The week is almost out Nomaterra fans, and we have an exciting event for those of you in the D.C. area! This Saturday, May 4th, our founders Aggie and Ben will be at Bella Cara, a fantastic boutique in Alexandria, VA where Nomaterra fragrances are sold!
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Bellacara Event in Alexandria, VA[/caption]
Located in historic Old Town Alexandria, for over 12 years Bellacara has been Northern Virginia's preeminent boutique for high end cosmetic, skin care and hair care products.
Be sure to stop by for champagne, chocolates, and to meet the lovely couple behind Nomaterra! You can learn about the process behind creating each scent, which notes are most prominent, and much more! Plus, this is the perfect chance to pick up a beautiful, hand-crafted fragrance for any moms in your life.
Hope to see you there!
Bellacara
1000 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Saturday, May 4th
11am to 6pm
“Women waste so much time wearing no perfume. As for me, in every step that I have taken in life, I have been accompanied by an exquisite perfume!”
― C. JoyBell C.
Mother's Day is just around the corner, with less than two weeks left to purchase a beautiful, hand-crafted bottle of perfume for Mom. Our fragrances are hand-crafted in small batches in Brooklyn, featuring the highest quality ingredients and all natural preservatives. Plus, because we know just how special moms are, we're including a box of our amazing fragrance wipes with the purchase of any Nomaterra travel spray!
One of our pre-made scents not striking your fancy? Contact our perfumer, Aggie, to arrange the creation of a custom fragrance for your Mom! We will provide a gift certificate good towards the consultation and creation of a custom fragrance.
Purchase your Nomaterra gifts here!
With Amazon at our fingertips, it's easier than ever to discover a whole new assortment of things to watch, read, and add to our wish lists. As avid fragrance lovers, we here at Nomaterra have taken it upon ourselves to discover some of the finest books about fragrances around. Read on for to find out what we'll be bringing along to the beach this summer!
Perfumes: The A to Z Guide By Luca Turin & Tania Sanchez; This fantastic tome provides reviews of over a thousand fragrances, as well as a section answering perfume FAQs and a guide about how to purchase your next perfume.
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry In Paris and New York By Chandler Burr; This book follows the creation of two different perfumes: Un Jardin Sur le Nil by Hermès and Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker. Be sure to pick this up if you've always wanted to know how exactly the stuff in the bottle came to be.
Reeking Havoc: Unauthorized Story of Giorgio By Steve Ginsberg; The
Unauthorized Story of Giorgio tells the tale of Giorgio, a perfume created by Fred and Gale Hayman which took the world by storm. Americans spent $70 million on this perfume when it was first released, and its release caused quite the stir in the perfume world. Pick this up for a tale of scandal, glamour, and a look at just how intoxicating perfume can be.
Happy Monday, everyone!
We hope you all had a fantastic weekend; our founders, Ben and Aggie, certainly did! They spent the weekend in London, and held an event to introduce our fragrances to the United Kingdom on Saturday, April 20th.
Saturday was a beautiful, sunny day, and the event took place from 12pm-5pm. We were located on the 1st floor of the store in the beauty and fragrance sections, among a ton of other fragrance brands from Guerlain to Creed and beyond! We introduced our scents to local Brits and tourists alike; one woman visiting from Washington, D.C., absolutely loved our D.C. fragrance! Our scents were so successful that Ben and Aggie ended up staying an hour late to keep mingling and telling the stories behind each of our scents.
Many thanks to everyone who came by and explored Nomaterra's fragrances with us! Cheers!
Two weeks ago Nomaterra attended Missionelle's
Art of Seduction event at the Flatiron Hotel. At the event our founder Aggie discussed a number of scents and essential oils which are known to be aphrodisiacs and have been used throughout history in the art of seduction, which got us thinking about our own scents. Which of ours would be the best to use for a special date night, we wondered? As it turns out, our sultry Miami fragrance features six of these super seductive ingredients! Read on to learn about what those ingredients are and why they're so sexy!
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Vanilla Pods[/caption]
Vanilla has always been known as a seductive oil; it increases production of sexual hormones (testosterone and estrogen), and there's a hefty dose of vanilla in our Miami fragrance! Miami also has musk in its base, which has a special effect on women. Musk makes women feel confident, sensual and sexy- men can't really smell it; women smell it 1000 times stronger than men do! But confidence is key in any seductive endeavor, so musk is a great thing to use!
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Jasmine Flower[/caption]
Cleopatra, one of the most renowned lovers of all time, is reputed to have scented the sails of her ship with jasmine to seduce Mark Antony as she sailed to meet him. This sweet, pungent flower provides much of the sweetness found in our Miami scent.
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Juicy Grapefruit, citrus[/caption]
People who wear a pink grapefruit scent are said to be perceived to be six years younger than their actual age! Now that's certainly sexy!
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East Indian Sandalwood[/caption]
Men love the sweetness and woodiness of sandalwood and it has been shown in several studies to increase sexual arousal.
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Exotic Ylang Ylang Flower[/caption]
Ylang Ylang is a rich, sultry scent that enhances libido and increases attraction between lovers. It can soothe the overanxious while boosting low energy. Ylang ylang has also been said to open emotions and promote a more sensual experience during love making.
So, for your next sultry experience, be sure to pick up some of
Nomaterra's Miami fragrance! Brimming will all of these super sexy ingredients, it's sure to be an instant boost to your confidence!
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Shen Beauty Event Fragrances[/caption]
Shen Beauty is a fantastic beauty boutique in Brooklyn, and they're currently the only spot in Brooklyn where you can pick up Nomaterra's fragrances!
Join us this Saturday, April 13th for an event at Shen where you can meet our perfumer, Aggie Burnett. Stop by between 11am and 7pm to drink sangria, blend exotic natural ingredients to create mini-blends, and eat cupcakes made with ingredients similar to those found in Nomaterra fragrances. It's going to be a fun time, so bring your friends, nose, and sweet tooth! And with Mother's Day just around the corner, maybe pick up a special gift for Mom, too. With a special 15% discount for attendees, this event is one you can't afford to miss!
Shen Beauty is located at 315 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231.
Transit options: F or G trains, Carroll Street station
Calling all D.C. fragrance lovers and fashionistas! Mark your calendars, because Nomaterra is returning to D.C. to host our second pop-up shop! We're co-hosting the event with Diamantina bags and Kim Schalk apparel.
The shop will last from Friday, April 5th through Sunday, April 7th at
Tabula Rasa, 731 8th St SE, Washington, DC., and will be open from 11 am- 7 pm. Mother's Day will be here before you know it, and this is the perfect chance to pick up something special for the amazing Moms in your life!
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This photo is from our first pop-up shop in DC back in February, after our official launch![/caption]
At the event you’ll be able to test out not only our gorgeous Washington, D.C. fragrance but both of the other fragrances from our Spring Collection: Miami and East Hampton.
The concept for this store was conceived in 1998 a flight somewhere between New York and Paris by two business travelers, John Sencion and Brad John. Be the first to find this fantastic travel store to win a bottle of Nomaterra's Miami fragrance! Be sure to send a photo of yourself with the bottle to admin@nomaterra.com!
Nomaterra Scavenger Hunt San Francisco is on!! Clue #1 -- you can find a free bottle of our Miami fragrance on in Hayes Valley on Hayes between Octavia and Laguna Streets. When you find it send us a pic of you with the product to admin@nomaterra.com
