Re: Fw: Re Claire of Lyone and Orris Root Powder

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> I would like to use Orriss in some of my Perfumes I have quite a

> lot of Orriss Powder so how would I go about turning it into some

> kind of liquid to do that please <snip>

> Essentially Yours Gill..

Hello there Gill,

Have you tried tincturing your oris root powder in alcohol? That's

where I would start. Sounds to me like you need only enough alcohol

to cover the powder. And is your powder aged? If it smells like

violets it's been aged. (In message #10826, Mark says, " The

orris must.. ..be completely dried and aged for a minimum of 3 years

in order for it to develop its fragrance. Why the fresh roots smell

kind of nasty and the aged ones develop such a wonderful odor

remains an uninvestigated mystery. Obviously, some kind of

transformational chemical process occurs during aging. " ) Pull up

message #10874 from the NP archives and follow the posting thread --

it's all about tincturing orris root powder. The resulting tincture

can then be used as a pre-fixed alcohol. I hope this helps and that

it makes sense. Anyone else have more to add?

Have fun!

Andrine

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-- Re: Fw: Re of Lyone and Orris Root Powder

> I would like to use Orriss in some of my Perfumes I have quite a

> lot of Orriss Powder so how would I go about turning it into some

> kind of liquid to do that please <snip>

> Essentially Yours Gill..

Hello there Gill,

Have you tried tincturing your oris root powder in alcohol? That's

where I would start. Sounds to me like you need only enough alcohol

to cover the powder. And is your powder aged? If it smells like

violets it's been aged. (In message #10826, Mark says, " The

orris must.. ..be completely dried and aged for a minimum of 3 years

in order for it to develop its fragrance. Why the fresh roots smell

kind of nasty and the aged ones develop such a wonderful odor

remains an uninvestigated mystery. Obviously, some kind of

transformational chemical process occurs during aging. " ) Pull up

message #10874 from the NP archives and follow the posting thread --

it's all about tincturing orris root powder. The resulting tincture

can then be used as a pre-fixed alcohol. I hope this helps and that

it makes sense. Anyone else have more to add?

Have fun!

Andrine

Hello Andrine.

My Orriss Root is well aged, At Xmas I take oranges &

put cloves in them, cover them in Orris root wrap them in newspaper & leave

them for 1month to six weeks in the airing cupboard after witch I brush the

orris off & put it in a little bag so it smells fab.

I will try covering it in Alcohol, thank you.

Essentially yours gill.

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I'm catching up on posts from dec, so these replies are a bit

dated...since i've asked so many newbie questions, here's some

opinions on recent purchases - hope they are useful to someone.

I bought cut florentine orris root from pennherb. It's completely

dried, but weirdly has no smell.... I'm gonna powder + tincture a

bit to see if it releases any scent and age the rest myself. (Just in

a plastic bag in a dark cool place unless anyone has suggestions) I

loooove the Guaiacwood I got from them - really bizarre - rosy and

somehow buttery. Hope the tincture is nice.

>Hello there Gill,

>Have you tried tincturing your oris root powder in alcohol? That's

>where I would start. Sounds to me like you need only enough alcohol

>to cover the powder. And is your powder aged? If it smells like

>violets it's been aged.

Got a bunch of herbs from penzey's - my gawd they are potent and

gorgeous. Esp the Turk. Bay lvs, juniper berries + tarragon. I've

never smelled dried herbs like that before. They tincture beautifully

too.

Anyone who needs 190 Everclear... I got several bottles from

shopper'svineyard. Fab prices and shippings not bad if you get

multiple bottles. I britta filtered them twice a day (with a brand new

filter) for a month. For some reason, this caused the alc to change to

a pale lemony yellow color. It still smells like very strong alcohol,

but its noticeably softer than the sample I didn't filter (saved a bit

for comparison) and it smells slightly fruity-floral.

http://www.shoppersvineyard.com/everclear190/everclear-190-proof-grain-alcohol-2\

9975.html

Could folks email me feedback on EOU? I placed a big order with them -

got lots of the cheaper stuff like citruses and received a huge batch

of samples. I love the way everything smells, but just recently I've

seen questions about them. In my search I haven't seen any outrigth

negative reviews tho...Please email me privately if you prefer.

solarhalo@...

Thanks!