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).

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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. 

Why Perfumers Come to Justine

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

• • Educator with substance: Her teaching 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. 

What She Teaches

Justine invites professional perfumers to learn a different medium—not to replace their existing skillset, but to expand it. With her mentorship, 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

Her workshops 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 mentor with decades of quietly grounded experience, a real workshop-and-stillroom veteran, and a devotion to creating natural fragrances steeped in plant-life fluency—you will find her in Justine Crane.