More about this All Natural Tribute Perfume
February 3, 2009
I have been thinking more about how I can best honor these people who meant so much to me.
A few ideas are rolling around in my head and it is picking up some steam.
I will soon have a basic formula in mind and go from there to formulate an All Natural Perfume designed in honor of my Grandparents. I am calling it "L & R - ' Let me call you Sweetheart ' " after their special love song.
Mom is helping me to brainstorm by reminding me what their favorite things were. I remembered most of them, but she reminded me that as much as Grandma LOVED flowers - Grandpa got headaches around them and called them stinking weeds - LOL
And she reminded me that it was Grandpa who ate the white chocolate because he couldn't eat regular chocolate. Grandma loved the little nonpareils. Now I remember those - so that's where I got my love for dark chocolate - LOL
So, I want to have a blend that encompasses both of their likes and dislikes because in the same way they made their long marriage work - I will make this perfume blend work and hopefully design something that both of them would...
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Natural Perfumery as a tribute
January 30, 2009
I have made a perfume for my Mom as a tribute to her and her strength in fighting the cancer that is in her.
I have a perfume in my mind for my Grandma.
And now another perfumer has inspired me to try my hand at a perfume as a tribute to Grandpa too. As soon as I get that 25th hour in a day, I'll have it done - LOL
Most of my fondest memories are from the times I spent with my Grandparents. I remember them fondly often and it helps me to get through each day.
Saturday is hubby's last day at work. I was supposed to be today, but they are letting him go in for half a day on Saturday (they also let him work 20 hours of overtime this week) so we can get a head start on our bills for next month. After that - I don't know how we will do it, but we will manage - I always do thanks to the many lessons that my Grandparents taught me.
I am so gratful that I had time with them and that they instilled in me the lessons that they had learned while living and raising kids through...
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Lavender Luxury solid Perfume is now listed in my store !
December 3, 2008
I listed 2 sizes of my Lavender perfume in my BiSi online store.
I also have a few of the smaller size displayed at my Mom's Hubbard flea market booth.
Lavender perfume in .15 ounce twist-up tubes = http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/product/38928/All-Natural-Lavender-Luxury-Solid-Perfume-15-twist-up-tube_472445.html
Lavender perfume in 1/2 ounce pots = http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/product/38928/All-Natural-Lavender-Luxury-Solid-Perfume-in-12-oz-pot_472457.html
Diana’s
Lavender Luxury Solid Perfume
Classic perfume - just like standing in a field of lavender
- breathe it in, close your eyes and enjoy your own little piece of France
ingredients:
chemicaI-free lavender and powdered lavender slowly infused into safflower oil and strained out - then I added lavender e.o. and a little unprocessed beeswax to thicken the perfume.
I have bath salt "teas" and a few sizes of my co-ordinating soaps.
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More products listed and a little more info about my methods...
November 19, 2008
It seems the little glitch preventing me from list on monday has been resolved.
I was able to add several more of hand-sewn products that I make using real herbs and flowers inside.
I have also added some more all natural goat milk soaps, and perfumes too.
I make my own infused oils to get the scent for my perfumes and soaps. I do use essential oils too when needed. I use my own flowers - I dry them and then infuse them into expellor pressed (NOT solvent extracted) safflower oil. This way, I get to have lilac scent products among other scents that are all natural. Lilac (as well as jasmine...) does not give up its essential oils in the conventional manner. and I will NOT use a fragrance oil/absolute/concrete... as these are either all fake - or - as in the case of absolutes and concretes - the scent is real, but the method of extraction is using hexane or some other chemical that I want to avoid. This is why I make all-natural products - so I can AVOID using most chemicals in my life.
It takes anywhere from 4 weeks to 4-5 months (if not more) to...
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I just listed my Sandalwood & Vanilla Luxury solid Perfume
November 10, 2008
Diana's Handmade All Natural Luxury Bath Salt "Teas" are now ready
October 8, 2008
I just made up several of my All Natural Luxury Bath Salt "Teas" in my two newest scents.
I made one to match my ~ Frankincense & Pink Roses ~ line of an All Natural Luxury solid Perfume and my All Natural Luxury goat milk soap.
I also made one to match my ~ Jasmine & Myrrh ~ line of an All Natural Luxury solid Perfume and my All Natural Luxury goat milk soap.
Of course, you do not need to buy them to go together, you can mix and match whatever you want - but many folks wanted a matching line so I made some.
I will soon be adding a new line with ~ Sandalwood & Vanilla ~ a most extraordinary blend that evokes warmth, comfort and just might make you want to growl like Cat Woman.
To shop, or just to see what I have to offer, see my online store here :
http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com
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Pollute your OWN life and leave mine alone - LOL
September 25, 2008
I write a lot here in my blog/my website/my online store and in many of my groups/communities... about why I try to use ONLY all-natural foods, home spa products, perfumes... and most folks are alright with that.
Many people even thank me for the info as they honestly didn't know the difference.
I do get some who are very upset with me and say that they make "xyz" using fragrance oils or dyes... and they like it - so who am I to tell them any different !
I wasn't trying to tell them what to do (I was just trying to educate and give reasons for what I do) - but since they opened up that can of worms - go ahead and do what you want, but just make sure you stay on your side of the planet and do not pollute my little piece of it.
Oh, and by the way, don't call your stuff Natural if it isn't all-natural. Having a drop of an essential oil in a batch of processed/bleached/refined... shea butter does NOT make it a natural product. It is PROCESSED/BLEACHED/REFINED... so by definition, it is NOT natural.
Organically Yours,
Diana
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All Natural Perfume, lip balm, body balms... - is yours - really ?
September 15, 2008
Some so-called "Natural" companies use concretes/absolutes and other components that were obtained with chemicals.
That is up to them as long as customers know the whole truth.
I make products using all natural herbs/flowers/fruits... that I infuse in oil... .
This is how I make my Lilac and Jasmine... soaps and perfumes. There is no pure essential oil for these so I infuse them into oil fr weeks to capture the scent for my products.
I have spoken to a few perfumers who use a jasmine essential oil and they thought it was all-naural. I showed them several articles from the experts that say - jasmine CAN be distilled from the absolute BUT some of the hexane that was used to obtain the absolute is likely still there. Therefore I will NOT use it.
Some custumers don't care what is in anything - just that it is pretty and smells good. That is their choice.
Sometimes, they don't buy my items because my focus is on natural with the beneficial properties and functional first and then scent and looks.
So, when I get one of these customers, I refer them to other sellers and these other business owners do the...
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Another golden beauty to add to my collection
September 3, 2008
I just bottled up the blend of my dried wild plum/magnolia/peach blossom infused oil.
I used the blossoms from my own organically grown trees.
This little bottle holds a little over one cup. Precious drops indeed !
I started this blend at the end of April and I just finished it on 9-1-08.
This took 4 months - so you see why my perfumes are indeed a Luxury item.
Still though, I charge less for my perfumes than many other Natural Perfumers out there do. And I do not use absolutes or concretes... like most of them do .
Instead, I coax the scents - the very essence itself out of each of my flowers/fruits/spices/herbs... slowly and patiently to get a pure infused oil with no chemicals used and no additives either except for a little vitamin E to keep the oil from going rancid before it can be enjoyed by the wearer.
I will use some of this and some of at least one other of my infused oils in a special blend for my Mom.
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Have you been Squidoo-ing ?
May 27, 2008
I have two more Squidoo lenses: If you get a minute, please let me know what you think.
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Sandalwood & Vanilla perfume is coming along
May 22, 2008
The Sandalwood & Vanilla blend is coming along nicely.
The vanilla beans started giving their essence almost as soon as I added them to the oil.
The sandalwood chips are just now starting to release a little scent to the mix.
In another week or 2, this blend might be finished. We'll see.
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Mom's perfume blend
May 20, 2008
The almost sickeningly sweet floralness of the fruit blossoms is gone now and it has taken on an earthy sweetness. There is almost a nutty quality to it.
Very interesting !
I will be adding the dried organic fruit peels to the infusion in a few days to hopefully get the scent blend that she wants.
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Photos of first 2 completed perfumes
May 14, 2008
I finally had a chance to finish my first two perfumes and take photos.
I have listed these two on my webstore. You can find the link on my home page.
Here is a photo of my Frankincense & Pink Roses solid perfume and my Jasmine & Myrrh solid perfume:
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Sandalwood & Vanilla perfume
May 14, 2008
Today, I started to infuse some Sandalwood & Vanilla beans for a new perfume.
So far it smells so deep and rich and mellow... .
I can't wait to see what it will end up like in a few weeks.
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Frankincense & Pink Roses perfume
May 5, 2008
My printer finally cooperated so I could make the labels for my Frankincense & Pink Roses Solid perfume.
I just finished labeling them and will soon be taking photos and putting them in my webstore (go to my home page and click on "shopping")
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My Frankincense with Pink Roses solid perfume was a hit !
April 26, 2008
I took my tester container of Frankincense with Pink Roses solid perfume around to the vendors and some customers at the Hubbard Flea market today and all who tried it LOVED it.
They loved the soft scent, the feel of it on the skin, and especially the fact that my perfumes (as well as all of my handcrafted products) are all-natural and made with only the flowers/herbs/resins(filtered out after infusing)-safflower oil-pure beeswax.
When I told them that it takes about 3 or 4 weeks (not including harvesting the flowers by hand and drying them) to make a small batch of my perfume and that most of that time is used just to infuse the flowers and resins into the oil to scent it - they were amazed.
I let them know that I have a Jasmine & Myrrh blend infusing that should be ready soon, I swear a few of them almost swooned - LOL.
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Delicate Magnolias
April 25, 2008
I spent an hour or so this morning harvesting magnolia flowers so that I can then dry them and infuse them in oil for a solid perfume.
I will have to gather another big basketfull or so more to have enough for even just one small batch of perfume - between 2 to 3 cups.
Magnolia has such a delicate scent. I am still pondering what I will infuse with it in order to come up with a scent blend.
Ooooh, maybe I'll blend them with peach bossoms and chamomile blossoms. I may try this out and if it works - I will make this my Mom's signature blend - only with her blessing of course. I have been wanting to make a perfume for my Mom, but it has been tough because she is very sensitive to most flowers. This blend however should be more on the fruity side with just a hint of floral notes.
As usual, this will be an all-natural handcrafted product - made by me - an Organic gardener.
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Frankincense with Pink Roses solid perfume
April 21, 2008
My Frankincense & Pink Roses solid perfume is now complete !
I strained the infusion and have made both the solid perfume and the matching soap.
The perfume is ready to use, but the soap will need a few weeks to cure before it can be used.
I think a will make matching bath teas with this same scent combination to add another layer to the Frankincense & Pink Roses experience.
The smell is so soft and beautiful !
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New product - Solid Perfume
April 7, 2008
I am working on my next new product.
I will be adding Luxury solid perfumes to compliment the rest of my all-natural products.
Early this morning, I started infusing a Jasmine-Myrrh blend as well as a Pink Rose-Frankincense blend.
These will each take a few weeks to allow for a smooth and balanced marrying of the infusion of scents.
After I get to the perfect scent balance that I am looking for, I will then strain out the flowers and other aromatics and add pure beeswax to get the right consistancy and then pour into little perfume compacts and allow to set up/harden to complete these two Luxury solid perfumes.
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