Essential Oils

Scent Sensitivity Syndrome

I have what I call scent sensitivity syndrome, most fragrance oils give me a splitting headache. I didn’t always have it. There was a time I could spend days at department store perfume counters, Yankee Candle stores and all other smelly places. I developed migraines once I started making soaps. I think working with the …

Can I Use Your Scented Oils in my Room Diffuser?

It always happens. I'm at an event and someone comes up and asks "Can I use your Scented Oils in my room diffuser?" The short answer is no. My scented oils are meant to be used as perfume. The reason why is the carrier oil that is used in them. …

How to Blend Essential Oils for Soap

I've been asked more than once how to blend essential oils for soap making. I'm not an aromatherapist, and I don't really care what properties the essential oils I work with have. All I care about is what they smell like, how they go together, and how long they last in my base oils. …

Essential Oil Blending

Essential Oil Blending I consider myself an amateur natural perfumer, I enjoy playing with essential oils and scent strips to find combinations I love. I've taken perfuming classes with Charna Ethier of Providence Perfume, and Julianne Zaleta of Alchemologie and I want to go back and take more. I've applied things I've learned from both …

A Blending Class, Determination and a Nor’easter

What do a blending class, determination and a nor'easter have in common? I'm so glad you asked. …