alas, it was not so easy. the 'perfumer's apprentice' turned out to be us! they seat you at a table in a cozy yet airy room with tea and cookies and almost any scent that could ever be used in a perfume. you sniff out your favorites (and coffee beans in between to cleanse the palette), making little scent strips of any you think you might use. then put the strips together to smell the whole aroma and decide what's missing or what's too much.
i got fed up trying to recreate that elusive goodness and set about making my own signature scent while mom worked hard and ended up nailing it right on its sandalwood/cardamom/frankinscense-y head. (seriously, check out that combo - it really does deserve this amount of obsession.) after about two hours and two cups of constant comment tea of sniffing ourselves dizzy, we both were ecstatic over our new creations. my set is pictured below - i'm keeping the measurements secret - but let me tell you, fig is an unexpectedly fantastic top note!
we took home little vials of our new roll-on perfumes and the shop keeps a record of your recipe so you can order refills or other products in the future.more kudos for santa cruz: we hit two awesome thrift shops in the downtown area (pics to come later when my finds are photographed and in the shop) and had a delicious vegan lunch at what looked like a regular ol' cafe but features only organic, sustainable, veggie and vegan burgers, milkshakes, and breakfasts. yum!
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