Botanical Perfume & Imaginarium

Here is my autumn vlog offering about powerful personal transformation induced through simple walks and experiences in the forest. I was inspired by the splendor of the forest colors this year and the following poem forwarded to me by several friends. It is an affirmation about how far we have come and a humble love offering. You Have Become a Forest “One day when you wake up, you will find that you have become a forest. You have grown roots and found strength in them that n

Dust off your wings!  Faerie Festival season is here! First, here’s a little bit about faerie festivals.  Then the roundup of festivals I’ve been to, or want to go to, or want to go back to. But first – Questions. Just what is a faerie festival? A bit of a hybrid festival, faerie fests are a little like a music fest, only more family friendly.  A little bit renaissance fair, only with faeries, and in any time period.  A bit steampunk and rainbow tribe.  Only with, faeries.  E

Happy Mothers Day A word-scent linked portrait of my mother. The inspiration for my perfume, Anam Cara. Anam Cara Eau de Parfum Long ago ~ Anam Cara Base Notes Warm grounding Sandalwood and Vanilla… Staring into the grass. Raggedy Anne doll by my side. My mother, the artist, is near, Under the oaks, drawing. She has stayed home to be with me. I feign sick just to be with her. Loved. Potent scent of Fossilized Amber… Her drawing, A portrait of me, I have the striped legs of Ra

If a faerie made perfumes How would she blend? Would she tincture the green of a violet stem In dew from the tip of a fern of the deep, Deep, dark woods So cool and fecund? Yes, she should. At midnight she'd enchant a single blossom of jasmine. Coax out it's ethers with her giggling spells, A puff and a whir, A flash. Yes, might as well. She'd surely use cepes and oakmoss galore All seamlessly earthy and rich. Seductively luring their sacred aromas Into small crystal vi