Hey all,
I came across something that didn't make sense to me today, and it made me think of this thread.
I'm reading Essence and Alchemy by Mandy Aftel (based on a recommendation from this forum!), published in 2001, and I came across this passage:
"... it is a telltale sign that a perfume is made from synthetics if it contains any of the following flowers, because they cannot be rendered naturally: freesia, honeysuckle, violet, tulip, lily, gardenia, heliotrope, orchid, lilac, and lily of the valley."
Now, I know that I have seen (and have!) some BPAL scents with those notes in them; do BPAL oils have synthetic components? (Whatever they're made of, I love `em!) Or is this just a case of perfume technology catching up in the six intervening years?
