...lass stoppered bottle.   We will also be holding the release of 7 Billion Hearts - my new smoky vanilla perfume - until February as we currently have nothing to put it in. I really am...

...o be melted down and mixed with solvent before i can use them. so i've been very carefully boiling cistus, vanilla and honey for a few hours now - the honey is particularly tricky. together these abso...

...aroma of angel food cake (which has been my preferred birthday cake since i was six) has been a challenge. vanilla is not a scent i'd generally wear myself and while i love the smell on its own, i cou...

...s over the weekend) but i've been thinking more about sweet things - cookies, cake, pie and quite a lot of vanilla & chocolate. dreaming of chocolate isn't all that surprising now that i think abo...

...uot;dirty" or just plain "awful".  I suppose that much like people's reactions to true Vanilla absolute as opposed to "vanillin", most have become too familiar with the s...