The natural perfumer I aspire to most is...

...Mandy Aftel
She is the cream of the crop so to speak. Her perfumes are blended using only "the best of the best" and in my opinion she is "the best of the best". Mandy is the one who first put modern natural perfumery into the fashion magazines. She made it cool. I read her book "Essence and Alchemy". Her writing style is brilliant, the book is a real page turner. I read the whole thing cover to cover in two days. I have referred back to it over a dozen times since then. Mandy's Level 1 course is fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn how to make perfumes. It is very well thought out and it takes you on a journey where you are the driver, the workbook is the guide and the destination is unique to you. It is cleverly written, the way it leads you and guides you gently by the hand..er..nose and opens up your senses and mind to the world of natural essences.

"As you begin to pay attention to your own stories and what
they say about you, you will enter into the exciting process
of becoming, as you should be, the author of your own life,
the creator of your own possibilities." - Mandy Aftel