Tincturing Spices in my New Home Lab

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See my earlier post over Christmas for a longer update:

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Went on a spice run today, and tinctured up some Ajwain seeds and some

Black Cardamon pods. Both are fabulous. The Ajwain is a cross

between celery and lighter fluid. Black Cardamon is bright and

camphoraceous like the regular green pods, but with a dry burnt wood

note like they were left out by a mesquite smokehouse. Here's a

concoction I whipped up using both tinctures:

2/3 Ajwain tincture (dry 1:5 pure ethanol)

1/3 Black Cardamon pod tincture

>mix to form 1/2 oz perfume base

Labdanum resin 10 drops

Myrrh 8 drops

Vetiver SC02 India 4 drops

Galangal 4 drops

Galbanum 3 drops

Mace 3 drops

Seed 2 drops

Root SCO2 2 drops

Blonde Tobacco Abs. 1 drop

Valerian Root 1/2 drop

Cognac Abs. 0.25 drop

Cheers,

Corin Royal Drummond

San Francisco