Perfume Project You Can Do at Home ~ Velvet and Sweet Pea's Purrfumery

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For Laurie, the world of plants and scent encompassess perfume but goes beyond it to a wonderfully integrated, sensual way of life.

Taking a cue from her kitty muses, Velvet and Sweet Pea, Laurie believes in living in the moment, making the most of opportunities to relax and take care of yourself, and luxuriating in only the best of everything. By incorporating nature into your everyday world, and remembering to treat and delight as many of your senses as possible, you set your life to a subtly different pace, creating a space for yourself to be relaxed and alive.

Here are some of Laurie’s tips and ideas for bringing the Velvet and Sweet Pea way of living into your life. And of course, as always – everything must be fun, whimsical, beautiful, yummy, and the best in the world!

Liquid Perfume

Crème Perfume

Cologne

Limited Editions

Body and Massage Oils

Home Spa

Hydrosols

Seasonal Offerings

Samples

Laurie's husband, Gary, cutting yellow rose

Laurie’s husband, Gary, knows how much his wife loves roses. In the philosophy of flower essences, roses open your heart, filling you with love and compassion, but their thorns protect you always, allowing you to be open without fear of being hurt. And they also smell incredible! So whenever Gary prunes the roses in their garden he saves all the petals for Laurie, soaking them in a big bowl of water in the sun.

This process, called “solarization,” allows the sun to transfer the wonderful properties of the rose from the blossoms into the water. This delicious rose petal water is wonderful to splash on your face as a cooling refresher, put in a spray bottle and spray throughout your house for a wonderful, natural air freshener, or pour into your bath for a luxurious treat. Put the rose petals themselves right into the bath as well – a beautiful treatment you’d pay big money for at an expensive spa. Keep your rose petal water in the refrigerator after solarization and use within five days.

Yellow flower petals floating in bathtub

Laurie likes to make this using fresh, just-picked jasmine, gardenia, or orange blossoms from the garden.

Pick enough fresh blossoms to pack densely into an eight or sixteen ounce jar. Cover the jar to the top with organic jojoba oil. Let your concoction warm in the sun for just a few hours, and then put in the refrigerator for three or four days. Strain the mixture through cheesecloth, discarding the blossoms and keeping the oil. Repeat this process twice more, adding fresh blossoms each time but using the same oil, which will be getting more and more deliciously scented. Bottle your final oil and use as a wonderful moisturizer for your face and entire body.

This makes a wonderful gift, but it’s also an amazing thing to do for yourself – to create by hand with love and purpose this amazing, nurturing oil is truly caring for yourself. Best to use within six months.

Labling bottle over colorful mosaic table