Perfumer Anya McCoy

President and Owner
Natural Perfumers Guild

Anya McCoy is an acclaimed professional natural perfumer with years of creative and business expertise in the art. Anya originally offered the line “Anya’s Tropical Essences” on South Beach, Miami in the early 1990’s.

My studies at the university for degrees in ethnobotany and landscape architecture always involved fragrant plants, a lifelong passion of mine. Knowing the secrets of the plants, from the cellular level, to the entire growth cycle, unlocked those mysteries. I am self-taught in the style of French classical perfumery, and have knowledge of Middle Eastern and Indian perfumery techniques.

A lifelong organic gardener, I wrote for Organic Gardening magazine for years, and taught organic gardening classes and started community gardens for residents of Riverside, California, and Corvallis, Oregon.

I follow the seasons of flowers so that I can create exquisite, unique additions for my perfumes. I accomplish this by tincturing the many rare and usually unavailable-to-the-trade fragrant plants in my garden at my home, Casa Jasmin.

I am devoted to using only natural aromatics. Their study and use is a lifelong passion, and the many secrets and surprises they hold in their fragrant veil is my life's work. I am very happy to share these creations with you, the lover of fine perfumes made naturally with an artisan's care and devotion to beauty.