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Holiday Gifts: Royal Apothic Candles & Home Scents | November 28, 2009

Royal Apothic was featured in O Magazine in November….Sold at Anthropologie…and now at the Pink Pig!

The sense of smell is the body’s strongest link to the past. A single trace of an aroma can instantly unlock a memory or change your mood. The smell of cut grass hanging in the warm summer air invokes the memory of a lazy afternoon spent lying in the park. The juicy, lingering aroma of oranges that clings to your fingertips enlivens the senses. And the sharp smell of espresso conjures up an open café on the cobblestone streets of Italy.

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Custom Created Perfume For Self-Expression | March 6, 2009

Monreal-born and Israel-raised, Ayala Sender, owner of Ayala Moriel Parfums, always knew how to appreciate good scents. “It wasn’t until moving to Vancouver, a beautifully clean northern city with hardly any scent at all – that I felt the urgency to re-invent my olfactory environment with familiar scents from home. I started with incense in 2001, and quickly decided to start a perfume company dedicated to self-expression through the art of natural perfumery.”

“More than anything else, people and nature inspire my perfumes. I wanted to open to individuals the possibility of creating custom-scents and being involved in the process – … Read More »


 

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Custom Scents With Hollywood Glamour | October 29, 2008

As one of the developers of The Apothecary at Barneys New York in Beverly Hills and founder of Precious Petals, a natural perfume and aromatherapy line, Kedra Hart has had much experience working with rare and precious oils.  Kedra is also a co-founder of Opus Oils, a perfume atelier based in Hollywood, CA and in Paris, France.  Kedra designs custom scents, teaches perfumery in Los Angeles and Paris and is the Master Blender of Opus Oils.

Kedra, please tell us about Opus Oils.  Your store is fantastic!  I can only imagine the aromatic journey I would take upon walking through your … Read More »