Perfume Maps!

I am an organizational NERD. I hope these maps make my perfume line easier to navigate. I know how hard it can be to find what scent you are looking for, so these are the best way I could think of to point you in the right direction!(click on these for a larger image)

Happy Mardi Gras

Last year I celebrated Mardi Gras in Kansas City - we have a bit of a renegade parade here, as you see Sandi and I in below:

This year I went with Kevin down to New Orleans (the week earlier) ~ here are two photo series from our trip.

This first set explores the texture, urban artifacts, and the extremely mixed architecture of New Orleans.



In this set, a summary of our experience during the pre-Mardi Gras week in 2012. More than any other US City, there is a unique culture here and a celebratory sense of pride that is very in-your-face. The art here is so gaudy! The people so extroverted! and the food so fattening! There was so much beauty in the city itself, and music filled everything except the swamp lands. Everywhere we went, the soul of this complexly-cultured city was alive despite the damage of Katrina.



photos Copyright 2012
Kevin McKinney & Jill McKeever

February 2012 New Moon - Lunar Amulet Perfume

To celebrate the first complete moon cycle in my new place with my new roomie (see last post), this is a scent inspired by Leonor's bright personality, dark expression, and the super strong coffee that she brews in the morning! This lady is a live-wire hailing from Ecuador, so it had to be energetic and exotic. The scent is full of bold tuberose and jasmine, grounded with earthy yerba mate, oakmoss, and coffee bean. Bergamot and pink pepper lift the top of this expressive composition. I hope all of my lunar amulet wearers love it!

photo by Leonor Jurado Laspina