The Scented Djinn

In four days, on the 20th of April, The Scented Djinn Etsy Apothecary will put up for sale that long-awaited and beautifully fragrant Lavender Kyphi Supreme. Kyphi takes time to 'become' kyphi. The fragrant materials must meld and combine to create divinity in a tiny little triangle of scent. The Scented Djinn recommends this kyphi be burned on an electric heater or old-fashioned oil burner to release the subtlety of scent and the spiritual aspects of the blend. Burning on charcoal is also an option, however this creates a great deal of smoke and the kyphi burns up quickly. In May a limited edition perfume will be released, the first perfume by The Scented Djinn in a long time. This perfume diverges just a bit from the prior perfumes released by The Scented Djinn in that it is a bit more traditional than our other offerings. More information regarding that perfume will come about when the perfume makes its debut.

Atay unfolds on the skin like a blossoming flower, opening with notes of crisp ginger and bergamot with hints of cassia, then slowly undulates toward a rich, creamy, honied floral with soft rounded notes of seductive sandalwood and dark bitter tea, ending with delicious vanilla tinged honey and tuberose and more creamy santal. Made with a year-old tincture of organic China green Yunnan Jade Supreme, a black tea absolute and cabreuva wood co-blend, an aged tincture of Swedish bee goo concentrate, fresh ginger, bergamot, ginger lily, cassia, tuberose, santal and vanilla Bourbon. 15 ml roll on bottle ~ $54.00 "And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free. Yet marked I where the bold of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound., And maidens call it Love-in-idleness." Oberon "I'll put a girdle round about the earth In forty minutes!" Puck Puck finds the western flow...

The Scented Djinn has obtained some lovely, well-cared-for vintage oils for soaping -- rosemary, peppermint, cocoa resinoid, palmarosa, Egyptian and Comoros basils, hops, elemi (oh, lovely vintage elemi), pimento berry, and angelica. Aren't you excited? We are! We are also working on organizing the new workspace to provide easy access to the perfuming oils, which until now have been packed away, or scattered haphazardly across the work bench, used mostly for evaluation and scent reinforcement exercises. Now we're ready to get to work! We also found a lovely artisan distiller of beautiful lavender oil, Ring Botanicals in Portland, Oregon. You can tell from the quality of the oils that Ring Botanicals takes a lot of care and patience in the preparation of their distillations. They even package their oils in violet glass, which cuts nearly all of the light from reaching the contents of the bottles, thereby preserving them more efficiently than if they were stored in c...