Scented Stories

I love sharing my fragrance obsession by hosting and teaching fragrance workshops across Portland. In each session, guests learn to "smell like a perfumer" and understand the scent pyramid. Then...

5 Ways to Reset for the New Year

I always see the new year as a chance to purge all the excess from the year before. I go through all of my clothing, accessories, pantry...all the stuff that...

Navigating Uncertain Times

When things get difficult, uncertain and uncomfortable, people feel a lot of things. Fear, rage, anxiety, despair, apathy...the entire range of uncomfortable emotions that feel pretty terrible to exist in....

Introducing DIY Perfume Kits

Fragrance is my passion. There is magic in taking scent notes, blending them and creating something more beautiful and complex. After two years of sold-out fragrance workshops in Portland, I...

Mom's Biscotti Recipes

Here are some of my mom's favorite biscotti recipes! I hope you try them and perhaps begin a new holiday baking tradition for your family.

Unwrapping the Holiday 2024 Collection: Winter Woods

An annual favorite, Winter Woods is back! That addicting scent of pine and fir is blended with fluffy vanilla bean-dotted marshmallows. My absolute favorite scent to pour as it permeates...

Unwrapping the 2024 Holiday Collection: Mom's Biscotti

We have a family tradition during the holidays that my mom started in the 90s: every year she makes dozens of batches of biscotti. She has kept magazines from decades...

Unwrapping the 2024 Holiday Collection: Kindling

When developing our Holiday Collection, I wanted to improve and build upon our previous winter scents. Winter Woods, a delicious blend of fluffy vanilla sugar and pine and fir, is...

Fragrance Myths Debunked

Fragrances have been vilified in recent years--is there any truth to the accusations?

5 Ways To Improve Your Candle Performance

Here are 5 easy ways to get the most use out of your candles.

Perfume Making Workshops in Portland, Oregon

Fragrance is our passion and sharing it with our students is another way we get to share scent magic.

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