Re: messing up

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--- janita morris <heartinmymouth@...> wrote:

> I'm so glad you said this. I have reached the point

> in my studies where I know enough to understand how

> little I know and have been feeling a bit

> discouraged.

> I keep reminding myself this is an important stage

> to

> reach in learning any art but it helps to hear you

> say

> that you used to mess up a lot too!

>

>

> messing up stinky blends ...................oh

> yes.... I remember a particular corker...... was

> working on the Cathedral commission and had made up

> some accords which I had listed 1-6 ...... came

> upon labdanum which I thought to m'self

> ........eureka..... bought some added one drop and

> ruined one of them in one fail swoop

>

> still makes me wondrous at how some plants

> tenacity can be so powerful and others more

> delicate...... just like personalities.......

> learning to communicate with them and discern how

> to bring out their best points and their

> capabilities and nuances is and ever shall be a

> continuous learning curve for which I know, I will

> be forever strolling.

Janita,

The labdanum story sounds familiar! I've just been

realizing how naive I was when I started this

perfumery journey-- I needed a new fragrance because

the only one I had ever liked was no longer available

and I thought that since I couldn't find anything I

wanted to wear, I would just make myself a perfume

which would, of course, be the perfect perfume for me!

Well, this perfect perfume (of my own creation) has

yet to materialize but now there are many natural

perfumes that I adore. And I know that I have made

great strides since the beginning. Still, it helps to

hear that other perfumers made lots of mistakes along

the way.

ps I love your description of learning to communicate

with plants and flowers. That's what this is all

about.

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