality? How do the layers
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– Is there harmony in the mix? Have the base, heart, and head notes been
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Rudd, St Albert, AB, Canada~</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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means “Woodlands.” In perfumery, it’s the name of a proprietary blend of forest
notes, but conveniently, it’s also the name of my neighbourhood in Northern
Alberta. This perfume is a reflection of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my
</i>Woodlands: it’s a forest Chypre with a natural accord of what I consider to
be a prolific Canadian Prairie flower – evening-scented stock. A tendril of
evening-scented stock drifts through cedar and pine to settle on a forest floor
thick with branches, dried leaves and moss. By August in Alberta, the leaves are
already beginning to turn, and this contemplative perfume feels like autumn’s
eve as the last sliver of summer sun sets gently behind the trees.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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(FCF), Coriander Leaf, Lemon, Natural Evening-Scented Stock Accord, Himalayan
Cedar, Pinewood, Oakmoss (low-atranol), Mitti Attar (Baked Earth), Vetiver,
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really started composing perfumes in a serious way a couple of years ago. My
first perfume, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sundara</i>, was an
example of pure beginner’s luck when it won the Coeur d’Esprit 2014 Natural Perfume
Challenge. I’ve had many teachers along the way, formally and through
continuous invaluable advice from friends who I met though this vibrant
community of perfumers. I’m now getting ready to launch a line of natural
perfumes under the name <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whiteoak
Aromatics</i>. (There, I’ve said it. You’re all witnesses. Now I have to do it
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lemon drops fall on grass green coriander leaves. It is multi-layered and
well-blended. Soon the more earthy notes bloom and rise up to my nose. It’s
warming and I’m worming my way deeper into the hard dry soil of the summer wood.
The balance between mitti attar, vetiver, and labdanum pops up and lulls me
into a peaceful stroll in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bois des
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through the woods in the Tahoe Valley; walking through a wooded trail that
opened up to a valley and a lake. The stillness of the lake, as the mist begins
to rise and swirl above the water, to be lost in the air, and the clean scent
of the mist, the green fragrance of leaves, the sweet fragrance of cedar,
juniper, lavender and violet captured all my senses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The serenity of the scene captured my soul
and the olfactory artist in me, as it looked like a fairly land - an ethereal
place, so dream-like in the vision, all that was missing were the Wood Nymphs
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Notes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lavender Absolute, Geranium, Rose
Damascena, Violet Leaf and Linden Blossom Absolute; Top Notes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mimosa Absolute, Heliotrope and Bergamot. The
notes have been blended in perfumer’s lavender alcohol (my own blend which has
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Wing & A Prayer Perfumes</span></u></b></em><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b></em><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">was
the winner of the </span></em>Coeur d’Esprit 2015 Natural Perfume Challenge<em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Even though I have been
blending natural perfumes for sixteen years, I am still discovering new
ingredients and methods in the creation of unique fragrances, as continual learning
is essential in the art of perfumery. Our motto is, “define yourself naturally
by wearing A Wing & A Prayer Perfumes”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I believe that perfume is a means of self-expression and an extension of
a person and not the other way around, so I wanted to convey this in each
fragrance I create, including the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Pan’s
Flute Perfume</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A perfume should
capture, if you will, who the person is or who they want to be!</span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></span></div>
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further. I’m enchanted and willingly follow the spritely Pan into the wood. Time
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Jersey shore, they think "Beaches" not Woods, but we have beautiful wooded
areas that I love to meander through when I need to unwind. There is one trail
I enjoy following as it winds through woods and green grassy areas. You can see
the horse farms nearby. Mimosa trees and tangles of honeysuckle fill the air
with an almost cloying sweetness at times. This is my love letter to the Woods
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Cassia, Sweet Clover, Rose De Mai, Tomato Leaf , Mimosa, in Organic Grape
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nose was always in the pot, to my work as a Spiritual Practitioner, I've always
adored fragrance. Its ability to enhance Spiritual, Emotional and Physical
well-being drew me to study Aromatherapy and my approach was to create
beneficial fragrances that smelled lovely. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a
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I chose to work with natural essences. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I realized an interest in natural perfumery and began to study that,
most recently I have begun Lyn Ayre’s Level 2 Perfumery Course, having
completed Level 1. I love the ability to create perfumes with a purpose and
that is the basis of Intuitive Goddess products.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</b>wood<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>is calling me and I must
follow the beckoning siren. It’s mystifying and uplifting aroma is lovely and
gentle. This perfume has great diffusion and tenacity. The violet notes are
really well done and the dry down is first rate with soft Ambrette seed,
oakmoss, and labdanum. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
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Rosa, Sweet Orange, Howood; Champa, Lavender absolute, Neroli, Ginger; Ambrette
seed, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Vanilla, Hyraceum, and Spikenard. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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amount possible and work up to a full spray over time. This perfume takes away
the mind and leaves the body in breathless anticipation of what’s to come. It’s
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two Glam Bags giveaways waiting for the first and second person who comments on
the blog post and includes the words: ‘I would like to join in the Glam Bag
offer’. Contact me privately though my face book page and I’ll connect back to
you for your mailing address. There are two organza bags of the five lovely 1
ml perfume samples I’ve reviewed in this post. Let your friends know to to read
and make their comments, too.</span><span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are
two ‘Glam Bag Giveaways’ to be won by a lucky commenter on this challenge. Please
include the words, ‘I would like to join the ‘Glam Bag Giveaway’ in your
comment along with anything else you’d like to say about the challenge. Let
your friends know to read my face book post and make their comments there, too.
If this is not possible, head on over to my perfume blog and do it there. </span><a href="http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.ca/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.ca/</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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I can get your mailing addresses. The gift consists of a gold organza pouch
with the three .5 ml to 1 ml perfumes I’ve reviewed so you can experience all
of the entries, as I did.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Summer Challenge – Ambridge Rose</span></b></div>
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summer of 2015<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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by Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumes in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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on May 24, 2015 with an end-date of August 15, 2015 ie: they have to be in my
hot little hands by then. While you’re waiting for your alcohol to mature, go
ahead and create your formula. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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to be sent out by the end of Aug 2015. A 5 ml Atomizer of Ambridge Rose by </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumes.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">This is a rose soliflore perfume with a specific nature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I want to give you the chance to try your hand at a specialty
alcohols, which are softened and fixed. They add something different that
cannot necessarily be achieved with essences in alcohol alone. Your new
creation needs to be in this alcohol base. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Floral
Alcohol Blend 100 ml<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">94 ml alcohol<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">5 ml Spring water<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">1 tsp
Orris Root powder*<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">and a 1 ml or 20 drop essential oil blend in the
floral category, in this case rose.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">*Orris Root Powder is the fixative.</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Guidelines:</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your full name<br />
mailing address<br />
phone number<br />
recent photo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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permission to post your entry on my face book pages<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/NaturalPerfumes/244441528913829?skip_nax_wizard=true"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://www.facebook.com/pages/NaturalPerfumes/244441528913829?skip_nax_wizard=true</span></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">website at </span><a href="http://www.scentofnature.net/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">http://www.scentofnature.net/</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: black;">permission
to add your fragrance entry to the glam-bag give-away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">Please ensure you follow all the 'guidelines': <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Create
your alcohol, as above, first then allow it to age until July 15<sup>th</sup>.
Shake it up every time you think of it. Leave it in a cool dark place.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ingredients in play are these and only these: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fir absolute<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>clove bud absolute<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lavender absolute<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>geranium Rose<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose de Mai<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rosewood<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bergamot FCF<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">‘Peach notes’ – this is the
wild card and however you do that, as long as it’s natural and not a synthetic
note, that’s fine. Perhaps you’ve come up with an essential oil blend that
portrays peach; maybe you have a peach melange (from John Steele conference) or
peach isolate; apricot has even better peach notes, so maybe you have an
apricot essence from John Steele.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">Here’s an interesting link to
White Lotus for more info on the melange. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.whitelotusaromatics.com/product/peach-natural-melange"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">http://www.whitelotusaromatics.com/product/peach-natural-melange</span></a><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">Here’s one about the apricot
essence at Perfumers’ Apprentice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://shop.perfumersapprentice.com/p-7700-apricot-essence-natural-fragrance.aspx"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://shop.perfumersapprentice.com/p-7700-apricot-essence-natural-fragrance.aspx</span></a><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">And, the peach isolate:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.aftelier.com/Peach-Isolate-p/bot-ciso-peach.htm"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">http://www.aftelier.com/Peach-Isolate-p/bot-ciso-peach.htm</span></a><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">The number of drops of each
essential oil you use and the end strength is up to you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All four of you will be doing
the same thing. But you all bring to it your own experience, intuition, and
spiritual guidance.</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> It will be so interesting to smell these
creations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">This is a good exercise, which shows us we can let people know
about every note in our perfume creations because they will never be able to
duplicate it. We don’t need to be coy and mysterious. Heck, they can have the
whole formula and it will never be the same as what we do. It helps us loosen
up and relax our grip and relax into the process more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">Here are the attributes that should be a part of your scent profile
for the finished perfume:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">Fruity, jammy, baby powder,
baby’s breath, light Rose scent. Seductive, intoxicating, alluring, intimate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;">Create the formula in whatever is your way and
leave by the alcohol giving it a shake, too. Again, leave until July 15<sup>th</sup>.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Add your formula to the
alcohol drop by drop until you have the strength you want. You’ll then have two
weeks to tweak it before you need to mail it to me. I need it in my hands by
Aug 15<sup>th</sup>.</span><br />
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list of the ingredients, name the solvent (ie: oil, alcohol), your company
information (even if it's simply your name and contact information), the size
of the end product ie: 5 ml; precautions, how to use, and the 'best before
date'. (See photo for an idea of what a Data Tag looks like). Affix a label to
the vial.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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it out in time to reach me by that date. Send it earlier, if you like, and it
can sit here to mature.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Perfumery and submit via email<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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followed the above instructions; a short five-sentence about his or her vision
of the perfume’s creation; a short five-sentence bio; a recent photo; two Data
Tags with pertinent information about their perfume; the balance, character,
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– so that no single component can be detected, unless it is a Soliflore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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– The twists and turns of a perfume as it evolves on the skin. What kind of a
perfume is this? Is it a raunchy riot? Is it soft and gentle? Where does it take
you? What’s at the heart of it? Does it have personality? How do the layers
unfold? Who would this perfume appeal to?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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of the rose itself, I started thinking about the book, Secret Garden. I
loved reading it as a girl, and often wished I had my own secret garden to
dream and play in. I decided to focus on the concept of finding the
Ambridge Rose in a hidden glade of a forest. The sweet juiciness, and
light floral mingling in with the scents of warm earth, and lush forest on a
summer morning. My hope is that this secret discovery will bring you joy
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Patchouli, Clove Bud Absolute, Lavender Absolute, Geranium Rose, Rose de Mai,
Rosewood, Bergamot, Peach notes, in a Orris/Rose infused into 190 proof cane
alcohol. </span></em><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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classically trained musician who is driven to create handcrafted all natural
perfumes that are compelling, luxurious and memory-making. After majoring in
music during college, she discovered that her love and knowledge of music
translated into another language, the language of scent. Composition of
music and perfume are created using many of the same terms and concepts.
Amanda often uses great works of art, music, and literature as inspiration for
her perfume creations. The rest, as they say, is scented history.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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melange, pitched high and light. The notes weave in and out and will catch you
by surprize. Just as you think it’s over, a new bar begins. It was just a short
rest before singing the final song of peach pie with rose petals. A sublime
siren of scent.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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their mat and enjoying the sunshine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
bee began buzzing near the lily of the valley flowers, then finding nothing to
his liking flew off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little
hummingbird began taking nectar from the honeysuckle and then the rose, birds
chirping, music from the radio softly playing what sounded like music from the
Big Band era drifting in and all at once the Henry James quote made sense. A
summer afternoon are two of the most beautiful words in the English language –
and the inspiration behind the perfume - soft, sensuous roses, drifting in and
out like a lovely refrain of a love ballad from long ago. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></div>
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Patchouli, Clove Bud Absolute, Lavender Absolute, Geranium Rose, Rose de Mai,
Rosewood, Bergamot, Peach Isolate, in a Floral Alcohol Blend.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the art of creating natural fragrances<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>using
only pure organic materials. The motto for AWAAPP is “define yourself naturally
by wearing A Wing & A Prayer Perfumes”, and I believe in this and all of my
perfumes stay true to this credo! Wearing a fragrance is a means of
self-expression and I wanted to convey this in each fragrance I create,
including the SUMMER AFTERNOON Perfume.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even though I have been blending natural perfumes for 15 years, I am
still discovering new natural ingredients and new methods in the creation of
new fragrances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Learning is an essential
in the art of perfumery.</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>
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is rosy, shiny, bright, and airy. The fruitiness is front and centre and speaks
its mind fully. The dry-down is powdery, lightly rosy, and slightly spicy. It
wears well and dances in and out of my reality all day long and well into the
evening. Jane’s perfume is totally reminiscent of the rose in our garden.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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peaches and cream than ‘rose’, so I was excited to see this challenge come
about. I tried to adhere to the attributes of ‘fruity, jammy, baby powder,
baby’s breath, light rose; seductive, intoxicating, alluring, and intimate’,
and I think I came very close. The trial evaluations proved that the fir balsam
absolute is heavily present even in the smallest amounts, so that was a bit of
a challenge getting the right ratio without the formula turning terpenic, but
still maintaining the ‘jammy’ presence ( the apricot essence helped with that
aspect as well). Throughout the process I was envisioning those beautiful
peachy roses I experienced once at a plant nursery in Clovis, CA. I remember
the scent distinctly because I was wandering the nursery with a friend who has
since passed, and that ‘peach rose’ reminds me of him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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balsam absolute, Patchouli, Vanilla, Apricot essence, Bois de rose, Bergamot
fcf , and Rose de mai, in a floral alcohol base.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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over a decade. I teach natural perfume courses online as well as in person.
I’ve written a book or two on the subjects of natural perfumer and other
olfactory arts. I used to edit and author a lot of the articles and stories for
the now defunct online magazine ‘Le Parfumeur Rebelle’. I’m looking forward to
continuing to grow in this art and present beautiful pieces of olfactory art
until my dying day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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aroma?’ It’s fresh, fruity, and forthright. I look around me and find I’m
surrounded by roses, apricots, peaches, and evergreen trees. These aromas dance
around me until I’m twirling, dancing, and laughing, inhaling deeply. I love
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village of Ambridge. This is a fictional English village, of course, where the
BBC soap opera, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Archers</i>, is set,
but the Ambridge Rose named after this town – a poufy, powdery, fruity rose –
is quite real. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ambridge, 1967</i> is a
light, fresh Eau de Toilette soliflore that celebrates the Ambridge Rose at a
time when love, and patchouli, prevailed. It’s best when spritzed in a misty
veil, like a shimmering aura that envelopes you, bringing visions of a glowing
hippie-chick sashaying among the rose bushes. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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absolute, Patchouli absolute, Vanilla absolute, Rose de mai, Rosewood, natural
peach compound, and Bergamot fcf in a floral alcohol.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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I have been fascinated by little glass bottles filled with coloured liquids
(containing magic potions, obviously), for as long as I can remember – creating
perfumes is a natural extension, and, just you wait, one day I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">will</i> create a magic potion. Since the
days of “Fresh ’n’ Fancy” – and welcome to the forties club (if you remember
that toy) I have been mixing my own balms, body oils and bath salts with glee.
My latest perfume, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ambridge, 1967</i>,
blended for this year’s Perfume Challenge, had me dreaming of patchouli (I
guess that’s what I get for wearing my mods to bed). I dreamed that I was
dipping a spoon into vanilla custard smothered in a dark rich caramel sauce
flavoured with a hint of patchouli. Now, I’m off to make a caramel sauce…<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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as my breathing became deeper. I felt as though I was in the centre of a rose
garden with a peach pie sitting on a nearby window ledge. Thoughts of my mom
comforted me and I felt safe and at peace. This is a very intoxicating scent
that can transform the mind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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absolute, Rose geranium, Lavender absolute, Peach melange, Apricot melange, Rose
de mai, Rosewood, and fresh Bergamot fcf from Calibia, in a floral alcohol
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extracting the notes from our own Ambridge Rose, which is growing among seven
other scented rose bushes in our front yard. Many accords have come and gone as
they were never quite right. This year, I feel I did very well in capturing the
essence of our gorgeous big puffy lightly pink somewhat peach coloured roses.
Hence the challenge. Mine is fruity, powdery, lightly rosy, with defined peach
notes. Friends have said it’s exotic, sexy, and intoxicating. I really love it.
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California, USA for the Ambridge Rose scent called “Summer Afternoon”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Amanda, Justine, and Shauna for joining in the fun. Your perfumes are all
wonderful and you should feel very proud of your work and your resulting new
scents. I appreciated each of your designs and it was a pleasure to play with
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Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-72183675142051886782014-10-09T16:32:00.002-07:002015-07-19T18:08:25.039-07:00<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">
The long-awaited Level Two Natural Perfume Course is ready at last... </div>
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"Pyramid of Natural Olfactory Pleasures"</h2>
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The ‘Art of Perfumery’ may be older than the pyramids, but there <br />
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This course expands on the perfuming concepts presented in the Coeur d'Esprit Natural Perfume Course “A Journey to the Heart of Spirit” I'm currently teaching through correspondence. Before considering this course, you should have a good grasp of the basics of perfume creation or you'll become quite lost in this course as it assumes you know what you're doing. Here are the topics you need to know: how to formulate, create accords, infusions, and tinctures; note classification; perfumery terms; methods of extraction; shelf-life and storage; scent profiling; working in a safe atelier; where to purchase supplies; and so on...<br />
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We will create five new perfumes in the following families, using my unique 'keys' for creating a great – chypre, citrus, fougere, floral, and oriental perfume. Then we'll compose accords that will offer us deviations featuring fruity, herbal, leathery, leafy, and gourmand/spicy. <br />
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There are multiple perfumes and accords to make up and many (over 20) projects to complete and email back to me. <br />
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A Table of Contents is available upon request. <a href="mailto:lynayre@telus.net">lynayre@telus.net</a> <br />
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A Certificate of Proficiency will be awarded upon completion. There is no exam. <br />
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…other topics and experiments include: <br />
o Creating various kinds of alcohol blends for specific Perfume Families. <br />
o Create your own Perfumers Wheel <br />
o Advanced sniffing techniques and evaluations <br />
o Creating your own Natural Perfume Pyramid <br />
o Creating a perfume kit for traveling <br />
o How to do a Perfume Consultation <br />
o Developing a Reference Library of the Classics <br />
o Comparing essences from one supplier to the next <br />
o I offer accord ideas from my own personal work to create – amber, fresh, super green, hyacinth, and musk. <br />
o Working with a gram scale, ultra-sonic unit, heat stand, monclon, strip stand <br />
o Comparing and scent-profiling various essences: Petitgrain, Oakmoss, Lotus, Pepper, Lavender, Geranium, Jasmine, Rose, Sandalwood, and Vetiver <br />
o Section on fixatives <br />
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Advanced Natural Perfume correspondence course $375.00. Please email me your intention to take this course and I'll email you a Registration Form and a PayPal Invoice to pay. Then I'll send out the course and you can begin. <a href="mailto:lynayre@telus.net">lynayre@telus.net</a><br />
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Purchase both levels and enjoy a price break. Only $750.00 for both.</div>
Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-24901218745757300662014-10-02T19:01:00.001-07:002014-10-02T19:01:24.434-07:00And the Winner Is...<br />
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by Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumes in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada</span></span></div>
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on June 1, 2014 with an end-date of Aug 31, 2014 ie: they have to be in my hot
little hands by then. While you’re waiting for your tinctures to mature, go
ahead and create your formula. </span></div>
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to be sent out by the end of Sep 2014 – a Gold Atomizer of <strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfume “Kapalua”.</span></strong></span></div>
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the thick scent of garden flowers – rose, jasmine, narcissus, carnation,
honeysuckle, and broom; and warm musky bodies tending the garden. It’s a heady
combination and that’s where we’re going with this challenge. The title reads:
“Lusty Floral ~ Musky Finish”.</span></strong></div>
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natural perfumers have an array of ingredients that will give a musky tone to a
perfume without using real musk and endangering a species or using a manmade
musk. Think – Ambrette seed, agarwood, nutmeg, tobacco, jasmine auriculatum,
billy goat hair and hyraceum. Perhaps your nose has detected other eo’s that
have a musky note. </span></div>
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there are many ways for Natural Perfumers to go with this theme. And, as
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the<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> first ten (10) Registrants</span></strong>
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now and send an email to me with the following information: </span><a href="mailto:LynAyre@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">LynAyre@telus.net</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br />
your full name<br />
mailing address<br />
phone number<br />
recent photo</span></div>
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to add your fragrance entry to the glam-bag give-away</span></div>
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'guidelines'. In the first challenge, people 'lost points' for not including a
data tag, using an incorrect amount of ingredients, not sending a photo, and so
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matter if your perfume is based in alcohol or oil, the end product should be
clear and free from imperfections. The way to do this is to refrigerate,
filter, and/or use a pipette to suck up all but the floating/sunken bits into
another container. If your perfume has had a chance to sit for a month or so, and
you have shaken it periodically, the more dense particulates will have diluted
themselves into the alcohol or oil. Leave it sit again for a few days then draw
off the clear part and put it in your final bottle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Imagine you are doing all of this for
a high-end client and really want to impress him or her. This is very good
practice for when this happens for you. </span></div>
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category addressed in all phases of the drydown. The musk needs to be present
in the drydown.</span></div>
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away, please get your entry to me sooner rather than later. It can do its aging
here for a time. I don’t sniff them until the challenge is closed.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> For
the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Lusty Floral ~ Musky Finish,</span></b>
you are allowed to use <u>up to 22 ingredients</u>. These must be naturally
derived: essential oils, absolutes, concretes, waxes, hydrosols/flower waters, <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">enfleurage</span>,
tinctures, and oil. Since it is illegal in Canada to sell a perfume with
potable alcohol, one may choose to use ethanol with Bitrex for the solvent
(I’ve done a pile of research on this and found it to be, by all accounts,
non-toxic though extremely bitter so there’s little chance a child would drink
your perfume). If you use animal ingredients, you must know and attest to me
that they are ethically obtained. </span></div>
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list of the ingredients, name the solvent (ie: oil, alcohol), your company
information (even if it's simply your name and contact information), the size
of the end product ie: 5 ml; precautions, how to use, and the 'best before
date'. (See photo for an idea of what a Data Tag looks like).</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please follow these directions</span></strong>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Submit the perfume and the following
to me by August 31, 2014. Please send it out in time to reach me by that date. Send
it earlier, if you like, as I’ve mentioned, it can sit here to mature.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">send two 1 ml sample vials of perfume
for evaluation via the postal mail</span></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">let me know if you are up for the Glam
Bag Giveaway (see previous page)</span></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">base can be clear alcohol or oil
(these do not count as part of the 22)</span></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you use a scented tincture or
maceration as your base or use some drops of it as part of your formula that
will count as an ingredient.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">write 5 sentences that tell me the
vision behind your new creation and submit via email</span></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">write 5 sentences about who you are in
relation to Natural Perfumery and submit via email</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">email me the complete list of the notes
in your perfume</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">email me your photo</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Each perfumer is graded 1-10</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> on the following categories: how well they
followed the above instructions; a short five-sentence about his or her vision
of the perfume’s creation; a short five-sentence bio; a recent photo; a Data
Tag with pertinent information about their perfume; the balance, character,
diffusion, tenacity, and structure of their creation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></div>
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following qualities:</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Balance
– so that no single component can be detected, unless it is a Soliflore. This
challenge is not for a Soliflore</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Character
– The twists and turns of a perfume as it evolves on the skin. What kind of a
perfume is this? Is it a raunchy riot? Is it soft and gentle? Where does it
take you? What’s at the heart of it? Does it have personality? How do the
layers unfold? Who would this perfume appeal to?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Diffusion
– does it surround the wearer with an aura of scent? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Structure
– Is there harmony in the mix? Have the base, heart, and head notes been
properly addressed? Are the proportions correct for these ingredients so that
there <i>is</i> balance, character, diffusion, and tenacity? Does it have
dimension? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tenacity
– staying power is the ability of a perfume to last on the wearer for more than
just a couple of hours</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">We hope
that perfumers from all over the world will accept and </span></b></div>
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in this challenge.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">I was privileged to spend a whole day with each perfume, as always. I
learn so much from every perfumer about envisioning, development, and
risk-taking. I feel these challenges help us all to grow. There are two glam
bags available for two lucky comment makers. Please let us know what you think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> T</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">he perfumers are listed in the order of receipt of their entry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Here are my thoughts and feelings about the submissions. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The challengers</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Renée Starr</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="color: black;">Los
Angeles, California, USA</span></span></div>
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mirrored tray on my mother's dresser, with hundreds of miniature perfume
bottles, is the culprit for my love affair with scent. Spending hours to smell
each and every one of those bottles, I soon learned to equate perfume with what
being feminine is: magical, sacred, sensual; and learned that the ceremony of
anointing the body with perfume is an alchemical experience. </span></span></div>
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with luxurious oils, ate from golden platters piled with lush fruits and
honeyed sweets, breathed in the smoke of resinous, woody incense, the hookah
and night blooming flowers, all mingled in with the spice and musk of
passion. My aim was to capture the aromatic rituals of sensuality.</span></span></div>
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tobacco blond, patchouli absolute, wild rose, rose absolute
morocco, rose absolute Egypt, coffee flower, ambrette seed,
safflower, jasmine sambac, jasmine grandiflorum, tuberose, petitgrain, neroli/Egypt,
frangipani, lime. In a meadow foam seed oil base. </span></span></div>
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is a floral extravaganza. If you like bubble baths, you’ll love this. Odalisque
scents the skin for a long time. It diffuses into the air and can odorize and
good sized room. Renee envisioned a Hareem and it is my belief this is what one
may smell like. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Bio:</strong> </span>Suzy's a farm girl from
Southern Alberta at heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">The scent of
livestock from the barnyards, diesel fuel from the tractors, and dust and hay
from the fields imprinted some fantastic olfactory memories on her that led to
her curiosity and wonder about all things aroma.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">As a welcome juxtaposition to farm and ranch
smells, her mother spoiled her every Christmas with high end perfumes like
Paloma Picassa, L'Interdit, Chanel No. 22, and Rive Gauche among others.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Years later after becoming interested in
natural healing, Suzy attended Mount Royal College to become an Aromatherapist
and while there learned about the amazing healing properties of essential
oils.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Quickly she found a desire to use
these natural essences to create perfumes for family and friends.</span></div>
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comes from my husband’s upper lip after he’s been outside gardening in the hot
sun for the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This is my
favourite time to kiss him as the subtly sweet, earthy and sexy sweatiness has
gathered above his lip.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">The name of this
perfume is inspired by the Roman Goddess Pamona who watches over and cares for
the cultivation of fruit trees, gardens and orchards.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">And what better name than Pamona’s Garden to
represent our lovely new home in the Okanagan of British Columbia with its soil
and sun primed for growth. And maybe a little bit of that Italian Amore from
Pamona herself is being sprinkled on my husband’s lip every time he’s in our
garden.</span></div>
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Galbanum, Nigella damascena, Osmanthus, Honey, Jasmine sambac, Ylang ylang,
Tuberose, Costus Root, Choya Loban, Hyrax, Cumin, and Ambrette Seed in Organic
alcohol.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Review: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The opening refrain of Pamona is an accord of
floral/galbanum – very sexy and earthy. Soon the smokiness takes over and
sustains its note for a very long time. This perfume is grounding and
meditative. It makes you stand still and notice. Suzy has stayed true to her
vision of the long kiss. This perfume is very tenacious.</span></span></span></div>
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immediately and completely enthralled. I follow the online forums and have
taken a few courses, but this is my first attempt at making a “real” perfume on
my own from concept to creation. My biggest lesson learned in this challenge
was realizing just how much I don’t know about making perfume – it’s important
to understand how essences interact, and finessing these subtleties takes time.
It can make a person crazy, and it’s so easy to get lost in them, but in my
opinion, this is what makes a perfume sing. This one might be a little off-key,
but you know what they say: sing like no one is listening.</span></span></div>
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beautiful summer day begins with a bright spark of cardamom, black pepper and
coriander. As the day lingers on, suave rose, Indian jasmine, and spicy golden
champaca release their honeyed aromas. When the sun begins to set, and the
flowers fall into shadow, we’re left with a floral afterglow joined by vanilla,
orris and ambrette, radiating the sweet subtle musk of sun-kissed skin.</span></span></div>
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Neroli EO, Golden Champaca C02, Turkish Rose Abs, Boronia Abs, Orange Blossom
Abs, Jasmine Sambac Abs, Guiacwood EO, Nutmeg Abs, Vanilla Bourbon C02,
Ambrette Seed C02, Orris Butter, Vetiverol (natural isolate), Rosewood EO,
Benzyl Benzoate (natural isolate)</span></span></div>
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sniff this perfume all day long; I just want to bury my face in it. The spicy
opening surprised me and then I got into it. The florals are expertly blended
into a wonderful bouquet. Diffusion is perfect as throughout the day, I’ve
wondered ‘where is that lovely scent coming from?’ then I remember and sniff my
wrist yet again. After several hours, it morphs into a muskiness that I’ve not
smelled before and appreciate so very much. Shauna, your “Sundara” stayed true
to my vision and I thank you for sharing.</span></div>
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Bay, Western Cape, South Africa</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bio: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The first time I was
stung by a bee was when I was busy brewing a perfume from the local vegetation
at six years old. I took it as a sign that the bee liked my perfume. Ever since
then I have been exploring the scents of nature. Through my research into
ancient anointing oils and early perfumes and aromatics, I discovered the art
of natural perfumes. After many years of self-study I started to market
my perfumes and founded African Aromatics. Africa is the environment in which I
live and breathe in, and continues to be my source of inspiration. All my
perfumes contain African elements in them and reflects my experience of my
environment.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Vision: “</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">White Frangipani” served as my inspiration with its
elegant fresh sensuality, sleek white silk with no frills. The perfume was
woven around a core of white frangipani enfleurage borne by the heat of an
African summer. Its natural silky sensual scent is accentuated by Neroli, and
Jasmine supported by light musky base.</span></div>
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Cane Alcohol,<b> </b>African Ambergris, Hyraceum, Hawaiian sandalwood, Tonka
bean abs, Vanilla abs, Cedar Atlas, White Frangipani enfleurage, White
Frangipani absolute, Rose maroc, Dianthus concrete, Anisaldehyde, Methyl
anthranilate, Jasmine sambac, Orange Bigarde, Neroli, Lemon, Ambrette seed,
Angelica</span></div>
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Frangipani’ perfume opens with a bright hit of citrus. It soon settles into a
melody of florals with the main voice being Frangipani. The creamy notes begin
to come out to play. Finally, the musk shows up for a short time; then the
florals then take over and hum for hours. A lovely perfume that stayed close to
my vision.</span></div>
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natural scent materials, I am even more in love with the materials and
possibilities of this craft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My approach
is formed by a background in sculpture and performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Narrative, spatial and material concerns are my
main interests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to scents, I
make ceramic Monclins and “Polyclins” (experimental smelling devices).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And am close to launching a website! </span></div>
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Bar…” It’s sweltering in LA, so Veronica Lake and Charles Bukowski stand under
a streetlight in front of an unmarked door. The muted sounds of a jazz band
filter out onto the sidewalk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
shakily applies lipstick, while he smokes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wordlessly he opens the door for her and --- blasts out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The door slams behind them and again the
noise from the bar is muted.</span></div>
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floral, booze, sweat, sex - Jasmine absolute, ylang ylang extra, tuberose
absolute, orange blossom absolute, white grapefruit, green cognac, Marker’s
Mark, lavender absolute, frankincense, African stone, ambrette seed, amyris,
orris butter, costus root, styrax, tonka bean absolute, sandalwood powder
tincture, goat tincture, white oak tincture.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Review: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I can truly appreciate the uniqueness of the
ingredients used in “Beautiful Matter”. What really comes through for me is the
leather note ie: bikers’ bar. Iris has stayed true to her vision. The opening
notes are floral and fruity; there’s almost an interesting licorice note in
there that pops in and out and surprises me from time to time. This perfume
lasts a long time on the skin.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">The Prize</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> A beautiful 5 ml atomizer of Coeur d'Esprit
Natural Perfume "Kapalua", surrounded by an elegant gold sleeve and
suitable for wearing in the Spring and Summer; </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">perfect to carry with you in your purse. This fragrance is completely wearable
in the sun through the use of the 5-fold citrus notes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">“</span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Kapalua</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">” </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">notes: Ambergris, Ambrette seed
CO2, Ocean tincture, Seaweed absolute, Orris Root butter CO2, Tolu balsam,
Tonka bean, Vanilla 10-fold, Frangipani absolute, Ginger, Kewda attar, Maile
vine, Neroli, Lemon 5-fold, Lime 5-fold, and Litsea cubeba. In a base of:
Pineapple tincture and Perfumers’ Alcohol.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">The</span></span></a><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> Results
Are In </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Grand Prize Winner is </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Shauna Rudd</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">from St.
Albert, Alberta, Canada for a truly lovely floral named “Sundara”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you so much to Canadian Natural Perfumer, Suzy Larsen, and South
African Natural Perfumer Sophia Shuttleworth, and US Natural Perfumers Renee
Starr and Iris Moore for making this a very interesting perfume challenge.</span></span></div>
I<br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> appreciated each one of your designs. It was an interesting and
in-depth journey into what makes this perfume type live up to its name: lusty
florals on the one hand, and musky notes on the other. You used a variety of
perfume materials, which conspired together to create the whole sexy scent.</span></span><br />
</span><br />Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-31299435662994020562014-10-02T19:01:00.000-07:002014-10-02T19:01:01.593-07:00<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">2014 Lusty Floral ~ Musky
Finish </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Perfume Challenge </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">for the Summer of 2014</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sponsored</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
by Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumes in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Beginning</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
on June 1, 2014 with an end-date of Aug 31, 2014 ie: they have to be in my hot
little hands by then. While you’re waiting for your tinctures to mature, go
ahead and create your formula. </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Prize</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
to be sent out by the end of Sep 2014 – a Gold Atomizer of </span><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfume “Kapalua”.</span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the summer I think of
the thick scent of garden flowers – rose, jasmine, narcissus, carnation,
honeysuckle, and broom; and warm musky bodies tending the garden. It’s a heady
combination and that’s where we’re going with this challenge. The title reads:
“Lusty Floral ~ Musky Finish”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today,
natural perfumers have an array of ingredients that will give a musky tone to a
perfume without using real musk and endangering a species or using a manmade
musk. Think – Ambrette seed, agarwood, nutmeg, tobacco, jasmine auriculatum,
billy goat hair and hyraceum. Perhaps your nose has detected other eo’s that
have a musky note. </span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Natural Isolates are
allowed in this perfume, as are tinctures.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Again,
there are many ways for Natural Perfumers to go with this theme. And, as
always, there are some guidelines to follow:</span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Guidelines:</span></strong></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please be fair to others and ensure
that, when you sign up, you intend to follow through with this project as only
the<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> first ten (10) Registrants</span></strong>
will be taken then the registration process will be closed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Anyone who wishes to <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Register</span></strong>, please do so
now and send an email to me with the following information: </span><a href="mailto:LynAyre@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">LynAyre@telus.net</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br />
your full name<br />
mailing address<br />
phone number<br />
recent photo</span></div>
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permission to post your entry on my </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">blog at </span><a href="http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/NaturalPerfumes/244441528913829?skip_nax_wizard=true"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.facebook.com/pages/NaturalPerfumes/244441528913829?skip_nax_wizard=true</span></span></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">website at </span><a href="http://www.scentofnature.net/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.scentofnature.net/</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">permission
to add your fragrance entry to the glam-bag give-away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please ensure you follow all the
'guidelines'. In the first challenge, people 'lost points' for not including a
data tag, using an incorrect amount of ingredients, not sending a photo, and so
on. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> No
matter if your perfume is based in alcohol or oil, the end product should be
clear and free from imperfections. The way to do this is to refrigerate,
filter, and/or use a pipette to suck up all but the floating/sunken bits into
another container. If your perfume has had a chance to sit for a month or so, and
you have shaken it periodically, the more dense particulates will have diluted
themselves into the alcohol or oil. Leave it sit again for a few days then draw
off the clear part and put it in your final bottle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Imagine you are doing all of this for
a high-end client and really want to impress him or her. This is very good
practice for when this happens for you. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Note:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> your scent needs to have the ‘floral’
category addressed in all phases of the dry down. The musk needs to be present
in the dry down.</span></div>
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away, please get your entry to me sooner rather than later. It can do its aging
here for a time. I don’t sniff them until the challenge is closed.</span></div>
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the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Lusty Floral ~ Musky Finish,</span></b>
you are allowed to use <u>up to 22 ingredients</u>. These must be naturally
derived: essential oils, absolutes, concretes, waxes, hydrosols/flower waters, <span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">enfleurage</span></span>,
tinctures, and oil. Since it is illegal in Canada to sell a perfume with
potable alcohol, one may choose to use ethanol with Bitrex for the solvent
(I’ve done a pile of research on this and found it to be, by all accounts,
non-toxic though extremely bitter so there’s little chance a child would drink
your perfume). If you use animal ingredients, you must know and attest to me
that they are ethically obtained. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> A <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Data Tag</span></strong> must be attached ie: name of the perfume,
list of the ingredients, name the solvent (ie: oil, alcohol), your company
information (even if it's simply your name and contact information), the size
of the end product ie: 5 ml; precautions, how to use, and the 'best before
date'. (See photo for an idea of what a Data Tag looks like).</span></div>
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please follow these directions</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Submit the perfume and the following
to me by August 31, 2014. Please send it out in time to reach me by that date. Send
it earlier, if you like, as I’ve mentioned, it can sit here to mature.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">send two 1 ml sample vials of perfume
for evaluation via the postal mail</span></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">let me know if you are up for the Glam
Bag Giveaway (see previous page)</span></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">base can be clear alcohol or oil
(these do not count as part of the 22)</span></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you use a scented tincture or
maceration as your base or use some drops of it as part of your formula that
will count as an ingredient.</span></div>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">write 5 sentences that tell me the
vision behind your new creation and submit via email</span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">write 5 sentences about who you are in
relation to Natural Perfumery and submit via email</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">email me the complete list of the notes
in your perfume</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">email me your photo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Each perfumer is graded 1-10</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> on the following categories: how well they
followed the above instructions; a short five-sentence about his or her vision
of the perfume’s creation; a short five-sentence bio; a recent photo; a Data
Tag with pertinent information about their perfume; the balance, character,
diffusion, tenacity, and structure of their creation. </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A <u>Natural Perfume</u> has the
following qualities:</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Balance
– so that no single component can be detected, unless it is a Soliflore. This
challenge is not for a Soliflore</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Character
– The twists and turns of a perfume as it evolves on the skin. What kind of a
perfume is this? Is it a raunchy riot? Is it soft and gentle? Where does it
take you? What’s at the heart of it? Does it have personality? How do the
layers unfold? Who would this perfume appeal to?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Diffusion
– does it surround the wearer with an aura of scent? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Structure
– Is there harmony in the mix? Have the base, heart, and head notes been
properly addressed? Are the proportions correct for these ingredients so that
there <i>is</i> balance, character, diffusion, and tenacity? Does it have
dimension? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tenacity
– staying power is the ability of a perfume to last on the wearer for more than
just a couple of hours</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">We hope
that perfumers from all over the world will accept and </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">participate
in this challenge.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was privileged to spend a whole day with each perfume, as always. I
learn so much from every perfumer about envisioning, development, and
risk-taking. I feel these challenges help us all to grow. There are two glam
bags available for two lucky comment makers. Please let us know what you think.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The perfumers are listed in the order of receipt of their entry.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unfortunately, photos no longer show up on my blog. They are included in the face book and website entries... </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here are my thoughts and feelings about the submissions. </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">The challengers</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Renée Starr</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Los
Angeles, California, USA</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.theformularie.com/"><span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">www.TheFormularie.com</span></span></a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bio: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A
mirrored tray on my mother's dresser, with hundreds of miniature perfume
bottles, is the culprit for my love affair with scent. Spending hours to smell
each and every one of those bottles, I soon learned to equate perfume with what
being feminine is: magical, sacred, sensual; and learned that the ceremony of
anointing the body with perfume is an alchemical experience. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Vision: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ODALISQUE is the scent of the Hareem where women perfumed their bodies
with luxurious oils, ate from golden platters piled with lush fruits and
honeyed sweets, breathed in the smoke of resinous, woody incense, the hookah
and night blooming flowers, all mingled in with the spice and musk of
passion. My aim was to capture the aromatic rituals of sensuality.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Notes: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">beeswax absolute, rosewood, agarwood, fossilized amber absolute, sandalwood,
tobacco blond, patchouli absolute, wild rose, rose absolute
morocco, rose absolute Egypt, coffee flower, ambrette seed,
safflower, jasmine sambac, jasmine grandiflorum, tuberose, petitgrain, neroli/Egypt,
frangipani, lime. In a meadow foam seed oil base. </span></div>
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is a floral extravaganza. If you like bubble baths, you’ll love this. Odalisque
scents the skin for a long time. It diffuses into the air and can odorize and
good sized room. Renee envisioned a Hareem and it is my belief this is what one
may smell like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Bio: </strong></span>Suzy's a farm girl from
Southern Alberta at heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scent of
livestock from the barnyards, diesel fuel from the tractors, and dust and hay
from the fields imprinted some fantastic olfactory memories on her that led to
her curiosity and wonder about all things aroma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a welcome juxtaposition to farm and ranch
smells, her mother spoiled her every Christmas with high end perfumes like
Paloma Picassa, L'Interdit, Chanel No. 22, and Rive Gauche among others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Years later after becoming interested in
natural healing, Suzy attended Mount Royal College to become an Aromatherapist
and while there learned about the amazing healing properties of essential
oils.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quickly she found a desire to use
these natural essences to create perfumes for family and friends.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Vision: </strong></span>The inspiration for my entry
comes from my husband’s upper lip after he’s been outside gardening in the hot
sun for the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is my
favourite time to kiss him as the subtly sweet, earthy and sexy sweatiness has
gathered above his lip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The name of this
perfume is inspired by the Roman Goddess Pamona who watches over and cares for
the cultivation of fruit trees, gardens and orchards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And what better name than Pamona’s Garden to
represent our lovely new home in the Okanagan of British Columbia with its soil
and sun primed for growth. And maybe a little bit of that Italian Amore from
Pamona herself is being sprinkled on my husband’s lip every time he’s in our
garden.</div>
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<span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Notes: </strong></span>Bergamot, Carrot, Ginger,
Galbanum, Nigella damascena, Osmanthus, Honey, Jasmine sambac, Ylang ylang,
Tuberose, Costus Root, Choya Loban, Hyrax, Cumin, and Ambrette Seed in Organic
alcohol.</span></div>
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floral/galbanum – very sexy and earthy. Soon the smokiness takes over and
sustains its note for a very long time. This perfume is grounding and
meditative. It makes you stand still and notice. Suzy has stayed true to her
vision of the long kiss. This perfume is very tenacious.</span></div>
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immediately and completely enthralled. I follow the online forums and have
taken a few courses, but this is my first attempt at making a “real” perfume on
my own from concept to creation. My biggest lesson learned in this challenge
was realizing just how much I don’t know about making perfume – it’s important
to understand how essences interact, and finessing these subtleties takes time.
It can make a person crazy, and it’s so easy to get lost in them, but in my
opinion, this is what makes a perfume sing. This one might be a little off-key,
but you know what they say: sing like no one is listening.</span></span></div>
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beautiful summer day begins with a bright spark of cardamom, black pepper and
coriander. As the day lingers on, suave rose, Indian jasmine, and spicy golden
champaca release their honeyed aromas. When the sun begins to set, and the
flowers fall into shadow, we’re left with a floral afterglow joined by vanilla,
orris and ambrette, radiating the sweet subtle musk of sun-kissed skin.</span></span></div>
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Neroli EO, Golden Champaca C02, Turkish Rose Abs, Boronia Abs, Orange Blossom
Abs, Jasmine Sambac Abs, Guiacwood EO, Nutmeg Abs, Vanilla Bourbon C02,
Ambrette Seed C02, Orris Butter, Vetiverol (natural isolate), Rosewood EO,
Benzyl Benzoate (natural isolate)</span></span></div>
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sniff this perfume all day long; I just want to bury my face in it. The spicy
opening surprised me and then I got into it. The florals are expertly blended
into a wonderful bouquet. Diffusion is perfect as throughout the day, I’ve
wondered ‘where is that lovely scent coming from?’ then I remember and sniff my
wrist yet again. After several hours, it morphs into a muskiness that I’ve not
smelled before and appreciate so very much. Shauna, your “Sundara” stayed true
to my vision and I thank you for sharing.</span></div>
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stung by a bee was when I was busy brewing a perfume from the local vegetation
at six years old. I took it as a sign that the bee liked my perfume. Ever since
then I have been exploring the scents of nature. Through my research into
ancient anointing oils and early perfumes and aromatics, I discovered the art
of natural perfumes. After many years of self-study I started to market
my perfumes and founded African Aromatics. Africa is the environment in which I
live and breathe in, and continues to be my source of inspiration. All my
perfumes contain African elements in them and reflects my experience of my
environment.</span></div>
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elegant fresh sensuality, sleek white silk with no frills. The perfume was
woven around a core of white frangipani enfleurage borne by the heat of an
African summer. Its natural silky sensual scent is accentuated by Neroli, and
Jasmine supported by light musky base.</span></div>
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Cane Alcohol,<b> </b>African Ambergris, Hyraceum, Hawaiian sandalwood, Tonka
bean abs, Vanilla abs, Cedar Atlas, White Frangipani enfleurage, White
Frangipani absolute, Rose maroc, Dianthus concrete, Anisaldehyde, Methyl
anthranilate, Jasmine sambac, Orange Bigarde, Neroli, Lemon, Ambrette seed,
Angelica</span></div>
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Frangipani’ perfume opens with a bright hit of citrus. It soon settles into a
melody of florals with the main voice being Frangipani. The creamy notes begin
to come out to play. Finally, the musk shows up for a short time; then the
florals then take over and hum for hours. A lovely perfume that stayed close to
my vision.</span></div>
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natural scent materials, I am even more in love with the materials and
possibilities of this craft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My approach
is formed by a background in sculpture and performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Narrative, spatial and material concerns are my
main interests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to scents, I
make ceramic Monclins and “Polyclins” (experimental smelling devices).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And am close to launching a website! </span></div>
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Bar…” It’s sweltering in LA, so Veronica Lake and Charles Bukowski stand under
a streetlight in front of an unmarked door. The muted sounds of a jazz band
filter out onto the sidewalk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
shakily applies lipstick, while he smokes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wordlessly he opens the door for her and --- blasts out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The door slams behind them and again the
noise from the bar is muted.</span></div>
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floral, booze, sweat, sex - Jasmine absolute, ylang ylang extra, tuberose
absolute, orange blossom absolute, white grapefruit, green cognac, Marker’s
Mark, lavender absolute, frankincense, African stone, ambrette seed, amyris,
orris butter, costus root, styrax, tonka bean absolute, sandalwood powder
tincture, goat tincture, white oak tincture.</span></div>
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ingredients used in “Beautiful Matter”. What really comes through for me is the
leather note ie: bikers’ bar. Iris has stayed true to her vision. The opening
notes are floral and fruity; there’s almost an interesting licorice note in
there that pops in and out and surprises me from time to time. This perfume
lasts a long time on the skin.</span></div>
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Natural Perfume "Kapalua", surrounded by an elegant gold sleeve and
suitable for wearing in the Spring and Summer; </span></span></div>
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in the sun through the use of the 5-fold citrus notes.</span></span></div>
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CO2, Ocean tincture, Seaweed absolute, Orris Root butter CO2, Tolu balsam,
Tonka bean, Vanilla 10-fold, Frangipani absolute, Ginger, Kewda attar, Maile
vine, Neroli, Lemon 5-fold, Lime 5-fold, and Litsea cubeba. In a base of:
Pineapple tincture and Perfumers’ Alcohol.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before: always;" />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">The</span></span></a><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> Results
Are In </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Grand Prize Winner is </span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></div>
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</span><br />
<div align="center" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 14pt; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Shauna Rudd</span></b></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">from St.
Albert, Alberta, Canada for a truly lovely floral named “Sundara”.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you so much to Canadian Natural Perfumer, Suzy Larsen, and South
African Natural Perfumer Sophia Shuttleworth, and US Natural Perfumers Renee
Starr and Iris Moore for making this a very interesting perfume challenge.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I appreciated each one of your designs. It was an interesting and
in-depth journey into what makes this perfume type live up to its name: lusty
florals on the one hand, and musky notes on the other. You used a variety of
perfume materials, which conspired together to create the whole sexy scent.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span>Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-13009062631356547162014-05-21T13:11:00.000-07:002014-05-21T13:11:49.608-07:00<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2014 Lusty Floral ~ Musky Finish </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Perfume Challenge </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">for the Summer of 2014</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is our tenth challenge!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sponsored by Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumes in Coquitlam,
British Columbia, Canada</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Beginning on June 1, 2014 with an end-date of Aug 31, 2014
ie: they have to be in my hot little hands by then. While you’re waiting for
your tinctures to mature, go ahead and create your formula. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Prize to be sent out by the end of Sep 2014 – a Gold Atomizer
of Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfume.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the summer I think of the thick scent of garden flowers –
rose, jasmine, narcissus, carnation, honeysuckle, and broom; and warm musky
bodies tending the garden. It’s a heady combination and that’s where we’re going
with this challenge. The title reads: “Lusty Floral ~ Musky Finish”.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today, natural perfumers have an array of ingredients that
will give a musky tone to a perfume without using real musk and endangering a
species or using a manmade musk. Think – Ambrette seed, agarwood, nutmeg,
tobacco, jasmine auriculatum, billy goat hair and hyraceum. Perhaps your nose
has detected other eo’s that have a musky note. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Natural Isolates are allowed in this perfume as are
tinctures.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Again, there are many ways for Natural Perfumers to go with
this theme. And, as always, there are some guidelines to follow:</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Guidelines:</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Please be
fair to others and ensure that, when you sign up, you intend to follow through
with this project as only the first ten (10) Registrants will be taken then the
registration process will be closed.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anyone who wishes to Register, please do so now and send an
email to me with the following information: LynAyre@telus.net </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">your full name</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">mailing address</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">phone number</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">recent photo</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">website URL </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">permission to post your entry on my </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">blog at http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NaturalPerfumes/244441528913829?skip_nax_wizard=true
</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">website at http://www.scentofnature.net/</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">permission to add your fragrance entry to the glam-bag
give-away</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please ensure you follow all the 'guidelines'. In the first
challenge, people 'lost points' for not including a data tag, using an
incorrect amount of ingredients, not sending a photo, and so on. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. No matter if your perfume is based in alcohol or oil, the
end product should be clear and free from imperfections. The way to do this is
to refrigerate, filter, and/or use a pipette to suck up all but the
floating/sunken bits into another container. If your perfume has had a chance
to sit for a month or so, and you have shaken it periodically, the more dense
particulates will have diluted themselves into the alcohol or oil. Leave it sit
again for a few days then draw off the clear part and put it in your final
bottle.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Imagine you are doing all of this for a high-end client and
really want to impress him or her. This is very good practice for when this
happens for you. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Note: your scent needs to have the ‘floral’ category
addressed in all phases of the drydown. The musk needs to be present in the
drydown.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you live a considerable distance away, please get your
entry to me sooner rather than later. It can do its aging here for a time. I
don’t sniff them until the challenge is closed.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2. For the Lusty Floral ~ Musky Finish, you are allowed to
use up to 22 ingredients. These must be naturally derived: essential oils,
absolutes, concretes, waxes, hydrosols/flower waters, enfleurage, tinctures,
and oil. Since it is illegal in Canada to sell a perfume with potable alcohol, one
may choose to use ethanol with Bitrex for the solvent (I’ve done a pile of
research on this and found it to be, by all accounts, non-toxic though
extremely bitter so there’s little chance a child would drink your perfume). If
you use animal ingredients, you must know and attest to me that they are
ethically obtained. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">3. A Data Tag must be attached ie: name of the perfume, list
of the ingredients, name the solvent (ie: oil, alcohol), your company
information (even if it's simply your name and contact information), the size
of the end product ie: 5 ml; precautions, how to use, and the 'best before
date'. (See photo for an idea of what a Data Tag looks like).</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. Please follow these directions </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Submit the perfume and the following to me by August 31,
2014. Please send it out in time to reach me by that date. Send it earlier, if
you like, as I’ve mentioned, it can sit here to mature.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>send two
1 ml sample vials of perfume for evaluation via the postal mail</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>let me
know if you are up for the Glam Bag Giveaway (see previous page)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>base can
be clear alcohol or oil (these do not count as part of the 22)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>If you
use a scented tincture or maceration as your base or use some drops of it as
part of your formula that will count as an ingredient.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>write 5
sentences that tell me the vision behind your new creation and submit via email</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>write 5
sentences about who you are in relation to Natural Perfumery and submit via
email</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>email me
the complete list of the notes in your perfume</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>email me
your photo</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Each perfumer is graded 1-10 on the following categories:
how well they followed the above instructions; a short five-sentence about his
or her vision of the perfume’s creation; a short five-sentence bio; a recent
photo; a Data Tag with pertinent information about their perfume; the balance,
character, diffusion, tenacity, and structure of their creation. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Natural Perfume has the following qualities:</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Balance –
so that no single component can be detected, unless it is a Soliflore. This
challenge is not for a Soliflore</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Character
– The twists and turns of a perfume as it evolves on the skin. What kind of a
perfume is this? Is it a raunchy riot? Is it soft and gentle? Where does it
take you? What’s at the heart of it? Does it have personality? How do the
layers unfold? Who would this perfume appeal to?</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Diffusion
– does it surround the wearer with an aura of scent? </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Structure
– Is there harmony in the mix? Have the base, heart, and head notes been
properly addressed? Are the proportions correct for these ingredients so that
there is balance, character, diffusion, and tenacity? Does it have dimension? </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Tenacity
– staying power is the ability of a perfume to last on the wearer for more than
just a couple of hours</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We hope that perfumers from all over the world will accept
and </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">participate in this challenge.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span>Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-85435193667116790252014-05-21T13:09:00.003-07:002014-05-21T13:09:34.053-07:00<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<h2 style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
2014 Lusty Floral ~ Musky Finish </h2>
<h2 style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
Perfume Challenge </h2>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">for the Summer of 2014</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is our tenth challenge!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sponsored by Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumes in Coquitlam,
British Columbia, Canada</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Beginning on June 1, 2014 with an end-date of Aug 31, 2014
ie: they have to be in my hot little hands by then. While you’re waiting for
your tinctures to mature, go ahead and create your formula. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Prize to be sent out by the end of Sep 2014 – a Gold Atomizer
of Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfume.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the summer I think of the thick scent of garden flowers –
rose, jasmine, narcissus, carnation, honeysuckle, and broom; and warm musky
bodies tending the garden. It’s a heady combination and that’s where we’re going
with this challenge. The title reads: “Lusty Floral ~ Musky Finish”.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today, natural perfumers have an array of ingredients that
will give a musky tone to a perfume without using real musk and endangering a
species or using a manmade musk. Think – Ambrette seed, agarwood, nutmeg,
tobacco, jasmine auriculatum, billy goat hair and hyraceum. Perhaps your nose
has detected other eo’s that have a musky note. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u>Natural Isolates</u> are allowed in this perfume as are
<u>tinctures</u>.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Again, there are many ways for Natural Perfumers to go with
this theme. And, as always, there are some guidelines to follow:</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Guidelines:</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Please be
fair to others and ensure that, when you sign up, you intend to follow through
with this project as only the first ten (10) Registrants will be taken then the
registration process will be closed.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anyone who wishes to Register, please do so now and send an
email to me with the following information: LynAyre@telus.net </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">your full name</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">mailing address</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">phone number</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">recent photo</span></div>
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</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">website URL </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">permission to post your entry on my </span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">blog at http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NaturalPerfumes/244441528913829?skip_nax_wizard=true
</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">website at http://www.scentofnature.net/</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">permission to add your fragrance entry to the glam-bag
give-away</span></div>
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</span><br />
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please ensure you follow all the 'guidelines'. In the first
challenge, people 'lost points' for not including a data tag, using an
incorrect amount of ingredients, not sending a photo, and so on. </span></div>
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</span><br />
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. No matter if your perfume is based in alcohol or oil, the
end product should be clear and free from imperfections. The way to do this is
to refrigerate, filter, and/or use a pipette to suck up all but the
floating/sunken bits into another container. If your perfume has had a chance
to sit for a month or so, and you have shaken it periodically, the more dense
particulates will have diluted themselves into the alcohol or oil. Leave it sit
again for a few days then draw off the clear part and put it in your final
bottle.</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Imagine you are doing all of this for a high-end client and
really want to impress him or her. This is very good practice for when this
happens for you. </span></div>
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</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Note: your scent needs to have the ‘floral’ category
addressed in all phases of the dry down. The musk needs to be present in the
dry down.</span></div>
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</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you live a considerable distance away, please get your
entry to me sooner rather than later. It can do its aging here for a time. I
don’t sniff them until the challenge is closed.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2. For the Lusty Floral ~ Musky Finish, you are allowed to
use up to 22 ingredients. These must be naturally derived: essential oils,
absolutes, concretes, waxes, hydrosols/flower waters, enfleurage, tinctures,
and oil. Since it is illegal in Canada to sell a perfume with potable alcohol, one
may choose to use ethanol with Bitrex for the solvent (I’ve done a pile of
research on this and found it to be, by all accounts, non-toxic though
extremely bitter so there’s little chance a child would drink your perfume). If
you use animal ingredients, you must know and attest to me that they are
ethically obtained. </span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">3. A Data Tag must be attached ie: name of the perfume, list
of the ingredients, name the solvent (ie: oil, alcohol), your company
information (even if it's simply your name and contact information), the size
of the end product ie: 5 ml; precautions, how to use, and the 'best before
date'. (See photo for an idea of what a Data Tag looks like).</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. Please follow these directions </span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Submit the perfume and the following to me by August 31,
2014. Please send it out in time to reach me by that date. Send it earlier, if
you like, as I’ve mentioned, it can sit here to mature.</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>send two
1 ml sample vials of perfume for evaluation via the postal mail</span></div>
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</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>let me
know if you are up for the Glam Bag Giveaway (see previous page)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>base can
be clear alcohol or oil (these do not count as part of the 22)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>If you
use a scented tincture or maceration as your base or use some drops of it as
part of your formula that will count as an ingredient.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>write 5
sentences that tell me the vision behind your new creation and submit via email</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>write 5
sentences about who you are in relation to Natural Perfumery and submit via
email</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>email me
the complete list of the notes in your perfume</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>email me
your photo</span></div>
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</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Each perfumer is graded 1-10 on the following categories:
how well they followed the above instructions; a short five-sentence about his
or her vision of the perfume’s creation; a short five-sentence bio; a recent
photo; a Data Tag with pertinent information about their perfume; the balance,
character, diffusion, tenacity, and structure of their creation. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Natural Perfume has the following qualities:</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Balance –
so that no single component can be detected, unless it is a Soliflore. This
challenge is not for a Soliflore</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Character
– The twists and turns of a perfume as it evolves on the skin. What kind of a
perfume is this? Is it a raunchy riot? Is it soft and gentle? Where does it
take you? What’s at the heart of it? Does it have personality? How do the
layers unfold? Who would this perfume appeal to?</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Diffusion
– does it surround the wearer with an aura of scent? </span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Structure
– Is there harmony in the mix? Have the base, heart, and head notes been
properly addressed? Are the proportions correct for these ingredients so that
there is balance, character, diffusion, and tenacity? Does it have dimension? </span></div>
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</span><br />
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">o<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Tenacity
– staying power is the ability of a perfume to last on the wearer for more than
just a couple of hours</span></div>
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</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We hope that perfumers from all over the world will accept
and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">participate in this challenge.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
</span>Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-59871133462801810222014-03-05T11:38:00.002-08:002014-03-05T11:40:05.109-08:00Winter Freshness Perfume Challenge Results<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK3"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Winter
Freshness </span></span></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Perfume</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"> Challenge </span></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">for the Winter of 2014</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Results</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sponsored</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
by Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumes in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Please Note:</span></strong> I haven't been able to upload any photos to my blog today and I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out why. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I've not had this issue before so if you have some ideas, I'm open to suggestion.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Meanwhile: please visit my website and see the article with the photos, if you like.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.scentofnature.net/perfume_challenge.htm">http://www.scentofnature.net/perfume_challenge.htm</a></span></div>
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span></span></span><div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Beginning</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
on October 10, 2013 with an end-date of Jan 31, 2014 ie: they have to be in my
hot little hands by then. While you’re waiting for your tinctures to mature, go
ahead and create your formula. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">The Prize</span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">
to be sent out by the end of Feb 2014. A 10 ml Gold Atomizer of </span><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pagoda Peace.</span></strong></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 140%; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the winter I think of cool essences like elemi, dill, mints,
basil, herby, evergreen trees, snow, and thick animalic scents to cuddle up to
and hold those effervescent molecules. </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 140%; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;">Natural Isolates are allowed in this perfume. </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 140%; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;">I want to give you the chance to try your hand at tincturing various
items, which can give you those fresh twiggy nuances in a natural perfume. They
add something different that cannot necessarily be achieved with essences
alone. Your new creation needs to contain at least two of your own hand-made
tinctures. </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 140%; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;">Try tincturing bark, wood, mosses, twigs, leaves, and many other
items. Most of them have worked out and increased my palette considerably. It
does take time to tincture so I’m adding an extra month to this challenge and
you will have three months to get it to me instead of two. </span></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Again,
there are many ways for Natural Perfumers to go with this theme. And, as
always, there are some guidelines to follow:</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Guidelines:</span></span></strong></div>
<ul style="direction: ltr; list-style-type: circle;">
<li style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Please be fair to others and ensure
that, when you sign up, you intend to follow through with this project as only
the<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> first ten (10) Registrants</span></strong>
will be taken then the registering process will be closed.</span></span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Anyone who wishes to <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Register</span></strong>, please do so now and send an email to me
with the following information: </span></span><a href="mailto:LynAyre@telus.net"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">LynAyre@telus.net</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <br />
your full name<br />
mailing address<br />
phone number<br />
recent photo</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">website URL <br />
permission to post your entry on my </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">blog at </span></span><a href="http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/NaturalPerfumes/244441528913829?skip_nax_wizard=true"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">https://www.facebook.com/pages/NaturalPerfumes/244441528913829?skip_nax_wizard=true</span></span></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></strong></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 18pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">website at </span></span><a href="http://www.scentofnature.net/"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">http://www.scentofnature.net/</span></span></a></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 18pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">permission
to add your fragrance entry to the glam-bag give-away</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Please ensure you follow all the 'guidelines'. In the first
challenge, people 'lost points' for not including a data tag, using an
incorrect amount of ingredients, not sending a photo, and so on. </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> No
matter if your perfume is based in alcohol or oil, the end product should be clear
and free from imperfections. The way to do this is to refrigerate, filter,
and/or use a pipette to suck up all but the floating/sunken bits into another
container. If your perfume has had a chance to sit for a month or so, and you
have shaken it periodically, the more dense particulates will have diluted
themselves into the alcohol or oil. Leave it sit again for a few days then draw
off the clear part and put it in your final bottle.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Imagine you are doing all of this for a high-end client and really
want to impress him or her. This is very good practice for when this happens
for you. </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Note:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"> your scent needs to have the ‘winter freshness’ category addressed in </span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">all
phases of the dry down.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">2.</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;"> For
the </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="color: black;">Winter
Freshness perfume</span></span></b><span style="color: black;"> you are allowed to use up to 15 ingredients. These
must be naturally derived: essential oils, absolutes, concretes, waxes,
hydrosols/flower waters, </span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">enfleurage</span><span style="color: black;">, tinctures, and oils. Since it is illegal in
Canada to sell a perfume with potable alcohol, one may choose to use ethanol
with Bitrex for the solvent (I’ve done a pile of research on this and found it
to be, by all accounts, non-toxic though extremely bitter so there’s little
chance a child would drink your perfume). If you use animal ingredients, you
must know and attest to me that they are ethically obtained. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> A <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Data Tag</span></strong> must be attached ie: name of the perfume,
list of the ingredients, name the solvent (ie: oil, alcohol), your company
information (even if it's simply your name and contact information), the size
of the end product ie: 5 ml; precautions, how to use, and the 'best before
date'. (See photo for an idea of what a Data Tag looks like).</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Please follow these directions</span></strong> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Submit the perfume and the following to me by January 31, 2014.
Please send it out in time to reach me by that date. Send it earlier, if you
like, and it can sit here to mature.</span></div>
<ul style="direction: ltr; list-style-type: circle;">
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">send two 1 ml sample vials of perfume
for evaluation via the postal mail</span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">let me know if you are up for the Glam
Bag Giveaway (see previous page)</span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">base can be clear alcohol or oil
(these do not count as part of the 15)</span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you use a scented tincture or
maceration as your base or use some drops of it as part of your formula that
will count as an ingredient.</span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">write 5 sentences that tell the vision
behind your new creation and submit via email</span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">write 5 sentences about who you are in
relation to Natural Perfumery and submit via email</span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">email me the complete list of the notes
in your perfume</span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">email me your photo</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Each perfumer is graded 1-10</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> on the following categories: how well they followed
the above instructions; a short five-sentence about his or her vision of the
perfume’s creation; a short five-sentence bio; a recent photo; a Data Tag with
pertinent information about their perfume; the balance, character, diffusion,
tenacity, and structure of their creation. </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A <u>Natural Perfume</u> has the
following qualities:</span></span></b></div>
<ul style="direction: ltr; list-style-type: circle;">
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Balance
– so that no single component can be detected, unless it is a Soliflore.</span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Character
– The twists and turns of a perfume as it evolves on the skin. What kind of a
perfume is this? Is it a raunchy riot? Is it soft and gentle? Where does it
take you? What’s at the heart of it? Does it have personality? How do the
layers unfold? Who would this perfume appeal to?</span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Diffusion
– does it surround the wearer with an aura of scent? </span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Structure
– Is there harmony in the mix? Have the base, heart, and head notes been
properly addressed? Are the proportions correct for these ingredients so that
there <i>is</i> balance, character, diffusion, and tenacity? Does it have
dimension? </span></div>
</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tenacity
– staying power is the ability of a perfume to last on the wearer for more than
just a couple of hours.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We hope that perfumers
from all over the world will accept and </span></b></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">participate in this
challenge.</span></b></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">First of
all, I thank Iris for send along 2-1 ml samples of goat hair tincture and burr
oak leaf tincture – both very enticing to smell; and for Sophia, my gratitude,
for the small sample of African Ambergris, which is of great quality. I love it
all.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Secondly, these are listed in the order they arrived at my Atelier.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<strong>
</strong>
</div>
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<span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">The Challengers</span></div>
<div align="justify" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><div align="justify" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 14pt;">Iris
Moore</span></b></div>
<div align="center" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0066cc;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Harvard, IL,
USA</span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bio:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">I am a recent convert and absolute beginner to the art
of perfume.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My approach to blending is
formed by my background as a sculptor and performance artist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The spatial and narrative possibilities of
scent provide a starting point for my education. I love the natural aromas for
their richness, complexity and character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have taken one correspondence course, read voraciously, am a dedicated
lurker on the blogs and boards and look forward to the critique of more refined
and experienced noses.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Vision:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">“Farmer’s Daughter” is built around a childhood memory
of a rose perfume from the dime-store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is the story of a young girl in the 1950’s who sneaks out of her
bedroom window to meet a lover in the barn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She wraps a scarf tight around her face and walks quietly through the
frosty leaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She opens the barn door
to the deep scent of barn animals and hay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Giggling up the ladder she reaches for a hand in the dark hayloft and is
enveloped in the warmth of an old horse blanket.</span></span></span></div>
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absolute, amber fossil absolute, amyris, light patchouli, orris butter, rooibos
absolute, green cognac, rose damask, geranium rose, lavender absolute,
bergamot, black mint tincture, perfumers alcohol.</span></span></span></div>
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Daughter” </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">contains
many strong elements such as billy goat tincture, green cognac, and amber
fossil oil but, because it was expertly blended, it turned out to be a sweet,
creamy, powdery, sensual scent that is very alluring. It is balanced and
harmonious and has medium diffusion and longevity. Well done, Iris. I really
like this scent.</span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Bio:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I am new in
the world of perfumery. I was never interested in the perfume counters in the
department stores, as I couldn’t, and still can’t, bear the chemical scents. A
year and a half ago I discovered the essential oils, and I was intrigued by
their scents, their power, they attracted me. Then I started making scents
myself. I love creating natural perfume blends. I love the process itself, it
gives me joy, but sometimes frustration also. I read somewhere that perfume is
1% of inspiration and 99% of perspiration. I’m a self-study perfumer, I learn
myself how to do it. Making perfume is not an easy but very interesting and
beautiful journey.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Vision:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Winter story”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">A perfume featuring star anise and cinnamon
with a touch of woods and smoke, topped off with ripened red mandarin and
Seville lavender for a fruity note. It is wintry, slightly spicy scent with
just a hint of New Year whispering through the warmth. It is -20C in St.
Petersburg now. During this weather you are longing for something warm, cozy
and nostalgic.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Notes:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Champaca, jasmine, guaiac wood, Seville lavanda,
petitgrain, red mandarin, frankincense, black pine, siam wood, choya loban,
vanilla, star anise, cassia, nutmeg; tinctures: vanilla, badiane (star anise
tincture), hibiscus, juniper berry</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Review: “Winter Story” </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">is a very fresh and bracing scent
with a spice note in the background. Though it contains Choya Loban, I’m not
detecting even the smallest hint of smoke, which is surprising. I find it to be
an uplifting aroma that makes me smile. It’s ‘friendly’, and would be great for
day-wear. It has medium diffusion and tenacity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Bio:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My interest in
perfumery sprang from a delightful curiosity in everything to do with forests,
flowers and fauna. I have always been fascinated with plants in
particular, and when I finally became introduced to perfumery, I quickly became
totally immersed in the pure joy and beauty of being able to partake of such a
profound form of expression. Between various part-time jobs and ongoing
continuing education in the business & accounting fields, much of my spare
time is spent enjoying practicing and perfecting the art of perfumery.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Vision:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Incense of Almaty” </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My
vision in the Winter Freshness Challenge is to take us on a journey to the
steppes, a land on the brink between the East, between the rugged natural land
and rich traditions of the people who live there. Incense of Altany envelopes
us in a mist of sweet incense, tea, and a lingering rose of warmer seasons
past.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></div>
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Bergamot, Green Tea, Rose, Ylang, Carnation, Jasmine, Himalayan Cedar, Siam Benzoin,
Vanilla, Cistus, Ionone, and Angelica Root.</span></span></div>
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working at my computer while I was testing out the different entries and it
kept wafting up to me, beckoning me to sniff a little further. The lovely
floral bouquet in the heart captures the imagination and sets me to dreaming
about the colour and aromas of spring and summer with all the delicious scents
that will float through our windows. The tenacity is medium.</span></span></div>
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Shuttleworth, African Aromatics</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-size: 12pt;">Gordon’s Bay, Western Cape, South Africa</span></b></div>
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stung by a bee was when I was busy brewing a perfume from the local vegetation
at six years old. I took it as a sign that the bee liked my perfume. Ever since
then I have been exploring the scents of nature. Through my research into
ancient anointing oils and early perfumes and aromatics, I discovered the art
of natural perfumes. After many years of self-study I started to market
my perfumes and founded African Aromatics. Africa is the environment in which I
live and breathe, and continues to be my source of inspiration. All of my
perfumes contain African elements in them and they reflect my experiences of this
environment.</span></div>
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I read the brief, my mind leapt to the scent of Rooibos. For me, the essence of
winter freshness is encapsulated in scent of Rooibos. It is masculine in nature
with notes of green amber, peach/apricot, and woody herbal. I constructed Dryad
around the scent molecules of Rooibos, Boronia, Jasmine sambac, and Osmanthus.
I wanted the opening to have a green freshness with a woody floral heart, a
hint of peach, and a green animalic amber base.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Notes:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Sugar Cane Alcohol,<b> *</b>Bushmen
candle (Sarcocaulon) /Rooibos tincture, *Noyaux /Apricot/ Buchu tincture,
African Ambergris, Hyraceum, Osmanthus, Boronia, Jasmine sambac, Green Mandarin,
Rhododendron Leaf, Oakmoss, Violet Leaf, Labdanum, Ambrette seed, Fossilized
Amber, Tobacco leaf</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Review: “Dryad” </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">is a captivating, exotic scent. It
lists many essences I’ve never smelled before. This perfume takes me on a
caravan across a dry aromatic landscape with camels, sand dunes, and bushes
that look completely dried out but, upon scoring one, there exudes the most
intoxicating fragrance. Quite different and that I can really appreciate. Sophia
is a skilled artisan who uses her fascinating perfume organ with expertise.
Dryad has very good diffusion and tenacity.</span></div>
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together instead of just one single ingredient. Bushmen candle is from the
Namibian desert and has a wonderful woody /green /Frankincense scent. It is
also wonderful as incense, as it has a high wax content so it burns easily -
hence Bushmen candle.</span></div>
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is an all materials perfumer, blending all available materials, but for this
challenge has limited himself to only a naturals palette. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Paul of PK Perfumes self studied the Art of
Perfumery for seven years before releasing 11 perfumes in September 2012, and
by October 2013 had won 19 awards for his perfumes. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Paul Kiler and PK Perfumes is the first Perfumer to
be nominated this year for the Taste Awards, the premier broadcast awards show
celebrating the year's best achievements in Food, Fashion, Home and Lifestyle
programs on Television, in Film, Online, and on Radio. He was a finalist
for a NPR Radio segment of 15minutes. He lives and works near Los
Angeles, California.</span></span></div>
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in this contest has had to play a fantasy role for me this winter, since I've
been wearing shorts and drinking iced tea for weeks now, here in L.A. So, I
latched onto the freshness of carnations and a tincture of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Citrus medica var.
sarcodactylis, (I don't like to call it by it's common name),</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> and
Linalool filled naturals like Orange Blossom Abs, Orange Leaf Absolute, Green
Myrtle EO, and Champa Leaf EO, combined with loads of Frankincense and
Frankincense wood. This is a kind of fresh woodsy manly thingamajig, with
a hint of the log cabin fire smoldering away. It's topped with a
fresh citrus, a bit of spices - Cardamom and Clove Bud Absolute, floralcy from
a bevy of linalool rich items and a touch of Ylang, woods of smoky Pinewood EO,
Olibanum Wood, Sandalwood, with Pemou Root and Cedarmoss, and then musked up
with Hyraceum Tincture. </span></span></div>
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abs, Olibanum Wood eo, Frankincense sacra eo, Orange leaf abs, Sandalwood Santalum
album, Hyraceum tincture, Champa leaf eo, green myrtle linalool eo, pinewood
eo, ylang extra eo, Cedarmoss abs, Cardamom CO2, Clove Bud abs, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">in a
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After this fades back, a smoky chord emerges and stays for quite long time then
morphs into bright floral heart finally grounding in a woodsy drydown. Paul’s
approach is very well thought out and executed. Anyone could wear this
fragrance. I appreciate the longevity of it and could still faintly detect it
(one small spritz) on my wrist the next morning. Many of my own perfumes last
this long and I’m pleased to know that Paul has a good grasp of natural
fixatives, too. Paul’s perfume has awesome diffusion and tenacity. </span></span></div>
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Jasmine, Neroli, Ylang Ylang, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Palma Rosa, and Rosewood.
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space, you catch a whiff of Frankincense, Rosewood, ripe fruit, and sweet
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Natural Perfumers Iris Moore and Susan Hipple and South African Natural
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your vision. It was an interesting and in-depth journey into what makes this
perfume type live up to its name: the refreshing and bracing notes on the one
hand, and the smoky, animalic notes on the other. You used a variety of perfume
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Hey, Everyone, Ayala Sender of Ayala Moriel Perfumes has posted our interview on her smelly blog at <a href="http://ayalasmellyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/12/interview-with-perfumer-lyn-ayre-of.html">http://ayalasmellyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/12/interview-with-perfumer-lyn-ayre-of.html</a> </div>
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The Jean Carles method of perfuming is one of the several that I teach in my correspondence course. When creating perfume this way, it is important to use 2-5% dilutions so as not to ‘waste’ your materials. You will still get the idea of where you are going with these pre-diluted essences.
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I’m putting this to you today in hopes you will experiment and find harmony between your most loved essence and your least loved essence using the Jean Carles method. Then share how many drops of each one did it take for you to create an accord between them. </div>
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I would love to hear which essence you love, why, what it brings up for you emotionally, how it makes you feel. The same with the least favourite – what is it that you don’t like about it; why; what does it bring up for you emotionally... </div>
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Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-33630041360740968322013-08-01T14:31:00.001-07:002013-08-01T14:34:06.886-07:00Challenge: Solid Scent for SummerThe results are in:<br />
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There was only one person who dared to participate in this challenge and that was – Mary Ellen Dorey of www.doreyaromatherapy.com<br />
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Vision: In consideration of the challenge ‘citrus floral using a floral wax’ I gravitated to notes that I like. I have been really fascinated with the fir balsams lately. I enjoy their sweet softness, so unexpected when I think of a fir tree. It was important to me to include the mint absolute with the fir and I was drawn to linden flowers, too. Finally, the bitter orange (one I always find so pleasing) lightened up the earthiness of the meadow.<br />
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Who Am I in Relation to the Perfume? I am relatively new to the world of natural perfumes, but as I journey down this road, my nose becomes ever clearer (or remembers more) about what works with what and what is pleasing to me on so many levels. </div>
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Perfume Notes: Fir balsam, blonde tobacco, frankincense, mint absolute, linden flower, rose floral wax, pink grapefruit, and bitter orange. </div>
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Review: The hint of citrus in the top is heralding in the fruity jamminess of fir balsam, which is softened by hay absolute. This is a warm sensuous creamy solid that feels lovely going on, warms to the skin nicely, and exudes its fruity delights for a few hours after application. Nicely done, Mary Ellen.</div>
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The Prize: a lovely compact of my recent solid perfume-making adventures – “Ayre’s Country Garden” – will be going out in the mail for Mary Ellen with my heart-felt thanks for participating. <br />
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Notes: Ambrette seed, Labdanum resin, Butter CO2, Orris butter, Hyraceum, Jasmine g. floral wax, Rose maroc floral wax, Tuberose floral wax, Jasmine absolute, Rose maroc absolute, Linden blossom absolute (great minds think alike), Mimosa absolute, Tuberose absolute, Lemon 5-fold, Orange 5-fold, and Grapefruit 5-fold in a base of golden beeswax, fractionated coconut oil, and Shea butter.</div>
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Since there were no other participants and so no ‘challenge’ there will be no seal or certificate done this time. Mary Ellen and I have agreed to just do an exchange of product. That being said, I wanted to do a write-up to honor her work and the lovely solid perfume she created. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nigel Strike, of Natura Trading, and Vice President of BCAPA (British ColumbiAssociation of Practicing Aromatherapists) came around 10:30 and Candice Rosa, one of my students in North Vancouver (who was a great help to me when I was preparing to go to the Seattle Artisan Salon in May), came around 11:30. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There were five of us that could make it and seven people that, in the end, could not – mostly due to family matters. So, over last year our number of responses has really improved. We only had four responses and four who showed up last year and twelve responses and five who showed up this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Since everyone was coming to me, I put on the lunch and made egg salad sandwiches and salmon sandwiches. We also had a cup of tea (nothing gets done in this house without one) and a sugar-free chocolate mayonnaise cake (my recipe). For a topping, I’d crumbled mixed nuts and coconut then spread them on top, covering the dough, to bake with the cake. For those who wished, I put out a few cans of ‘real’ icing sugar to spread on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Floral waxes are wonderful on their own. Just a tiny toothpick-full on your inner wrist and the scent will waft up to your nose for a few hours. It’s great for making solid perfumes when blended with jojoba or fractionated coconut oil, shea or coco butter, beeswax and a perfume blend. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It can be purchased at Sapphire Blue and a few other places in Canada have it from time to time ie: New Directions. I shared my solid perfume base, which is a solid mixture of floral wax, shea butter, FCO, and beeswax. When I want to make a solid perfume, I create the blend, warm it on a coffee warmer. I also melt some of my base and warm it on the same coffee warmer. Then I mix the two and pour into a pretty compact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We didn’t spend a lot of time on this. I talked about taking Shelley Waddington’s course; the isolates are a part of the course she teaches. It was great to learn about them and thought I’d use them a lot more but I don’t. There’s nothing wrong with them and I love that there are other scents to go in my palette ie: strawberry, raspberry, heliotrope, and many others. Everyone had a chance to smell them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>What is your business model and how does it work?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We spent about an hour discussing this and found that one-on-one contact with real live people works best. A good plan seems to be working a multi-focal and diverse model of monthly exposure at the Farmer’s Market, for instance; perfume parties at one’s home or a client’s home; selling through online marketing; offering one’s ‘following’ incentives for referrals; as well as travelling to craft fairs and artisan markets. </span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We need to get out there and find our people. We need exposure. Working in our Atelier is only half the job. Sharing with the everyday person and education about natural perfumes is the other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The topic of creating a presence in our communities through seminars, through handing out the brochure I created (or one you’ve created), and taking every opportunity to educate and inform the people we come in regular contact with about Natural Perfumes, was a hot one. We need to keep samples of NP on hand to share and give away as the need arises.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There was minimal discussion on this topic. I shared that I use Litsea cubeba and Lemongrass, with are citrus heart notes, as well as base essences with lemony notes ie: Himalayan Cedarwood, Frankincense, and others to hold those flighty citrus oils in place. One can also incorporate lemon, lime, or orange petitgrain, as well as petitgrain sur fleurs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Barely discussed. It was agreed that anyone can be sensitive to anything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I put out my <strong>olfactory reference library</strong> so people could smell some animal essences, natural isolates, and a few key synthetic compounds. It’s always a learning process and I feel it never hurts to know what others are talking about. I’ve actually made three synthetic perfumes just to try them out. They enjoyed several favourable comments. I also have a great collection of old classics from the 1800 and 1900’s such as Jicky, Joy, Shalimar, Channel No. 5, Evening in Paris, and many others. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I love making <strong>fruit tinctures</strong> and then use the alcohol as my base. I shared that right now I have several on the go: strawberry, blueberry (which stains so it’s a no-go), apricot, peach, banana, and pineapple. I also have a Violet leaf tincture and honey-comb tincture steeping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Some folks have asked me for a <strong>coloured perfume</strong> ie: purple, blue, or red. I’ve done my best to supply them with this but so far, no luck. I’ve made a gorgeous red alcohol with various items. I then add my blend and it looks great. When I come back to it the next day, it’s gone clear. It’s a mystery to me and no one else at the table could offer any ideas about why it kept happening either. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">After lunch, I suggested we make a formula from the scents and tastes of <strong>my cake</strong>. It was fun to read over everyone’s notes. I can’t remember what they were now but here’s my formula:</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Coffee abs, Cocoa abs, Butter CO2, Vanilla abs, Tolu balsam, Immortelle, and Tonka bean.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">If anyone else remembers theirs, please do let us know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We were all happily tired at the end of the day. Both Nigel and Candice had to leave a bit early. Norm offered to do a <strong>Didge Healing</strong> for Anita then for Renee, which they really enjoyed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I’m hoping to see more of you out next year as it is just so much fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Love Lyn</span></div>
<br />Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-13574537848487602372013-05-03T09:24:00.002-07:002013-05-31T09:15:26.931-07:00Solid Scents with floral wax<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
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<em>Pictured: Citrus petals, Solid Perfume Prep, Solid Perfume compacts, NZ Tea Rose</em></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Beginning</strong> on June 1, 2013 with an end-date of July 31, 2013 ie: they have to be in my hot little hands by then. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>The Prize</strong> is a fragrant compact of one of my wax-based perfumes to be sent out by the end of Aug 31, 2013</span>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sometimes the aroma of the oil or wax interferes with what we want the end result to be. There are a variety of fixed oils and waxes one can use. I love to replace some of the beeswax with a little coco butter or shea butter. I'd always used Jojoba oil and then found Fractionated Coconut Oil, which is virtually odourless. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's time to experiment again and see what you can come up with that satisfies your nasal palette. All of my challenges are meant to be a fun learning experience. The main focus of this Challenge is to use <span style="color: magenta;"><strong>Floral Wax</strong></span> in your formula. If you don't have any on hand, just type 'floral wax' into a search engine and you'll quickly find a supplier. Get the smallest amount you can... even ask if they can send you a sample, as that will be enough for now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There are lots of websites on the internet who can advise a person on how to make a solid perfume. Mandy Aftel wrote a nifty book called ‘Scents and Sensibilities’, which gives step by step instructions on this type of perfume creation. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Again, there are many ways for the Natural Perfumers to go with this theme. And, as always, there are some guidelines to follow:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o Please be fair to others and ensure that, when you sign up, you intend to follow through with this project as only the first ten (10) Registrants will be taken then the registering process will be closed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyone who wishes to Register, please do so now and send an email to me with the following information: LynAyre@telus.net </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">blog at http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.com/ and </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">permission to add your fragrance to the glam-bag give-away at the end of the challenge</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please ensure you follow all the 'guidelines'. In the first challenge, people 'lost points' for not including a data tag, using an incorrect amount of ingredients, not sending a photo, and so on. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1. No matter what carrier your perfume is based in, the end product should be free from imperfections. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Imagine you are doing all of this for a high-end client and really want to impress him or her. This is very good practice for when this happens for you. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">2. For the <strong>Citrus Floral</strong> you are allowed to use up to 20 ingredients. This includes the carrier ie: beeswax, oil, Shea butter etc… These ingredients must be naturally derived: essential oils, absolutes, concretes, floral waxes, natural isolates, enfleurage, and oil. If you use animal ingredients, you must know and attest to me that they are ethically obtained. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">3. A <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong>Data Tag</strong></span> must be attached ie: name of the perfume, list of the ingredients, your carrier ingredients, your company information (even if it's simply your name and contact information), the size of the end product ie: 5 ml; precautions, how to use, and the 'best before date'. (See photo for an idea of what a Data Tag looks like).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Submit the perfume and the following to me by July 8th. Please send it out in time to reach me by that date. It can continue to mature while it's here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o send two 1 ml samples (about the size of an adult’s finger nail, gently placed between two scent strips and wrapped with saran or put in a baggie) of perfume for evaluation via the postal mail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o let me know if you are up for the Glam Bag Giveaway (see previous posts)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o write 5 sentences that tell the vision behind your new creation and submit via email</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o write 5 sentences about who you are in relation to Natural Perfumery and submit via email</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o email me the complete list of the notes in your perfume</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o email me your photo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We hope that perfumers from all over the world will accept and participate in this challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Each perfumer</strong> is graded 1-10 on the following categories: how well they followed the above instructions; the balance, character, diffusion, structure, and tenacity of their perfume design. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A <strong>Natural Perfume</strong> has the following qualities:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o Balance – so that no single component can be detected, unless it is a Soliflore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o Character – The twists and turns of a perfume as it evolves on the skin. What kind of a perfume is this? Is it a raunchy riot? Is it soft and gentle? Where does it take you? What’s at the heart of it? Does it have personality? How do the layers unfold? Who would this perfume appeal to?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o Diffusion – does it surround the wearer with an aura of scent? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o Structure – Is there harmony in the mix? Have the base, heart, and head notes been properly addressed? Are the proportions correct for these ingredients so that there is balance, character, diffusion, and tenacity? Does it have dimension? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Love Lyn</span>Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-42159106729943845552013-05-01T13:31:00.002-07:002013-05-01T13:36:12.969-07:00New Review for Seattle Fragrance Salon<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A lovely review of Coeur d'Esprit Natural Perfumes by Meredith Smith can be</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> found here: </span><a href="http://seattlesniff.org/?author=1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://seattlesniff.org/?author=1</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Thank you, Meredith. </span></div>
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Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-6185631464115532012013-04-19T12:57:00.001-07:002013-04-19T13:02:59.665-07:00Introducing My Top Eight Perfume Designs<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Chez Noir If you love the smell of liquorice then this is the perfume for you. Rich, deep Anise, Tarragon, and Cardamom lead the way into a full floral heart of Rose, Jasmine, and Ylang, drying down to the warm, sensuous tones of ambergris, patchouli, fresh-mown hay, and labdanum. Not for the faint of heart. Floral/Anise 2007 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pagoda Peace Notes include: Vanilla, Frankincense, Ambergris, Tonka, Ambrette, Fruit accord, Jasmine, Neroli, Ylang Ylang, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Palma Rosa, Rosewood; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Jasmine is blooming all around the temple and, as you walk into this sacred space, you catch a whiff of Frankincense, Rosewood, ripe fruit, and sweet aromas like Vanilla, Tonka, Neroli, and Ylang Ylang. This scent centers you. You breathe deeply and you know you are in a place where you can just be ~ peace. Floral Oriental Perfume 2010 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pagoda Peace 1 ml full roll-on sample and 4x6 Fractal in a cello envelope $8.40</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Citrance My wish was to make a predominantly citrus perfume that wouldn’t just fly off one’s body. I accomplished this with the help of ladies Lavender, Chamomile, and Litsea who were heralded in by a bright hit of bergamot, lime, and ginger and supported on a base of Cedarwood and Vetiver. Great staying power. Citrus/Floral 2008 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tantric Notions Champa, Lavender, and Ginger hold the Heart asana; powdery soft musky notes hold the Root asana; the head notes are bright and full of the golden glow from rosewood, palma rosa, sweet orange, and black pepper. Floral Oriental 2010 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tantric 1 ml full roll-on sample and 4x6 Fractal in a cello envelope $8.40</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" dua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GEUqx1f6B4ZBs-pB5DdQET_g5iVB28g4EQ5TrfxbZqmG6i1mkpH7NbG6xuINkYjMVIlS80pqfAYCwdC6lYvfpiNqCsPKkloJB7BsfCA65beD9_qQZXA-Tz3-fH6WR3kFzabYzaHmAmO4/s1600/p5-Evening+Romance.jpg" /> <em>fractal for Evening Romance</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Evening Romance Succumb to the ripe, exotic florals of Jasmine, Rose, and Orange flower on a bed full of Ambers and Oakmoss, with Citrus and Pink Pepper head notes. You'll be happier if you do. Chypre/Floral 2008</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Evening Romance 1 ml full roll-on sample and 4x6 Fractal in a cello envelope $8.40</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" dua="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-LAUFWGC2fvHsoyhbtFeQL3G9BDvnSuW_Fmo5mhdyrZHRH3iNQsa1NLSMZXUwliM2pM-RbD_BqAw8ZCx0vnTLT-oTJA41LXTZwykGzgFYi3l6TFpfosRX3dNGIldBXHpRCLmaUI7auIs/s320/p6-Inspiration+from+the+Sea.jpg" width="221" /> <em>fractal for Inspiration from the Sea</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Inspiration from the Sea You’re in an exotic, warm location with turquoise waters and tall palm trees. You can smell the fruit and spice trees on your own private island. The sea is lapping at the shore and the whales and dolphins are within sight. They make you laugh, and as you do you breathe in the deep scent of the white flowers: Jasmine sambac, Neroli, Frangipani, and Lotus. This is a wonderful perfume for a mini-vacation in your mind. Chypre/Spicy/Salty Floral 2010 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Inspiration from the Sea 1 ml full roll-on sample and 4x6 Fractal in a cello envelope $8.40</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wonder - 'Queen Jasmine' and her hand-maidens Mimosa and Pink Lotus dominate this sexy and sensual scent. With Rosewood, Linden Blossom, and Coriander leading the way, they sing and dance exquisitely together, all the way down to the earthy notes of Ambergris, Sandalwood, Oakmoss (steam distilled), and Patchouli. Chypre/Floral 2007 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Inspired - This sophisticated scent has a lively citrus opening with an interesting twist in the heart. Notes of Orange Blossom absolute, Orange Blossom Water absolute, Lavender, Pink Lotus, Mimosa, and Black Current Bud mingle in a fruity exotic fragrance. Sandalwood, Oud, Beeswax, and Labdanum offer a deep, mellow, and honeyed supporting role to the formula. Floral Oriental 2007</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A Fractal is generated from a mathematical formula or algorithm, which contains Fibonacci Sequence numbers. Then, layer by layer, it is built up by applying colour, form, and shape. Each one is unique. Simply gazing at the art piece will increase your personal vibration and cause your breathing to slow and deepen. This can be measured by using Kinesiology or energy testing. To begin creation of an energy portrait or portal, I go deep into meditation and select a small portion of the Mandlebrot set, zoom in, then begin to intuitively apply filters and colours in layers to build the image, zooming in and out and in, and applying more layers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Annual General Meeting at their Mini Mart, showing my Fractals & Fragrances.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Anyone wishing to know more about Reiki is welcome to come. </span></div>
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<br />Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-61586054183387704242012-11-29T13:46:00.000-08:002013-12-31T15:39:21.298-08:00TropiCal ~ Results For the Winter of 2012/13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Prize to be sent out by the end of March 31, 2013. (5 ml Gold Atomizer of my tropical perfume “Kapalua”, which is Hawaiian and expresses the thought ‘arms embracing the sea’, by Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumes)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We were in Santa Monica for a few days in September for a perfume salon. Those lovely warm light-filled days gave me the inspiration for this challenge. Tropical Perfumes bring to mind Palm Trees, scented breezes, Salty Sea Air, Coconut, Suntan Lotion, Pineapple, Bananas, Lime, Ginger, Frangipani, White flowers, Pina Coladas, fruity, rich, floral, chewy, edible notes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I’ve read so many times that, if the list of notes of a Natural Perfume include banana, peach, berry, coconut, and so on, it cannot possibly be natural. This is no longer true and I’m here to prove it. I’ve tinctured cucumber, carrots, berries, herbal teas, all kinds of freeze-dried fruit, twigs, leaves, and many other items. Most of them have worked out and increased my palette considerably. It does take time to tincture so I’m adding an extra month to this challenge and you will have three months to get it to me instead of two. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Some of you may be ahead of the game because you read right through to the bottom of my last challenge post where I gave you all the heads-up. Good for you! Have fun with this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o Please be fair to others and ensure that, when you sign up, you intend to follow through with this project as only the first ten (10) Registrants will be taken then the registering process will be closed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please ensure you follow all the 'guidelines'. In the first challenge, people 'lost points' for not including a data tag, using an incorrect amount of ingredients, not sending a photo, and so on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">1. No matter if your perfume is based in alcohol or oil, the end product should be clear and free from imperfections. The way to do this is to refrigerate, filter, and/or use a pipette to suck up all but the floating/sunken bits into another container. If your perfume has had a chance to sit for a month or so, and you have shaken it periodically, the more dense particulates will have diluted themselves into the alcohol or oil. Leave it sit again for a few days then draw off the clear part and put it in your final bottle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Submit the perfume and the following to me by Feb 28th. Please send it out in time to reach me by that date. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o send two 1 ml sample vials of perfume for evaluation via the postal mail</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o let me know if you are up for the Glam Bag Giveaway (see previous post)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o write 5 sentences that tell the vision behind your new creation and submit via email</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o write 5 sentences about who you are in relation to Natural Perfumery and submit via email</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o email me the complete list of the notes in your perfume</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We hope that perfumers from all over the world will accept and participate in this challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Each perfumer is graded 1-10 on the following categories: how well they followed the above instructions; a short five-sentence about his or her vision of the perfume’s creation; a short five-sentence bio; a recent photo; a Data Tag with pertinent information about their perfume; the balance, character, diffusion, tenacity, and structure of their creation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o Character – The twists and turns of a perfume as it evolves on the skin. What kind of a perfume is this? Is it a raunchy riot? Is it soft and gentle? Where does it take you? What’s at the heart of it? Does it have personality? How do the layers unfold? Who would this perfume appeal to?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">o Structure – Is there harmony in the mix? Have the base, heart, and head notes been properly addressed? Are the proportions correct for these ingredients so that there is balance, character, diffusion, and tenacity? Does it have dimension? </span></div>
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Anita Kalnay, Canada Flying Colours Natural Perfume</div>
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Bio: As a concept perfumer, I connect with the essence of the raw materials used and allow their creative sparks to communicate through the artistry of the perfume. If I do a good job, then the perfume speaks to the wearer like a ‘genie in a bottle’. Natural perfumes are ‘filled with prana’ and I use scent daily in my yoga and meditation practice. I have worked as a Professional Aromatherapist for over 20 years, and hold a Diploma in Spiritual Phyto-Essencing ™ - the art of blending essential oils for their psycho-spiritual properties. It is my hope that the Flying Colors Natural Perfumes will in some way ‘light UP your life’. </div>
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Vision: “Lemonita” is a sassy tropical citrus inspired by fresh lemon orchards, yoga on the beach, good friends and our travels to New Zealand and Mexico during 2012. The design process challenged me to create five layers of our fragrant journey including lemon notes, fresh citrus, tropical, earthy/salty and finally, ancient and delicate fixative notes using woods near to extinction – pemou, sandalwood, palo santo and muhuhu. As a tropical citrus perfume, Lemonita dissipates fairly quickly, much like holidays that are over all too soon. It is bright and full of light and helps us to retain a connection to a time when ‘earth was paradise’. </div>
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Notes: lemon, lemon verbena, grapefruit, white cognac, honey myrtle, white cedar, ginger, massoia, carnation, immortelle, rosemary abs, vetivert, vetivert co2, palo santo, sandalwood, muhuhu, pemou</div>
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Review: I dabbed a drop of radiant gold-coloured “Lemonita” on the inside of my left elbow and was delighted to inhale its lemony lusciousness. It has literally made my mouth water. This is a full-bodied citrus that refreshes the senses, clearing the olfactory palette. After a few minutes, it mellows out and becomes softer and warmer. All too quickly, the heat of my skin fired off the lemony goodness and in hour it was gone. As Anita says, a lovely, but all too short, vacation. </div>
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Bio: I am currently studying natural perfume through the Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumery Course. My teacher is natural perfumer Lyn Ayre. Learning about the many essential oils and absolutes is very enjoyable. I love creating natural perfumes that suit my scent preferences. Creating perfume formulae is a rewarding passion that helps me feel beautiful and smell wonderful.</div>
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Vision: For the tropical natural perfume challenge, I tinctured freeze-dried organic tropical fruits and used this as the base for “June Breeze”, a fresh-floral, citrus-fruity bouquet. Inspiration comes from a bicycle ride in the summer by the beach. There is a bouquet of flowers in the bicycle’s wicker basket, and there is sunshine and sea in the air. Pedaling by the coast creates a fresh breeze that puts a smile on the face and tickles the nose with flower blossoms and ripe fruits. June Breeze is a fresh fragrance that is light and carefree.</div>
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Notes: Cedarwood, Vetiver, Green Cognac, Frangipani, Ylang Ylang, Neroli, Yuzu, Blood Orange, Ruby Red Grapefruit and Davana in a Tropical Fruit Tincture base (consisting of Banana, Mango, Pineapple, and Perfumer’s Alcohol).</div>
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Review: My right wrist sported a spritz of “June Breeze”, a lovely clear golden liquid with bright fruity notes. As this scent opens, the Yuzu and Blood Orange are hogging all the action, as usual. I can picture them elbowing their way to the forefront. I smile. This fragrance is a very fresh and bracing pick-me-up for this humid and hot mid-afternoon. Soon the floral notes dance by but don’t stay very long and the Cedarwood drydown is underway at the one hour mark. This is a wonderful scent, which I really enjoyed sniffing.</div>
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Bio: I make natural perfumes since 2006 but I made a formal course in 2008 with the fantastic master perfumer Justine Crane; and today I teach her course in Portuguese, at Natural Perfume Academy. I make soap and aromatherapy cosmetics too. I live in Brazil, Minas Gerais, in a Spa Town called Cambuquira. My work is inspired in themes related to the environment that surrounds me. I am very glad to be in this event.</div>
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Vision: I wanted to avoid all the clichés of piña coladas, mojitos and coconut-scented suntan oil, even though Lyn’s post suggests to use fruit tinctures, so decided to go for a dark, night-time, jungle tropical instead of a sunny day on the beach. It’s called “Tropic of Capricorn” in honor of the theme, the season when it was created, and Henry Miller’s work in which he writes about “the dark fecundity of nature; a night so frighteningly silent, utterly incomprehensible and eloquent at the same time.” The perfume creates the aura of a still, humid tropical night redolent with the scent of exuberant, blooming life, quick death, and the almost immediate rebirth that springs out of the dead flowers, something sensed at a level below conscious thought.</div>
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Notes: New Caledonian Sandalwood absolute, Bourbon vanilla absolute, ambergris tincture, Africa stone tincture, benzoin, jasmine CO2 extract, Jasmine grandiflorum absolute, tuberose absolute, osmanthus absolute, magnolia flower Co2 extract, frangipani absolute, jasmine sambac absolute, Madagascar vanilla tincture, mango fruit tincture, maile vine absolute.</div>
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The Prize - A beautiful 5 ml atomizer of Coeur d'Esprit Natural Perfume "Kapalua", surrounded by an elegant gold sleeve and suitable for wearing in the Spring and Summer; perfect to carry with you in your purse. This fragrance is completely wearable in the sun through the use of the 5-fold citrus notes.</div>
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“Kapalua” notes: Ambergris, Ambrette seed CO2, Ocean tincture, Seaweed absolute, Orris Root butter CO2, Tolu balsam, Tonka bean, Vanilla 10-fold, Frangipani absolute, Ginger, Kewda attar, Maile vine, Neroli, Lemon 5-fold, Lime 5-fold, and Litsea cubeba. In a base of: Pineapple tincture and Perfumers’ Alcohol.</div>
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I appreciated each one of your designs and how you all stayed true to your vision. It was an interesting and in-depth journey into what makes this perfume type live up to its name: the fruity tropical notes on the one hand, and the dense tropical forest floor notes on the other. You used a variety of perfume materials, which conspired together to create the whole tropical scent.</div>
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The first LA Artisan Fragrance Salon happened in San Francisco, CA on my Birthday, July 8th, so I was not able to go to that one. But, for some reason, I was literally driven and pushed towards making plans to attend the next one in Santa Monica. A lot had happened over the summer – my Dad had been ill, as had my baby sister. She subsequently passed away on August 27th; and my husband had just had surgery July 13th; and I had a Lupus flare July 9th. Still, I HAD to go and so I kept moving towards my vision, not even sure I would be physically able to travel or that Norm could get the time off work, since he’d just been away for five weeks.</div>
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After tossing and turning all night, hoping I’d covered off every detail correctly, we arose at 4 am on Sep 22nd, and the cab arrived on time at 5 am to take us to YVR. He was an excellent driver and we got to the airport at 5:30. Our arduous journey was beginning. A young man helped us with the Kiosk check-in, beginning our three-hour stint of standing in long line-ups off and on. Next we went through Security then on to Customs and at last boarded the Plane at 7:35 am. We were in the air for 2 hours and 47 minutes. This was my 17th flight and I always love looking down from 37,000 feet to see the lay of the land. It gives me a different perspective on life. The staff of Air Canada was friendly and helpful. </div>
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Upon landing, we were directed outside to await the shuttle bus to the Avis car rental. It seemed to take quite a long time to get there but I was getting friendly with the variety of palm trees (I’d called them ‘wanna-be-trees’ for years but was quickly growing in appreciation of their gentle energy and diversity) along the way so it didn’t matter how long we were taking. We were in LA! We made it without a hitch. Everything went according to plan and now, though very hungry, sore, and tired, here we were. I was in heaven. There was a very long line at Avis but the prize at the end of the line was - we’d been up-graded to this luxury cherry red Ford Escape. YES! </div>
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Our first goal was to find food and water. We were driving down Lincoln Blvd in Santa Monica and saw a place called Café 50’s. We knew this was the place for us and we also noticed a pharmacy where we could pick up some distilled drinking water. After lunch we were off to Wishing Well Medical Supplies to pick a wheel chair so I could be really mobile over the coming four days; what a God-send that was. </div>
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Sunday was the day I’d been awaiting for a few months. The LA Artisan Fragrance Salon was happening at the Civic Centre in Santa Monica and I’d bought two tickets on August 1st. There was a Chocolate Salon next door and our tickets covered both events. Imagine this – bins full of chocolate and bottles full of perfume – I was in heaven. At the end of the day, I could honestly say - Most everyone in that room was easy to approach and speak with and very knowledgeable about their product. </div>
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I was able to get around and visit most of the vendors over the course of those six hours. These are people I’d been talking to online for six years. I also had the wonderful privilege of meeting two of my perfume correspondence students who live in Hollywood and introducing them to each other. (Perfuming can be a solitary activity, that’s for sure.)</div>
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“A Perfume Organic” with Amanda Walker </div>
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Amanda is a gentle soul, very knowledgeable about essential oils as well as fixed oils to carry them. Her perfumes are oil-based, gorgeous colours, and organic. Above, she is explaining to me how she selects the fixed oil to go with the blend. I bought samples of her collection and enjoyed each one very much. My favourite is Perfumed Wine – rich, deep tones that waft up to my nose and tickle my fancy, as I sit here writing these notes. Just lovely.</div>
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“Artemisia Perfumes” with Lisa Fong</div>
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Lisa has an amazing natural line. I smelled them all and bought my favourite – Havana. It’s sensual, intense, and lively promising a good time for a long while. There’s something in there that I can’t quite get my nose around and identify and I love it. There were no notes with my sample so I’ll have to look this one up at some point. </div>
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“40 Notes” with Mirium Vareldzis</div>
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Norm and I loved sharing with Mirium. She is a delightful woman with no visible airs. Her perfumes were amazing and I loved the colour and shape of her packaging, too. The perfume that stood out for me was White Winter Flowers and when I found out it is comprised of Orange Flower and Neroli, I said ‘no wonder I love it’ as those are my favourite notes. Mirium’s perfumes begin as all-natural then she add the appropriate musk to it to enhance the blend.<br />
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<strong>“House of Matriarch” with Christi Meshell</strong></div>
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Christi is a gal who’s going places in the perfume field. She is packed with ideas and the energy to manifest them. She is real and open and I totally enjoyed meeting her, as did Norm. Her line is natural and unique and I had fun during my sniffarama at her table. Her bottles are amazing and it was interesting to learn how they came to be. Her presentation was exceptional. oM was my favourite and, going to her website, I see why – it has neroli, orange blossom, and agarwood. : ,) all my faves.<br />
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Roxana Villa and “Roxana Illuminated Perfumes” </div>
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Roxana is as sweet as the honey her bees make. I’d been waiting for years to meet her and was so grateful she turned out to be the same person she presented in her writings and group comments. I loved her perfumes and ‘Q’ is my favourite. Her table was so interesting and I enjoyed watching the bees. </div>
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“Imaginary Authors” with Josh Meyer</div>
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I’m always intrigued by the concept of finding a moment in time and creating a perfume around it. I do this, myself. Josh has stories on his website that he creates perfumes around. The one my nose sniffed out was ‘Falling into the Sea’. It’s amazing and I appreciate it very much. I love the citrus burst followed by the soft and sensuous tropical notes. Awesome, Josh, you made quite a splash with this one!</div>
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“JoAnne Bassett Natural Perfumes”</div>
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Who wouldn’t just fall in love with JoAnne? She is warm and real with a vast experience and lots of good stories to tell. In a very short time, we developed a deep rapport and were rapidly sharing back and forth. Her perfumes, her bottles, and her concepts are fantastic and I truly enjoyed meeting her. Not what I expected as I thought I might be a little intimidated by her. Not at all; she’s a sweetie. </div>
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“Olympic Orchids” with Ellen Covey</div>
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The Red Cattleya and the Golden Cattleya were my favourites from this multi-talented, multi-media perfumer. Ellen is a precise, intense, balanced person who is intoxicated and in love with orchids. I can’t blame her; I love them, too, and have one in my home. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversations and look forward to our next encounter.</div>
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“Opus Oils” with Kedra Hart</div>
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Kedra was not at all what I expected. We had such fun and laughed a lot. She has an irreverent side, as I do, and, again like me, is not afraid to speak her mind. Her perfumes share that same personality. M’Eau Joe № 3 is my favourite of the bunch.</div>
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“Parums Lalun” with Maggie Mahboubian</div>
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I love all of Maggie’s Natural Perfumes. She is very talented and her branding is impeccable in its simplicity. My favourite is Acqua di Callitris in which she used a Jasmine grandiflorum tinctured from her own garden. We had a lovely visit with Maggie on Tuesday before we left. Her garden is wonderful with many plants to tincture and use in her perfumes. This is what I do, too, go out into nature and create perfumes from it. Maggie is an inspiration. Her husband, Morris, is so nice, as well.</div>
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“PK Perfumes” with Paul Kiler</div>
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I e-met Paul a few years ago via a chat group about perfumery. It was very good to meet him in person and see all that he has talked about materialized in the form of several perfumes and a great display table. It was impressive, to say the least. “Velvet Curacao” is a smooth, delicious perfume that I’ve been enjoying at home. </div>
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“Sanae Intoxicants” with Sanae Barber</div>
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“Sarah Horowitz” Parfums</div>
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OMGosh, Sarah is wonderful. Again, I’d not had any contact with her previously but had read over her website to get a sense of where she’s coming from with her perfumes. (I actually read over everyone’s website the week before we flew down.) From the Perfect Perfume series, I choose three “Chocolate Sunset”, “Perfect Nectar” and “Coconut Milk” and I absolutely love all three. </div>
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I couldn’t get near Laurie’s table all day so we had to wait to share at suppertime at the Tender Greens in Santa Monica. She dug around in her purse for a while and came up with a sample of Fleur de Caramel for me. I’m so glad she had one last sample with her as it is exquisite and, as with all her other scents, expertly blended. Laurie’s scents are lovely, perfumey, girlie, and very feminine, as is she. She’s the quintessential glam girl and I was so happy that, after all this time of emailing, chatting, and trading samples back and forth, she and her 'riot' of a husband Gary were across the table from us, at last. We had a fantastic hour or so with them and we loved every minute of it. </div>
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<u>Air Canada</u> – they were very helpful with my needs and had a meet and assist, which really benefited me a great deal and took the pressure of travel off of both Norm and I.</div>
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<u>Avis</u> – there was some kind of meeting happening on the way down so we had to stand in line (before picking up the wheelchair) (and there was no place to sit down) for 45 minutes or more as there were only 3 agents working. All of a sudden, all the wickets were posted and then we got served quickly. </div>
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<u>Best Western</u> plus the Inn at Marina Del Rey – no complaints; central to the airport, LA, and Santa Monica. Close to Lincoln Blvd, one of the main drags. The staff is helpful.</div>
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<u>Wishing Well Medical Supplies</u> – very reasonably priced; good stock; helpful staff; close to everything</div>
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One of the funniest was when we were taking the rental vehicle back to Avis… we were 'backwards following the map' they gave us to get out of their facility. At one point I looked up and saw a sign that said ‘Return Rental Cars’ so I told Norm to go in that direction. We were doing great but missed the last off-ramp and ended up at the LAX off-loading area. We had no idea where to go from there so I said ‘Let’s just wait for an Avis Shuttle to come by and follow them. Talk about yer startin’ n stoppin’. But it eventually got on the straight-away and ended up going to the compound. We, of course, were not allowed to go in that way so had to find another way in. </div>
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On Monday Sep 24th, we visited this amazing place. There were street vendors and performers and places to eat. Traffic is cordoned off to three city blocks and it is truly the best pedestrian experience I’ve ever had. I bought some jewellery for my granddaughter Cassidy and daughter Dorothy whose Birthdays were coming up. </div>
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springtime blossoms in September</div>
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Norm and Lyn-breakfast at the Best Western</div>
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So much happened in those four days; I tasted chocolate that was to live for; I stood on Malibu Beach and allowed the surf to run over my toes; I saw palm trees up close and personal; I got a California tan; I found the people to be friendly, helpful and courteous; I love California mashed potatoes in the little cup; I saw a pelican diving for its dinner; the perfumers I had the opportunity of sharing with were so very nice and so very talented. If it weren't for my husband Norm, none of this would have been possible. He was there for me, every step of the way. We've been a team for 25 years, now. It was worth every penny and a few days after we got home I asked Norm if we could go again ‘cause I’m ready to become a "Californian Girl".</div>
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Love Lyn</div>
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Photo Credits: Lyn & Norman Ayre</div>
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A huge Thank You to Dad, who cared for our wee dog, Joy, while we were away. Thanks, Dad.</div>
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For the Autumn of 2012</div>
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I generally begin my evaluations the third week of the month so your perfumes will have had almost three months to mature. </div>
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The Prize to be sent out by the end of October is a 5 ml Gold Atomizer of White Elegance, as below:</div>
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On June 21st I launched White Elegance and was reviewed by Perfume Pharmer’s Monica Miller. Here is what she had to say about my very powdery perfume, which is based on an Easter Lily accord I made, “it is a gorgeous white floral, powdery, billowy and soft ~ just like the nymphettes love to wear ~ simply silky, gauzy, lacy. It’s a see through dress of crepe de chine, simple and very very sexy! and All Natural”</div>
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This gave me the idea for my next Natural Perfume Challenge. For me, powdery perfumes bring to mind pastel angora twin sets; tasting the sweetness of powdered icing sugar in the air; refreshing myself with baby powder (Vanilla/Lavender/Lemon accord); the powdery perfume and make-up puffs on my Grandma and Mom’s dressers; ozonic chilly slopes and powdery snow; and powdering herbs for capsules (think – mossy, somewhat dry, woodsy). </div>
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o Please be fair to others and ensure that, when you sign up, you intend to follow through with this project as only the first ten (10) Registrants will be taken then the registering process will be closed.</div>
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Anyone who wishes to Register, please do so now and send an email to me with the following information: LynAyre@telus.net </div>
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Please ensure you follow all the 'guidelines'. In the first challenge, people 'lost points' for not including a data tag, using an incorrect amount of ingredients, not sending a photo, and so on. </div>
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1. No matter if your perfume is based in <strong>alcohol or oil</strong>, the end product should be clear and free from imperfections. The way to do this is to refrigerate, filter, and/or use a pipette to suck up all but the floating/sunken bits into another container. If your perfume has had a chance to sit for a month or so, and you have shaken it periodically, the more dense particulates will have diluted themselves into the alcohol or oil. Leave it sit again for a few days then draw off the clear part and put it in your final bottle.</div>
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Imagine you are doing all of this for a high-end client and really want to impress him or her. This is very good practice for when this happens for you. <br />
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2. <strong>For the Powdery Perfume</strong>, you are allowed to use up to 20 ingredients. These must be Naturally derived: essential oils, absolutes, concretes, waxes, hydrosols/flower waters, enfleurage, tinctures, natural isolates, oil, and alcohol. Since it is illegal in Canada to sell a perfume with potable alcohol, one may choose to use ethanol with Bitrex for the solvent (I’ve done a pile of research on this and found it to be, by all accounts, non-toxic). If you use animal ingredients, you must know and attest to me that they are ethically obtained. </div>
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3. <strong>A Data Tag</strong> must be attached ie: name of the perfume, list of the ingredients, name the solvent (ie: oil, alcohol), your company information (even if it's simply your name and contact information), the size of the end product ie: 5 ml; precautions, how to use, and the 'best before date'. (See photo for an idea of what a Data Tag looks like).</div>
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o send two 1 ml sample vials of perfume for evaluation via the postal mail</div>
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o write 5 sentences about who you are in relation to Natural Perfumery and submit via email</div>
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We hope that perfumers from all over the world will participate in this challenge. </div>
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Each perfumer is graded 1-10 on the following categories: how well they followed the above instructions; a short five-sentence about his or her vision of the perfume’s creation; a short five-sentence bio; a recent photo; a Data Tag with pertinent information about their perfume; the balance, character, diffusion, tenacity, and structure of their creation. </div>
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Firstly, I want to preface my comments by stating that before I look at the notes on any perfume, I smell it and begin writing at that point. I want to get an impression and allow the images to come to me, as they will, without any pre-conceived notions about what I may or may not smell or like or enjoy. I want to see if I’m on the same page as the perfumer. It’s a game I play with myself.</div>
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I feel each perfumer stayed true to her vision and translated it into a perfume – not an easy task. </div>
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One perfume stands out to me with its wonderful powdery notes throughout as it also stayed true to this challenge of Soft Powder.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Bio:</strong> During my aromatherapy studies at Mount Royal College I became entranced with everything related to scent. I was amazed at the phenomenal healing capacity of essential oils but even more than that I was ecstatic and relieved to find an alternative to commercial fragrances. From my early teens my mother would spoil me with high end perfumes from Liz Claiborne and Yves Saint Laurent but I was increasingly becoming too sensitive to wear or even be around scents with synthetic chemicals. All fell into place when I launched Naked Leaf Perfumes in 2007 after a few years of intensive self-study immersing myself in natural perfumery. My motto is love the earth, love yourself, love your perfume.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Vision:</strong> "Ella" is an olfactory snapshot of an historical event in 1952: the night Ms. Fitzgerald, “first lady of song”, debuted at the famed Hollywood nightclub the Macambo but only after Marilyn Monroe lobbied the owner to allow Ella, specifically, and all African Americans by extension, to perform there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So imagine that night in the boozy, noisy, smoked-filled room when she began her set: conversations stopped in mid-sentence, mouths opened in awe, and ashes hung precariously from cigarettes as patrons sat in stunned silence listening to the sweetest voice they had perhaps ever heard—a sultry yet angelic voice spanning a phenomenal three octaves that magically cut through barriers of inequality and reminded patrons of hopes and dreams long forgotten. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">To represent the anticipation of the patrons in the club, Ella opens with a warm, sensual and inviting sweet citrus accord that quickly leads to the velvety smooth duo of Orris Root and Jasmine—two florals that I hoped would capture her lush and moving voice quality. Providing the smoky backdrop for her debut is a smouldering base highlighting Blond Tobacco and other ambery notes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The inspiration for the soft floral perfume theme was the contrast between the beauty of Ella’s voice represented by flowers and the powdery cigarette ashes of the patrons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Notes:</strong> Ruby Red Grapefruit, Bergamot fcf, Citron, Lime Essence, Orris Root CO2, Jasmine grandiflorum, Jasmine sambac, Blond Tobacco, Birch Tar, Patchouli, Vanilla, Benzoin, Peru Balsam and Cognac in Organic Grape Alcohol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Review:</strong> “Ella” is a deep, throaty, low-slung note sung long and languid in a dark Jazz Bar in the humid South. It speaks of smoky rooms where the booze flows freely and the night glows on and on, ending in sensuous and dirty passions. Not soon forgotten and not for the faint of heart, this one, from Canadian Perfumer, Suzy Larsen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Bio:</strong> The first time I was stung by a bee was when I was busy brewing a perfume from the local vegetation at six years old. I took it as a sign that the bee liked my perfume. Ever since then I have been exploring the scents of nature. Through my research into ancient anointing oils and early perfumes and aromatics, I discovered the art of natural perfumes. After many years of self-study I started to market my perfumes and founded African Aromatics. All my perfumes contain African elements in them and extracts I made myself. Nature and Africa continue to serve as my inspiration. We who live in Africa are all infused with the soul and spirit of Africa, so are my perfumes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Vision:</strong> The saying goes 'Girls are Sugar and Spice' - I was inspired to create "Melody" by this expression and by the scent of Pink Frangipani, which to me is a sweet candy rose. I wanted to compose a perfume that conjures the colour pink in the mind and delicately spice it with Clove, Vanilla, and Orris root for a powdery effect. For this project, I used my pink frangipani enfleurage extract as the alcohol base to build the perfume around.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Bio:</strong> I am currently studying natural perfume through the Coeur d’Esprit Natural Perfumery Course. My teacher is natural perfumer Lyn Ayre. Learning about the many essential oils and absolutes is very enjoyable, and I love creating natural perfumes. I am unable to wear synthetic fragrances, due to chemical sensitivities, so this allows me to create my own natural perfume blends suited to my scent preferences. Creating perfume formulae is a rewarding passion that helps me feel beautiful and smell wonderful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Vision:</strong> For the soft powder natural perfume challenge, I combined old woods with powdery, spicy and gourmand notes to create A Soft Woods Tale, an oriental woody fragrance for the autumn and winter seasons. Inspiration comes from the fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood” and her journey through the deep woods to get to her loving grandmother’s cabin. On her way, she encounters a rustling autumn wind and senses a spicy, naughty wolf lurking behind old trees. When she arrives at the cabin, she finds her grandmother in good health and she is baking yummy treats with sugar, cocoa, cinnamon and vanilla. Her sweet grandmother gives her a big hug and they invite the reformed wolf inside for some baked goodies and tea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Notes:</strong> Patchouli, Himalayan Cedarwood, Fossilized Amber Oil, Ambrette Seed, Vanilla Absolute, Orris Root, Cocao Absolute, Cinnamon Leaf, Lavender Absolute, Geranium, Roman Chamomile, Bergamot FCF in a base of perfumer’s alcohol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Review:</strong> “A Soft Woods Tale” opens with edible notes of vanilla icing sugar and chocolate sprinkles; a soft tasty confection I can roll around in my mouth. The woodsy notes begin to come through a half hour later. I’m in a deciduous forest, sipping a hot chocolate with tiny floating marshmallows. My eyes are cast up vertically to the tree tops. One leaf, then another drops to the ground below. I inhale deeply and begin to relax into the experience. I find a log to rest on and am happily startled to see the other end is already occupied by Crow. This perfume swirls all around me. I love the sillage and it last several hours on my skin. From the opening refrains to the long-lasting bass line, the powdery notes are very evident. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thank you so much to Canadian Natural Perfumer, Suzy Larsen, and South African Natural Perfumer Sophia-Suzette Shuttleworth for making this a very inspiring challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I appreciated each one of your designs and how you all stayed true to your vision. It was an interesting and in-depth journey into what makes this perfume type live up to its name: the soft undertones of powdery notes in a variety of perfume materials that conspire together to create the whole powdery scent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">with my thanks and congratulations, Janet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Your Powdery Perfume design captured the essence of what </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and you excelled in all named categories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dated: <u>22October2012</u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">And now I would like to give everyone a heads up that the next natural perfume challenge will be called <span style="color: #0b5394;">"TropiCal",</span> giving a nod to our trip to California in September. I'm doing this so you can get your pineapple, coconut, and/or banana tinctures ready to add the tropical scents needed for this challenge. More on this in a few months. </span><br />
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a Natural Perfume based on the Fibonacci Sequence</div>
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Think of a drop of sea water in the Atlantic, which has forever lain on the Primordial floor of this great Ocean. It decides to get into the stream of evolution so makes it way to the top, riding on the currents, then the waves, and finally to the summit where it lay, being kissed by the Sun for eons. </div>
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A great storm passes across the water and the Wind picks up this tiny drop. The funnel of air is fierce and almost rips the drop to shreds; but not quite. This tiny drop has a deep level of tenacity and fortitude. It whips through the vortex like a child down a slide, only a little worse for wear. </div>
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The drop comes to rest on a Pink Conch but only for a while. Shortly, it evaporates and is taken up, up, up, high into the clouds. The clouds travel half way around the world to Tibet, where it falls as snow. The snowflake ends up on a Sherpa’s jacket and is taken down the mountain to the little village where it turns into a water drop and is dropped onto the back of the yak, which is all tied up with the clothes of a well-known photographer, heading back to Vancouver, British Columbia. </div>
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The drop soaks in and becomes one with the shirt. The shirt is worn by the man during one of the hottest days of the summer. The drop evaporates into the air while the man fishes. A thunder storm boils overhead and the man runs for cover while the drop falls as rain into the mighty Fraser River. The river runs down to the blue Pacific Ocean.</div>
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On a beach in North Vancouver, Lynnie enters the scene and says, ‘those shells, sand, and sea weed will make a lovely “Ocean Tincture”. C’mon, kids, let’s gather some up.’ And so, the wee drop ends up as part of her perfume project to create a series of scents based on the Fibonacci Sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 and so on. This drop has been encoded with the information of all of time from the Primordial Ocean floor, to the great Sun, to the fierce Wind, to being a snowflake in Tibet, to being sooo close to a human, to swimming with the fishes, and rollin’ down the river, right back into the Ocean and into Lyn’s perfume. Enjoy.</div>
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Or actually, it’s the beginning of another journey. Energy can never die; it only changes form.</div>
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Ambergris, Seaweed absolute, Ocean Tincture, </div>
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Imagery and aromas of smells of bracing air, wind-swept trees, wet-rocks, and ocean spray.</div>
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I’m very happy with this fragrance.</div>
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Here are some of my notes: I brought along my travelling perfume kit, which houses 60 essences, my sample kit that holds 12 perfume samples, pipettes, scent strips, various jars and bottles, rubber gloves, alcohol, labels, sample vials, and several other items. I also included several perfumes for sampling, our own lavender hydrosol, lemon balm hydrosol, many of my unique accords, and some hand cream for sampling. I threw in my teaching manuals, and Arctanders’ book for good measure.</div>
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I shared my ideas and thoughts on fixation in a natural perfume. There are several substances that slow the evaporation of other essences in the jus. Some are: Benzoin, Frankincense, Myrrh, and Peru balsam. </div>
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These ones evaporate slowly themselves, not affecting the volatility of the others: Oakmoss, Patchouli, Labdanum, and Vetiver.</div>
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I shared my “Fix-It” accord formula with the others in attendance. This contains myrrh, frankincense, and benzoin.</div>
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I spoke a bit about using Accords in a perfume formula and also shared my formula for my Hyacinth accord. I paid $165.00 for a teaspoon of my real Hyacinth. The accord is just as good. Karen immediately picked out four of the essences in it before I shared my formula. Way to ‘nose’, Karen!</div>
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Anita Kalnay, Comox, BC http://www.genieinabottle.ca/Genie_in_a_Bottle/About_Flying_Colors_Natural_Perfumes/About_Flying_Colors_Natural_Perfumes.html </div>
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Anita is an awesome perfumer and I’ve enjoyed many of her aromatics. She brought a box (that literally unravelled sideways revealing multiple shelves and compartments) of her perfumes and essences. Anita was trained by Ayala Sender.</div>
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Anita’s Note: “Yesterday really was an amazing get together. It is remarkable how when those of like mind gather, magic really does happen. We all commented how solitary it can be ¬ as a perfumer and how the journey is enriched by sharing. Here were the highlights for me:</div>
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-seeing everyone find common ground and discussion together and also have personal conversations and enjoy just sniffing each others creations. We are really vastly different as designers!!</div>
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-Lyn sharing her formulas for her accords and generously bringing enough materials for us all to make some and take some home. What a gifted teacher that girl is.</div>
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-Sniffing everyone’s Primordial Perfumes - all truly remarkable. </div>
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Suzy created First Breath, https://www.facebook.com/PrimordialScents2012FirstBreathBySuzyLarsen</div>
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and myself ¬ Sweet Naam https://www.facebook.com/pages/Primordial-Scents-2012-Sweet-Naam-by-Anita-Kalnay/335569109848039</div>
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This year long project is being launched by Monica Miller of Perfume Pharmer on June 1st, but you can take a sneak peak at all of our perfumes and the stories behind them.</div>
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-Karen’s insights into the industry ¬ eg. A friend of hers noticed that a sign on the door reading natural perfumes was not drawing any customers. After changing the sign to just perfumes they piled in. We talked quite a bit about the business of being a perfumer and what it would take to truly create and professionalize our offerings. How do we take Naturals to a Mainstream market?? They are so different!</div>
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-as for me, I am enjoying my work with custom blending essences. Suzy shared how she had created an astrological scent for both myself and Lyn and I shared a bit about how I am creating Pathway Perfumes ¬ based on my studies of constitutional types, numerology and Kabbalah. All very interesting.</div>
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-of course, we covered new notes, and sniffed the never before sniffed, ¬including Karen’s vintage perfume bottle collection from the early 1900¹s. BIG wow!</div>
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Thanks everyone!! Fragrantly, Anita </div>
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Suzy Larsen, Nanaimo, BC http://www.nakedleaf.ca/ Suzy brought her array of stunning perfumes, which she set out on a mirror. I’ve had the privilege of sampling 14 of Suzy’s scents and found her to be a gifted perfumer. She and I are true heart-to-hearts and have enjoyed many wonderful discussions about all things scented and life in general. She also brought several books along to browse through. Suzy gifted each of us with a lovely pink organza bag containing her Primordial Scents entry named “First Breath”, which I will review at a separate time, as well as a green organza bag holding “Golden Bee” her entry for the Coeur d’Esprit eau de Cologne challenge, just past. I was so happy to receive this as mine is all gone now. Suzy creates Astrological Signature Scents and she shared her process for doing that. Suzy is self-trained. </div>
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Suzy’s Says: “So many ideas to inspire throughout the day, from how we got into perfume to what's our dream career in perfume. I am so humbled by how open and sharing everyone was. It makes my journey feel less lonely than it has been. To connect with other like-minded individuals was such a treat. I'm sure we could have used another day to really get to know each other's perfumes, paths and dreams. There's just nothing like kicking around ideas to inspire more creativity.</div>
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What a pleasure to finally meet you, Karen. The breadth of knowledge you bring to the group is staggering--and you're so open with it. </div>
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Thanks so much for sharing your Special Accords with us, Lyn--you are so very generous and carefree with your attitude I can't imagine anyone ever feeling intimidated around you. </div>
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Anita, your enthusiasm is infectious and your unique interests are incredibly profound. I thank all you ladies for making the meeting so accepting. </div>
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I think we began some discussions that may start to take shape in the days ahead. It's exciting ground we're breaking and I, for one, am glad to be part of it. And as we move into the future, I wanted to let potential members know that you'd be welcomed with open arms.”</div>
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Karen Van Dyck, Cobble Hill, BC http://vitalenaturalcare.com/ It was a real pleasure to meet Karen. She has a line of natural care products as well as some very lovely natural perfumes. We’d exchanged samples and I’ve been enjoying them ever since. She spoke about the course she took with Mandy and what she has learned over the years. She’d scored a box of vintage perfumes both natural and synthetic, which we all enjoyed smelling. Karen spoke with great passion about her vision of a natural perfume guild in Canada. She also shared her deep feelings about how we, as olfactory artists, are under-appreciated. I enjoyed sharing this time with her and look forward to our next encounter. Karen was trained by Mandy Aftel.</div>
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Karen’s comments: “Hi Suzy, Lyn, Anita... I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed meeting with you and sharing stories and information. It was delightful and has re-inspired me since I had let my perfume sit sadly in the dark (except for the occasional spark of inspiration or interest). I am so impressed with the creativity, quality and breadth of knowledge and perfumes. So... THANK YOU!!</div>
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Lots of love, Karen Van Dyck, Vitale Natural Care Inc.</div>
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Lyn Ayre, Coquitlam, BC www.scentofnature.net I was just about exploding with excitement when I realized this was actually going to happen. Four Natural Perfumers in the same room at the same time, sharing from the heart. I packed all my stuff up with glee. I was giggly and tickled. I was there first and set up my stuff. I wondered what was going to happen and I knew the day would change each of us in a profound way. </div>
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I know we were just four people here in BC but what about next year? How many will we be then? Karen threw out the number 25! It is possible. I know Suzy is busily training someone right now. And what about the rest of the country – our beautiful Canada! Will some of you decide you’ve had enough of being alone and join forces in your areas? I hope so. REALLY! IT WAS JUST SOOOO MUCH FUN!!! </div>
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Lyn says: “We are still camping so will write more later, however, I didn't want this day to go by without thanking everyone for their kind words and say 'right back atcha'. I thoroughly enjoyed yesterday and wish we could do it again today. We covered a lot and there was so much more to say. The five hours flew by in no time. I'll upload a few photos for you all to see. BTW, I sent a thank you note to Serious Coffee this morning for allowing us to use that room yesterday. </div>
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"The Art of Perfumery may be older than the pyramids, however there are always new things to be discovered." <br />
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August 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10th, 2012 <br />
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Pre-requisite: This course would best suit someone with a firm foundation in Natural Perfumery. <br />
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Join us for a week of fun and camaraderie during this hands-on experiential event<br />
This course expands on some of the concepts presented in the Coeur d'Esprit Natural Perfume Course (which covers the basics of perfume creation: how to formulate, creating accords, and tinctures; formulation for different bases; note classification; perfumery terms; scent families, methods of extraction; shelf-life and storage; scent profiling; working in a safe atelier; working with the spiritual essence of the plants, creating a Scent Song; creating a Spiritual Perfume; where to purchase supplies; and much more. ), I'm currently teaching through correspondence, as well as offers several new topics to explore and a new base of information from which to create. <br />
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Each day we will begin the creation of one perfume from five fragrance families (it will need to mature under your nurture for several months before you can use it): Chypre, Citrus, Fougere, Floral, and Oriental. <br />
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We will explore deviations into compositions featuring Woodsy, Herbaceous, Leathery, Soliflore, and Gourmand/Fruity. <br />
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We will be working solely with Perfumers’ Alcohol making Pure Perfume Extraits only. Formulae can be re-created for use in oil, crème, and glace. I will include a demonstration on how to do each of these three, just for fun. If it's summertime, we may do some distilling outside, too.<br />
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o Creating various kinds of pre-fixed and softened alcohol for specific Perfume Families <br />
o Exotic Accords from my personal work – leather, hyacinth, violet, oceanic, amber, and others <br />
o Working with the Natural Perfume Pyramid - please come with a list of all the perfume components in your organ.<br />
o Working with the sticky bits<br />
o Advanced sniffing and evaluation techniques <br />
o Aging perfumes and tinctures ultrasonically <br />
o How to do a Perfume Consultation<br />o Sharing and smelling Natural Isolates<br />
o Scent profiling the various formulae, alcohols, accords, and tinctures. Comparing the fresh version to the matured one.<br />
o Comparing the various Roses, Jasmines, Petitgrains, Lotus, Lavenders, Sandalwoods, Vetivers and so on between types and suppliers. <br />
o Sniffing real hyraceum, real musk, and real ambergris. <br />
o Creating our own scent/colour wheel<br />
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You will also have the opportunity to experience many of the rarest perfume components in use today. ie: Hyacinth, Narcissus, Ambergris, and Ambrette Seed and many others; all in 20% dilution ready to smell. <br />
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Workshop includes all products used in class, supplies, a detailed manual, and a Certificate of Completion during the Graduation Ceremony & Celebration on Friday evening after our cold buffet meal (spouses and significant others are welcome). <br />
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Due to the size of my teaching room, this event is open to the first eight people who Register and make their deposit. Financial Investment is: $975.00 and the deposit is $300.00, $150.00 of which is non-refundable. Balance of $675.00 is due three weeks prior to workshop.<br />
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Read about it here, too, <a href="http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.ca/2012/04/ele-metal-alchemy-composition-for.html">http://coeurdespritnaturalperfume.blogspot.ca/2012/04/ele-metal-alchemy-composition-for.html</a> and make a comment in order to be entered to win a beautiful Red Atomizer full of this wonderful perfume called "One". The Draw is on July 8th, my Birthday.<br />
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<br />Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892978733631470079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2425984480251826524.post-13129350992391081592012-05-02T09:21:00.001-07:002014-02-22T12:00:54.912-08:00Results for the Eau de Cologne Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beginning on Feb 1, 2012 with an end-date of March 31, 2012 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The original “Eau de Cologne” (as it was dubbed by the French) was created by an Italian man named Gian Paolo Feminis, a barber, who moved to Köln, Germany and then created “Aqua Admirabilis” using Grape Spirits, Neroli, Bergamot, Lavender, and Rosemary. It was released in 1709 and soon became known as Eau de Cologne (Köln).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the years, there have been many ingredients used to make this simple citrus/herbal scent: bergamot, lemon, orange, tangerine, lime, grapefruit, neroli, lavender, rosemary, thyme, petitgrain orange, and jasmine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we’re going to take a deeper perspective on the idea of “Eau de Cologne”. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Usually, cologne strength is 3-5 %; we are making ours at a strength of 22% and paying attention to fixation, hence one (and only one) animal ingredient is allowable within the fifteen ingredients. Our end product will smell like “Eau de Cologne” but behave like a perfume.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>What does that mean?</strong> The scent profile for this aromatic is typically bracing, refreshing, and light, with a heart of sparkling citrus. So now, three hundred years later, our composition will reflect this as we honour Gian Paolo Feminis and his idea of light-hearted fragrance that should be available to all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are six Perfumers from three countries, Canada, USA, and South Africa, and all of them followed the criteria set out in my first post about this Winter of 2012 Challenge. The Data Tags and presentation were beautiful. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Interesting to note that 4/6 perfumers used </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Petit grain sur fleur, as did I when I constructed mine; 3/6 used Myrrh. </span> </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">by: Sophia Shuttleworth, South Africa</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Bio:</strong> The first time I was stung by a bee was when I </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">was busy brewing a perfume from the local vegetation at six years old. I took it as a sign that the bee liked my perfume. Ever since then I have been exploring the scents of nature. Through my research into ancient anointing oils and early perfumes and aromatics, I discovered the art of natural perfumes. After many years of self-study I started to market my perfumes and founded African Aromatics. All my perfumes contain African elements in them and extracts I made myself. Nature and Africa continue to serve as my inspiration. We who live in Africa are all infused with the soul and spirit of Africa, so are my perfumes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Vision:</strong> The first perfume I was given as a gift was Kölnisch Wasser Eau de Cologne. I still have it in its original box. In the old Afrikaner cultural tradition Eau de Cologne was a regular Christmas or birthday gift, it was even given a local name of “Olie Kolonie” a play on how it was pronounced locally. To compose my version of Eau de Cologne for the challenge, I hauled out my original gift and smelled. It had the well known citrus herbal top notes and dried down into a woody musk base. For my version, I wanted to retain the citrus herbal top notes but add a fresh floral heart interwoven with green Cedar notes that fades into a woody base with a gentle green thread. I called it Soen Water (Kissing Water) reminiscent of the kisses received for the gift and future kisses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Notes:</strong> Australian Sandalwood, Ambergris, Green Cognac, Violet Leaf, Orange Blossom, Jasmine grandiflora, Cedar Atlas, Petit grain sur fleur, Rosemary, Lime, Omumbiri (Commiphora wildii), Bergamot, Lemon, Lavender, and Ginger lily blossom enfleurage in Sugar Cane Alcohol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Review:</strong> Smelling Soen Water is like siddling up to an old friend; you know their scent and it feels familiar and safe. There is such a warm radiant diffusion from this perfume as I sit and do my work today. The classic Eau de Cologne aroma is forefront then the comforting embrace of the florals comes forth. I’m so enjoying this scent. The drydown was watery, ethereal, and elusive. This scent is well-named. Good tenacity on the scent strip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Vision:</strong> As a child I have fond memories of being awakened by a spring breeze blowing gently through my bedroom window during the twilight hours, just before the dawn of day. The cool air was crisp and refreshing, filled with nuances of dew kissed spring blossoms, and the outdoor freshness of sun-dried cotton sheets. Twilight Mist was created in remembrance of a spring rendezvous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Notes:</strong> Lime, Bergamot, Rosemary Flower, Lavender, Neroli, Petitgrain bigarde, Rosewood, Narcissus, Jasmine, Rose, Ambrette Seed, Himalayan Cedar, Patchouli, Bay, Clary Sage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Review:</strong> “Twilight Mist” offers up a lovely bouquet of herbal flowers. I envision a young girl in a field of wildflowers holding onto a bunch of fresh-picked aromatics; the colours, pleasing her eyes; the scents teasing her nose. Then she walks into the forest and another set of scents come in… earthy patchouli and the fresh smell of cedarwood. The drydown is earthy, and the tenacity is good. The diffusion is good. This is a lovely perfume and I loved to smell it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By: Bruce Bolmes, USA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Vision:</strong> My inspiration for this perfume contest was actually based on one of the criteria for the contest; fixation. While researching historic eau de colognes I discovered that due to the make-up these types of fragrances, fixation is a difficult task. Typically since eau de colognes are just that, a cologne water, they are short lived on the skin. I experimented with a number of the older fixatives that had been typically used; however most of those combinations did not produce the result I was looking for, especially since this was a perfume strength fragrance. In the end, I choose Ambrette seed absolute along with a combination of the older fixatives to produce an eau de cologne that has a tenacity of an eau de perfume. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Notes:</strong> bergamot, petitgrain sur fleurs, citron, lemon, lavender, rosemary absolute, neroli, sweet orange, elimi, blood orange, ambrette seed absolute, coffee flower absolute, benzoin tincture, myrrh tincture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Review:</strong> A bright, flashy Citron/Lemon accord makes my eyes pop open a bit. It wakes me up. It’s like a shooting star, though, fabulous while it’s there but gone too soon. The expertly woven accord of Ambrette/Myrrh/Benzoin takes over completely and is persistent throughout the drydown. It’s still on the card seven days later. If you like musk, you will absolutely love “Arabia”. Well done on the Musk accord, Bruce.</span></div>
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“Golden Bee” by Suzy Larsen, Canada</h4>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Vision:</strong> Golden Bee is my tribute to one man’s love of BEES. Besides his women, Napoleon loved his eau de cologne using up to 600 bottles a year. He also had a penchant for the Bee as that is the symbol he chose to adorn his Coat of Arms, his Legion of Honor and his opulent drapes. Golden Bee, Naked Leaf Perfume’s modern take on the classic eau de cologne that captured Napoleon’s heart in the 18th Century, contains the vibrant, fresh and elegant combination of neroli, citron, lavender, bergamot and rosemary flower plus the surprising twist of beeswax absolute. Warm, sweet, comforting and tenacious, beeswax absolute lends Golden Bee’s symphony of fresh citrus a honeyed-veil of depth and intrigue that surely would have tickled Napoleon’s fancy even more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Notes:</strong> Aged Patchouli, Fir Balsam absolute, Indonesian Vetiver, Egyptian Neroli, Bitter Orange absolute, Litsea Cubeba, South African Rosemary Flower, Bergamot, Lavender Mont Blanc, Pink Grapefruit, Citron, and French Beeswax absolute in Organic Grape Alcohol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Review:</strong> Golden Bee is a very classy perfume. Suzy has created a first-rate Eau de Cologne accord and, when I smell this scent and can unequivocally say, ‘this smells like Eau de Cologne’. The Lavender/Citrus is lively and fresh. After some time, it then takes on a smoky hue, which is quite provocative. It’s well-balanced without any one chord overtaking another so the structure is right on. The diffusion is good. The Fir/Patchouli chord is enticing. Long Live the “Golden Bee” and his ambassador, Suzy.</span></div>
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“ACQUA di CALLITRIS”</h4>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Bio:</strong> Prior to becoming a perfumer she was an architect with her own practice in Los Angeles. Drawing from her background in design she explores the aesthetic intersection between architecture and perfumery where her fragrances form invisible constructs. Fundamental to her work as a perfumer is Maggie’s garden where she grows many of the plants she extracts for her perfumes. Her extractions are combined with high quality, naturally derived aromatics to create unique and complex olfactory experiences. Maggie Mahboubian studied natural perfumery with Lyn Ayre. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Vision:</strong> A classic eau de cologne that opens with a fresh citrus burst. A floral linden accord is built around the watery notes of Australian blue cypress. Callitris graces us with her camphoraceous, minty top notes that give way to soft, herbal, woody shades. A hint of incense comes from labdanum which casts a golden shadow as the perfume dries down. The overall impression is that of gazing into an aqua pool of water and seeing the graceful reflection of this lovely tree. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Notes:</strong> Australian Blue Cypress, Vetiver, Labdanum, Linden, Mimosa, Methyl Anthranilate NI, Jasmine grandiflorum Enfleurage, Grapefruit, Rosemary, Lavender, Silver Fir Needle, Citral NI, Limettol NI, and Petitgrain sur Fleurs in a base of 190 proof alcohol. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Review:</strong> At the beginning of this post, I note that <em>‘the scent profile for this aromatic aroma is typically bracing, refreshing, and light, with a heart of sparkling citrus’.</em> Maggie has truly captured this core and built a restoring and balancing frame around it. As a result of the added Grapefruit and Jasmine, the fruity notes fill the heart and remain throughout. There’s almost a ‘concord grape’ scent about it. It all brightly shines away, putting a smile on my face, it’s so happy with itself. The Vetiver/Labdanum drydown stays for four days on the scent strip. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Bio:</strong> With a bachelor’s degree in music, Janet’s love of the sights and sounds of the 1920s inspired her to create a line of Jazz Age-Inspired natural perfumes and body care. Many of her creations are handcrafted while enjoying the life-affirming, jaunty songs of the 1920s and 1930s with their wonderful energy. Janet participated in a previous perfume challenge sponsored by Coeur d'Esprit, and is a member of the Independent Perfumer’s Guild. Janet is currently studying with Lyn Ayre, Ph.D. (founder of Coeur d'Esprit Natural Perfumes and natural perfumery teacher).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Vision:</strong> Eau du Ritz is a Citrus Aromatic for women and men. Inspiration comes from the popular 1929 song “Puttin’ on the Ritz” written by Irving Berlin. “Ritz” refers to the posh hotel chain established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Cesar Ritz, and is also a descriptive noun referring to the upper echelon of society. Eau du Ritz celebrates the late 1920s attitude and snappy feel of “Puttin’ on the Ritz” with zesty top notes of fresh Citrus and Coriander, middle notes of herbal Lavender Absolute, Basil Absolute and Litsea Cubeba, all on a base of Labdanum, Myrrh and Vanilla. So if you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to, Put on Eau du Ritz!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Notes:</strong> Ambrette Seed, Benzoin, Vanilla Absolute, Myrrh, Labdanum Absolute, Litsea Cubeba, Lavender Absolute, Petitgrain sur Fleurs, Basil Absolute, Neroli, Orange Essence (steam distilled), Lime Essence (steam distilled), Bergamot FCF, Clary Sage, and Coriander Seed in Perfumer’s Alcohol.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Review:</strong> This scent makes <strong>me</strong> want to put on the Ritz as it takes me through my paces. The cheerful opening refrains of lime and orange make me grin ear to ear. The next line of melody is spicy and herbal with basil, coriander, and aromatic lavender. Finally, the base line warmth of labdanum comes through and remains consistent throughout the drydown. Okay, so here it is – ‘I’m at a dance, all happy and bright; I meet a chap and we become a little spicy; as the evening wears on, I become more and more demure’. This is where ‘Eau de Ritz’ takes me. Thank you, Janet, for this lovely trip.</span></div>
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And the Winner Is:<br />“ACQUA di CALLITRIS”<br />by: Maggie Mahboubian, USA</h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>The Prize</strong> - A beautiful 5 ml Atomizer of “Eau d’Espirt” by Coeur d'Esprit Natural Perfume; perfect to carry with you. You can read about this perfume on my ‘Perfume Creations’ page at </span><a href="http://www.scentofnature.net/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.scentofnature.net</span></a> </div>
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Congratulations, Maggie Mahboubian</h2>
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Glam Bag Giveaway</h3>
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As you can imagine, I'm accumulating quite a few lovely perfume samples from these Challenges. I've polled the Perfumes and received his and her permission to do a Glam Bag Giveaway. The perfume pouches will contain samples from all of the Challenges I've done since 2010. There will be three winners so make your comments on this post to be entered to win. I'll be doing the Draw at the end of May. </div>
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