Justine Crane was a co-founder and original tutor at the Natural Perfume Academy. She formally stepped back from all active duties in 2025. We acknowledge her authorship and her mentorship of the diploma, the masters and the Kyphi and Cranberry Accord  courses and wish her well in her retirement.  Justine Crane is a quietly brilliant force and a living legend in natural perfumery—over 25 years of immersive, plant-based practice, teaching, and artisanal production.

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Credentials & Leadership

• • Co-founder of the Natural Perfume Academy (est. 2008) and author of its internationally respected, CPD-certified English-language curriculum.

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• • Published author, including the Working the Bench series and Perfumaria Botânica (available in Brazil & Portugal).

Justine Cranes Published Works on Amazon 

Perfumaria Botânica—a widely respected volume published by Editora Laszlo in Brazil 

• • Professional recognition as a owner of The Scented Djinn’s Parfum Apothecary & Thurificorum—an acclaimed atelier known for custom, small-batch botanical perfumery.

A Life in Scent

Born in rural California, Justine’s early years were shaped among Sierra Nevada forests—where she began blending pine resins and wild blossoms over a camp stove, creating her first personal “perfume” at age 13 using pine bark, elderberries, and thyme. 

Self-taught in herbcraft, soap-making, and eventually natural perfumery, she built Sierra Soapourri (1997) and Delicia Skincare (2005), weaving her botanical craft into entrepreneurial practice. 

Over the years, Justine has become known as a working perfumer’s perfumer—valued not for showmanship, but for a career shaped in the lab, stillroom, and studio—rooted in botanical patience, versatility, and deep olfactory intelligence. 

Uniquely Justine Crane

• • A medium expert: She knows the unpredictable heart of natural aromatics, not lab isolates—distilling techniques from home-grown raw materials to formulation strategy. 

• • Course Author with substance: Her work isn’t superficial—it carries the depth of decades lived with raw botanical material, stillness in experimentation, and rigorous safety standards. 

• • Artist, not influencer: Justine doesn’t chase trends. She builds quiet, introspective fragrances—drawing parallels between her perfumery and the fluid, patent-driven art of Loïe Fuller.

Real Recognition

“I caught flak for my nontraditional business model… nearly everything is limited-edition… This gives me the opportunity to flex my creative muscle.” — About her practice & teaching approach.

“Working with nature… planting seeds, tending plants, harvesting blossoms… is the most creatively fulfilling work.” — Reflecting her artistic philosophy. 

NPA’s Philosophy

Through her work, Justine embodies NPA’s philosophy of inviting professional perfumers to learn a different medium—not to replace their existing skillset, but to expand it. Her authorship helps seasoned perfumers discover how to:

• • Treat harvest, soil, seasonality like co-composers

• • Build accords and fixatives from real plant resins, not chemicals

• • Listen and adapt to botanical variability without sacrificing artistry

The courses she authored move beyond formula—they’re a form of creative listening, open to anyone ready to let their materials speak back.

In Summary

If you seek a natural perfumery course created from decades of quietly grounded experience, by a real workshop-and-stillroom veteran, who has a devotion to creating natural fragrances steeped in plant-life fluency—you will find it in NPA Diploma Course and Advanced Perfumers Workshops and Masterclasses .