I decided to participate in a natural perfume project based on a Shakespeare Play.? Here is my story:

Night Queen eau de parfum? Or?? Reine de Nuit eau de parfum

A Midsummer?s Nights Dream Project

June 21, 2011

JoAnne Bassett??????????????? www.JoAnneBassett.com

I went to the bookstore to scan the Shakespeare play to determine what theme I would use.? I saw fairies, magic, a love story, and several themes that would work.? When I sat down to formulate it was another story.

The feeling I had was to create a night perfume…with flowers and attributes of the night.? Not a Solstice perfume but a unique fragrance of what night time scents are out there to fascinate your nose.

So it begins.? I had ordered an interesting oil named Night Queen and had not used it.? This was my chance.? What a strange and inviting smell.? So in the course of an afternoon I added rhododendron, night queen, peru balsam, rosewood, damask rose oil,? neroli, tuberose . .one of my favorite night smells in India or France, vintage jasmine sambac.. another queen of the night, frankincense, yuzu, clove bud, tulsi, frankincense noir – dark and for the night,? champa that you smell on warm Indian nights,? vetiver, violet leaf that wonderful green forest smell, and ylang ylang for some extra romance.? With 17 oils this 100% natural perfume said yes.? It will transform you?if you allow it.

Here is a wonderful review of my Night Queen eau de parfum:

http://www.femininethings.org/2011/06/midsummer-nights-dream-joanne-bassett.html

To Purchase Night Queen:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/76329552/night-queen-eau-de-parfum-or-reine-de