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September 18, 20250Comments

From Hobbyist to Healer: Stepping Into Herbal and Aromatic Practice

Many of us step onto the plant path as hobbyists, captivated by herbs and aromatic plants, experimenting with teas, oils, or incense blends for personal use. Sometimes we share our
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August 28, 20250Comments

Why True Plant Wisdom Goes Beyond Facts & Recipes

We live in a culture that loves quick fixes. If you’ve got a headache, there’s a pill for that. Feeling run down? Take Reishi. Feeling anxious? Chamomile. Trouble sleeping? Just
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August 13, 20250Comments

Why Benzoin Resin Belongs in Your Apothecary: Benefits & Ritual Uses

Imagine something that looks like a beautiful golden rock, but upon closer inspection, you're greeted with sweet, balsamic, resinous notes, with hints of vanilla that feel like a warm embrace.
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July 7, 20250Comments

Top Essential Oil Blends for Bug Repellent

Summer is finally here! And with it, the sweet return of long, golden days spent outdoors. Whether you're hiking through sunny trails, swimming in crystal-clear lakes, camping under the stars,
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June 30, 20250Comments

Attar Perfume: The Soul of Scent

Picture this: You open a small glass perfume vial and touch a drop of oil to your skin. The aroma doesn’t hit you all at once, it builds slowly, like
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June 20, 20250Comments

How to Use Rosemary for Holistic Health

Sure, Rosemary makes a great addition to roasted potatoes and Mediterranean dishes, but its true power lies far beyond the kitchen. For centuries, healers, herbalists, and aromatherapists have turned to
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June 10, 20250Comments

Aromatic Plants and Dreams: Scents for Deep Sleep and Inner Wisdom

Have you ever woken from a dream so vivid it blurred the line between memory and imagination? Dreams can be fun, strange, symbolic, emotional, or eerily real. They arise most often
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May 30, 20250Comments

Making Your Own Aromatic & Herbal Remedies

As a plant person, you likely already know this: Aromatic plants and herbs hold incredible healing potential. Beneath their beautiful scents and vibrant leaves lies a world of medicine, just
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May 15, 20250Comments

Top 5 Aromatherapy Oils for Congestion Relief

Congestion – the unwelcome guest that steals sleep, muddles your mind, and makes every breath feel like a struggle. When a stuffy nose or relentless sinus pressure strikes, finding relief
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April 25, 20250Comments

Jasmine Benefits for the Mind, Body, and Soul

The alluring aroma of Jasmine is more than just a scent – it’s an experience that lingers in the soul. Ethereal, intoxicating, and deeply evocative, Jasmine carries an almost sacred
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There is a deeper way to work with scent. One root There is a deeper way to work with scent. One rooted in presence, plants, and intention. Enrollment for The Natural Perfumery Course closes tomorrow and won’t reopen until next year. If this path has been calling, this is the moment to answer. 🌿
✨ Don’t take it from us…Here’s what students are s ✨ Don’t take it from us…Here’s what students are saying after stepping into the Natural Perfumery Course. Many of our students come to this course already working with plants, scent, or natural aromatic products, yet feeling like something was missing… What they discover is structure, clarity, and a deeper confidence in how they work with aroma. Scroll through the image slides and see for yourself how their work has changed. Here’s what’s waiting for you inside the Natural Perfumery Course: 🌿 The Story of Natural Perfumery: Connect with the roots, rituals, and traditions that give this craft depth and meaning. 🌿 Plant Material Classification: Train your nose and learn how aromatic materials naturally work together. 🌿 The Art of Composing Perfumes: Design fragrances intentionally using time-tested ratios and professional frameworks. 🌿 Core Perfume & Scent Formulation Techniques: Create balanced, long-lasting perfumes across multiple styles. 🌿 Perfume Accords & Classic Formulas: Build reliable aromatic backbones you can return to again and again. 🌿 Craft Your Own Perfumes: Make attars, alcohol-based spray perfumes, solid perfumes, and oil-based fragrances with confidence. ✨ Along the way, you’ll receive rare insights and techniques from an award-winning, internationally respected master perfumer – wisdom that normally takes years of trial and error to uncover. Students often tell us this course didn’t just change their perfumes… It elevated everything they were already making, from skincare and soaps to incense and aromatherapy blends. If you work with aromatics in any form, this course can compress years of learning into months – and take your practice to an entirely new level. 🌿✨ Explore the Natural Perfumery Course at the link in our bio. ⏳ Doors close TOMORROW, Feb. 3 at 10 pm PST. #perfumeschool #cleanbeautyproducts #naturalperfumeryschool #perfumery #howtomakeperfume #naturalperfume
🌿 If you’re a perfumer, aromatherapist, herbalist, 🌿 If you’re a perfumer, aromatherapist, herbalist, incense crafter, or aromatic artisan of any kind, you already know this truth: In traditional eyes, scent isn’t an accessory. It’s medicine, memory, and atmosphere. It’s ritual. It touches a part of our soul that words can’t describe. But most people are never taught how to work with it well. They blend by intuition alone. Or rely on pre-made fragrance oils. They sense when something smells almost right… but not quite balanced, not quite alive, not quite lasting. Natural perfumery changes that. It teaches you the structure beneath the beauty: how aromatic materials behave, formulas are built, and how harmony and longevity are created intentionally, not by guesswork. And once you understand that language… ✨ Your perfumes deepen ✨ Your scent formulations gain clarity and soul ✨ Your skincare and beauty products smell refined and professional ✨ Your aromatherapy work becomes more precise and expressive We’ve heard this again and again from students: learning natural perfumery didn’t just open the doors to perfumes, it elevated everything they were already making. Soaps. Lotions. Balms. Aromatherapy blends. Herbal remedies. Suddenly, their creations felt cohesive, intentional, and unmistakably complete. That’s what the Natural Perfumery Course is designed to offer. A true foundation in the art of scent – rooted in plants, tradition, and real formulation skill. This is the course beginners are grateful to start with, experienced makers wish they’d found years earlier, and aromatic artisans return to again and again as their practice evolves. Inside, you’ll learn how to create 100% plant-based perfumes that unfold naturally, last beautifully, and feel alive – using only natural materials and time-tested principles. If scent has always felt central to your work… If you’ve sensed there’s more depth available… If you’re ready to move from dabbling into mastery… 🌿 Join us inside the Natural Perfumery Course. ✨ Enrollment for 2026 closes tomorrow! And won’t open again until next year. If this work has been calling to you, consider this your invitation to answer. ✨ Link in bio – doors close soon
🌿Your FREE All Access Pass is Live 🌿 Natural per 🌿Your FREE All Access Pass is Live 🌿 Natural perfumery is both art and science. It’s about ratios, structure, and harmony. This is where the beauty and medicine of essential oils merge into something truly transformative. Just like baking, no one masters a soufflé without understanding technique. Without it? Collapsed middles, wasted ingredients, and frustration. Perfumers work the same way. Without guidance, even the most beautiful materials can clash – leaving blends that feel unfinished, unbalanced, or gone too soon on the skin. But then there’s that moment when everything clicks. You stop guessing at it, your materials begin working together harmoniously, and your perfume finally feels complete, and lingers beautifully. That moment doesn’t come from intuition alone. It comes from understanding how perfumes are built. And that’s exactly what our FREE Natural Perfumery Workshop Series is designed to teach. 🌸 All 3 lessons are available now with an All-Access Pass – ready for you to press play. This weekend is the perfect time to dive in and experience the magic of a natural fragrance coming together in your own hands. Inside the free series, you’ll learn how to: 🌿 Create long-lasting perfumes using balanced, professional ratios 🌿 Understand why some blends feel harmonious while others don’t 🌿 Apply scent formulation to elevate any aromatic product 🌿 Make a complete natural spray perfume from start to finish 🎁 You’ll also receive 3 free workbooks + a spray perfume formula to support your learning (yours to keep). ✨ Click the link in our bio to claim your Free All-Access Pass! ⏳ Access closes Feb. 3 at 10 pm PST – don’t miss your chance to learn the language of scent. #howtomakeperfume #perfumerytraining #naturalperfume #naturalperfumeryschool #perfumery #perfumeschool
We’re surrounded by fragrance every day: in our ho We’re surrounded by fragrance every day: in our homes, on our skin, in our clothes, in the air around us. And yet so much of it is synthetic, artificial, and disconnected from the living world it’s meant to evoke. Natural perfumery offers something different. It invites you to step into a world of real plants, real materials, and real presence, creating fragrances that are natural and free from chemicals that can burden the body or harm the Earth. ​​​​​​​In doing so, you step into a more ritual way of living, one the ancients knew well, where scent becomes a bridge between the visible and invisible, drawing back into intimacy with the land, the elements, and the mysteries of nature. ​​​​​​​ And once you understand scent formulation, the possibilities expand far beyond perfume... You can craft clean beauty products, natural skincare, and aromatic creations that smell balanced and beautiful, not just “pretty good,” but genuinely irresistible. Through your natural perfume practice, you can: 🌿 Create beautiful, meaningful gifts for people you love 🌿 Work with the most exquisite aromatic plants in the world 🌿 Choose non-toxic alternatives to synthetic fragrance 🌿 Support your emotions & nervous system through therapeutic aroma 🌿 Express your creativity in a beautiful, tangible way 🌿 Deepen your spiritual & ritual practices with scent 🌿 Develop luxuriously scented natural beauty & body products 🌿 Open new income streams or expand your existing offerings Mastering scent formulation opens doors to creativity & intention in everything you craft... You’re no longer just wearing fragrance – you’re creating experience. Whether you’re a beginner or already have experience with aromatics, The Natural Perfumery Course is designed to meet you where you are. ​​​​​​​We go from the foundations up, making complex concepts approachable yet deep enough to elevate even advanced artisans. ✨ Click the link in our bio to explore the course + start your journey. Bonus: When you enroll now, you’ll also receive our Crafting Supreme Attars Mini-Course ($225 value)! ⏳ Don't wait – doors to the Natural Perfumery Course close Feb. 3 at 10 pm PST.
If you’ve ever felt drawn to scent, but unsure how If you’ve ever felt drawn to scent, but unsure how perfumers actually work with it... this conversation is for you. In last night’s free webinar, our instructor (and award-winning perfumer) JK DeLapp opened the door to the deeper layers of natural perfumery: how master perfumers smell, think, and make decisions when working with aromatics. Within this inspiring hour talk, you’ll discover insights most perfumers don’t share publicly, including: ✨ How to begin (or refine) a perfumery practice without expensive equipment ✨ How master perfumers train their nose to perceive nuance and depth ✨ Why aromatherapy blending and perfume formulation are fundamentally different ✨ How to source high-quality, ethical materials and avoid common marketing traps ✨ What makes materials like Sandalwood, Oud, and resins so complex ✨ How scent formulation elevates everything from perfume to skincare, herbal remedies, cosmetics, incense, ritual blends, and more Whether you’re an herbalist, aromatherapist, natural beauty maker, or simply someone who loves the world of scent... This is a rare glimpse into how aromatic professionals truly work. If perfumery has ever intrigued you, don’t miss this conversation! ✨ Watch the full webinar replay at the link in our bio. PS: If something clicked for you during the webinar or free series this past week – if you felt that “yes, this is my path” – the Natural Perfumery Course is where that spark becomes a skill. Enrollment is open for just a few more days and closes Feb. 3 at 10 pm PST. If this has been calling to you, now is the moment to answer. 🌹 Click the link in our bio to learn more + start your journey. #perfumeaddict #howtomakeperfume #perfumerytraining #naturalperfumes #naturalperfume
⏰ Webinar Countdown: 2 Hours to Go ⏰ If you love ⏰ Webinar Countdown: 2 Hours to Go ⏰ If you love scent, or have ever wondered how real perfumers actually think and work, this conversation will change the way you relate to aroma forever. Join instructor and perfumery master JK DeLapp and I for a deep dive into the art and beauty of natural perfumery – today at 4 pm PST. This is a behind-the-scenes look at how master perfumers smell, structure, and translate inspiration into real formulas. In this conversation, we’ll explore: ✨ How master perfumers find inspiration and turn it into working compositions ✨ How to start or refine a perfumery practice without wasting years or money ✨ How to train your nose so it becomes your most trusted creative tool ✨ The real difference between aromatherapy blending and true perfume composition ✨ How perfumery opens the door to many other aromatic creations ✨ How to work artfully with both rare materials (like Sandalwood & Oud) and accessible ones 🎁 Live attendees will receive a special gift created to support your perfumery journey! If scent has ever called to you, this is a moment worth showing up for. ⏳ We go live in 2 hours. 🌸 Tap the link in our bio to register & join us live. #perfumery #perfumerytraining #naturalperfumeryschool #howtomakeperfume #freewebinar #naturalperfumes
Join us for today’s webinar at 4 pm PST as we dive Join us for today’s webinar at 4 pm PST as we dive into the art of natural perfumery! If you love aromatics, fragrance, or working with plants, this hour is going to open up an entirely new way of understanding scent. We’ll share insights that usually take years of practice to uncover, including: 🌿 How master perfumers find inspiration & translate it into real formulas 🌿 How to start (or refine) your perfumery practice without wasting years or money 🌿 How to train your nose so it becomes your most trusted tool 🌿 How to work artfully with both rare luxury materials & accessible ones 🌿 The crucial difference between aromatherapy blending & true perfume composition 🌿 How to source high-quality ingredients & avoid common industry traps 🌿 How perfumery becomes a gateway into many other aromatic creations 🌿 Understanding nuances when working with base materials like Sandalwood, Oud & resins …and more. It’s going to be a rich, inspiring, insight-packed hour. ✨ Click the link in our bio to register and join us TODAY at 4 pm PST! 🎁 As a thank-you for joining us live, we’ll be sharing a special aromatic gift! This free gift is only available to live attendees, so be sure to join us in real time. I can't wait! PS: Enrollment for the Natural Perfumery Course – and the Crafting Supreme Attars Mini-Course bonus ($225 value) – closes February 3 at 10 pm PST. If this path is calling you, now is the time to explore it!
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