The time has finally come… I am stretched too thin with family obligations, single parenting, dayjob, etc.  I’ve had to stop offering the Perfume Fast Guide & Perfume Book Bundle.  My wakeup call came when …

I’ve started a new (free) membership on for fellow perfumers and perfume hackers.  The first order of business was to set up a page with a continuing list of resources, such as:

My “Aphrodisiac Scents” report …

It’s good to be concerned about the environmental impact of making your own scented products, including perfume.  How eco-friendly is it?  Are essential oils more eco-friendly than other ingredients?  I get these kinds of questions …

To some people, this may seem obvious. If you’re already in the habit of making things, you know how fun DIY projects are, how they’re a form of creative expression, they reduce your reliance on …

The fragrance formula sheets come in four varieties: full page, color; full page, grayscale; half page, color; and half page, grayscale. I usually store mine on a clipboard when I’m using them, and then put …

There are two reasons why I wrote this particular article. One is because many people don’t believe they can do it; they think that they need some special qualifications or genius to be a real …

Some background:
The first project in my ebook is making a designer duplication perfume. Most major, popular perfumes are available for the “knocking off,” and the duplications are incredibly accurate, given that they only cost about …

The professional perfumery methods are a lot like the amateur ones, just a little different. The basic process of making perfume is the same, but the materials are not.
Pure ethanol instead of vodka. Pure …

While you don’t need qualifications or any kind of graduation ceremony to be a perfumer, you do need to know how to make “real perfume.” Most people would call this professional quality, and what most …

One of my teaching missions is to help people see “beyond the curtain” of commercial products. There is a difference between professional and “craft” perfumes, but your official title isn’t one of them!
In every industry, …