Re: Least favorite scent...

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Honestly, I can't think of anything I really hate. I guess the closest would

be the liquorice-type scents, but I don't really dislike them, I'm just sort

of uninterested in them.

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Honestly, I can't think of anything I really hate. I guess the closest would

be the liquorice-type scents, but I don't really dislike them, I'm just sort

of uninterested in them.

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Teegarden

Althaea Soaps and Herbals

http://www.althaea.biz

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At 07:05 PM 2/20/2006, you wrote:

>Hi all

>Its cold, very cold, and just, dammit, damp and wet, with a promise of snow

>again this week here in Manchester UK - and its making me chilled to the

>bone and grumpy.

>So I thought I'd make a list of everyone least favorite - or least workable

>- scent (so I can slap um with it when they top post)

Methinks Liz needs to sniff some neroli, lol.

>So far I have 's top no-no's, tarragon, anise and eucalyptus. Mine is

>patchouli.

>Whats yours? and Why? Do you find it so abhorrent that it makes your toes

>curl? or is it just that you cant seem - ever - to get the dilution right?

>Do you persevere with it, or just ignore it?

Cognac, davana. Both smell like vomit to me. Ylang ylang, the famous

creeping death.

That said, I work with them, because straight out of the bottle means

nothing with raw aromatics in perfumery. Completely different from

aromatherapy in that sense. You learn to work with weak dilutions, and to

blend them where they transform into something else altogether.

Oh, currant bud. Too uremic. Use it, though, and that all disappears and a

nice fruity floral comes through.

Anya

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Anya,what does uremic mean? I've never heard of that word before(and also never

smelled currant absolute).

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: <I guess the closest would

be the liquorice-type scents, but I don't really dislike them,>

I guess I should say that I guess I don't really hate the smell of liquorice

type things as much as the taste. Ick!! Actually I wonder what anise or fennel

would smell like with certain things,what comes to my mind most is rose,perhaps

with some vanilla and/or citrus. Maybe lavender thrown in? Hmmmm...

Hating tarragon and eucalyptus I stand by.

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As a perfumer, I don't eliminate a note just because I don't like it

personally. Most notes - even the most repulsive ones - can have an

important role in a perfume. Of course, proportions and context are

the key...

That said, I obviously have my personal biases - some notes that I

love, and others that I don't like so much.

is definitley my least favourite scent ever. It makes me

almost physically ill to smell it on its own. It reminds me weeding in

the sun and getting dizzy and nauseous... The only scent that ever

exceeded it is the much less conventional note of tomato leaf absolute

(I love the scent of tomato leaves, but the absolute that I have is a

poison brew of the worst type - it smells like rotten weeds).

I used angelica three times only - one in a coniferous type scent, and

the other time I followed a recipe (I belive it was Hungary Water). I

was not thrilled with either of them, and am yet to discover how to

make angelica work for me. The third one I blended actually turned out

nice and surprisingly fruity, so I haven't lost hope in it yet...

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At 11:42 PM 2/21/2006, you wrote:

>Anya,what does uremic mean? I've never heard of that word before(and also

>never smelled currant absolute).

>

Has a urine note. Some juniper needles (leaves) also have it, noticeably.

>

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At 01:38 AM 2/22/2006, you wrote:

>I used angelica three times only - one in a coniferous type scent, and

>the other time I followed a recipe (I belive it was Hungary Water). I

>was not thrilled with either of them, and am yet to discover how to

>make angelica work for me. The third one I blended actually turned out

>nice and surprisingly fruity, so I haven't lost hope in it yet...

I'm testing some dong Quai absolute out for a retailer, Ayala.

sinensis. Just as potent and it screams angelica. I'll let you know after I

dilute it and play with it if it has very different properties.

Anya

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I didn't have one until last night when I spilled Lovage Leaf

everywhere! I can't even get the smell off of my hands. Just throw me

in a pot with an onion, some of that garlic EO, and a piece of beast.

Dinner at my place? No thanks!

Janet

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>

> <snip>

> I'm testing some dong Quai absolute out for a retailer, Ayala.

> sinensis. Just as potent and it screams angelica. I'll let you know after

> I

> dilute it and play with it if it has very different properties.

Hi Anya

I know how careful you are, and I know you are testing the absolute not the

oil, but the herb sinensis contains coumarins & bergapten.....and

you are in a sunny part of the world :-) No idea if these molecules appear

in the abs, but take care with this - just in case....

LLx

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At 11:41 AM 2/23/2006, you wrote:

>I didn't have one until last night when I spilled Lovage Leaf

>everywhere! I can't even get the smell off of my hands. Just throw me

>in a pot with an onion, some of that garlic EO, and a piece of beast.

>Dinner at my place? No thanks!

Hi Janet

Try a baking soda soak. I have lovage root EO. Potent stuff. I used to grow

lovage leaf, love the stuff, can't be eaten by pregnant women (abortifacient).

Anya

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At 03:03 PM 2/23/2006, you wrote:

> >

> > <snip>

> > I'm testing some dong Quai absolute out for a retailer, Ayala.

> > sinensis. Just as potent and it screams angelica. I'll let you know after

> > I

> > dilute it and play with it if it has very different properties.

>

>

>Hi Anya

>I know how careful you are, and I know you are testing the absolute not the

>oil, but the herb sinensis contains coumarins & bergapten.....and

>you are in a sunny part of the world :-) No idea if these molecules appear

>in the abs, but take care with this - just in case....

Safety hat on. Just testing solubility, diffusiveness, etc. No skin or

ingestion!

Anya

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On 23/02/06, Anya <mccoy@...> wrote:

>

> At 03:03 PM 2/23/2006, you wrote:

> <snip>

>Hi Anya

>I know how careful you are, and I know you are testing the absolute not the

oil, but the herb sinensis contains coumarins & bergapten.....and you

are in a sunny part of the world :-) No idea if these molecules appear in

the abs, but take care with this - just in case....

Safety hat on. Just testing solubility, diffusiveness, etc. No skin or

ingestion!

Well - I should have guessed that! - I'm just an old worrier, its the cold,

it chills all sense & logic out of the brain. Just the very thought of

actually being in a position to experience photo-toxicity got me excited for

a moment there! ;-) Joking!! <For those who don't know, photo-toxicity can

be horrendous, and is definitely *not* just *bad sunburn*, I have photos,

its dreadful>

LLx

(Spring will be here soon, it *will* be here soon.....it will be..it

will...Oh hell...its so cold...and wet...)

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Anya <mccoy@...> wrote:

<Has a urine note. Some juniper needles (leaves) also have it, noticeably.>

Yes,I've noticed that with juniper needles. When I was a kid we used to have

juniper bushes in front of our porch and I always thought it smelled like cat

pee. I always wondered if it was from cats using the toilet in the sand

underneath our porch,till I crawled down there. It just smelled like wood and

earth. Then I figured out it was the juniper bushes when I crushed the needles.

Very pungent! You know,I also get this note from fresh basil too. I haven't

smelled the eo in a while,but as I work in food service,I smell the fresh herb

all of the time and I just cant shake the impression of my cat's litter box

everytime I or another cook uses some!

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