Natural Perfumes Blog

Heliotrope Flower Tincture

June 18th, 2014 by

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I ?love the smell of heliotrope. ?To my delight I found a nursery that had the white heliotrope flowers. ?They have a soft floral fragrance that also smells like vanilla. It is more common to find the purple flowers. ?The garden Heliotrope was used for perfumes back in the day when the perfume industry used live flowers.

Heliotrope is on the list of plants that save the bees. Please plant these. This is my white (alba) heliotrope. heliotropium arborescens “Alba”. It also smells delightful.

Soon I will capture their essence in organic grape alcohol…and then the magic will go into a natural perfume. ?Tune in for the details.

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Natural Perfume and Corporate Charity Events

June 6th, 2014 by

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This photo is from May 15, 2003 in Beverly Hills for the American Heart Association charity event. I had a table selling JoAnne Bassett natural perfumes.

I have participated in my charity events with silent auctions and also with a table of my perfumes for sale. I am also available for consultations for?Custom Couture Bespoke natural perfumes for the guests.

A few of the charities I have worked with are?the American Heart Association,?Del Mar Auxiliary “Hats off to Children”, Orange County Cancer Association, and the American Liver Foundation.

I have also participated in various churches, garden clubs, fundraisers, and private charity events. Send me an email if you would like me to?participate. ?A percentage of my perfume sales is donated to the cause.

 

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Create Your Own Perfume Workshop

May 15th, 2014 by

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It was a great time at Lauren Solomon’s birthday party in Newport Beach, California. ?Last night there were 18 guests that had the experience of food, fashion, fragrance, and fun.

"Create Your Own Perfume" workshop

During my “Create Your Own Perfume” Workshop everyone was able to learn about the top, middle, and base notes. ? I led an “Aromatic Journey” with the essential oils, absolutes, and accords and explained how long they last on the body and the attributes of the oils. Then everyone went into a creative mode and ?designed their own natural perfume.

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A festive evening ended with many smiles and laughter filling the room. ?

I am available for birthday parties, fund raisers, corporate events, bridal parties, etc. Women and men enjoy the experience of mixing their own fragrances. Please call or send an email to inquire for pricing and availability.

 

 

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NATURAL PERFUME WORKSHOP IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA

November 10th, 2013 by

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NATURAL PERFUME WORKSHOP

Are you ready for a new natural fragrance without all of the toxic synthetic chemicals? Join me for a Natural Perfume workshop that will change the way you look at fragrance.

During this class we will explore the essential oils and absolutes on a blotter paper and discuss the scent classification, the attributes of each essence, and the benefits of the oils.

We will build accords, discuss blending a scent for a purpose or a themed essence.?In this fun workshop we will delve deeper into making accords. Top note, heart note, and base accords and all accord combinations will be created.?We will discuss creating the scent drop by drop and the bases that can be used.

There will be question and answers throughout the process.

Includes: Scent Classification sheet, Oil Classification Guide, and Fragrance Family Classification sheet.? A 1/8 oz – 3.75 mls of perfume you create in class to be taken home.

4 hour Workshop $400.00 Prepaid. I accept paypal, and checks. Please email and prepay to hold your space.

This Natural Perfume Workshop will be held Sunday, November 24 in Irvine, CA in Orange County from 2 pm to 6 pm.

ACCORD WORKSHOP

To be eligible to take the Accord workshop you must first take the Natural Perfume Workshop.

In this fun workshop we will delve deeper into making accords. Top note, heart note, and base accords and all accord combinations will be created.

The?Perfume Kit?that contains essential oils and absolutes, supplies, and instructions and is required to purchase to take the class. ?We will be using this kit in the class.

Here is a link to purchase it:?http://joannebassett.com/kits/

Please call 760.309.2571 for more information.

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JoAnne Bassett Natural Perfume Events

October 29th, 2013 by

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Southern California: Ketel One Society “Craftsmanship” Event

?“A” Restaurant and Market ? Newport Beach ? California?Ketel One Society?members in Southern California were treated to a unique sensory experience to show how we craft our Ketel One flavors through a custom fragrance and essential oil workshop.
More?photos from this event.
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“Celebrity brands are now asking me to host my “Create Your Own Perfume Workshops” at their luxury events as part of delivering a thoughtful and unforgettable experience to their clients. Honored to be invited by Ketel One and it truly is one of my favorite events and thrilled that they invited me back. ?Are you – or do you know of a corporate brand – interested in adding this unique experience to their events? ?Please send me a Private Message. My Events Page has more photographs and other workshops. ?Natural Perfume Workshops and Fragrant Flights are also available.

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Natural Perfume Making Workshops In Southern California

June 27th, 2013 by

My schedule for July and August for “Create Your Own Perfume” Workshops

Del Mar for July and August – Every Wednesday morning 10 AM to 12 PM

$100.00 includes 4 mls of perfume (please see information below)

Please email: joanne@joannebassett.com to prepay and pre register and for more details.

Couture Parfumier JoAnne Bassett Launches Custom Natural Perfume-Making Classes

Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif.  May 31, 2013  Couture parfumier JoAnne Bassett brings her all-natural fragrances and exquisite fragrance-making talents to luxury hotels in Southern California. Her Custom Natural Perfume-Making Classes take resort guests on a 60-minute aromatic journey using her decades of experience as a natural artisan perfume creator or parfums couturier.

Guests come away from these highly educational classes with a better understanding of natural vs. synthetic perfumes as well as a custom-made bottle of perfume made from top-of-the-line essences, oils and botanicals. What could be a better way to remember a fond romantic or family vacation with a sweet-smelling spritz of fine all-natural perfume Plus, guests even name their scent, go home with their own ?fragrance formula, which they can re-order online anytime at www.JoAnneBassett.com.

JoAnne resides in the flower power region of North San Diego County so she can be close to the ocean and the flower fields, but she is available to teach classes at Southern California’s finest hotels.

Customized Natural Perfume-Making Class
While on what feels like an aromatic journey, guests gently inhale luxurious scents like precious essences of rose, champa, and sandalwood. They are guided by JoAnne Bassett as their expert guide to craft their very own signature natural perfume made with the finest ingredients. These fun, educational, and sweet-smelling workshops are literally made rewarding when guests return to their rooms and their homes with a gold-topped, four-millileter (4 ml) perfume bottle (worth $100).

The classes are suited for both men and women. JoAnne says her students learn about the roles of top, middle and base notes when it comes to smelling her expensive oils, essences and absolutes. After smelling, the perfume-making process begins in earnest. JoAnne even helps guests name their signature scent and also provides tips on how to store, how to wear natural perfumes and how to extend the smell all day.

To learn about fragrance classifications, JoAnne takes her students on a perfume smell version of a wine tasting. This fragrance flight consists of nine perfumes starting light with citrus and soft florals and then to heavier fragrances like floral orientals, woods, tobacco scents, etc.

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JoAnne Bassett Press Release

June 23rd, 2013 by

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June 5th, 2013 by

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Media Contact: Sheryll Alexander

Couture Parfumier JoAnne Bassett Launches Custom Natural Perfume-Making Classes

Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif.  May 31, 2013  Couture parfumier JoAnne Bassett brings her all-natural fragrances and exquisite fragrance-making talents to luxury hotels in Southern California. Her Custom Natural Perfume-Making Classes take resort guests on a 60-minute aromatic journey using her decades of experience as a natural artisan perfume creator or parfums couturier.

Guests come away from these highly educational classes with a better understanding of natural vs. synthetic perfumes as well as a custom-made bottle of perfume made from top-of-the-line essences, oils and botanicals. What could be a better way to remember a fond romantic or family vacation with a sweet-smelling spritz of fine all-natural perfume? Plus, guests even name their scent, go home with their own fragrance formula, which they can re-order online anytime at www.JoAnneBassett.com.

JoAnne resides in the flower power region of North San Diego County so she can be close to the ocean and the flower fields, but she is available to teach classes at Southern Californias finest hotels. The cost for each class is usually $200, but only $150 per resort guest and includes one 4 ml bottle of perfume made from the finest natural ingredients (worth $100).

Customized Natural Perfume-Making Class

While on what feels like an aromatic journey, guests gently inhale luxurious scents like precious essences of rose, champa, and sandalwood. They are guided by JoAnne Bassett as their expert guide to craft their very own signature natural perfume made with the finest ingredients. These fun, educational, and sweet-smelling workshops are literally made rewarding when guests return to their rooms and their homes with a gold-topped, four-millileter (4 ml) perfume bottle (worth $100).

The classes are suited for both men and women. JoAnne says her students learn about the roles of top, middle and base notes when it comes to smelling her expensive oils, essences and absolutes. After smelling, the perfume-making process begins in earnest. JoAnne even helps guests name their signature scent and also provides tips on how to store, how to wear natural perfumes and how to extend the smell all day.

To learn about fragrance classifications, JoAnne takes her students on a perfume smell version of a wine tasting. This fragrance flight consists of nine perfumes starting light with citrus and soft florals and then to heavier fragrances like floral orientals, woods, tobacco scents, and resins.

JoAnne is without parallel as a designer of couture fragrances. She has the ability to define the most personal attributes of her client and somehow place them in a bottle. She does this with a genuineness, warmth, integrity and style that makes the entire experience a dream. If ever one desired to do something amazing and unique, having JoAnne create a custom fragrance would be it. Michael K. B

What is a Parfum Couturier?

In France, a couturier is more than an artisan. She makes her craft for each client individually with great care, attention to detail and in the spirit of the arts intended purpose. JoAnne Bassett considers herself a parfum couturier because she handcrafts each and every bottle and, in many cases, mixes her fragrant potion to her clients specifications as well as artfully prepares them in artisan packaging.

Like a fashion designer, JoAnne consults with her clients to learn about their particular tastes, dislikes, lifestyle and other energetic factors. She also uses her intuitive abilities to imbue the fragrance with the desired intention of the alluring fragrance. Is the parfum to be used to attract a new love or spark an old flame? Do you need a signature scent for business or pleasure? Are you ready to transform your immediate auric field in a simple way with 100 percent natural and rare Earth essences?

Using the finest essential oils, absolute essences and botanicals, she blends together fine works of fragrant art nestled inside a beautiful bottle. A master alchemist or couture parfumier knows how to perfectly blend 100 percent natural combinations of exquisite and rare essences that work on all levels of the body through a humans most powerful sense the sense of smell.

Why Natural Perfumes?

In the 90s when JoAnne Bassett was creating private label natural product lines for spas, she started formulating natural perfumes for spa owners. She realized that she was most attracted and impassioned by these adventures into this land of scents to heal and uplift.

The smells sent my nose, brain, body and spirit soaring free, says JoAnne. It was during this time JoAnne learned how all-natural fragrances can be used as a sweet-smelling tool to reach people by tapping into Natures power to energize, enlighten and empower.

Later, JoAnne studied the ancient French art of handcrafted parfumerie. Using the finest essential oils, absolute essences and botanicals, she trained herself to blend together fine works of fragrance art.

When available, JoAnne scavenges for wild and organic essences from all over the world. She never uses phthalates, synthetic aroma chemicals, nature identicals, isolates, artificial dyes, parabens, or petroleum products. Her products are never tested on animals and her lines are cruelty free. JoAnne uses organic jojoba oil in her parfums and organic grape alcohol from wine grapes for the eau de toilettes, and eau de parfums.

JoAnne Bassett crafts her natural parfums in North San Diegos quiet coastal countryside where flower growing is a serious agricultural business. She is passionate about her company using green products and sustainable materials, so she supports local farmers and distillers. JoAnne also uses refillable bottles and her sturdy, quality perfume boxes can also be reused and even kept as sacred heirlooms.

JoAnne Bassett Signature Perfume Collections

JoAnne was inspired from her studies to craft her ever-popular Royal Collection, including the classic parfums of Marie Antoinette, Madame Pompadour, Josephine, Napoleon, Petit Trianon, Magie D Or, Malmaison and Versailles.

Next, she created lighter, more modern parfums from her More Life Collection such as Serendipity, Opulence, Ecstasy and Vert.

JoAnne is excited about the launch of her new Night And Day Duo. Held inside a gilt-edged butterfly box, two 30 ml bottles hold a perfect combination of light and sweet day perfume JoAnne calls Amazing along with her powerfully mysterious Dark Mistress for fragrant nighttime adventures.

Artisan Packaging

JoAnne believes packaging makes a difference when it comes to ordering perfumes online, so she takes care with each and every package. Imagine you, your wife, your girlfriend, your mother or your lover opening a gold foil box shaped like a book with beautiful pink or turquoise butterflies floating atop.

Inside, this gorgeous book box is lined with a plush creamy white silk pillow. Glass and gold-topped perfume bottles are enveloped in creamy white silk bags with matching silk pull-ties. Her gold-foiled book-like boxes are filled with creamy white silk cushions and the bottles are enveloped in a creamy white silk bag with matching tie ribbon. These gorgeously-decorated presents can also include a handwritten card edged in gold foil.

Clarivoyant Coaching, Customs & VIP Days

Not only an intuitive crafter of exquisite perfumes, JoAnne Bassett is a talented clairvoyant who uses her alchemical skills to give clients clarity, focus and a custom scent full of life-changing intentions. Over the decades, JoAnne has tapped into this energetic essence to deliver inspirational readings for her well-heeled clients.

Clairvoyant Coaching: $300 for a one-hour intuitive advisement where clients discover their true desires and positive potentials.

Silver Custom Couture Parfum: $1,600 for a custom-made  oz. (8 ml) parfum in a French flacon inside a creamy white silk bag. JoAnne takes each client on a personal aromatic journey. JoAnne uses a combination of alchemy, clairvoyance and energy to create one-of-a-kind perfumes with magical significance and life-changing properties. Adorn yourself with your custom parfum and be transformed?.

Gold Custom Couture Parfum: $3,000 for a custom-made  oz. (15 ml) hand-blown glass bottle in a gold foil box with creamy white silk pillow. JoAnne takes each client on a personal aromatic journey. JoAnne uses a combination of alchemy, clairvoyance and energy to create one-of-a-kind perfumes with magical significance and life-changing properties. Adorn yourself with your custom parfum and be transformed.

VIP Day: $5,000 for a six-hour perfume immersion includes a private clairvoyant intuitive reading and coaching session, an aromatic journey, natural perfume consultation, lunch with JoAnne and a oz. custom couture parfum in a hand-blown bottle, gold foil box, creamy white silk pillow and matching silk bags. This VIP day will provide transformation, clarity, focus, direction, life purpose, and creating a plan. We will uncover your biggest vision for yourself!

About JoAnne Bassett

JoAnne Bassett is a natural couturier perfumer. Based in coastal northern San Diego where flower agriculture is booming, JoAnne uses the fine art of French perfume creation to a high art with her natural perfume collections, custom intuitive perfume sessions and natural perfume-making classes. All of her perfumes, collections and hand-blown bottles can be found on her website at www.JoAnneBassett.com. JoAnne also crafts opulent body care products to match a favorite perfume or custom-made fragrance. Want a natural perfume with the ability to last all day like synthetics JoAnne sells an extender for those perfume enthusiasts who want their natural perfume to last all day. JoAnne also offers her couturier parfums in both sample sizes and exquisitely-packaged travel-sized sprays for purses and evening bags. JoAnne takes her craft seriously down to the artisan packaging for online and return customer orders.

JoAnnes blog at http://joannebassett.com/natural_perfumes or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JoAnne.Bassett.Perfumes

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Sheryll Alexander, sheryllalexander@yahoo.com

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My Sacred Scents Book #1 Amazon New Release!

June 22nd, 2013 by

Amazon best seller #1

 

THANK YOU Emma Tiebens – Relational Marketer, Speaker, Author, Marketing Consultant for her clarity coaching. This book cover and my facebook timeline was designed by Emma Tiebens and her team of designers. Thank you Emma Tiebens for bringing this to my attention… my book “Sacred Scents” rose to #1 Amazon Hot New Releases and #2 Best Seller for Health and Fitness – Alternative – Aromatherapy within 7 hours!? Thank you to all who have purchased it… Now, please help me get it to #1 Best Seller!? I have already received great reviews about it… I thank you all in advance!

Sacred Scents Book cover

Please go to: Sacred Scents book to get your copy now!

If you do not have a Kindle go here for a free app to download on your pc, mac, iphone, ipad, etc.

Looking forward to your feedback!?? Much appreciated…

 

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