Ca Fleure Bon reviews African Aromatics African Dawn & Yirgacheffe and hosts Perfumed Letters from Nettie to Celie Draw. You can read all about it on Ca Fleure Bon’s Site.
One of my favorite things about perfume is its ability to transport you somewhere you have never been but that is strangely familiar. African Aromatics perfumes take me somewhere I have always dreamed of visiting. [Read more…]
Autumn Chypre Challenge Winner
Lyn Ayre has been hosting wonderful Perfume Challenges. I was delighted to be able to participate in the Autumn Chypre Challenge and thrilled that my Perfume “De Hoop” was the winner.
You can read all about it on Lyn’s Site Coeur d’Esprit. [Read more…]
Amphora Perfume Pendants
The first African Aromatic related product I am featuring is glass artist Ingrid de Haast’s beautiful glass perfume pendants. Ingrid works from her studio in Somerset West. She is as passionate about her glass work as I am about perfumes and African Aromatics. Each time I visit her studio she bubbles with enthusiasm about new techniques she is experimenting with to expand her skills. [Read more…]
At Last! Omumbiri EO
Michel Mane contacted me to give me the good news. The French “persistence and stubbornness” has paid off and Mane has distilled the Commiphora wildii resin to produce the beautiful oil.
Most of you know by now the wonderful story about the Himba and the Omumbiri from my previous articles. Karen Knott has tirelessly been working to ensure that the Himba [Read more…]
Flavour of the Month – Jakkals Kos – Leipoldt’s Food and Wine
Here in South Africa October brings those glorious spring days that is of narcotic beauty. It lulls your mind and body to believe that you are in an eternal Eden; a place between, where time does not exist. The air is filled with sweet fragrances rising in the warmth of the sun. Butterflies and bees happily buzz between floral delights oozing with nectar, while birds and frogs chatter with spontaneous joy. [Read more…]
Review for African Dawn
Ambrosia Jones reviewed one of my perfumes – African Dawn – eau de Parfum.
The first thing that struck me when I applied it to my wrist, is how incredibly sweet it is! Sweet is not a note you find often in Natural perfumery, let alone from a perfume with a heavy dose of resins in the base. And African Dawn is sweet as honey. [Read more…]
Visit to Still Pure
It could not have been a more beautiful day for a drive out to Riebeek Kasteel. It has been raining for a couple of days and sky cleared to reveal all sparkling colours of blues and greens, perfect reflection of the blue and green oils I knew I will be smelling. [Read more…]
