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A Short & Sweet Guide to Understanding Flower Essence Dilutions
Learn the differences between Mother, Stock, and Dosage flower essence dilutions.
A Guide to Perfume Types: Dilutions & Ratios in Natural Perfumes
EDP or EDT? Perfume or Parfum? The world of fragrance is full of various terms that can be a bit confusing when you first hear of them—which is why I’ve put together this helpful guide :)
5 Essential Oils for Mercury Retrograde (and how to use them)
What are retrogrades and why are they important? And, how can we navigate them with the support of plant allies? Let’s take a brief look at retrogrades from the perspective of ancient and enlivened astrology and five essentials oils for support during these times.
Lion’s Gate Portal 8/8: Ancient Origins, Portal Openers, and the Key to Manifestation
During the Lion’s Gate Portal, the Earth, Sirius, the constellation Orion, and our Sun (in Leo the lion), all come into alignment. Though the energy lasts for around two weeks, it’s said to peak on 8/8, bringing in the numerological blessings of this day. Yet long before modern mystics named the Lion’s Gate Portal, ancient Egyptians were celebrating their new year right around the same time…
How to Use Flower Essences: A Complete Guide
Flower essences are vibrational remedies that can be used to heal mind, body, and spirit. As gentle, safe, and accessible remedies, they are wonderful allies for anyone wishing to make changes in their lives. Using flower essences is simple and allows you to harness the healing properties of flowers to support your own well-being. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to use flower essences for transformation and healing.
All About Flower Essences: How to Partner with Plants for Whole-Self Healing
Flower essences are liquid infusions of blossoms and light that shift the vibrational state of anyone who uses them. And they’re becoming more popular all the time — because they are one of the most gentle, accessible, and still potently transformational healing remedies available. If you’ve been wondering just what flower essences are, how they work, and how you can use them yourself — this article is for you :)
Gnome Plant & Meeting the Queen of the Underworld
On finding an exquisitely rare plant and meeting the gnome queen deep in the earth.
Severed from Scent
At the end of last year, I woke up on Christmas morning and my sense of smell was gone.
This is awful for anyone…but for a perfumer? Absolutely devastating. It’s been a slow recovery (that bout of covid was especially rough). Though my smell had mostly come back by mid February, I could tell that I wasn’t picking up on the subtle nuances I used to. The loss of smell has been such a strange piece of this pandemic era…A strong sense of smell has always been a mark of a healer — the ability to sniff out both the diseases and the cures.
3 Simple Ways to Rewild Your Thanksgiving Table + A Wild Winter Recipe
Eating wild foods attunes our energy field and our DNA to the land we live on, and when done with reverence and gratitude, shows the spirits of the land that we don’t take our abundance for gratitude. It’s a way to nurture our relationship with place, open our hearts to mothering from our earth mother herself, and tend our wellbeing in physical and energetic realms.
Want to add a few wild bites to your Thanksgiving feasts this year? Here are a few simple wild foods available just about anywhere in the states:
The Mystical and Magical Emergence of Angel Oils
Angel anointing oils are aromatic and vibrational blends created in sacred ceremony. Direct transmissions from the angels themselves, the imbue divine light codes into anyone who works with these oils. Discover who the angels are, why you would call on them, and the aligned plant essences for each archangel.
8 Tips for Buying High Quality Essential Oils
As a botanical perfumer who is committed to creating the most luxurious, alchemical, and potent natural perfumes possible, I’ve spent years learning how to discern high quality, real essential oils from the fraudulent ones. Learn 8 key tips for buying high quality essential oils here!
The Complete Guide to Magical & Ritual Anointing Oils
What are anointing oils and how do you use them? Discover how to use magical and ritual oils, explore the myrrhophore tradition, and claim your own lineage with sacred oils. From Egypt to modern day witches, oils are a powerful part of any spiritual practice.
Here’s What You Need to Know about Buying Natural Perfumes and Essential Oils (aka how to avoid the frauds!)
The world of aromatics is fraught with artificial and adulterated oils that are sold as “pure” and “natural”. So how can you protect yourself? How can you make sure that the oils and products you’re purchasing are truly natural and high quality? Check out this complete guide on how to avoid adulterated, fraudulent, and synthetic essential oils and natural fragrances.
Which Should I Choose? Sprays, Oils, and Solid Perfumes
What are the benefits of perfume sprays versus oils or solids? Compare and contrast so you can find the best perfume for you.
How I Make Natural Perfumes: Art, Aroma, and Alchemy in a Bottle
A peek into the secrets of botanical perfume making. Discover the role of meditation, symbolism, traditional perfumery, and more as you follow my process of creating spiritual and natural perfumes.
A Guide to Natural Perfume Fragrance Families
Fragrance families are scent classifications used in perfumery, and each family has its signature ingredients and overall aroma. In this article, we’ll cover the main classifications of fragrances—though to be fair, there are several different versions of fragrance categories out there and no one seems to agree on a definitive version.
Wildcrafting with Fireweed
Every late July and through August, the mountain meadows are dotted with neon pink blossoms. It's fireweed season ❤️ Both medicinal and edible, fireweed is one of the first plants to come back after wildfires. I've heard that the young shoots can be eaten like asparagus, though I've never tried. I do decorate summer salads with the blossoms, though…
Great Northern Bedstraw: A Beloved and Underrated Wild Plant
One of my favorite fragrances as I hike through the mountains is that of Great Northern Bedstraw. It smells of honey and fresh hay, and was often used as bedding because of of it's sweet scent.