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Anya`s Garden 100% natural perfumes on Fragrantica

10/05/09 09:16:43

By: Elena Knezevic

The exclusive world of natural perfumery is hidden from the masses. Its luxurious creations can't be reproduced in thousands of examples, and every drop gleams with multiple facets that only natural oil can provide; it's based on living juice, made by hand and from the heart. Natural perfume is the only way to discover the real Natural beauties, and to find out how Perfume was produced and treasured hundreds—and even thousands—of years ago.

The Natural perfumer is an artist, chemist, enthusiastic explorer and, for sure, a very interesting person to communicate with. This week, we have a wonderful opportunity to introduce to you Anya McCoy, a natural perfumer and the founder and owner of Anya's Garden. Anya is also the President and Owner of the Natural Perfumers Guild. Anya has seven perfumes in her line; she also creates custom scents, provides consultations and runs her online natural perfumery school (the next class of her perfumery course starts in February 2010).

Anya composes her fragrances of natural oils, essences and tinctures, many of which she makes herself. Miami (Florida), with its lush vegetation and where Anya's Garden is based, is the right place for the passionate explorer of natural scents. Anya is really imaginative in her work; she doesn't make anything you can call 'ordinary.' She uses such unusual ingredients as goat hair tincture (to create a perfume devoted to the lyrical god, Pan), a tincture of earth (the safest and eternal base!) for her Temple perfume, and smoked sea shells for her Fairchild perfume. When using ingredients from animal sources, Anya chooses only cruelty-free essences, such as hyrax.

Recent Anya's Garden releases (from 2009) are Moon Dance and Star Flower.

Star Flower (September) is made in homage to the flavors and scents of Mexico. The star is tuberose, set in a cream of lemon, almond, maple-flavored seeds, chocolate, vanilla and patchouli.

"Star Flower Perfume and EdP is my homage to tuberose and the stellar fragrance beauties that also come from Mexico, chocolate and vanilla. Their unctuous natures are cheerfully masked—briefly—by a bitter almond and lemon opening. Then the deep, dark, sensual Mexican "perfume mole" unfolds on your skin, silky, smooth, seamless, a symphony of floral and foodie delights."

Anya McCoy

The last edition is a surreal, cool, romantic Moon Dance and today (October 5th) it's available from Anya's Garden site. Today is Anya's birthday!

Moon Dance "is undeniably the most romantic, sensual perfume I have ever created, with a double dose of ambergris because I just *had* to do it! It was an impetuous gesture, like the type you make when you're in love and led me to double the ambergris when I was blending."
Anya McCoy

During the entire month of October samples of all seven of Anya's perfumes will be sold as a set for $35, or $5 per perfume. Additionally, any full bottles or botanicals from the perfumery are 10% off. Just use the code moondance when entering your order.

Anya's Garden will give away a pure perfume (3.5 ml) to three Fragrantica readers. Every winner will get a perfume of their choice from the Collection:

Fairchild Kaffir MoonDance Pan RiverCali StarFlower Temple

Which Anya's perfume would you like to try:

Images: Anya's Garden, byrne7214

Anya's Garden perfumes and home fragrances contest winners are:
NebraskaLovesScent for the review of Fendi Theorema by Fendi
NebraskaLovesScent review

arance for the review of Fougere Bengale by Parfum d`Empire
arance review

soulflwr for the review of Kenzo Unidentified Fragrance Object by Kenzo
soulflwr review

Congratulations to the lucky winners!

Author: Jeca (jeca)
Fragrantica Member

AnyaMcCoy

Thanks for the review of Temple. I've had several customers tell me that it truly smells like a Japanese Temple - in Japan. I blended it intuitively, to empower and ground people, to give calm and serenity. So glad you love it! :-)

Oct
17
2009

AnyaMcCoy

I'm glad the StarFlower got there so quickly ;-)

Oct
17
2009

NebraskaLovesScent

My StarFlower is here! I'm wearing it right now and so far, so good! Want to give it a couple good wearings and try to write an intelligent review. More to come!

Thanks again, Anya and Fragrantica!

Oct
16
2009

jeca

My favorite is Temple, but I also like Fairchild, RiverCali and Kaffir. How changeable they are on the skin!

For example Star Flower (another my fav) has a very bright opening with cherry and almond, but after a few minutes they are gone almost completely, replaced with living tuberose. Absolutely new for me ;o)))

And of course I like Pan, so uneasy and challenging, and cozy like a goat hair ;o)))

I forgot Moon Dance, it's surreal, like a fairy Moon dust, intoxicating, very unusual. I can admire it following its every layer and note, but the best is Temple ;o))

Oct
15
2009

memechose

star flower really suits me... not heavy on me at all

Oct
15
2009

AnyaMcCoy

All of the perfumes were sent out yesterday to the winners and I hope they all arrive safely, especially since one is going to Romania. That's a long trip, but I've successfully shipped to Bosnia, the Ukraine, Japan and many other countries where I thought there might be a problem, but there wasn't.

Enjoy!
Anya

Oct
14
2009

soulflwr

Wow, thank you!...and congrats to all the winners!
It was a tough choice, but I chose Moon Dance because it seemed to be Anya's personal fav. I'll make sure to come back and post. :o)

Happy Belated Anya!

Oct
11
2009

Migotka

They all sound AMAZING. Shame about the price, I dont think I will buy any of them unsniffed, but the names and the describtions do suggest it is something I have been looking for for ages!

Oct
11
2009

NebraskaLovesScent

Big thanks, Fragrantica and Anya!

It was hard to pick just one scent. They all sound so beautiful! I can't wait to try StarFlower and share my thoughts with everyone.

Congrats to Arance and souflwr, too!

Oct
10
2009

Aalia

Congrats winners ! Hey ,NLS,
let's hear about your pick and
a review after you recieve it :)

Oct
10
2009

AnyaMcCoy

Hi everyone!
I already heard from NebraskaLovesScent and it turns out she was on my yahoo natural perfumery group a few years ago ;-)

She chose StarFlower to help her get through those cold Nebraska nights but I hope she heeds Chaya's tip about sprightly and turning carnal, lol. It definitely is a winter/party scent!

Anya

Oct
10
2009

chayaruchama

The Moon Dance is intoxicating...
Star Flower starts out in a sprightly tone, then morphs into carnality !

Oct
08
2009

sandrina_bambina

Moon Dance and Star Flower sounds heavenly, I`m so interested in those two!

Happy birthday Anya and welcome to Fragrantica!!!

Oct
07
2009

jeca

Anya, the ingredients you use are so interesting, for example goat hair, it must be so cozy scent, I like the scent of real goat hair, and milk. Can't wait to sniff your Pan.

Oct
05
2009

ahsu

Anya, so glad to see your perfumes featured here on Fragantica. Happy Birthday!

Oct
05
2009

AnyaMcCoy

Thank you everyone at Fragrantica for the warm welcome and the creative and fun way you are presenting my perfumes. This is a fun birthday and an exciting day because I love MoonDance so much. You've really made it extra special!

Oct
05
2009

tsth

How can you even pick one??? They all sound so intriguing. I'm fairly new to the love of fragrances, but these definitely don't sound like anything I've heard of before. They sound very creative. Wish you the best.

Oct
05
2009

chayaruchama

Happy Birthday, Anya ;-)
Happy to see you here, and hope others get to appreciate your work...

Oct
05
2009

jeca

Dear Anya, welcome to Fragrantica and happy birthday! ;o))

Oct
05
2009

memechose

Hello Anya----as an editor here WELCOME. WE are so happy that our readers will now have the opportunity to learn more about your perfumes and about the art of natural perfumery

natural fragrances unfold so differently on the skin, like the dance of the seven veils and are quite complex. It is erroneous to think natural perfumery is aromatherpay

Oct
05
2009

zoka

Happy Birthday Anya! We are happy to have your fragrances presented here. We plan to dedicate one section of news here at Fragrantica to natural perfumery. Fragrantica is an independent magazine and open to everybody from mainstream to niche, natural perfumes...

Oct
05
2009