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Rosemary revisited
I had to decant sample vials of Rosemary today and something about its greenish brown gummy character (the absolute is like a olive green hunk of herbaceous fudge) made me wonder how it would behave w… more →
The Scented Wench
rosemary revisited
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I had to decant sample vials of Rosemary today and something about its greenish brown gummy characte … more →
degrees of coffee
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I have a row of bottles at my work bench, filled with freshly roasted coffee beans of various origin … more →
the power of copal and myrrh
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I poured and packed three bottles of Ofrenda this morning, for an order. This is one that I had to … more →
appreciating roses right now
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I had to make up another batch of Medea some weeks ago, and finally filtered it yesterday afternoon, … more →
timing belts and removing grime
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scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: This has absolutely nothing to do with perfume, but aromatics play into it, so I’ll forge alon … more →
antiquated-book-smell, and other things
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: It’s been done, maybe to death; I’m not sure because I’ve not looked for others do … more →
explorations of Pogostemon cablin
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I have a 16 oz bottle of dark patchouli from India that I’ve been hoarding for about six years … more →
co-distills and attars rock
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been playing with attars in a very limited fashion for some years now. There are the obv … more →
eau de cologne, again
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: Jiminy crickets. This addition of water stuff really gives me fits. I managed to add a few millilit … more →
Saffron
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: From Lise Manniche (Sacred Luxuries), “…The well-known flower pistils of Crocus sativus … more →
eau de cologne
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: Hungary Water, Koelnische Wasser, 4711, the stuff that Napoleon Drenched Himself In By the Quart … more →
bread and baked goods
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I was too beat to post last night, but it was on the tip of my brain to think a bit about foodie sce … more →
Arctander is good for the imagination...
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: …I managed to get a copy of Arctander from Amazon awhile ago for substantially less than any o … more →
I miss my Cistus purpurea
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: When I moved in February, I left behind a huge shrub that’d started out as a wee 4-inch pot fr … more →
Musk rose (hard to find, but worth it)
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I was talking about using blue lotus phytol, a few posts down… I also happen to have a small ( … more →
Orris, sweet and dusty orris
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I went to Lise Manniche for an entry on iris this morning, because I felt like I was missing somethi … more →
Gulhina, better with age
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I’ve had about an ounce of gulhina attar for 4 years, and check in on it infrequently. I had t … more →
Nelumbo nucifera, the blue one
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scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I’m working on expanding my palette of heart notes, and am starting to work, slowly, with a ph … more →
alcohol, the perfect medium
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scentedwench wrote 2 years ago: Alcohol-based perfumes have this reputation preceding them, which I’d never quite realized the … more →
