Illuminated Perfume

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“I love fragrances and everything that my favorite ones evoke but I was truly captivated by Roxana’s Q perfume the first time I experienced it. It evokes something ancient and at the same time very intimate and personal. To me it’s a “remembered” fragrance that taps into the green world of Faerie in the same way that a painting or sculpted image can. When I wear it, which is often, I feel closer to that elusive and magical world.” ~Wendy Froud

It’s International Folk Art Market weekend, one of my fave times in Santa Fe.
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Here are a few photos from back in 2018 when I volunteered and met Solange, before she opened , she’s holding the mate cup in the second photo. First photo is of Vetiver baskets from Madagascar 🤎🤎🤎

Rosa, inspired by the wild rose of California, is also named after my beloved great grandmother Rosa, who we would call La Ita Rosita. She reminds me of the great grandmother in the animated film Coco.

I have a small round table at the perfumery where I create an altar to recent perfumes that have been brought back. It feels timely to create the new display for Rosa with the ancestry class this weekend.

As a child, when visiting Buenos Aires, I would drink mate and play canasta with Rosita.
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Juniper berries collected from last weekends adventure in the Galisteo Basin. The essential oil from these berries is exquisite and a reoccurring theme in the scents I create. Some examples include Sierra, Chaparral and the Green Knight, although it’s not dominate in those perfumes, it acts as a support note. 🌿🎵

Historically it has a connection with my maternal (Spain) and spiritual (Egypt) lineage.