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" When you get down to it, most of our soaps and colognes are made in places that look scarily like laboratories. Even the ones that proudly exclaim that they&amp;#039;re all-natural. Not so with Juniper Ridge. The company makes soaps, colognes, and sprays that smell great, but they do it in a decidedly non-laboratorial manner. In fact, they concoct many of their fragrances using a vintage whiskey still, though sometimes they go moonshine style, over a campfire. These people are, as we found out firsthand, a bunch of bourbon-loving, beer-swigging, meat-grilling Californians who just happen to have a thing for tracking down and capturing the scent of the woods. They&amp;#039;ve got a gold miner&amp;#039;s mission, a sommelier&amp;#039;s nose, and a distinct appreciation for the wilderness of the American West, all of which were on display when we hitched a ride with Juniper Ridge this past July on the trail in the Tahoe National Forest. We were there to concoct a new scent, or an &amp;quot;aromatic snapshot,&amp;quot; as they like to call it. You see, the ingredients the company works so hard to find aren&amp;#039;t just specific to their locations but also to the season \u2014 some flowers they use bloom for only a few weeks each year. Oh, and yes: Juniper Ridge is all-natural. Doggedly so. Bark, sap, leaves, twigs, grass, flower petals, stems \u2014 these ingredients come courtesy of the wilderness. And there are no synthetics in the mix, either; it&amp;#039;s either pure sugarcane alcohol or organic duck fat (the company is definitely not vegetarian). Because of this, each batch of products is entirely unique, a reflection of the season&amp;#039;s bounty that captures a moment in time in much the same way a good bottle of wine does. Here&amp;#039;s how it all comes together.  Follow The Style Blog on RSS and on Twitter at @ESQStyle "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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