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Stock Updates: 10ml Roll-Ons Phasing Out


For those of you who are smitten with a particular scent from my collection and prefer the oil formulation - now is the time to stock up with a 10ml roll-on. I'm phasing out this size and have only 19 bottles left. I'm making room for the new spray bottles, and will be only carrying the 5ml bottles from now on. What's online is all I have in stock (and also there are a handful of the last Zodiac Perfumes in 10ml on my Etsy shop).
Similarly, the extrait roll-ons that will be no longer offered - the last three bottles of Immortelle l'Amour, Gaucho and Roses et Chocolat that are online now are the last in stock.

Stock Updates...

Quick stock update:
Magnolia Petal and Coralle are completely sold out of samples and have 2 minis left of each. Perfect for spring getaway, something light and fun to take in your pocket (or carry-on).

New perfumes that have just now become available in the mini size:
Jasmine Pho
New Orleans (launching tomorrow!!!)

Also, I'm thrilled to announce these One Of A Kind perfumes that are now available for adoption as your own signature scent:

Arborvitae
Arborvitae perfume is a complex and evolving elixir for the daring individual who chosen such an ethereal journey. This is a 10ml Roll-on perfume oil in a base of jojoba.

Gourmandises
Wintery maple-syrup richness from the everlasting flower paired with velvety-smooth vanilla notes, ambergris and exotic resins to create a mysterious, dark gourmand that is otherworldly. Comes as a perfume oil only.

Opoponax
Opoponax perfume sheds sunny light over the mystery of musk in this bold, leathery oriental. The presence of musky opoponax resin is taken to the extreme when paired with notes that are rarely used in perfumery in such high concentrations. Opoponax perfume is surprisingly smooth and robust, with exotic floral notes from India, a dash of spice and a foundation of amber, tobacco and sunny helicrysum.

Sandal Tree
Sandalwood trees are a rare thing of beauty and unfortunately are becoming extinct. This perfume, made of some remaining stock of Indian sandalwood, with sustainable sandalwood oils from Vanuatu and Australia, is infused with the floral delights of jasmine and kewda, and some spicy cardamom to bring to you the spiritual and sensual joys of India.

When the pricing is perfect...

Pricing is considered an art form by some. Not so much the art of crunching numbers and making sure that a business can be feasible with the price point it sets for each individual product, and the price range it offers to customers of various buying powers or whims... But more so: which price will be the winning number, which price tag will get more bottles off the shelf at the right pace - not painfully slow - but not exuberantly fast either.

After some soul-searching, there have been some price adjustments to some of the products. The main change is to the 10ml roll-ons and the 9ml extrait in the pretty French flacons... I decided to give them both the same price.
While the price increase ($120 instead of $110) for the flacons might be a little devastating to some, it reflects the exclusivity of the bottles (they are more hard to find than I can being to tell you... And I'm running very low on stock and having really hard time to re-stock). The 10ml roll-on bottles, on the other hand, went down by $10 (they are now $120 as well, but used to be $130 till recently). I have decided to change the price to make it more attractive in comparison to the 5ml roll-on. Getting the larger size saves me the trouble of packaging and labeling 2 bottles instead of just one - and you get $10 off!

Another labeling and packaging woe always goes to samples. From an introductory $8 a sample some 6 years ago, the price went gradually up to $10, $11 and finally, the actual price it costs me to put a sample together - considering the natural raw materials, alcohol, labels, vials and last but not least - labour!
It takes just as much work to bottle a sample that it is a full bottle. It is also just as much work to put together an order for a single sample (print order, do the customs form for the package, etc.). My prices now reflect that. And while I'm happy to send individual samples, I'm happier to put together a sample package which contributes more to the cashflow and is just about the same amount of work - so these will still be offered at a slight discount. Another reason, which actually more important, is that most of my customers like to have a fragrance wardrobe, so the sample package is an important step to help them choose this wardrobe. And for those who can't afford a full wardrobe just as yet - the sample package gives a little taste of the experience in a small portable size...

These days I'm working slowly but surely on restocking all my perfumes for the fall. The holiday rush seems to already have began, believe it or not! I am already getting fragrance wardrobe orders, and the holiday markets are going to begin in no time.

Therefore, I've decided to pre-package some of my 10ml roll-ons in some scents that are extremely popular in the oil base. I'm aiming to have everything in that size come fall, but for now, you will be happy to know that there are a few of them awaiting you in the abundance of 10ml pure perfume based in jojoba oil:
ArbitRary
Autumn
Bon Zai
Cabaret
Megumi
Rebellius
Rosebud
Roses et Chocolat
Tamya
White Potion

And of course, if you want to order anything else, I will gladly prepare it for you, but it might require a maturing time of 7-30 days (it depends on what materials are in each perfume - some require a longer aging process and even filtration, while other do not).

Boronia & Grin Stock Updates


Boronia, originally uploaded by Helen Boronia McHugh.

Boronia absolute is finally back in stock after a long absence of nearly 6 months. Now I'm able to finally make a batch of samples for Grin (which up till recently was only in stock in full bottles of roll-on oil or extrait). If you were curious to try it but wasn't able to now is a good time to try it, when spring is approaching!

Grin is a Green Floral spring fragrance that will bring a smile to your face and flowers to your garden . It was originally designed in spring 2004 and 2005 as two different limited editions; than introduced into the permanent collection with this formulation in 2006.

Top notes: Galbanum, Green Peppercorn
Heart notes: Boronia, Rose, Jasmine, Violet Leaf
Base notes: Agarwood, Vetiver, Oakmoss

Stock Updates

For those interested in the stock market... We have very limited stock on some of our perfumes containing rare essences (i.e.: boronia, osmanthus) and do not know when we will be able to replace them and create a new batch.

Charisma - 2 x parfum extrait flacon, 1 x travel-size perfume-oil roll-on
Grin - 1 x parfum extrait flacon, 3 x travel size perfume-oil roll-on
Hanami - 4 x parfum extrait flacon
Indigo - 1 x parfum extrait flacon, 1 x travel size perfume-oil roll-on
Kinmokusei - 2 x parfum extrait flacon, 3 x travel size perfume-oil roll-on
l'Écume des Jours - 1 x parfum extrait flacon

And lastly, Black Licorice, or Halloween limited edition has only 1 bottle of extrait and 2 bottles of travel-size roll-on bottles left.
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