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Success with Blackcurrant Absolute

After countless trials and a couple of weeks to let them sit and marry, one of the blackcurrant blends has come up trumps (become a perfume). Interestingly it is the one I thought would be the worst disaster, where I threw caution to the wind and went for *punk*.
It is a complex blend.

Classification: Fruity/Gourmand

The top notes are ripe and fruity.
The heart is very soft, floral and sweet
and the base is warm musky vanilla.

The perfume is tenacious and ripe, lasting over 6 hours on the skin.
This is a perfume for the person who is not afraid to be different.
It is for women.
Call it CRASS, but it's good!

Comments

Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Author, Photographer, Perfumer, Artist said…
Congratulations, Ruth, this is awesome news... well done. I remember your comments when you were doing the BCB trip a few weeks ago. I'm so happy this punk turned out to be a hunk.

Warmly,
Lyn
July 31, 2007 at 6:30 PM
Anonymous said…
Thank you!
It's back to the blending page for a lot more tweaking with this one but the combination of essences I've used here certainly show a lot of promise. Not something I would sell though not by miles. I need to work on it *a lot* more. Right now it just feels like a rough sketch or an outline to me. Now I need to work on composition, structure and refinement. I'm sure you'll hear about how this one progresses, although it might be a few years from now before it is complete.
Ruth
August 1, 2007 at 2:34 AM
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