Re: Managing all materials??

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On Aug 4, 2004, at 3:55 PM, ruby_mama2001 wrote:

> Soon I will be able to use my study again and is itching to sort out

> old stuff and do some nifty reorganisation of all stuff in there.

> Containers, candlemaking supplies, herbs etc. are easily managed -

> but how on earth to organise all fragrant stuff??

> Uptil now I have had all my EOs, abs. etc stored in small wooden

> chests (thank you IKEA LOL) sorted by suppliers and their contries.

> But since my collection of fragrance materials are groing

> continuesly, I can see that I need to find another way to categorise

> them. First I thought of just doing it by notes - base, middle and

> top. But - there are so many materials that bridge over two notes...

> Maybee doing it by categories - florals, citruses, woods etc???

>

> How do the rest of you sort and organise? I want to find some

> manageble way, so I easlily can find what I'm looking for.

>

> Now I'm of to bed - nighty night :-)

>

> Fragrant Blessings,

> Ylva

Hi Ylva

Reading your post was a real awakening for me. I never realized there

were so many OTHER ways of categorizing fragrant materials.

My way is quite boring, but easy when it comes to locating something. I

store everything alphabetically.

So I have several of the same item together, but labeled with the

supplier, such as Lavenders, Jasmines, etc.

I suppose you could even do this by Latin names if you want.

Sandi , R.A. Certified Integrative Aromatherapist

Force of Nature Aromatherapy

Custom Blends for Your Well Being

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Hi there,

I'm afraid I'm pretty boring too. I organize alphabetically too.

Jane

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I can see that I need to find another way to categorise

> them. First I thought of just doing it by notes - base, middle and

> top. But - there are so many materials that bridge over two notes...

> Maybee doing it by categories - florals, citruses, woods etc???

>

Oh Ylva, you were reading my mind! I've been tackling the same issue.

My EO collection is growing by the week. I have about 35 oils right

now. I keep them in a small metal box from...Ikea.:-) My droppers are

stuffed in a small plastic bag in the box also.

I'd love to get on of those EO boxes with the dividers though.

Indigo

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At 07:37 PM 8/5/2004 -0000, you wrote:

>I can see that I need to find another way to categorise

>> them. First I thought of just doing it by notes - base, middle and

>> top. But - there are so many materials that bridge over two notes...

>> Maybee doing it by categories - florals, citruses, woods etc???

>Oh Ylva, you were reading my mind! I've been tackling the same issue.

>My EO collection is growing by the week. I have about 35 oils right

>now. I keep them in a small metal box from...Ikea.:-) My droppers are

>stuffed in a small plastic bag in the box also.

I had to buy a big cabinet and a little refrigerator. Within those abodes

you will find lidded plastic boxes with big labels on the side that read

" flowers " , " Woods, resins " , " herbs " , etc. I find this method of

categorization also helps in blending, because I can array the boxes on my

table and pull out the essences I need.

That said, i do believe that professional perfume " organs " are arranged

alphabetically.

http://www.nature-helps.com/agora/perfumes.htm

Oh, and I have a plastic toolbox that contains my rarest essences. That's

the one to " grab in case of a fire and save " , since the goodies in there

proably equal in price the rest of my collection (plus the ml. of 1971

aloeswood is irreplacable, ditto the chunk of amber from Hakim Chisti, the

mid-70's distilled Egyptian amber oil, etc., etc.)

Anya

http://member.newsguy.com/~herblady

" Nature and Nature's law lay hid in night;

God said " Let Tesla Be " and all was light. "

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I keep my oils on a 3-tier lazy susan, which I cobbled together

myself. The top shelf is for top notes, the middle for middle, the

bottom for base.

On the top shelf I have a container for spices, one for herbs, and so

on. The middle and bottom shelf are arranged alphabetically. The

teeny bottles of samples are grouped in containers, on each level.

This has worked quite well so far but I'm starting to need a bigger

lazy susan or a different system.

This is the eternal dilemma of perfumery, I think: the numbers of

bottles, lids, etc. keep expanding in geometric progression.

Does anyone have a system that can cope with growing quantities of

materials?

If anyone is interested I can post my instructions for making the

lazy susan. You don't need power tools, although a power screwdriver

helps.

Kathleen in Montréal