Archive - Fragrant Tales

Branding and Advertising

Tips from an award winning brand

Mar 25 •

February 2024

The race to the bottom

What's inside...

Feb 14

December 2023

The illusion of choice

Dec 8, 2023 •

October 2023

Happy chemicals

Why You’re Unhappy: Biology vs Politics

Oct 17, 2023 •

August 2023

all day all year cream

Aug 23, 2023 •

Ingredient Sources?

Mildly Woo - Tarot involved

Aug 11, 2023 •

Fish lips - collagen's dark story

This is a supplementary piece for another article I’m writing. Back in 2003 when I was studying aromatherapy and product development one of the tutors…

Aug 11, 2023 •

July 2023

Are you a Pluviophile?

I’ve always loved the smell in the air when rain falls in summer. To my nose it smells like ‘warm rain’. Whether it’s landing on concrete, tarmac or…

Jul 9, 2023 •

One of the joys of Summer is the harvest of flowers to transform into liquid essences Here’s an old video of me testing out my new copper still. It’s a…

Jul 1, 2023 •

June 2023

What is bisabolol?

I randomly picked an ingredient from the listing yesterday - bisabolol. I have some (natural) version in my store cupboard. So what the heck let’s take…

Jun 27, 2023 •

Jun 26, 2023 •

It’s not what you know, but WHO you know.

In my email from the cosmetics industry this week, they gushed about Charlotte Tilbury joining the app bandwagon. To improve women’s confidence by…

Jun 24, 2023 •

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