Flores Bonitas y Corazones Rotos {Pretty Flowers and Broken Hearts} :: Frida...
“what is the heart??? how do I want to speak to this? how can I speak to her heart break? her necklace of thorns?” These were the questions asked when looking to create the second in my series “Frida...
View ArticleAiravata {Heirloom Elixir no.13}
The name Airavata refers to the mystical white elephant that carries the deity Indra down from the clouds. Indra is the King of Gods, or the King of Heaven. For the Heirloom Elixir, I was inspired by...
View ArticleL’Or{ris} {A Golden Orris perfume; The Iris Trilogy no.2}
This perfume came in a dream. Sometimes that’s how it happens… A beautiful iris, like an apparition, appears… its velvet petals unfurl to reveal it’s gilded edges. The sparkling, golden iris floats,...
View ArticleBalls…Said the Queen
Inspired by current events, my inner ‘trouble-maker’, and my beloved studio Fig Tree: Cecil. I have long LOVED this phrase, as it strikes me as both hilarious and deeply serious. It is all too true....
View ArticleViva la Frida :: Frida Kahlo Stories :: 3.4 {Women Artist Series}
Frida’s vivacious fruit paintings are some of her most luscious and evocative, as well as deeply life affirming. I have long wanted to create this fragrance filled to the brim with fruit, flowers, and...
View ArticleMuresque {Heirloom Elixir no.14}
This deeply luscious beauty is a “remake” of sorts, as Muresque is the name of a design that I first produced back in 1998. It was a soft fruity floral blackberry fragrance which, while lovely, didn’t...
View ArticleManRoot { Iris Trilogy no.3 }
It’s here: the final design in the Iris Trilogy: ManRoot**. As the deepest and most non-traditional of the Iris imaginings, this one features many roots and gives the feeling of deep grounding, calm...
View ArticlePoplars and Planes {an isolation meditation experience; natural perfume}
As Autumn comes in with it’s golden light and the changing leaves, I am ever more drawn to two of my favorite tree aromas: Poplar Trees, whose balsamic budding fills my world with sweet nectar in the...
View ArticleA/Embers {Heirloom Elixir no.15}
As this ashen year comes to a close we’ll find warmth, transformation, and illumination from the golden embers of life. Although I began this design over a year ago with plans to launch it for November...
View ArticleLe Serval
The African serval cat is an utterly beautiful creature. I think I fell in love before I even met one… I scented it. We were taking Xander to the Denver Zoo for his first time to see the penguins on...
View ArticleMusk Futura :: Musk Evolution Collection no.2
I realize that it isn’t exactly customary to launch with the second fragrance in a line-up but somehow this design felt like the right one to launch with. Musk, as you can imagine, is one of the those...
View ArticleLes Nouveaux Bohémes {HEIRLOOM ELIXIR no.16}
From wikipedia: This use of the word (Bohemian) in the English language was imported from French in the mid 19th century and was used to describe the non-traditional lifestyles of marginalized and...
View ArticleJANUARY, 2019 *BEST SELLER :: Love Is Everything {2019} :: Valentine’s Day...
“Love is like a perfume [that] you cannot pour onto others without getting a few drops on yourself” – unknown author ——————————————————————————————————————– I’ve chosen a very special Heirloom Elixir...
View ArticleAu Coeur du Calice {HEIRLOOM ELIXIR no.17}
Au Coeur du Calice, (In the Heart of the Calyx) references a long discontinued Francois Coty perfume of 1912, that was housed in one of Rene Lalique’s most famous perfume bottle designs. It is a...
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Drama Queen for CaFleureBon
Happy 11th Anniversary, CaFleureBon! When I was invited to create the next “Queen” in the series I was utterly delighted and inspired by the concept of Drama Queen. While some might think of Drama...
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Eclissi Lunare by Alba Foresta {Violet Trio no.2}
Created during my “Monday Instagram livestream / live-sketching sessions” in late 2020 / early 2021 and completed during a lunar eclipse, Eclissi Lunare as it became known, began as a concept suggested...
View ArticleFloating Amongst the Stars {HEIRLOOM ELIXIR no. 18}
I don’t usually wax existential… but the past year has had me confronting ‘being’ in ways I never expected to. I think that it’s the surreal sense of ‘floating’ that took me by surprise. I don’t...
View ArticleL’Or{ris} {A Golden Orris perfume; The Iris Trilogy no.2}
This perfume came in a dream. Sometimes that’s how it happens… A beautiful iris, like an apparition, appears… its velvet petals unfurl to reveal its gilded edges. The sparkling, golden iris floats,...
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La Rose Béatifique {June Roses no.1 :: an all natural rose perfume}
adj.: beatific: blissfully happy; joyful; ecstatic When June comes around and my rose garden begins it’s first bloom I am truly enraptured. That’s the only word for it! I am taken each and every...
View ArticleDamasq {June Roses no.2 :: an all natural rose perfume}
As the June roses bloom each year, I feel immensely inspired by the vast variety and beauty… not only in each genus and style, but in each and every unique rose blossom. Damasq, with it’s aesthetic...
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