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"The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these days is this: under the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment, is smelling up the place a constitutionally protected form of expression?"
- Calvin Trillin

Plumeria rubra fragipani

"{our company} is developing…a truly modern scent – sharp, hard-edged, assertive, unisexual, urbane, unromantic, nonmysterious, cool, light, elegant, and wholly synthetic…Yes, but what you don’t know is how boring and, ultimately frightening I am finding this scent. I slept last night with it on my pillowcase, and my dreams were totalitarian nightmares…I have the sensation I am smelling control, conformity, domination." - Marcel LeFever in Jitterbug Perfume, a novel by Tom Robbins

"Perfumes are the feelings of flowers."
- Heinrich Heine

Cropwatch Jan. 2008 newsletter - click to read

This newsletter has amazing articles by noted aromatherapist Robert Tisserand on essential oil safety issues, Kim Bleiman, President of Berje Inc. speaks on how the aroma industry is being harmed by not fighting back, and Tony Burfield writes on the coumarin safety issue.

Mandy Aftel featured in San Francisco magazine Feb 2008

Click here to view the jpg of the article on Mandy, Natural Perfumers Guild founder. Click on the image to enlarge it for viewing.

Featured Review:

The Smell Culture Reader - an anthology of observations on how we smell, why we smell, what we smell and how our nose and what goes into it governs our lives. Click here to read a review. michelia alba

Featured Article

Natural Perfumery - A Fragrant Evolution For Aromatherapy
by Anya McCo This in-depth article discusses what natural perfumery was, where it is now,and where it is headed.

You can read the full article by clicking here:
Natural Perfumery - A Fragrant Evolution For Aromatherapy