Frangrance Workshop

Mag had a brilliant idea to do this workshop and we spent some hours at a frangrance workshop where we made 6 difference fragrances following a selection of recipes. And then, we made one using whatever we felt would be best to suit our personalities. It was fun thanks to Elaine who made the whole process enjoyable and she was quick to advise us on how to do 'damage control' for our concoctions when they didn't turn out as we expected the fragrance too.

It was a lovely setting as the workshop was done at Elaine's shop, Senteurs De Provence (which means Scents of Provence), located at Millenia Walk. It's a wonderful and cosy setting where we started the workshop by sipping tea to calm and relax ourselves. From the picture, you can see the different types of scents that we had available to us to mix and match.

What Mag is doing is adding a wee bit of scent that's usually very strong and we use a toothpick drop to gauge how much to add. Sometimes, these types of scents are meant to balance or bind the different 'notes' and too much of it can be overwhelming. Like all good things, a little is sometimes all you need and it's better to use a little and then add on rather than use too much as it gets harder to fix afters.

Here you see me adding jojoba oil to dilute the different scents that I have mixed. We had a choice of using alcohol or oil base and we did a few of each. Not in the picture but there was a glass of roasted coffee beans readily at hand. Everytime we couldn't smell anything, the roasted coffee beans came to the rescue as the beans helped to clear our noses. Am learning new things each time.

And below is a picture of the different scents that I did. And one of the small bottles had my very own concoction. I used a mix of bergamont, honeysuckle, hyacinth, sweet orange, french vanilla (love this scent, as well as lilies too), musk and vanda miss joaqium. It turned out real nice, well I like it so am thrilled with that scent. Will have to go back and get more done next year :o)

From the workshop, we could see how our preference of fragrances reflected our personalities. Mag and I are different in our personalities and it showed too in what we like or dislike when it came to the different scents.

Here's a picture of us three with Elaine in the centre. And it's really a small world cuz Mag met her by chance and it turned out that Elaine was from the same college as us (just a year difference). It was fun cuz spoke about the good old days in college when we played way too much and talk about our lives now.

Thanks Elaine for the wonderful workshop. We will definitely be back. Also thanks Mag for the early Xmas present and keep looking out for such fun workshops please!! :o)