New members - please introduce yourselves

[Guest guest]

Hello, may I introduce myself.

My name is Plum and I have been enjoying catching up with the many threads

since i joined a month ago.

Lots of intresting expereince has caught my interest.

My interest in the gropd came through my mixing of aromatic extracts for

botanical body creams.

I definately enter a fine sensual world dealing with the plant extracts, sort of

grounding yet exciting..rather like when i cut herebs from the garden for the

kitchen. It's how i really connect tonature - through smell.

I also love the travel expereince behind the aromatic harvests, being a bit of a

traveller myself in the past.

I live in the UK.

regards,

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Everybody:

>

> We've had about two dozen new members join in the past two weeks,

and it

> would be great if the newbies could drop a note to the group

introducing

> themselves.

>

I actually joined a few weeks ago but had not yet posted an

introduction here. Thank you for reminding me.

My name is Cheryl, I live in San Capistrano, CA. I discovered

this group while researching natural perfumery.

My daughter is a hair stylist here in southern California and she is

currently developing some toxin free hair care products for her

clients. I'm hoping to use some of what I've learned from my research

and the information provided by this group to help her design some

fragrances for her new products.

I've learned a lot from reading the posts here and I just wanted to

say thank you for providing such a comprehensive resource.

[Guest guest]

Hi, I must have joined the group about two months ago, and never

really stopped by to take advantage of others' experience.

I can't even remember how I found out about this group. It was either

thru PerfumeCritic.com or Basenotes. My memory fails me at this late

hour.

My interest in natural perfumery is simply a hobby. I don't entertain

any thoughts of making anything to sell. I merely find that learning

the basics of perfume making helps me appreciate others' work all the

more. Plus, it's a fun thing to do, when the weather is unsuitable to

go sailing.

At the moment, I'm tinkering with tincturing. If anyone can point me

to some FAQ's or old posts about tincturing, I'd much appreciate it.

Aiona

[Guest guest]

> Hi Everybody:

> We've had about two dozen new members join in the past two weeks,

and it would be great if the newbies could drop a note to the group

introducing themselves.

******* Hi, I am Carrin. I haven't started trying to make my own

stuff, yet, so hope I can just learn and lurk for awhile. Thank you

for letting me join this group.

Carrin

Mpls, MN

[Guest guest]

>

> > Hi Everybody:

> > We've had about two dozen new members join in the past two weeks,

> and it would be great if the newbies could drop a note to the group

> introducing themselves.

>

> ******* Hi, I am Carrin. I haven't started trying to make my own

> stuff, yet, so hope I can just learn and lurk for awhile. Thank you

> for letting me join this group.

>

> Carrin

> Mpls, MN

>

Hi My name is Sonja and I am a lerker also I am loving all of the

great info thanks my skin says thankyou

sonja in texas

[Guest guest]

lissa_jous wrote:

> Hi, I must have joined the group about two months ago, and never

> really stopped by to take advantage of others' experience.

>

> I can't even remember how I found out about this group. It was either

> thru PerfumeCritic.com or Basenotes. My memory fails me at this late

> hour.

>

Hi Aiona

I'm active on both Perfume Critic and Basenotes, and I'm glad those

forums led you here.

> My interest in natural perfumery is simply a hobby. I don't entertain

> any thoughts of making anything to sell. I merely find that learning

> the basics of perfume making helps me appreciate others' work all the

> more. Plus, it's a fun thing to do, when the weather is unsuitable to

> go sailing.

>

Natural perfumery is fun! You'll find threads here on blending, history,

perfumer's work process, the art, etc. - all the stuff that perfumistas

like to know.

> At the moment, I'm tinkering with tincturing. If anyone can point me

> to some FAQ's or old posts about tincturing, I'd much appreciate it.

>

> Aiona

>

There's a FAQ on tincturing and infusing I wrote and you'll find it in

the Files section. I think you search the messages with the word

tincturing you'll get more replies than you can read in a week. If you

have specific questions, ask them here.

--

Anya's Garden http://AnyasGarden.com - perfumes, aromatics, classes,

consultation

Natural Perfumers Guild + blog with daily updates

1500+ member Natural Perfumery group -

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[Guest guest]

" nyPlum " Plumridge wrote:

> My interest in the gropd came through my mixing of aromatic extracts for

botanical body creams.

>

> I definately enter a fine sensual world dealing with the plant extracts, sort

of grounding yet exciting..rather like when i cut herebs from the garden for the

kitchen. It's how i really connect tonature - through smell.

> I also love the travel expereince behind the aromatic harvests, being a bit of

a traveller myself in the past.

> I live in the UK.

>

>

> regards,

>

>

Hi

Are you making the body creams for yourself or for sale? I know the EU

regs are often discussed here, and they're quite the hard road.

Please tell us more about your following the aromatic harvests, so that

we may live vicariously.

--

Anya's Garden http://AnyasGarden.com - perfumes, aromatics, classes,

consultation

Natural Perfumers Guild + blog with daily updates

1500+ member Natural Perfumery group -

/

[Guest guest]

Greetings.

My name is Amie and I joined this group about a week ago. So far I

have been " lurking " as I am not sure I have much to contribute yet, and

I am somewhat shy, but I have been enjoying reading!

I am an incense and soap maker. Anya's post on an incense group I am

on lead me here, as I love blending EOs for soaps and, of course

incense is probably closer to perfume making as it requires knowledge

of what the components smell like alone and how they will blend. I

have often flirted with the idea of natural perfumery. I am also

considering getting a (very small) distillation set up to utilize my

garden for hydrosols and perhaps miniscule amounts of EOs.

Anyhow, thanks for having me, and I hope to one day have some

information useful to one of you!

~Amie

[Guest guest]

I love blending EOs for soaps and, of

> course

> incense is probably closer to perfume making as it requires

> knowledge

> of what the components smell like alone and how they will

> blend. I

> have often flirted with the idea of natural perfumery. I

> am also

> considering getting a (very small) distillation set up to

> utilize my

> garden for hydrosols and perhaps miniscule amounts of EOs.

>

>

> Anyhow, thanks for having me, and I hope to one day have

> some

> information useful to one of you!

>

> ~Amie

>

/

Hi Amie

Hope you will have lots of fun here... sounds like you are on the way.

Ilove blending for soaps and incense,... listening......I love aromatics

individually together in accords, dry, wet, liquid, solid., in incense or

potpourri.. just picked, distilled in any form.. it is a constant and

fascinating art for which one never tires....

Plenty to read in files and links and any questions just ask away

every good wish, Janita

Janita Haan Natural Perfume

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[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Everybody:

>

> We've had about two dozen new members join in the past two weeks,

and it

> would be great if the newbies could drop a note to the group

introducing

> themselves. Sometimes you'll find that there are kindred natural

> perfumers in your part of the world, or that your intro can strike

a

> chord with someone who shares an interesting hobby or interest.

>

> Anya's Garden http://AnyasGarden.com - perfumes, aromatics,

classes, consultation

Greetings,

I'm a new member who has enjoyed reading the discussions that have

been going on.

I joined the group as I have recently become interested in perfume--I

teach chemistry and would like to develop a course focusing on raw

materials and how to use common classic chemistry techniques to

extract fragrances.

If anyone has ideas, I would love to hear them!

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

On Jun 19, 2008, at 1:43 PM, jlogan5 wrote:

> Greetings,

>

> I'm a new member who has enjoyed reading the discussions that have

> been going on.

>

> I joined the group as I have recently become interested in perfume--I

> teach chemistry and would like to develop a course focusing on raw

> materials and how to use common classic chemistry techniques to

> extract fragrances.

>

> If anyone has ideas, I would love to hear them!

>

> Thanks,

>

>

That's really cool. I think the first thing you'd want is a still.

I'd get a big one so you can distill anything, from a load of rose

petals to buckets of fresh mown hay. EOU has a nice 10-Q stainless

steel one for $1000, though certainly one can readily find smaller

cheaper glass ones. Antonin has great designs for a homemade still.

Enfleurage would be great, and good busy work for students. For that

you'd need high-grade alcohol and high-quality solid fat/butter.

Sounds like fun. I wish I could be there.

[Guest guest]

> That's really cool. I think the first thing you'd want is a still.

> I'd get a big one so you can distill anything, from a load of rose

> petals to buckets of fresh mown hay. EOU has a nice 10-Q stainless

> steel one for $1000, though certainly one can readily find smaller

> cheaper glass ones. Antonin has great designs for a homemade still.

>

> Enfleurage would be great, and good busy work for students. For that

> you'd need high-grade alcohol and high-quality solid fat/butter.

> Sounds like fun. I wish I could be there.

>

Thanks, Adam! The great thing about being in chemistry is I already

have access to certain things like distillation set-ups and 200 proof

ethanol. I like your idea about fresh mown hay, hadn't thought of

that! Rose petals will make for a very pretty experiment.

I'm actually trying my first enfleurage now--there's a lot of jasmine

in bloom where I am so I thought I'd give it a shot. I tried regular

shortening from the store--don't know how well it'll work but I'll keep

your suggestion for high-quality butter in mind.

Like I said, if anyone has ideas for experiments that they think

students would enjoy, I would love to hear from you! I'm thinking of

offering this course in January (I live in a snowy area) so I know that

I (unfortunately) might have to limit some of my experiments to readily

available raw materials (like rosemary from the grocery store).

PS I browsed the files on the group website and very much appreciate

the info so many of you have provided.

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Everybody:

>

> We've had about two dozen new members join in the past two weeks, and it

> would be great if the newbies could drop a note to the group introducing

> themselves. Sometimes you'll find that there are kindred natural

> perfumers in your part of the world, or that your intro can strike a

> chord with someone who shares an interesting hobby or interest.

>

> Anya's Garden http://AnyasGarden.com - perfumes, aromatics, classes,

consultation

Hi,

My name is Tara and I live in Sydney, Australia. As a beginner in this wonderful

world of fragrance, I would love to learn how to create perfumes, oils and

incence. At this point I

have very little to offer the group, and I am grateful to be able to join as a

beginner and

read everyones information as inspiration for my exploration into this arena.

Thanking you all,

Tara

[Guest guest]

Hi Amie

I'm certain that anybody who can make a beautiful soap and incense

has some amazingly useful info to share!

I think of fine incense as an equal to fine perfume; to one day

create exquisite alluring incense is a kind of 'holy grail' for me.

Margi

[Guest guest]

> Hi,

>

> My name is Tara and I live in Sydney, Australia. As a beginner in

this wonderful world of fragrance, I would love to learn how to

create perfumes, oils and incence. At this point I

> have very little to offer the group, and I am grateful to be able

to join as a beginner and

> read everyones information as inspiration for my exploration into

this arena.

>

> Thanking you all,

> Tara

Hi Tara

greetings from Brisbane.

I received such a warm welcome from the other Aussies in this group:

Ambrosia, 'Blue Star', Jen 'florastarr', and Viv.

I think Jen is in Sydney.

Have fun with your explorations!

Margi

[Guest guest]

Hi Tara, here from the Kuranda in the Far North.

Lots of great info here to read in the files..... enjoy

[Guest guest]

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I just jumped right in and forgot about my introduction! Sorry...I am a stay at

home mom of two boys. Braiden 27 months and r 3 months. I live in PA with my

wonderful husband,

>

> New members - please introduce yourselves

>

> Sheri

> listowner

>

> Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian Homeopath

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