Brave New Scents: A Natural Perfumers Guild Project

The Outlaw Perfumers are honoring the aromatics of the 21st Century
Providence Perfume Co. -  All natural perfume

I am participating along with 10 other professional perfumers and bloggers in honoring rare, new botanical ingredients.  These botanicals are new additions to the perfumer's palette, and have only recently been distilled and made available for perfumery.  Many are rare, costly and in small supply.  We create our brave new scents as a tribute to these incredible essences and those renegades and risktakers who travel the world to distill them.

My contribution to the project is a perfume called Jessamine, a tribute to the state flower of South Carolina where my mother resides.  Jessamine is a southern inspired citrus jasmine inspired by the yellow jessamine that threads it's vine like flowers throughout the fences and gardens of the southern states.

Yellow Jessamine

Jessamine

• Top Notes of Cedrat, Yuzu and Galbanum
• Heart Notes of Jasmine Auriculatum, Aglaia, Linden Blossom and Pink Lotus
• Base Notes of Orris, Hay and Tahitian Vanilla Bean Tincture

Yellow Jessamine is the state flower of South Carolina.  It’s aroma is an exquisite blend of jasmine and citrus notes and grows wild throughout the South.  Alas, all parts of the vine like plant can be toxic and often under pollinated as bees shy away from it’s alkaline nectar.  My interpretation of Jessamine combines Cedrat with it’s candied lemon peel aroma with rare Jasmine Auriculatum, sparkling Aglaia flowers and a soft cashmere orris vanilla base.  Evoking Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, southern drawls, Jessamine covered verandas and the hum of cicadas.  Y’all please enjoy.

I made a very limited amount of Jessamine eau de parfum.  It is available online at www.providenceperfume.com/shop in 6 ml. atomizers and deluxe samples.

Participating Perfumers Include:

Ambrosia Jones, Perfume by Nature

Anya McCoy, Anya's Garden

Charna Ethier, Providence Perfume Co.

Christi Meshell, House of Matriarch

Elise Pearlstine, Belly Flowers

Jane Cate, A Wing and a Prayer

JoAnne Bassett, JoAnne Bassett Perfumes

Liz Cook, One Seed Perfumes

Rohanna Goodwin Smith, Ascent Natural Perfumes

Adam Gottschalk, Lord's Jester Inc.

Participating Bloggers/Critics:

Ca Fleure Bon

Feminine Things

Perfume Critic

The Examiner

Perfume Shrine

All I am a Redhead

Contact Providence Perfume Co. at providenceperfume@gmail.com.
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