Sunday, April 21, 2013

Anya's Garden

Today I received a wonderful little gift in the mail, a package containing several samples of natural perfume from niche house Anya's Garden. Wonderful little bottles in a green satin pouch, all smelling great!

Anya's Garden is an actual place, an artisan perfumery located in Miami Florida, where the garden boasts lush jasmines, champakas, chinese perfume trees and many, many more fragrant plants. Anya is able to capture many of these rare essences for use in her exquisite perfumes.

The perfumery also sources the most rare and exquisite aromatics from all over the Earth. the great thing about this perfumery is that, whenever possible organic, wildcrafted and sustainable essences are used because that makes for a better, greener product.

The perfumery also only uses pure and natural aromatics from the land and sea and soil in the creation of the natural perfumes of Anya's Garden. Carriers such as organic grape or grain alcohol are used for the perfumes.

A unique characteristic of Anya's Garden is the usage of boxes made from the sustainable Daphne plant and recycled paper - and that's just the beginning of the beautiful story of the boxes. Each box is imbedded with wildflower seeds, so you can plant the box and grow your own garden in a pot or in the ground.

These are the Anya's Garden's current offerings that I have reviewed (my notes are after the description):

Amberess-(Rare musk rose from Africa opens this soft, lush amber perfume. Ten carefully-blended base notes provide a gorgeous amber base that melts into your skin.)



Fairchild-(Narcotic, hypnotic, changeable tropical passion, sparkling with flowers and salty from sea spray. Pandanus, champakas, jasmines, citrus, choya nakh, oakmoss, seaweed.)



Kaffir-(Lemon lime with a Thai twist, floral and leather and warm wood. Thai lime leaf, jasmines, yellow aloeswood.)



Kewdra-(Kewda flower melds with the iconic heroine Kudra of Jitterbug Perfume into a floral heart of Chinese Gardenia and Golden Boronia. Then the musk hits. Oh, the musk, sweet, sultry and like a second, sensual skin.)



Light-(A truly modern take on a classic cologne-style, blended as a pure perfume. Israeli yellow grapefruit, cedrat (citron) from Sicily, aglaia flower, genet, frankincense.)



Moondance-(Tuberose seduces you under the full moon, and you are lost in the stars. Water mint, violet flower, jasmine sambac, opoponax and other stellar aromatics.)



Pan-(A romp in the fields of Gods, magnetic and soft, seductive and a day in the sun that goes on forever)



RiverCali-(Pink pepper and roses float over citrus and musky vanilla that takes you to a lush desert oasis) This is definitely one of my favorites. It has the freshness of a vintage eau de cologne, full of oranges and mandarin, which brought me out of the doldrums today.



Royal Lotus-(Fit for a king or queen. Royal Lotus has a sparkling citrus top, a heart of the rarest, most costly aromatics such as blue and pink lotus, night blooming jasmine, and a soft, velvety base of sandalwood, ambergris and tonka bean.)



Starflower-(Candy flower, dreamy and steamy, almond cherry and lemon and foodie seeds and chocolate make tuberose the star of Mexico, an edible, sexy delight)


Temple-(Orange juice surprises you, spices warm you and exotic Oud soothes you.)

White Smoke-

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