Perfume Camp

It always amazes me to look at the little, wrinkled brown seeds and think of the rainbows in 'em," said Captain Jim. "When I ponder on them seeds I don't find it nowise hard to believe that we've got souls that'll live in other worlds. You couldn't hardly believe there was life in them tiny things, some no bigger than grains of dust, let alone colour and scent, if you hadn't seen the miracle, could you? L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams

Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening. A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing it organically, is improving a piece of the world. He is producing something to eat, which makes him somewhat independent of the grocery business, but he is also enlarging, for himself, the meaning of food and the pleasure of eating. Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays

Stinging Nettles are in young stage, growing. We have been harvesting, drying and we have some fresh Herb Tea for you coming up with some comfrey from the garden, along w some surprises. Look for this blend to come into the shop as March opens. SOON!~ We have two more Herb Teas coming in March also: Quantum Tea and Luck + Om Tea. What a creative season~ Our artichoke plants are growing and are so beautiful. If you haven't stopped by to smell our "Artichoke Earth" Parfum plea...se do so soon. xoxoxoox Artichoke Earth is a small batch hand made parfum created from a Douglas Fir that fell over in a storm some Novembers ago, in front of my Oceanside Perfume Studio, at the same moments that the building was changing ownership. The previous owner had planted the tree 40 years ago, and many friends have visited the stump, since the storm. Luckily I was able to tincture it, fresh, right after the storm, and have since filtered, and added some artichoke concrete, myriad of wildflowers, growing this springtime, 2015, including the following list of beauties: forget-me-nots, roses, jasmine, passionflower, wormwood, mugwort, chamomile, borage flowers, watsonia, brugmansia, wild irises, plantain leaves, yarrow leaves, baked earth, in a sandalwood base: called mitti attar, yuzu citrus, bergamot, jasmine sambac, rose bulgarian, orange flower absolute, perilla, frankincense, rosemary, chocolate mint, marjoram, lemon verbena, geranium rose attar, nutmeg geranium, lavendar, calendula. My studio was originally an old brussel sprout producing warehouse that is over 100 years old.

Did you know we save our ashes from grilling on deck here for use in the Perfume Camp Scent Garden. We save our spent coffee beans too and integrate both into garden. Do you have a sustainable practice for your garden? We have some big compost piles that have wintered over from last year and they are looking great; Little by little they naturally breakdown to become fertile, rich soil we use in the mulching process. What are your best practices?

The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. Abraham Lincoln Did you know that our #ScentGarden is home to flowers, herbs and veggies that make up ingredients in our Herb Teas, Perfumes and we offer summer veggies at the shops. It's amazing what can be done on 1/3 of an acre. We invite you to BOOK a PERFUME CAMP Session :) soon. We conduct each session with just you, and a bff socially distanced in our barn (or in Davenport Studio).