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Exquisite Fall Fragrances At JoAnne Bassett!

September 23rd, 2015 by

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Cool for Fall Discovery Set

Put away your hot weather citrus and floral scents. Bring out your heavy scents with ouds and floral orientals for those cool days and nights. After the fall Equinox we need to get ready for the crisp autumn days and nights. I am composed a list of fragrances from multiple scent categories for you to explore.

Try these fall and winter scents in an 8piece sample pack. Includes 1 ml glass vials of eau de parfums of :
1. Contessa A floral oriental style and a favorite of many. For confidence. Notes: Rose de Mai from France, bergamot, vintage Jasmine sambac, Neroli, Cinnamon, Frankincense, vintage Mysore Sandalwood, and others
 
2. Colette A gourmand with mushrooms and cognac. Great combo! Very grounding.
Notes: Cepes and White Cognac from France, various citrus essences, and others
 
3. Intimacy Intimacy is a very old vintage type chypre (like the original Coty Chypre of 1917) with oakmoss, Italian bergamot, vintage grandifolium jasmine, vintage Mysore sandalwood, vintage iris root, vanilla absolute, vintage patchouli, natural musk, labdanum, Bulgarian damask rose otto, Rose de Mai, balsam, others. The true oakmoss lovers consummate bliss. Vintage is rich and voluptuous. This is dark, deep, complex and alluring.Intimacy eau de parfum is a 2013 Indie FiFi nominee!
 
4. Italian Smoke Woody Aromatic Italian Smoke has uplifting sweet orange essence and orange blossoms, the sensuous heart of vintage jasmine grandifolium, the smoky, sexiness of tobacco absolute, the sweetness of vanilla, and the vintage Mysore sandalwood. It is very grounding. A golden tobacco note full of the Italian sun
 
5. Sensual Embrace We all long for a sensual embrace. We yearn for a lover to hold us, to love us, and to accept us. This musky, sexy juice will fire up the lover within you. Sensual Embrace eau de perfume is a sultry, sexy musk 100% natural fragrance that sizzles with intrigue. This stunning, mysterious, seductive blend captures the essence of a sensuous embrace. Floral  Notes: citrus notes clementine, floral notes of Rose de Mai oil  the May rose of France, vintage jasmine, tuberose, orange blossoms, musky notes of ambrette seed, amber accord, smoky notes of tobacco, sensuous woody notes of smooth vintage Mysore sandalwood, dark patchouli, and others.
 
6. Marie Antoinette This perfume is one of her precious potions. A favorite of my clients.A lush, spicy floriental  opens your heart chakra and turns on your sexy. Oriental Floral  Notes: Neroli, Tuberose, vintage rare Bulgarian White Rose Otto, Vintage Jasmine Sambac, Frankincense Noir, Holy Basil, Labdanum, Champa, Lavender, Rhododendron, Ylang Ylang, and others
 
7. Venus Amber Oriental Woody  This masculine, amber fragrance is filled with love it opens your heart chakra. Be touched by the love of Venus. It has a musky, spicy, amber accord. The soft powdery, dry down of vanilla and benzoin gives way to the musky, ambrette seed, frankincense, cedarwood, cistus and labdanum classic goodness. Bay rum plays with rosewood, sage, cinnamon, and cardamon to create a spicy melange. The citrus notes of bergamot, blood orange, lemon,and yuzu add that extra lift, zing, and sparkle. The wonderfully sensuous jasmine and rose de mai accord play with your heart. The other special oils form a bond that hold?it all together. Contains 25 oils.
 
8. Napoleon This fragrance is musky, deep, grounding and centeringAromatic  Notes: Juniper Berry, Helichrysum from Corsica, Bulgarian Tobacco, Rosemary Verbenon, Vetiver, Cedarwood, Cistus, Black Spruce, Myrrh, Lime, Vintage Jasmine Sambac, and others.

Cool For Fall Discovery Set

Put away your hot weather citrus and floral scents. Bring out your heavy scents with ouds and floral orientals for those cool?days and nights. After the fall Equinox we need to get ready for the crisp autumn days and nights.

Cool For Fall Discovery Set sample pack – 8 one ml eau de parfums. Price $35.00

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Natural Perfumes For Fall and Winter!

September 22nd, 2015 by

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The Autumnal Equinox is happening tomorrow September 23. This signals the end of summer and the end of citrus and light scents. The Northern Hemisphere will soon turn into cooler days and nights that turn the leaves into beautiful brilliant colors. We will reach for sweaters and jackets and heavier fragrances.

I love fall. The crisp, cool morning air. The delightful warm afternoons. The Indian summer sunset evenings.

The beaches are almost deserted and life slows down here in Southern California.

The other aspects of fall I love are the leathery, woodsy, sultry, smoky scents that I associate with fall bonfires, crispy leaves, and cinnamon and spicy, warm apple cider. We wear eau de parfums in the day and also reach for rich and heavier parfums for evening. It is a delight to surround ourselves with natural perfumes.

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Leather Collection

Some of my JoAnne Bassett Natural Perfumes I offer for fall and winter are:

Floral Family romantic, and typically not too heavy

Floral Woody Musk  Sybarite,

Oriental Family exotic, sensual earthy, sometimes heavy

Sacred Incense, Sacred Frankincense 1, Sacred Frankincense 4, Sacred Frankincense 6

Oriental Floral  Contessa, Sacred Frankincense 2, Marie Antoinette

1 oz bottles

Oriental Spicy  Madame Pompadour

Oriental Woody  Venus Amber, Sacred Frankincense 3, Sacred Frankincense 5

Chypre Family  forest, mossy notes with citrus an outdoorsy smell

Chypre Floral  Intimacy

Intimacy Parfum

Fougere (Green) Family  green, grassy, herbal

Vert Also Aromatic)

Leather Family  sexy, dirty, woodsy, animalic

The Leather Collection Arabian, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish

Woody Family

Woody Aromatic  Italian Smoke

Aromatic Family

Aromatic  Napoleon
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Restore Passion, Prosperity, and Power in Your Life!

September 13th, 2015 by

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During this week of New Beginnings…New moon, and New Years – Rosh Hashanah, I am offering a Special on my hand blown perfume bottles from the More Life Collection and the Limited Edition Collections.

These beautiful natural perfume, hand blown glass perfume bottle and luxury book box combinations are the perfect gift for a birthday, anniversary, bridal shower or just to give yourself. Men and women love these very special perfumes created with the most rare and precious essential oils and vintage absolutes. The exquisite perfumes are created by a Royal Alchemist and Master Perfumer, JoAnne Bassett.

All of the natural perfumes are created using alchemy and intention. Every fragrance has a high vibration and beautiful energy that will uplift you and make you feel very special.

All 1/4 oz and 1/2 oz perfumes come with a precious 4 inch tall, hand blown, glass bottle including a lovely, clear glass dauber to apply the perfume. Turning the dauber to the right locks the bottle and makes the seal airtight. The artist uses no molds, making each perfume bottle a unique handmade creation. Each piece is signed and dated and are collectibles. The parfum is packaged inside a gilt-edgedbook box lined with a plush creamy white silk pillow and enveloped in a creamy white silk bag. The parfum comes in a glass bottle.

 

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Review of Italian Smoke, Italian Leather and Sacred Frankincense 3 Scents

September 9th, 2015 by
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Tom Pease at Perfume Posse wrote this wonderful review of my natural perfumes.

JoAnne Bassett Italian Smoke, Italian Leather and Sacred Frankincense 3

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about JoAnne Bassett?s Call to Prayer, which I was loving so much I didn?t have a chance to test the three samples she included, Italian Smoke, Italian Leather and Sacred Frankincense 3. Well, I?ve tested all three, so here?s the scoop.

Sacred Frankincense 3 is written of as ?A sultry tuberose walk in the woods after dark with orange blossoms caressing your nose.? It?s very lovely, but I think the orange blossom is far more the star than the tuberose, which frankly I think is no bad thing.

Italian Smoke is ?Italian Smoke has uplifting sweet orange essence and orange blossoms, the sensuous heart of vintage jasmine grandifolium, the smoky, sexiness of tobacco absolute, the sweetness of vanilla, and the vintage Mysore sandalwood.? It?s very interesting- I don?t get smoke at all, but a winning combination of orange and tobacco.

Italian Leather is ?This sensuous leather is like a summer evening?s drive in a Bugatti with leather seats and jasmine and orange blossoms in the air?cistus, wild orange, vintage jasmine grandifolium, Bulgarian tobacco, light patchouli.? It?s far and away my favorite of the bunch- the ?leather? is in no way overpowering with a lovely hit of jasmine and tobacco.

All 0f them have excellent lasting power- I could smell them on my skin after sleeping. Also, they are super concentrated- you might at first balk at the price, but it?s clear that the ingredients are the best and you really only need to use the tiniest drop.

All of these are available at her website, and she does sell samples of her works for a nominal amount- less than $10. She also offers sample sets; My samples were given to me by JoAnne. Image: Her website.

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Choosing a Natural Fragrance – Fragrance Classifications

August 21st, 2015 by

There are Fragrance Classifications that can help you choose what fragrance may be right for you. There are six distinct families for fragrance and then there are subcategories within the fragrant families. I added a few categories at the end. I have composed a listing of JoAnne Bassett Natural Perfumes within the categories.

Citrus Family – light, refreshing, uplifting

Sparkling Citrus

Citrus Aromatic – Collette, Reveiller, Versailles

Floral Family romantic, and typically not too heavy

EcstasyI Love You, OpulenceCamille, Chantelle, Luscious Roses, Le Voyage, Sensual EmbraceMagie D Or, Malmaison

Floral Fruity – Temptress

Floral Green – Josephine, Petit Trianon

Floral Woody Musk – SybariteRose Smoke

Oriental Family exotic, sensual earthy, sometimes heavy

Sacred Incense, Sacred Frankincense 1, Sacred Frankincense 4, Sacred Frankincense 6

Oriental Floral – Amazing, Rose Kiss, Serendipity, Contessa, Enchant, Esoterica, Reflections, Indulgence, Tetu, Sacred Frankincense 2, Marie Antoinette

Oriental Spicy – Madame Pompadour

Oriental Woody – Venus Amber, Timeless, Dark Mistress, Sacred Frankincense 3, Sacred Frankincense 5

Chypre Family – forest, mossy notes with citrus an outdoorsy smell

Chypre Floral – Intimacy

Fougere (Green) Family – green, grassy, herbal

Vert (Also Aromatic)

Leather Family – sexy, dirty, woodsy, animalic

The Leather Collection – Arabian, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish

Other Categories

Aromatic VertNapoleon

Gourmand Collette

Woody

Woody Aromatic – Italian Smoke

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Natural Perfume Review of Call To Prayer Perfume

August 21st, 2015 by

Tom Pease wrote this lovely review for Perfume Posse.

Call to Prayer Perfume by JoAnne Bassett

August 21, 2015 ?Posted by Tom on August 21, 2015 ?

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California has always been a state with an embarrassment of riches, whether it be gold deposits, fruits and vegetables,?cutting edge foods, or cutting edge perfumers. Dotting the state are many talents, each with their own personal style.

JoAnne Bassett is one of those people. Committed to making the must luxurious natural perfumes, hers alma?s make me think of classic French compositions: deceptively simple but with many depths to them.

Call to Prayer is the latest one. From her website:

?My Call To Prayer Perfume was birthed this Ramadan on July 8, 2015. ?This precious perfume is a high vibration perfume with rose, ?frankincense and oud ? agarwood in a base of organic jojoba oil.

Vintage Bulgarian white rose (alba) otto the ?flower of light?,?Vintage?Rare Frankincense Oman, hydro distilled, and a combination of Cambodia and Thai wild oud ? agarwood.

The general feeling is peace, meditation and reverence when applied.?

I am remedied by it of the (admittedly few) times we went to church in the summer. Raised catholic, I was at the tail end of the?incense and Latin services, before they went to English and nuns with guitars. The rose is the entry from the street, the frankincense is the smell of the altar, the agar wood the smell of the walls absorbing those previous scents for a century. It is a peaceful and very meditative scent that needs only a touch of it to work.

The lasting power is excellent, especially for a natural scent. I get 5 or 6 hours of ?lean in and smell me? beauty.

Call to Prayer is sold at her website, in a?3 ml glass bottle in an ivory?satin bag?for?$108.00. I won mine in a give-a-way. Image is from her website.

 

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Call To Prayer Perfume Amphora

August 4th, 2015 by

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My Call To Prayer Perfume was birthed this Ramadan on July 8, 2015. This precious perfume is a high vibration perfume with rose, frankincense and oud – agarwood in a base of organic jojoba oil.

Vintage Bulgarian white rose (alba) otto the “flower of light”,Vintage Rare Frankincense Oman, hydro distilled, and a combination of Cambodia and Thai wild oud – agarwood.

The general feeling is peace, meditation and reverence when applied.

The amphora shaped hand blown glass bottle holds 1 oz  about 7 inches tall including stopper, about 3.5 inches wide on the front, 2 inches wide on the side. The amphora is light grey with swirls of black to represent smoke.

1/4 oz parfum with hand blown glass bottle in a special box $500.00

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JoAnne Bassett Natural Perfume Sale!

August 1st, 2015 by

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JoAnne Bassett Blue Moon Special Celebration Sale. I am offering 15% off our entire website through August 15. Because sale codes are not available on my site, please email me on my contact page your order and I will send a paypal invoice. Be sure to include your paypal email address.?I ship worldwide. Please list your country in your email. Please send any questions.

Custom Bespoke Perfume

You can also order online and then email to receive your refund through paypal. The shopping cart is set up for all countries.

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Custom Bespoke Perfumes are included in this sale…that rarely ever happens. Order yours today.

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This is a once in a blue moon opportunity! ?Take advantage of it today!

 

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