Japanese Tea Rose and Sakura Blossom

The studio is alive with the fragrance of Japanese Tea Rose and Sakura Blossom.  We are hard at work on our new Solid Perfume singles.  Each fragrance takes on a special meaning for me.  I have always loved our Japanese Tea Rose.  It has a wonderful, fresh green top note that is unlike most Rose notes I encounter.  When I first tried our Sakura Blossom (also known as Cherry Blossom) I was intrigued.  It had a definite fruit body but possessed this lovely floral attribute that was unique from any fruit note we used before.  I learned that in Japan many people celebrate the bloom of the Cherry trees by celebrating the Hanami, a gathering of friends and family under the trees to take in their gorgeous fragrance and admire their beauty.  The two notes balance one another so beautifully and are so blendable - I am wearing the Japanese Tea Rose with our Cedar, Musk & Patchouli today.  Happy Saturday!

Melange Perfume

Los Angeles

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New for 2012 - Melange Solid Perfume Singles

New for 2012!

Our new Melange Solid Perfume Singles are finally ready...

Our most popular fragrance blends, artfully formulated in our signature base of natural Beeswax and Jojoba Oil.  A perfectly beautiful hand-poured perfume that glides onto the skin and disperses the fragrance notes beautifully. 

At .56 ounces, our new perfumes are more than double the size of our previous solid perfume singles.  This is the perfect size for a handbag or travel because when you love your fragrance it should go everywhere with you. 

Wear our new singles alone or combine them to create a custom fragrance blend.  Choose from:

- amber, plum & vanilla                                                  - cedar, musk & patchouli

- plum blossom & tobacco                                               - tobacco & tea noir

- melati jasmine                                                                - neroli blossom & orange

- japanese tea rose                                                             - mimosa blossom & citron

- gardenia                                                                          - fig and anjou pear

Happy New Year!

melange perfume
los angeles
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Melange Perfume Blend No. 12

Melange Roll-On Perfume

Blend No. 12

Frangipani & Tahitian Gardenia

 An unforgettable tropical floral melange - seductive Frangipani blended with our equally beautiful Tahitian Gardenia.  Imagine the possibilities of a flower so compelling it lures the Spinx Moth on moonlit evenings, together with a Gardenia flower adored for centuries and celebrated in the Polynesian wedding lei.

Alcohol free, each Melange Roll-On Perfume is formulated in a natural base of fractionated coconut oil, which allows our perfume to remain largely unchanged over time; and antioxidant Hawaiian Kukui Nut Oil. Our perfumes are hand-poured in our studio and inspired by the most sought-after notes in custom blending.

Each perfume blend is numbered in an archive format. Our perfumes are designed to be worn alone or blended with one another to create a custom fragrance blend - melange (french), to mix or blend.

Melange Roll-On Perfumes are available online or please check our website for a store location near you.

Melange Perfume
Los Angeles
www.melangeperfume.com
melangeperfume@gmail.com

Melange Perfume Blend No. 8

Melange Roll-On Perfume

Blend No. 8

Amber, Vanilla Orchid & Plum Blossom

 

A modern, inspired update for a vanilla-based perfume. Vanilla Orchid & opulent Amber are enlivened with the fragrance of fresh Ume Plum Blossoms.  A perfectly composed melange of warm and fruit notes that is wearable year-around.

Alcohol free, each Melange Roll-On Perfume is formulated in a natural base of fractionated coconut oil, which allows our perfume to remain largely unchanged over time; and antioxidant Hawaiian Kukui Nut Oil. Our perfumes are hand-poured in our studio and inspired by the most sought-after notes in custom blending.

Each perfume blend is numbered in an archive format. Our perfumes are designed to be worn alone or blended with one another to create a custom fragrance blend - melange (french), to mix or blend.

Melange Roll-On Perfumes are available online or please check our website for a store location near you.

Melange Perfume
Los Angeles
www.melangeperfume.com
melangeperfume@gmail.com

Melange Solid Perfume Blending Palettes - Spa Magazine

Melange Solid Perfume Blending Palettes
Spa Magazine, Summer Issue

Melange Solid Perfume Blending Palettes are featured in the Summer issue of Spa Magazine's Worldwide Travel issue.  I am a huge fan of this magazine because it highlights some of the worlds most beautiful spa's and the ways they use local plant and flower extracts and minerals in their treatments.

If you are like me and have been asked to hand-over a bottle of perfume at an airport checkpoint you understand why we love the blending palettes so much.  Small & lightweight, they breeze through a checkpoint and still deliver all the benefits of a suitcase full of fragrances. 

Our Green Notes palette (featured above) contains four solid perfumes:

- Green Tea & Honeysuckle

- Cut Grass & Paperwhite

- Cucumber, Sakura & White Tea

- Mimosa, Mint & Citron

Any of these blends is perfect worn alone.  Or, you can release your inner perfumer and blend Green Tea & Honeysuckle with Mimosa, Mint & Citron.  For evening, you could add a top note of Cut Grass & Paperwhite.  I love wearing Cucumber, Sakura & White Tea with Mimosa, Mint & Citron.  My current obsession is to blend Green Tea & Honeysuckle with Jasmine & Neroli from the Floral Notes palette. 

Here is the best part:  At $28, you can indulge in creating your perfect summer fragrance and still afford a treatment at your favorite spa...

Happy summer (and blending)

Melange Perfume

www.melangeperfume.com

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Melange - french, to mix or blend

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Melange Perfume Blend No. 1

Melange Roll-On Perfume

Blend No. 1

Waterlily, Cucumber, Cut Grass

This understated & light blend has captivated many people who previously would not wear perfume.  The fragrance of delicate Waterlily flowers is artfully interlaced with notes of Cucumber & Cut Grass.  An inspired balance of aqueous, floral & green notes.

Alcohol free, each Melange Roll-On Perfume is formulated in a natural base of fractionated coconut oil, which allows our perfume to remain largely unchanged over time; and antioxidant Hawaiian Kukui Nut Oil.  Our perfumes are hand-poured in our studio and inspired by the most sought-after notes in custom blending.

Each perfume blend is numbered in an archive format.  Our perfumes are designed to be worn alone or blended with one another to create a custom fragrance blend - melange (french), to mix or blend.

Melange Roll-On Perfumes are available online or please check our website for a store location near you. 

Melange Perfume
Los Angeles
www.melangeperfume.com
melangeperfume@gmail.com

Blending at the Melange Perfume Studio

Images from our studio -  I refuse to use the word atelier (so over-used)

 We are hard at work on new palettes.  Each palette needs to represent a fresh collection of four finished fragrances that also work well together.... that is the key.  It is not enough for each to smell wonderful.  They need to possess attributes that allow them to take on even more wonderful characteristics when they are worn together.  The seven finished fragrance discs above are the top contendors for one fragrance.  We started with about 35 variations! 

Please don't misunderstand.  I do not see this as a problem.  A wonderful challenge is more like it!   A few things about Melange Perfumes.

1.  We build our fragrances in-house.  What does that mean?  We do not order a bottle of fragrance from a lab and pour it in wax.  We formulate all of our blends here.  Note by note.  Bottle by bottle.  We think you are worth it.

2.  We hand-pour.  Machines never get it right.  I speak from experience. 

3.  We believe in small batches.  I dont want to wear a bottle of perfume that was poured 10 months ago and left on a shelf until I ordered it.   You shouldn't either. 

4.  We think the perfect fragrance for you is the one that makes you happy.  That is why we encourage you to use your own creativity and blend (melange!). 

5.  Perfume should be accessible.  What does that mean?  It shouldn't cost a fortune.

Happy Spring!
Denise Estrada

Melange Perfumes
Los Angeles, CA
www.melangeperfume.com
melangeperfume@gmail.com