On a toasty September afternoon, a handful of LA ladies got together to make perfume. Hosted by my friend Shiva Rose of The Local Rose and Kirsty Hume, this afternoon was gorgeous and inspiring to the max. Natural perfumer Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes flew down from Berkeley to teach us about top, middle and base notes. We smelled dozes of essential oils, selected the scents we like best (turkish rose, blood orange, tabacco and fir were among my faves) and waited for the expert Mandy to review our proposed formulas. Once approved, we mixed drops of each oil into a beaker and handed them over to Mandy's partner who turned each mixture into solid perfume. While we waited for our perfume to be ready, we sampled tea blends and snacked on baked goods created by The Paper Palate, like a rose-topped Chocolate Cardamom Ricotta Tart. This was a dreamy afternoon and I'm super inspired to host a tea party/perfume party this fall. Oh! One last thing - Vogue wrote about this magical afternoon.
All photos by Mel Blanchard (minus the final picture, taken by Beatrice Valenzuela)
23 comments:
What a fun way to spend a day. You look wonderful, I love the dress and those chandelier earrings!
Thank you Heather, it’s wonderful to see these gorgeous pictures of the party! I loved meeting you and am honored to be on your terrific blog - I appreciate your style & artistic taste so much!
What a beautiful afternoon! It looks like you had great time :)
This is beyond cozy. Looks like a glorious, inspiring afternoon!
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It looks beautiful! And how fun. Although I have about 20 perfume bottles littering my dresser currently, so I probably can't afford to add another: nugicalmusings.blogspot.com
Heather, what an inspiring and interesting post! I want to learn more about blending perfume. Thanks for sharing with your readers!
Aw! Fun part!!! Wish I could have been there cozy girls, xo
This really looks like a magical afternoon. That first photo is so pretty!
What a fun party idea! Great photos as always :-).
Fun Party and Snaps. looking Gorgeous :).
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The post is lovely! Your site it amazing! The photos looks great! Thank you for posting them! :) -Mel B
what a fun idea. Reminds me of reading an article yrs ago on the custom made fragrances of Lorenzo Villoresi, the popular perfumer in Florence who offers private home sessions.
What a dream of a day. Seriously, looks like so much fun. But, I'm dying over that china pattern. So pretty.
What a lovely idea for a party. Looks amazing!
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Lovely photos with lovely ladies. Wish I can own any of those perfumes you made. :)
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