I must say I find it difficult articulating fragrances - they are so personal and empathetic. But Bois de Jamine is very very good this is from her blog:
"About Victoria, the Editor and WriterI grew up in a family of chemical engineers, and while my early background has revolved more around aldehydes themselves rather than Chanel No. 5, my interest in chemistry shaped my passion for perfumery. I have been collecting and studying essential oils and synthetic materials for several years. At the same time, this quest has led to a fascination with the history of perfumery, resulting in a large library of vintage fragrances.
In May of 2005, while working on my Ph.D., I decided to create a website that would offer a tribute to everything I find fascinating about perfume: the people who are responsible for creating fragrances; the materials that are woven into accords and then into the resulting compositions; and the very essence of the process that leads to the finished composition. While the perfume writing started as a hobby, it quickly turned into a full-time job, which has been very rewarding. Besides Bois de Jasmin, my writing appeared on the pages of Perfumer and Flavorist Magazine and Financial Times Magazine How to Spend It."
So inspiring to read the comments of such a knowledgeable person.
My other aweinspringwebsite is White Lotus Aromatics such in depth first hand knowledge and historical/cultural references is something to be celebrated. I have always wanted to explore the north west coast of the USA and Canada and Christopher and Suzanne have definately encouraged to make a visit. This is from their blog:
"White Lotus Aromatics is located in beautiful Port Angeles, WA "where the mountains greet the sea."
White Lotus evolved as a natural adjunct to the Fragrant Harvest Project, which commenced in India in 1996. Since then Christopher has made numerous trips to India, traveling throughout the country to meet with farmers, distillers and extractors,and research scientists working on aromatic crops and their natural distillates and extraction. These journeys paved the way for offering pure essential oils, CO2 extracts, traditional attars, absolutes, carrier oils and, most recently, incense to the fragrance community. The hunt for the highest quality oils led naturally to expanding our interactions with distilleries and extraction units to countries outside of India and now we are directly procuring natural essences from Bulgaria, Madagascar, South Africa, Ethiopia, Hungary, France, Italy, Bosnia and several other countries.
We focus our attention on a select number of organic and wild harvested essential oils, hydrodistilled essences, CO2 extracts, attars, ruhs, and absolutes.We have done our best to select only the highest quality, purest oils available from our distilling and extracting colleagues around the world and hope that our customers, old and new, will find in our aromatic palette precious essences that will serve their needs.
Suzanne and Christopher McMahon handle all the operations of White Lotus Aromatics--sourcing, ordering, invoicing, packing. Managing the business ourselves allows us to maintain a direct relationship with our customers while moving forward with the creative projects the interest and inspire us."
