Container for Love & Harmony
My Love & Harmony botanical oil perfume bottles just impelled me to contain them in a way that brings more beauty to their recipients.
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A Bay of Inspiration And Victory Over The Self
The magic of bay leaf is another profound opportunity for me to demonstrate how disconnected we human beings have become from the living and powerful Nature, and its capacity to communicate via fragrances.
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Ode to Geranium – As You Deserve Nurture and Care Yourself
Rose geranium is one of my dearest Muses. Somewhat like my grandmother whose youthful beauty, facial traits and the eternal smile in her eyes will always remain a gentle symbol of care and nurture manifesting towards me.
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Budapest Drops 2019 Speaker Interview with Ildiko Berecz
It was a joy and honour to receive some wonderful questions from Gabriella Schütz who interviewed me for Aromatika Magazine where I have been a regular columnist for years. Here is the interview in full length.
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Brighton. Seafront & Gardens
Just a few bright shots from Brighton, on arrival to Botanica 2018 Conference – celebrating herbs & clinical aromatherapy. Greetings from this boho city with a walk along their cosmopolitan seafront (that’s how they call their pebble beach) and a small garden tour to get some fresh air before all the sitting starts at the conference
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Light & Shadow of Feminine Flow
All of us have our shadows, but to learn to bring them into matching the light is what it takes to come to a joyful life. Creating a new edition of my Feminine Flow perfume balm this afternoon spontaneously offered some amazing discoveries. What do you see there? Creating an oil blend is always a
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Cistus Creticus – Ignite Your Inner Fire
Going through my distillation diary, I couldn’t help noticing some concurrences… My first time distilling Cistus creticus in the summer of 2017 happened to be the 14th in the series of my distillations. The second time for the same plant, in just about a year, got to become number 28. I have always loved numbers.
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Lemongrass, A Drop Beyond Imagination
Just had a quiet moment to check on the bottles from the second lemongrass distillation I’d made five weeks ago from the plants at Leonidas’ beautiful farm (You can read about the collection, processing and distillation in Lemongrass – Expect The Unexpected). No wonder my first report got titled ‘Expect The Unexpected’ – now looking
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Dancing Drops of A Pure Heart
A beautiful heart came for an aromatherapy session not long ago, and rose as the symbol of love came up as working with my aromatherapy cards. Inspired by her personal story and the purity of her love and compassion, soon after the visit I started composing a new botanical perfume around rose. In the flow of
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