Re: first try and a question

March 24, 2006

At 04:52 PM 3/22/2006, you wrote:

>OK, have tried my first accord (?) with violet leaf, bergamot,

>vanilla, ginger, sweet orange, patchouli. It is delightful, if best

>suited to my 8 year-old who snatched it away.... " smells like Barbie " .

>Actually the violet leaf and bergamot are quite fleeting and then

>leaves the vanilla and finally the vanilla-ginger. On my skin through

>the day it was like unwrapping presents, a new smell revealed every

>couple of hours or so.

>Can you tell I am enjoying myself lol! I am not at all sure if I have

>constructed it correctly, but guessed that the patchouli provides the

>base note, then the ginger/vanilla the heart, then the citruses and

>violet the top?? Forgive my completely novice level questions!

Congratulations on your first accord, not settle down and look at the

construction, girl ;-)

What book or teaching method are you following?

>One question.Using jojoba as a carrier oil, the brown vanilla sinks

>to the bottom so it needs to be shaken before using. Why is this? Can

>I prevent it? The vanilla is an eo and not a synthetic, although I

>don't know the specifics of what it is. And are the other oils

>sinking/floating even though I can't 'see' them as I can the vanilla?

Not to worry. Shake the mixture every day. Shake it before you decant some

to use, and let it settle again. The carrier oil *will* have absorbed the

scent of the vanilla! So, just use it. Keep the *mother* infusion and keep

adding to it.

Anya

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