As I typed the title for the post I wondered if anyone had distilled chia seeds, because if so these could be the ingredients for the st...

This morning I included turmeric root from our local farmers market in my chai  ☕ tea. Turmeric, which looks like ginger but is a brilli...

Happy Valentines Day everyone! Intending you are all practicing random acts of love today, most especially on your self. Self love, in my op...

In the dry, hot dessert climate of the chaparral biome a pretty white to pale yellow flower blooms in the Spring. This native dweller goes ...

Illuminating our post today is the fragrance and flavor from the fleshy fruit of the peach tree, Prunus persica . A native of China, the hig...

Perfume Illuminated is back with zesty and cheerful Lime! Might as well return in style with the marvelous little accent this green fruit of...

In the new Aromatic Journey post over at the Lillyella blog I posted a recipe for a handmade, all natural lip balm. This is a great alterna...

The past two weeks have been spent in much artistic splendor while my daughter Eve has been on her Spring break. We did a variety of creativ...

Pepper, known as the King of spices, features prominently as the main character in tales of the spice trade. Botanically named Piper nigrum ...

"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance." (Hamlet, iv. 5.) Rosmarinus, meaning "dew of the sea" in Latin, is t...

"You are the rose of me in you I have lost myself utterly your fragrance, as a breath from paradise about me ever lies I crush you to m...

"As the spirits of certain people hover music, My soul, o my love! swims on your perfume." ~ Charles Baudelaire, "La Chevelur...

In today's Aromatic Journey post over at the Lillyella blog I posted a recipe that is tied in to my latest perfume endeavor chocolate...

Sunday the eighth day in our Advent Circle also happens to be the feast day of St. Nicolas. In many regions of Europe children receive the...