The process of fragrance/perfume making is close to invisible from the outside, I thought it was worth pulling back the curtain a little, not to explain the mechanics, but to share the natural ingredients that keep showing up in my work, the ones I reach for again and again, and why. Because the why is really the whole story.

For some it means a small batch. For some it means a bottle touched by human hands rather than a machine. Those things are fine. But they are not the point. The point is whether the person making the fragrance has something to say, and whether they have done the slow, unglamorous work of figuring out what that is before they start reaching for materials.

The word niche perfumery has lost its meaning. An independent fragrance maker breaks down what separates artistic fragrance from the rest.