Natural Perfumes Blog

Happy Mother’s Day

April 26th, 2024 by

 

In 14 days we will have another celebration. This time it is a celebration of Mothers.

Mothers come in all shapes and sizes; young and old.  What is my definition of a Mother.  One who is a caregiver.. one who takes care of someone or something.  They can give love and attention to a human being – someone they gave birth to or not,  a pet, an animal, a house plant, a vegetable or flower garden, or any other energetic thing that you deem is worthy of your attention and affection.

On this occasion I would suggest anyone who determines they are a Mother in some shape or form… please celebrate.. Take yourself out for lunch or dinner, buy yourself some healing energetic perfumes that give back to you.  Remember that I add Divine Light and Alchemy to all of the perfumes I create to uplift you to the higher vibrations. Just apply it and smell deeply.

Replenishing your energy and filling up your cup.  What does that look like for you?

I have put my Divine Destiny and Bubble of Divine Love perfumes on a closeout sale at 50% off at Etsy.

I am having a Mother’s Day sale on my whole Etsy store at 20% off on all of the other items. This sale ends on April 30.

If you just want the Perfume Kit at 20% off you can buy it here on my website. 

Have a great day and enjoy the lovely weather and the gifts of Mother Nature.

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St Patty’s Day Sale on Etsy

March 16th, 2024 by

Happy St. Patty’s weekend!

Many shops have sales to clear out inventory so I am offering my few boxes of the Sovereign Collection. These are the remaining purple or gray gift boxes that I have left.

Also I have listed vintage essential oils, and my Perfume Kit which I have a lot of in stock.

The Perfume Kit is a best seller at all of the holidays. It makes a great gift for both men and women. Lately I have been seeing it used for bridal showers, birthdays, and fun parties of friends.

It is on my Etsy store these items are 25% off.  The Sale ends Monday, March 18.  I have the Perfume Kit on my website on 25% off sale on my website also.

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The Divine Collection Launched Today

March 6th, 2024 by

The Divine Collection is a collection of 100% natural perfumes. The five distinctive perfumes are Blessings, Divine Guidance, Gratitude, Intention, and Prosperity. These natural fragrances smell like nothing I have ever experienced. Otherworldy… I was working with an extremely high positive vibration. This high energy was off the charts.

Every energetic perfume in this collection made me smile. You must try them all. The Divine Collection – All things Divine!

BLESSINGS: A citrus burst of sunshine. A ray of light captured in a bottle. Wear this natural perfume and feel beyond blessed.
Notes – tangerine, ylang ylang extra, yellow mandarin, key lime, lavender Bulgaria, cedarwood

DIVIINE GUIDANCE: From the Sacred green spikenard to the Holy basil, this perfume resonates with ancient chants. Allow this perfume to “whisper” to you.
Notes – green spikenard, holy basil, hydrodistilled Oman frankincense, wild orange, lemon, basil, spearmint, juniper

GRATITUDE: With a truck load of damask roses and enough jasmine sambac to line your path; your heart will open. Feel the loving gratitude swelling up from within.
Notes – celery seed, combava – Keffir lime, jasmine sambac, Bulgarian rose damask, cardamon, light patchouli, sweet orange

INTENTION: From the first whiff you will feel the smoke rising; clearing the energies. Now is the time to “speak” your intentions into creation.
Notes – nutmeg, balsam fir, lemon, Bulgarian tobacco absolute, elemi, cistus, pink pepper, green mandarin

PROSPERITY: From chocolate to vanilla this sweet concoction will enrich your life. The magnolia is the cherry on the top.
Notes – Royal Green Hojary frankincense, myrrh, vanilla absolute, magnolia, French lavender, tangerine, African sandalwood

These are traditional classic perfumes made with real essential oils and absolutes. No toxic, synthetic fragrance oils! They are all natural eau de perfumes in organic grape alcohol from wine grapes.

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Natural fragrances are not like synthetic, commercial, department store fragrances. They will not last all day. You need to apply the fragrance to your skin or your clothing and re apply them as needed.

They can last from 4 hours to 8 hours or longer depending on the formula and your skin. For extreme self care I ask you to anoint yourself and reapply them. It is like giving yourself a blessing. The perfumes in organic jojoba oil have a higher concentration of the essential oils and absolutes so will last longer than the eau de perfume and eau de toilette in organic grape alcohol.

No synthetics, phthalates, parabens, isolates, or nature identicals.
They are cruelty free with no animal testing.

They are available on my Etsy store.. and I am having a 20% off sale there now to help with the SEO with my store.

The 1 ml samples in an organdy bag are available here.

The 5 ml travel sprayers in an organdy bag are available here.

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Ready To Ship Holiday Gifts

November 23rd, 2023 by

I have been traveling for three weeks.  I have been all the way down the East Coast from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to Sarasota, Florida with the crystal Siesta beach. I  have gone North crossed the mountains to the Midwest. Sharing Thanksgiving with some relatives is a change for me this year. Seeing people I have not seen in a very long time.

There is healing and closure going on for myself and others. The end of the year…and the  beginning of new things in my life.

So I decided to open my Etsy Store and my website JoAnne Bassett so people can order for the holidays. I will be back in 5 to 7 days to begin shipping for December.

Please get your orders in early so I know what needs to be mailed. I am also in the process of moving so I will close my stores again before Christmas.

I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving.  I am grateful for you all and my lovely perfumes that make people smile, feel good and empowered.

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New DIY Fragrant Flight Kit

September 3rd, 2023 by

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I no longer teach the Fragrant Flights in person so I am offering a DIY Fragrance Flight kit. The Fragrant Flight is like a wine tasting experiencing and discussing the 100% essential oil and botanical notes. You go from light eau de parfums to heavy eau de parfums.

It is a kit that contains nine – 1 ml natural  eau de perfume  samples you will need, 9 paper blotters, in a black organdy bag. Instructions are included.

This would be a great DIY kit party for a bridal shower, birthday party, or a celebration of friends.. for men and women. Each person needs to have their own kit to experience the Fragrant Flight and to be able to take it home.

Purchase the DIY Fragrant Flight Kit.

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Summer Solstice Natural Perfume

June 21st, 2023 by

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Have a great Summer Solstice.
In June 2011 I created a natural perfume with a Midsummer’s Night Dream theme. 

Here is a blog post I created:


Dark Mistress Eau de Parfum, the Night Queen

December 30th, 2011 by 

The feeling I had was to create a night perfume…with flowers and attributes of the night. I had ordered an interesting oil named Night Queen – special Indian Jasmine and had not used it. What a strange and inviting smell. 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  – 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 perfume said yes. It will transform you if you allow it. It is an Oriental Woody perfume.

Review from Joseph Sagona. What I love most about Dark Mistress is has a vintage feel and smell, but its very timeless at the same time, even though it has quite a few notes, its very smooth and refined, its very well blended, the notes flow together seamlessly.

Dark Mistress is a very classy, elegant, sophisticated, smoky, bright yet dark, strong, with soft touches of citrus and woody undertones Oriental Woody fragrance, this is unisex and mature, perfect for ages thirty and above. Read more

JoAnne Bassett Perfumes, JoAnne Bassett parfumeur ~ Reine de Nuit eau de parfum.
This smells like an expensive perfume that you could find on the shelf at Lucky Scent in LA. If I didn’t know it was all natural I wouldn’t know it was all natural, understand? Night queen is listed as one of the ingredients of this perfume and isn’t something I am very familiar with. In fact, I don’t think I have ever heard of night queen before. This perfume, according to Ms. Bassett, is based on the night and not on a certain character from the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This definitely isn’t a fairy’s perfume. Not even a little bit. This is a big, loud, sexy perfume. It might belong to Titania if she wasn’t such a fairy herself. The best way to describe this perfume is to say that if Marilyn Monroe, Bette Midler, Madonna and Lady Gaga all got together to make a perfume, then this is what they would come up with. The other ingredients in this perfume include rhododendron, peru balsam, rosewood, damask rose oil, neroli, tuberose, vintage jasmine sambac, frankincense, yuzu, clove bud, tulsi, frankincense noir, champa, vetiver, violet leaf and ylang-ylang. Smells really great on me, my girl and our roommates. Scary sexy. Here is the link for the review: http://leparfumeurrebelle.blogspot.com/2011/06/midsummer-nights-dream-perfume-event.html

To purchase Dark Mistress eau de parfum:

https://joannebassett.com/natural_perfumes/collection/natural-parfums-and-eau-de-toilettes

Georgette Villareal – Scent Of The Day: Dark Mistress by JoAnne Bassett. JoAnne has a unique talent to create fragrances that capture the nostalgic beauty, sophistication and elegance of classic scents. This fragrance was inspired by the mystical beauty of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the intrigue of the night. It is a gorgeous floral, rich with exquisite jasmine, tuberose, and rosewood. It has a spicy depth of frankincense and cloves, and a lush greenness with violet leaf. It feels timeless, beautiful and mysterious. I feel elegant and beautiful wearing this scent. I love this sample!!

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Natural Perfume Samples

May 13th, 2023 by

Natural Perfume Samples are a convenient and low cost way to try out natural perfumes.  You can buy them in individual perfume vials for $6.00 for a 1 mil vial of eau de perfume.

Choosing natural perfume is a personal experience.  You want to be able to smell it, feel it, see it and experience how it makes you feel.

And this is especially true when you are making the switch to natural perfume, and you are not sure what they are like.

Natural perfume samples are a great way to discover new scents and learn if they suit you before purchasing the larger sizes.

The “try-me’ sizes for our natural perfumes are a simple way to sample and discover new scents, fragrances and natural perfume oils. They are also great to take travelling with you, or give as a gift to your perfume loving friends!

The perfume samples come in Discovery Sets or Sample Sets so you can test the full range.

Very often my customers end up loving all of the perfumes in a range, and find it difficult to choose just one!

You can also purchase a larger 2 ml sprayer sample here.

We have a whole range of Natural Perfume Sample Packs for you to choose from. BUY SAMPLES PACKS NOW

You can also buy Individual Samples within each Collection on that Collection Page and on Perfumes Past

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Do You Love Rare Fragrances?

April 24th, 2023 by

Yesterday I was walking around enjoying the Spring blooms…one of my favorite was the purple iris. The precious material we get from the pallida iris is the orris root.  My material I got from Europe is 100% irones not the normal 10 to 15% like some vendors sell. When I share my essential oils, absolutes and fragrance materials are exceptional, rare and very expensive this is a good example. My perfumes containing this could be priced at $500 an oz for the ingredient costs. Most of the orris root included in fragrances today is the watered down version of orris or it is synthetic and made in a laboratory.  My quality of ingredients is a rare opportunity for you to experience them before they no longer exist.

I am reminded of my Private Reserve Collection.

  1. Orris Root – iris – iris pallida or iris germanica.  The roots of the iris are dried for 3 years and then processed.  When using this material in a perfume it adds a powdery note. It has been used since Catherine de Medici.

If you want to wear some beautiful natural perfume soliflores here is your chance.  When these precious materials are gone that is it.

I have made these natural perfumes available in 5 ml travel sprayers for $50.00.  I love to wear several at once creating my own perfume.

If anyone is wondering.. I have had a number of offers to buy my business and I have not sold it yet.  Many beautiful perfumes with Royal and Divine Alchemy being performed on them are waiting for you.

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