African Aromatics
African Aromatics strives to bring you the best of Africa's scents and flavours. Products that are not made directly by African Aromatics are sourced to reflect our own philosophy. Each product sold here is 100% natural, handcrafted and are products of Fair Trade. … [Read More...]
House of Mir
We who live in Africa are all infused with the soul and spirit of Africa, so are my perfumes. Each perfume is 100% natural and original, inspired by the wonderful diversity found in Africa. My perfumes contain the rare treasures of nature's aromatic bouquet, including many extracts made with loving patience through enfleurage, … [Read More...]
Spice Witch
Spice Witch adds magic to your culinary creations transforming the predictable into gourmet. All Spice Witch seasoning products are naturally infused using proprietary methods perfected over the years. These methods allow us to use fresh ingredients so that the salt crystals extract the natural colourings, flavours, essential … [Read More...]
Featured Scents
Harvest Festival – Enfleurage Give Away
Autumn has finally arrived in the Southern Hemisphere. It has been a long hot Summer at the Southern point of Africa. Although we have been wilting in the heat, the fragrance of the flowers have been the best … [Read More...]
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Featured Tastes
Sugarbush (Protea repens) Syrup
Every reference on Sugarbush Protea will mention that once a syrup was made from the nectar of the flower. During the early years of the Cape Colony when sugar was very expensive and provisions were in short … [Read More...]
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Give Aways
Winner of the Enfleurage Give Away
I wish I could send the extracts to each and everyone that commented. There were so many wonderful comments so I decided to do the draw the old fashioned way - leave it to Lady Luck. I wrote the name of everyone that commented on a ticket, and shuffled them in a bowl. And the winner is … [Read More...]
Featured Reviews
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
“I basically play with fire. I use glass on torch to make my pieces.” - Ingrid de Haast The first African Aromatic related product I am featuring is glass artist Ingrid de Haast’s beautiful glass perfume pendants. … [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...]
Featured Inspiration
Garden Blessings
A beautiful garden is a work of heart. Through our gardens we grow closer to creation. Blessing our gardens through our love and our loving care blesses us in so many ways. Every hour spent in our gardens is blessings, but why not bless your garden with your words and and thoughts as well? Here is a truly beautiful blessing for your garden. … [Read More...]
Orchid Bees use Enfleurage
It appears that it is not only humans who compose signature scents to attract mates. The male neotropical orchid bees (Euglossini), spend their entire lives collecting volatile fragrances from the rain forests in South or Central America.using a process very similar to enfleurage. … [Read More...]
I am an African.
I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land. … [Read More...]