Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.

Scent Blends

It strikes me as funny that so many soap inspirations come from food. This one is no different. INSPIRATION I have great memories of getting frozen drinks from a local drive-in when we lived in New Mexico. It was our family’s favorite treat on hot summer days. My husband always […]

How to Turn a Fantastic Summer Memory Into Soap

January 6, 2020 in Cold Process Soap / Color / Scent Blends by Denise

I played with fragrance blending several months back, and the blend I most loved was The Meadow Fragrance Oil and Lavender Essential Oil. Andee teaches a class on fragrance blending, and in the class, she shows photos to inspire fragrance blends based on the image. At the right is one […]

Fragrance Blending Friday: Lavender Meadow Soap

September 20, 2019 in Cold Process Soap / Color In Products / Scent Blends by Denise

It’s been a while since I’ve shared anything related to fragrance blending and I’ll admit that I haven’t made time to play around with the fragrances in our blog kitchen! I’m embarrassed to admit that I recently ran out of body cream and I was in desperate need for a […]

Fragrance Friday: An Adventure in Blending

July 19, 2019 in Challenges and Q&A / Fragrances / Scent Blends tagged andee by Andee

A finished bottle of Stinky Foot Spray — Hello everybody, and welcome to Day 2 of Foot Maintenance Week! Today’s recipe is a quick and easy Stinky Foot Spray. In yesterday’s blog, I discussed the three essential oils that will be in each recipe this week: Tea Tree, Peppermint, and Rosemary. They are a perfect trio for stinky […]

Foot Maintenance Week – Spray the Stink Away!

February 5, 2019 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Scent Blends by Katy

Several days ago, Katy made a Sleepy Time Pillow Spray. She mixed up her blog samples then sat down to her computer to write. I was sitting at my own desk, behaving myself when I started to smell Katy’s wonderful essential oil blend. It was so good, I even ignored […]

Room Spray – Theft of an Essential Oil Blend

May 31, 2018 in Fragrances / Perfumes / Scent Blends by Taylor

Today I have been busy in the blog kitchen working on a special blend of essential oils. I have been doing some research into what oils are said to help you relax and fall asleep at night. For my essential oil blend I used Lavender 40/42 Extra Essential Oil, Bourbon […]

Good Night Sleep Tight Pillow Spray – 4 Essential Oils ...

May 29, 2018 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Fragrances / Scent Blends by Katy

I love creating lip balms and am always making recipes or jotting down ideas so when my significant other requested a lip balm just for him, I was delighted with the challenge. He had one request. “It has to be manly. I like fruity flavors but I need something manly […]

Manly Lip Balm Flavor Blend!!

August 4, 2017 in Lip Balms / Scent Blends by Amanda

I will be the first to admit that I love playing around with fragrances and making mood inspired products. However even the most passionate of us can hit a mental block when it comes to producing new ideas and fragrance blends. So I’m coming to you, dear reader, for some […]

Fragrance Blending Challenge – Spring Edition

February 16, 2016 in Challenges and Q&A / Drawings and Contests / Fragrances / Scent Blends by Taylor

I adore Speculoos cookies but my favorite is the cookie butter that is available. I love it on sandwiches but my favorite place to use it is on freshly made crepes. Did you know that one of Trader Joe’s® top selling items is their Speculoos Cookie Butter? (I can totally […]

Make Your Own Yummy Speculoos Cookie Butter Scent

October 27, 2015 in Fragrances / Perfumes / Scent Blends by Taylor

How did you do yesterday? I hope you came up with a blend that you like! I have a few blends that I’m kicking around in my head that were inspired by the photo yesterday. I’m going to challenge you again today. The only difference between yesterday and today is […]

Fragrance Blending and Perfumery 101, Day 5

September 1, 2015 in Fragrances / Perfumes / Scent Blends / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Today I am going to challenge you. I’ve walked you through three blends using inspiration from photos and memories and we have had some great fun! We’ve seen how blending can easily be done with two to four fragrances and I promise you don’t have to add to your bulging […]

Fragrance Blending and Perfumery 101, Day 4

August 31, 2015 in Fragrances / Perfumes / Scent Blends / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Wow! Do you feel like your brain is over loaded yet? Suzanne asked yesterday about using fragrance blends in soap. Do the parts come through or do they need to be changed? It depends on what your fragrance blend components are. If you are making a blend that has a […]

Fragrance Blending and Perfumery 101, Day 3

August 28, 2015 in Fragrances / Perfumes / Scent Blends / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee