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The Language of Smell

  • Mentoring in grower perfumery and enfleurage

    by Abigail Hinsman
    I'm excited to announce I am taking on mentees for distance mentorship at the moment. If you are interested in being mentored by me in grower-perfu...

  • Coming Soon: Gardenia Enfleurage by Cultivar

    by Abigail Hinsman
    With 300-500 new gardenia flowers opening each day in my gardens, I'm looking at approximately 40,000 blossoms contributing to enfleurage this seas...

  • Cestrum nocturnum enfleurage (night blooming jasmine)

    by Abigail Hinsman
    Cestrum has a thick powdery scent halfway between heliotrope and honeysuckle. It's like the Anne Rice vampire of fragrant nocturnal flowers, luring...

  • New perfume announcement: June Flower.

    by Abigail Hinsman
    June Flower. 2022 spring/summer cusp co-enfleurage of French white peonies, gardenia jasminoides, star jasmine, and damask and alba roses, all from...

  • Enfleurage rhythm

    by Abigail Hinsman
    After about a week of cooler temperatures, a heat wave has ushered in a major spike in blooms. Flushes of peonies, gardenia, osmanthus, star jasmin...

  • Paeonia lactiflora: "physician with milk white flowers"

    by Abigail Hinsman
    The ornamental Paeonia lactiflora that has been grown in China since the 7th century was bred from medicinal plants. Paeonia derives from Ancient G...

  • Etymologies for the rest of K added to the Lexicon of Smell

    by Abigail Hinsman
    Today's additions to the Lexicon of Smell (experimental glossary of scent free to the public at wildveil.com):   kurattus - (noun) a craving for ...

  • Etymologies for I, J, and most of K added to the Lexicon of Smell

    by Abigail Hinsman
    Etymologies for I, J, and most of K have been added to the Lexicon of Smell (experimental glossary of scent free to the public):   ichthyantle -...

  • Enfleurage technique: lilac vs. gardenia

    by Abigail Hinsman
    In my time doing enfleurage, I have refined techniques that account for differences among floral species and cultivars. Below is a comparison of li...

  • Lilac enfleurage technique (part 3)

    by Abigail Hinsman
    To improve the quality of the end product, I filter the florets as I remove them from their green parts. Any wilted or softening ones do not go ont...

  • Lilac enfleurage technique (part 2)

    by Abigail Hinsman
    Lilac enfleurage technique: keeping the panicles in cool water during the process helps the blossoms stay firm while laying them on the pommade. W...

  • Star Jasmine enfleurage tonight

    by Abigail Hinsman
    Trachelospermum jasminoides flowers picked by grower-perfumer from the blue hour into nightfall, when their scent peaks.Aroma: humid, lush, wet amb...