Dot & Lil Blog

spring garden party studio open house: you are invited!

lilac, lilac, lilac

the smell of autumn

perfume & nostalgia; the story of my life through scents

Lily of the valley reminds me of my Mom. Vanilla will always, always remind me of my friend Eliza. The Body Shop scents all pretty generally remind...

think about spring

this photo byArvind Balaraman at www.freedigitalphotos.net I don't know about you, but winter is starting to get to me! The slush, cold and gray a...

how David Suzuki broke my heart

At the end of my last postI mentioned that I was going to tackle how David Suzuki broke my heart recently. I've talked about it on twitter, too. Y...

why i love what i do

I have been working on a whipped body butter that will keep all of our dry canadian skin a little happier over the long, cold winter. Something tha...

the scents are coming the scents are coming!

I literally turn into a small child waiting to be allowed into a toy store when I am expecting a UPS delivery of fragrances and soap making supplie...

Fragrance Madness

Thought you might like to see a picture! Here I am hard at work in the old Dot & Lil workspace (much prettier than the current one, actually!)W...

Essential Oils

This will be part of an ongoing series that discusses our ingredients and why we choose to use them. Our goal is to educate while we cleanse and hy...