Exquisite perfumes crafted with love
Illuminated Perfume is where the ancient mysteries of alchemy and old world apothecaries intersect with visionary fragrances hand crafted from plants.
Practices that go back to distilling in cooper pots, infusing, tincturing and the use of enfleurage are all part of a tapestry of collective crafts used to capture the invisible aromatic threads used to formulate beautiful, complex perfumes.
Hand and heart intersect at the crossroads of passion and intuition, to bring you a bouquet of imaginative fragrances nuanced with unique artistic flair.
MAKE your own PLANT FRAGRANCE and CHORDS and FRAGRANCE FAMILIES: The Vocabulary of Botanical Perfume
In the Art of Botanical Perfume you create your very own nine note natural perfume while learning some of the history & fine art of making plant fragrance with an expert guidance.
The Chords & Fragrance class takes us further into the art of composition: exploring perfume families, understanding the relationships between materials, and learning how to build chords that can become the heart of a perfume.
Both classes are intimate and hands-on, with lots of smelling, making and focus on following your nose.
October 24, & 25, 2026 in Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Stepping through the door of perfume artist Roxana Villa's shop on Lena Street is like stepping through a magic portal into an aromatic choose-your-own-adventure story.
Every object in the room—the cabinet of curiosities along the far wall, the jars of herbs on the shelves, flowers hung from the ceiling, the ancient-looking copper still on the table—provides a reference point in the interwoven narratives Villa creates using scent as her chosen medium for storytelling."
~ Leah Cantor, Santa Fe Reporter