Meet the Designer

Peach Palace Rose, a favourite flower

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Lyn Elizabeth Ayre, Ph.D., NP

Years ago, my first Aromatherapy teacher told me that my remedial blends smelled more like perfumes than potions. Creating Perfume formulae is now one of my most rewarding passions.

I realized I had before me a way to help people feel better about them selves; a way to spread a little cheer; a way to get people to relax and live a little. This created in me a happiness that I’d not experienced before.

The first few sales were made to women who had begun to have severe reactions to other perfumes. They were delighted to know they didn’t have to give up perfume but could switch to a ‘natural’ rather easily. My first group of customers keeps coming back for more five years later.

I am an Independent Natural Perfume Designer, and a member of the Independent Perfumers Guild. My process is simple: Inspired by an idea, I go to the computer and see if the formula complies with the safety guidelines. I consider the essences and how they go together and react with one another. I get the oils out, and begin blending, sniffing, adjusting, and testing. When I’m happy, I stop & label, then set it aside to mature. This process can take many months to accomplish.

I am daily filled with the sense of appreciation and awe at the gifts of Gaia, our Mother Earth. Creating perfumes takes me to places of absolute peace, joy, and light, and I am humbled in the presence of these wonderful substances; it is the epitome of excitement, and, for me, the feeling of accomplishment is second to none.

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My Atelier and perfume organ

In my work area, I am surrounded by the soft music of the Tibetan Singing Bowls, Fractal Energy Art, and deep peace. This produces an environment of free-flowing creativity in which I can manifest, from Spirit into physical, all of the ideas and inspirations that come to me.

I work with over 300 essential oils, concretes, absolutes, attars, tinctures, and ethically harvested and cruelty-free animal essences. I've also created dozens of tinctures and 'scent similar' accords. From all of these, I select, formulate, and create natural perfume for the enjoyment of all. Only the freshest and finest essences find their way into my creations.

Sterilizing Bottles

I work in a clean and healthy environment producing product that is good for you.

Testers

All who come to my Atelier may test my product and determine for themselves.

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Even on vacation, I can't leave it alone, so I created a perfume kit to travel with me...

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Making a 5 ml perfume:

Yesterday, my friend and I began with the idea that we wanted to make a lovely deep floral for the winter months ahead. Choosing the following essential oils and absolutes, we began: Peru balsam, Sandalwood vanutua, Vanilla CO2, Copaiba resin, Tuberose absolute, Golden Champa absolute, Kewda attar, Black Pepper, Tarragon, and Petitgrain sur fleur.

I begin with the heaviest of the Base notes, add the heart and head notes, then bring the marked jigger up to 5 ml with dropper's-full of perfumers' alcohol.

The end result is a gorgeous warm fall colour. It was named "Autumn Aura" and I feel that really describes not only the colour but the rich aroma of this perfume.

It is transferred into a 5 ml glass atomizer. It will sit in the ultrasonic bath surrounded by quartz crystals for a while then tucked into a golden sleeve, now ready to label and enjoy.

Meet The Teacher

Teaching Credo

My starting place is the premise that our higher self – your higher self and my higher self – knows what is best for us and is always looking out for us by guiding, prompting, and leading the way through

people, places, circumstances, and serendipity.

I believe that each student will find the teacher that is right for him or her during that particular space and time. For this reason, I don’t believe in competition rather,

I believe in the faithfulness and abundance of the Universe.

I believe that each teacher brings his or her own life experiences, strengths, and gifts to the table and that, though there may be many courses on each subject known, each one will be different because of this.

I feel students should learn from a variety of teachers and that my teaching methods and class materials are not any better or worse than any others, just different.

I feel it is difficult, if not impossible, to set a specific standard that is the 'ultimate of ultimates' for any subject. The best we can do is look at the banquet of offerings, tune into the energy of each and follow our inner promptings.

I believe in empowering my students with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions about which way is the best way for them to go, for their highest good.

Teaching Philosophy

The more we are exposed to ideas and concepts, the more comfortable we become until, in the end, they seem quite obvious and even commonplace.

As a teacher, I use repetition to assist me in presenting the information in all formats: visual, audio, and kinesthetic, so no matter how you learn, you will learn.

Themes are presented and reviewed until this line of thinking become second nature to you and you feel as if you'd always known it.

Teaching Qualifications

o Actively involved with the energy of botanicals/herbs since 1972

o Ph. D. in Energy Healing

o Creating and teaching holistic courses since 1972

o Currently (2008) teaching several holistic courses

o Consistently commended on my teaching methods by my students (both in-person and correspondence), and my peers

o Creating botanically-based tinctures and macerations since 2002

o Creating bath & beauty products since 2002

o Creating perfumes since 2003; daily engaged with perfume ingredients and honing my craft

o Vigorously pursuing my education through online contacts and groups, research, reading, and personal experimentation

o Actively selling my perfumes

o Actively pursuing retail options

o My perfumes have been reviewed by professionals

o I have enjoyed several interviews ie: "Passion For Perfume" with Sniffapalooza Magazine about my perfumes; and "Working The Bench" with Le Parfeumer Rebelle about my perfume course.

o Regularly recognized for my ability to create beautiful perfumes by my clients and my peers read reviews here

Personal Qualifications

o Well-organized

o Detail-oriented

o Soft-spoken

o Non-political and non/dramatic

o Generous heart

o Supportive, nurturing, and empowering

o True caring for individuals

o Live my life based on spiritual values, principles, and ethics

o Artistic & Creative Soul

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Collections of Perfumes/Bottles from the 20th Century

Ode To Scent

I know what it smells like when snow is on the way

When summer rains turn into fall, and groundhog goes astray

But springtime always follows in a rainbow of scent

To tell me life’s a cycle and time cannot be spent

I sense the buds, the multitudes, just under wet and white

They will push forth to live once more and make our world shine bright

Smells-hyacinth & genet, and many pretty flowers

Will offer up their essences and all their fractal powers

And blend in the creation, each and every bloom,

To synergize and energize the stuff we call perfume

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This year, 2008, we have made it through cancer, surgery, and chemo with the help of many Energy Light Workers sending us peace, and healing Love and Light. Both of us have now survived this dis-ease; mine was in 1972/73. By going both the allopathic and the energy route, we have allayed the dense energies and come out the other end, balanced and harmonized. Cancer is not necessarily a death notice. No one makes it out of our world alive. However, our quality of life until we die can be wonderful and joyous. Peace be with you. As you look at this candle of hope, may the wonderful energy that is The Creator of All That Is come over you and wrap you in a warm blanket of Love and Light.

In Memory Of Anyone You Know

That Has Had To Deal With Cancer.

Mom (Brain)

Norm (colon) Lyn (Uterine)