Honey and beeswax Perfumes

[Guest guest]

There has been much discussion in the last month

regarding the bee " goo " , etc. I was reading

my French, The Art of Distillation " , 1653

edition and came across 5 more recipes for

extracting the scent and spirit from honey and

beeswax. Anyone interested?

Jeanne Rose

[Guest guest]

At 03:15 PM 11/1/2004, you wrote:

>I am very interested, please contact me offlist if there is no one else? I'm

>at Chrisiant@....

Hi Jeanne:

Yes, please share, and also place the information in the Files Section.

That's great information to have easily available in the Files for future

members who may not read back through the archives.

You'll see there's a folder in the Files section for Bee Goo and Bee

Products. Just click on the folder and click on " add text file " and you can

cut and paste the same information you're putting into the group post to

that site.

Anya

http://anyamccoy.com

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

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

[Guest guest]

> I was reading my French, The Art of Distillation " , 1653 edition and

came across 5

more recipes for extracting the scent and spirit from honey and beeswax.

Anyone

interested?

Jeanne Rose

>

> Hi Jeanne,

>

> I don't know if I speak for everyone, but here is one, big resounding

> " YES! "

>

> Would love to hear it. I am using bits of my honey/beeswax tincture

> in perfumes even though I don't believe it is 'fully' tinctured. It

> has only been one month, but the scent is still divine right now and I

> couldn't resist.

>

> Thanks so much,

>

>

> yes, I am interested, please.

> roxana

TO MAKE A SPIRIT OF HONEY

" take a good strong stale mead, otherwise called metheglin,

as much as you please, distill it in a copper still or alembic,

with its refrigeratory (condenser), and it will yield a spirit

like aqua vitae (very fragrant).

THE QUINTESSENCE OF HONEY IS MADE THUS

" take of the purest honey two pounds and of fountain water

one pound. Boil these together until the water is boiled

away, taking off the scum that rises. Then take the honey

and put it into a glass, four parts of five being empty.

Close it well and set it in digestion a whole year and you

shall have the essence of honey swimming on the top in

form of an oil, being of as fragrant smell as anything in

the world. The phlegm will be in the middle, and the

feculent matter in the bottom, of a dark color and with

stinking smell. "

There is another one using salt, another extracting with

vinegar, and one using sand and beeswax. These last

three we will discuss in " Natural Perfumery " , a class in

March.

from Jeanne Rose library of ancient books

French, The Art of Distillation, 1653