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LATEST ARTICLES ( 56 )

• Real Perfume for Real Women

  

  Just got back from Adelaide where I've been working on a custom design project with three young Australian sportswomen!Elisabetta Del Re, boxer and gridiron... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2016 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Perfumery Workshop in September

  

  Since a number of people couldn't make it to the June workshop, I'm running the same format on September 5thhere in my Byron Bay studio! Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2015 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Workshop: The Mystery and Magic of Perfumery

  

  After an inspiring phone call the other morning, I'm finally going to be running the first of the promised workshops on perfumery on the 4th of July here in my... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 HAIR & BEAUTY

• A Perfume for Chikii

  

  Annette, the lovely owner of the Australian online eco cosmetic store "Chikii" popped into my studio the other day for another "custom fitting" session for her... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2015 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Boxes Boxes and More Boxes

  

  My studio has been covered in cardboard boxes this week.Ive been trying to find better packing solutions for the perfumes for a while...and getting more and mor... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Perfume for "Chikii"

  

  The lovely Annete, owner of "Chikii", an awesome Australian webshop that specializes in natural cosmetics has asked me to create a perfume for her... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 HAIR & BEAUTY

• The My Gardenia Project

  

  Well, it's finally finished. And it worked!!! Yay yay yay!!!!!!It's been a 2 year project of experimentation and fails....it all started a few years ago after m... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2015 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Namaste Byron Bay

  

  The Vanilla perfume has a name. "Namaste"....I greet the God/dess within you.It's my personal gift to Byron Bay....a new perfume for my new home town.... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Vanilla, Vanilla and More Vanilla

  

  One of the first questions people seem to ask is "Do you have anything with Vanilla?"And while some of my perfumes have Vanilla notes, ("Goddess" and "Craving"... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2014 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Adventures in Gardenia Enfleurage

  

  Gardenia Macadamia oil EnfleurageOne of my experimental projects this year was in the making of Gardenia Enfluerage. As some of you know, a few years back I... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Perfume Questions on ABC Radio

  ABC radio rang me the other day to ask if I'd be willing to answer a few questions about perfumery on their afternoon random questions show...."can you bruise... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2014 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Very Vanilla

  

  My latest project: A Vanilla perfume.I've been asked for one so many times over the years...but it's not an easy undertaking.You see I want it to be a real... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Jewelry

  

  I've been sidetracked from perfume into making jewelry....beautiful glass and metal pendants with art nouveau paintings and delicate flowers....beautiful... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Teaching Perfumery...and the Natural Perfume Playset

  

  Well, the question has reared it's head again....Ive been asked so many times over the years to teach classes on natural perfumery...and I'm still torn.On one... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Green Mandarin Friday

  

  Working on new bath and body oil bends...and today it's green mandarin that I'm playing with.This stuff has been begging me to play ever since I got it...And no... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Website Rebuilt

  

  My new WebshopWell, after a few weeks of sleepless nights and tearing my hair out in frustration, my new website is finally up and running! Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Valentine's Day Opening Party

  

  Opening Party February 14thShop9/ 18 Centennial CircuitByron Arts and Industry Estate(from 2 pm) Well, I'm officially opening the perfumery to the public on... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Byron Bay Workshop..the Adventure Begins!

  

  Well, I finally did it! A real public workshop! Found a beautiful small factory space in the Byron Arts and Industry Estate and am now in the process of fiddlin... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 HAIR & BEAUTY

• Bush Perfuming

  

  my workbench with bush viewsWell, I've finally escaped suburbia and moved up to the North Coast of New South Wales where am currently living out in the bush wit... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2013 HAIR & BEAUTY

• The Travelling Perfume

  

  Today it finally arrived in my humble abode!The Travelling Perfume Bottle is the Mind Child of the wonderful Monica Miller of Perfume Pharmer. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2012 HAIR & BEAUTY