I love how the lilac bush in my back yard smells. I decided this year, I would tincture the flowers. If I like the result, I'll use the tincture for the base of a perfume. This isn't my first tincture, but this is my first attempt at one with fresh flowers. Both of my perfuming teachers, Julianne Zaleta and Charna Ethier, have tinctured from fresh …
Natural perfume
Tinctures
Tinctures Sitting on the ledge of the windows on my porch are my tinctures. When I was studying natural perfuming, I made them for the base of my perfumes. This is a trick I learned from Charna Ethier of Providence Perfumes. I no longer have time to make perfumes, but I still have those tinctures. Some of them have been aging for 9 …
Natural Perfume Making
I've always been obsessed with perfume and scents. Once I began getting migraines, I couldn't use synthetic perfumes and I discovered natural perfumes. I started my soap business, Alegna Soap®, around the same time I started taking perfuming classes, and unfortunately, I had to make a choice. Soap or perfume? I don't have much time for natural …
My Favorite Soap Making Books
I love to read and I love books. My mom will tell you I spent my childhood in the library. I think that's because my dad told me I could learn to do anything as long as I could read. Remember, this is way before computers, Google and YouTube. I still love to read books and in my opinion, a day spent in the library is a great day. It's …
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 …