Over the last year, I have become fascinated by Victorian and Edwardian books with formulas for vintage perfumes and skincare. I've collected dozens of vintage and re-released tomes. The skincare recipes can be frightening, including ingredients such as arsenic and mercury so I've decided to steer clear of them, but the perfume formulas are magnificent creations using only natural ingredients.

After doing a deep dive of research, I've finally emerged with a greater understanding of perfume manufacturing techniques of the 1800's and want to share them with you. Some fragrances are gloriously simple while others use dozen of ingredients but all of them are complicated compounds that take months to mature to their full potential. That's the beauty of naturals. They unfold over the course of time into beautiful works of olfactory art that even the most modern perfume enthusiast can learn to appreciate.

Now I'm not a snob toward synthetics. I have another shop that sells beautiful perfume creations including both natural and synthetic ingredients. But I have to admit, there is something special about a fully natural product that unfolds in layers as you wear it throughout the day, made more special by the history behind each creation.