Music for Your Nose: An Interview with Esscentual Alchemy's Amanda Feeley

I first encountered Iowa-based perfume house Esscentual Alchemy when I was still living in Nebraska. While sampling different perfumes created for the Perfume Pharmer's Peace, Love and Patchouli project. I settled on a favorite, Queen of Punk, which featured patchouli in a decidedly non-flower-child context. I was delighted to find it was from a natural perfume house in a nearby small city in th...