Creating a bowl of Samplers

Creating Samplers for demonstrations, benefits, and workshops:

I wanted to have a sample prepared for everyone who was going to be in attendance, which amounted to 55 people. I brought out all my perfumes and made full 1 ml samplers. Each were labeled and each of the labels had a piece of scotch tape placed upon it to secure and protect the labels against leaks and dribbles.

I went through several scenarios on how best to distribute these 55 samples of 23 of my formulations. Most of the ideas I came up with were not good as they were too convoluted. In the end, I thought of cards to place the samplers on.

I wanted everything to be in the same place so only one item need be taken. On one side of the sheet, I printed my business card information. On the other side, I had the ingredients for the attached perfume. There was no software program for me to follow along so I created my own thing.

Here, the sheet shows the ten different areas for the perfume formulations to be shown. This is on the reverse side of my business card.

Each card was cut and a single hole was punched in the bottom.

I joined the perfume to the card.

and placed them all in a basket.

Now people can simply choose a card and read the back to see what is in the perfume. They can view the front of the card to see how to get a hold of more, should they find it resonates with them.

Natural Perfumes come of age once more…

In the realm of Natural Perfumery, one of our first tasks is to suspend the belief that they have much in common with the commercial perfumes of today. It is simply not the case.

A century ago, perfumers were using all natural ingredients from nature including essential oils, concretes, attars, absolutes, animal essences, floral waters, tinctures, and so on.

Today, with all the sensitivities that we have developed due to the overwhelming of our olfactory organs, where our sense of smell resides, many of us are choosing to go back to simpler times.

I am one of those. The perfumes I create are made from some of the above mentioned natural ingredients. The exception is that I do not use animal essences that have been obtained using cruel methods. The animal essences have long since dissociated from the animal in question and been rendered pure though eons of sun, ocean, wind, earth, and fire.

Perfume Policy
With Natural Perfumes, you need not worry about polluting the environment with scent or being on the wrong side of a perfume policy. Only those in your scent circle will know you are wearing perfume; it's like having a delicious secret.

A Little Dab'lldoya
These perfumes are created from concentrated essences so there is no need for more than a little dab or spray. Essential oils are volatile and release their fragrance into the air. So, if the scent fades hours later, you can simply re-apply.

I always suggest that the best place to dab or spray natural perfumes is in the cleavage. The body heat will cause the oils to volatize and the scent will rise to the nose. Other good spots are the inner wrists & elbows, and the back of your knees. Some say -put it wherever you want to be kissed- I say use caution in sensitive areas.