I love it when my gardenia plants start blooming every day.? The first thing in the morning I am out in my garden looking for new blooms to tincture.? The lovely, floral, creamy fragrance is like none other.?

I use organic grape alcohol from wine grapes to tincture them in.? Using a clean glass jar I fill the jar with the alcohol.? It smells fruity and not strong like the grain alcohol.? I then pick my gardenia blossoms and let them sit on a paper towel to dry.? I then remove the petals one at a time and put them into the alcohol.? I do not want any of the grren leaves to go in the jar.? After many days of changing out the petals I get a pleasant gardenia smelling alcohol.? I use this gardenia alcohol in my Madame Pompadour eau de parfum and parfum.? It is also used in my Custom Couture Perfumes I create for people.? They love the “100%?natural” gardenia in the fragrance.? Synthetic gardenia is a very different chemical smell.?