As soon as I finished preparing the black olives in salt (see my post Preparing eating olives: the black guys), I continued with the green ones which go though a different process and consequently will taste quite something else too. As before, we go and select the most perfect olives, making sure they are intact and no worms […]
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I was invited by dear friends Christina & Manolis to pick my own olives at their beautiful organic land near the Cretan village of Paidochori. Christina roughly explained to me how to prepare eating olives and this is how I followed their instructions to get my own delicacy done. Another first-time adventure in my life! First of all,
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In the middle of writing my article about the transformative times assisted by the essential oil of cypress (see post Cypress, the tree that keeps us together), my phone rang and I was invited to join the name-day celebrations of an angel. She was a beautiful angel with a big heart, though flying through her ups and
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A natural household cannot be complete without natural sponge! This year I planted 2 small seedlings in the garden and ended up with 21 giant fruits! Unfortunately, they had to be collected ahead of time as they were hanging on the olive tree that was due to be harvested this week. Fingers crossed my loofah
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Following our amazing neroli harvest in April 2016, the fast growing chapters of the adventure book that records the deep experiences sensed by my alchemist soul are soon to be enriched by brand new unforgettable involvements. Here is the second part of the article: The article was originally written for and published in the issue 2016/3 of Aromatika Magazine,
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I was reading this amazing article Aromatic Molecules, Medicine of the Soul and the Alchemical Journey from herbalist and aromatherapist Cathy Skipper. She speaks from my Heart and sings to my Soul through sharing her own story as going through the alchemy of life. Every single letter of Cathy’s writing carries such a plentitude of uplifting wisdom
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When sketching down my intentions for creating my nine note perfume, I had two directions. One with a working title ‘Lioness’ that I described as a soft and powerful perfume expressing my personality, a blend of personal development – I am a Leo, hence the name. The other concept I called ‘The Scent of Crete’ using
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It had been a quiet gradual internal process. Finally, I started to become more conscious that I was ready for more in depth education in the deep ocean of perfume making. Natural perfume making, to be more precise, since I am coming with an aromatherapy background and understanding that scents are not only created for pleasure, but to be
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Ever since I discovered something called Orange Blossom Festival existed, I wanted to go there. On Crete, of course, and I probably came across one mention of it in a programmes review maybe 3-4 years ago, then I missed it somehow again in the consecutive years. Last year, however, I decided I would keep an
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