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Sarah McCartney

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Bespoke day at the studio, exploring materials and excluding the ones she really can't stand. Any guesses?
We settled on four variants for her to take back to Philadelphia, and I shall be fascinated to find out which one wins.
We also tried rose absolute and a CO2 extract of orris. The process is exciting and exhausting. (There are a lot of ex words in this caption.)

#BespokePerfume #Scenthusiasm #ArtisanPerfumery taken in 4160Tuesdays by @scenthusiasm_ltd

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When most of running a perfumery seems like it's admin and unwanted emails, what a delight it is to sit down with all the materials and make a client's concept into a fragrance.
What are you working in (in between fending off the content creators and filling in forms?)
#IndiePerfume #Scenthusiasm #PerfumeLife by @scenthusiasm_ltd

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8 days ago

IFRA day! It's always mind expanding to hear from the speakers. taken in Royal Institution of Great Britain by @scenthusiasm_ltd

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IFRA, the dull facts about who really makes cosmetics laws.
TLDR: governments- the legislators - bring in legislation, IFRA works on behalf of all fragrance makers to ensure that new laws are reasonable and cause minimum chaos. taken in 4160Tuesdays by @scenthusiasm_ltd

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We had a bespoke afternoon with a really interesting guest whose husband had bought it last Christmas. She thought it was about time to get it organised. We had toasties at Another Brother in the middle and settled on four variants for her to test. And now we wait.
We've put them up on the @4160tuesdays website ready for next year's bookings. I enjoy these, especially when our client has interesting views on everything, including perfume.
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15 days ago

I would like to recommend this book, and absolutely not (only) because the story of Vianne's Confession appears in it.
Alice du Parcq has written the Perfume book in the British Library Philosophy Of... series, and it's a delight.
I would be prepared to bet that everyone interested in perfume will receive at least two for their Yule related festivals this year, but don't let that stop you getting one now.
The British Library and Alice have produced a delicately informative, humourously dedicated tour of perfume's past and present. I read it all in an evening and will go back and read it all over again.
A special gold star goes to Alice for featuring small British houses as well as famous French brands.
Please get yours directly from the British Library and help to take care of our treasures.

#PerfumeBook #Scenthusiasm by @scenthusiasm_ltd

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Sniff by @williamtullett
Read!
If you haven't already got your copy, please do not hesitate. It's bursting with fascinating facts which will intrigue perfume obsessives (like me) but it's so much more. I started at the beginning but I keep opening random pages just to find something unexpected.
Mine arrived courtesy of @yalebooks but I was about to buy it next time I was in an actual bookshop, promise.
It's entertaining. I'm afraid I'm going to be bothering my team with a constant stream of, "Did you know...?"
Maybe we could compare notes here instead.
It really doesn't hold back either. This isn't a little coffee table book about the delights of scent. (Yeah, guilty.) It explores (exposes?) judgement in the guise of religious beliefs and tribal bases on people who smell unfamiliar. The politics of perfume are scrutinised.
Anyway, get back to me.
Cheers to @yalebooks_history for making it happen.
#PerfumeBook #SniffAHistoryOfSmells by @scenthusiasm_ltd

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I'm reporting in from a conference centre where I'm at the IFRA regulations update seminar. Taking one for the Indies!
I'll be writing it all up on the Scenthusiasm Patreon.
(Everyone else is in beige; I must have missed the dress code.)
I'll accept your appreciation below. 😁
Basically, IFRA is busy defending our materials from unnecessary regulations from the EU, by presenting genuine evidence. I know lots of people don't really understand what IFRA does, but they're the ones that saved oakmoss from being banned entirely.
#PerfumeLife #Scenthusiasm ##IndieFragrance by @scenthusiasm_ltd

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Today's bespoke fragrance was a challenging delight. It's wonderful to have a visitor who brings an original idea, well researched and ingeniously inspired, with a list of potential materials, composed using her own real intelligence.
So, perfume makers, what do you make of our collection, What would you make with it?
#BespokePerfume #Scenthusiasm #ArtisanPerfumery #IndieFragrance taken in 4160Tuesdays by @scenthusiasm_ltd

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taken in Cupar, Fife by @scenthusiasm_ltd

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