Re: Cloning the Smell of the Sea

February 3, 2007

Boris <NP@...> wrote:

" Scientists from the University of East Anglia have discovered exactly

what makes the seaside smell like the seaside — and bottled it. The

age-old mystery was unlocked thanks to some novel bacteria plucked from

the North Norfolk coast. "

The responsible substance, dimethyl sulfide, in addition to smelling

like the coast, also acts as a homing scent for birds looking to feast

on plankton.

Hi Boris

From now on we can say ................... " oh I just love the smell of the

dimythl

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February 3, 2007

Boris <NP@...> wrote:

" Scientists from the University of East Anglia have discovered exactly

what makes the seaside smell like the seaside — and bottled it. The

age-old mystery was unlocked thanks to some novel bacteria plucked from

the North Norfolk coast. "

The responsible substance, dimethyl sulfide, in addition to smelling

like the coast, also acts as a homing scent for birds looking to feast

on plankton.

I can hear it now ...................' dontcha just love that smell of

dimythyl sulfide......'........

betcha it doesn't completely do it!!!!.........

Janita

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February 3, 2007

At 03:54 PM 2/3/2007, you wrote:

>Boris <NP@...> wrote:

> " Scientists from the University of East Anglia have discovered exactly

>what makes the seaside smell like the seaside — and bottled it. The

>age-old mystery was unlocked thanks to some novel bacteria plucked from

>the North Norfolk coast. "

>

>The responsible substance, dimethyl sulfide, in addition to smelling

>like the coast, also acts as a homing scent for birds looking to feast

>on plankton.

>

> I can hear it now ...................'

> dontcha just love that smell of dimythyl sulfide......'........

>

> betcha it doesn't completely do it!!!!.........

>

> Janita

Boris, Janita....

So who'll be the first to contact the scientists

and try to obtain the bacteria and then tincture them? Me!

Anya McCoy

Anya's Garden of Natural Perfume http://anyasgarden.com

Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild http://artisannaturalperfumers.org

Natural Perfumers Community Group

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February 3, 2007

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

>

> Boris <NP@...> wrote:

>

> The responsible substance, dimethyl sulfide, in

> addition to smelling

> like the coast, also acts as a homing scent for

> birds looking to feast

> on plankton.

>

> I can hear it now ...................' dontcha

> just love that smell of dimythyl

> sulfide......'........

>

> betcha it doesn't completely do it!!!!.........

>

When we went to the beach last summer my daughter

decided to make salt by boiling down a few gallons of

seawater. We ended up with several Tbs. of thick grey

salt that smelled just like the Atlantic ocean--

possibly my favorite smell in the world. I thought I

would tincture the salt and see if I could really

bottle the actual smell of the sea but I lost the

little packet of salt. So now my experiment will have

to wait until next summer. Maybe one of you who lives

near the sea would like to try this experiment? The

smell may be too subtle but I think it is worth a try.

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February 3, 2007

> When we went to the beach last summer my daughter

> decided to make salt by boiling down a few gallons of

> seawater. We ended up with several Tbs. of thick grey

> salt that smelled just like the Atlantic ocean--

> possibly my favorite smell in the world. I thought I

> would tincture the salt and see if I could really

> bottle the actual smell of the sea but I lost the

> little packet of salt. So now my experiment will have

> to wait until next summer. Maybe one of you who lives

> near the sea would like to try this experiment? The

> smell may be too subtle but I think it is worth a try.

>

-- Fantastic idea! Many thanks -- I'll be doing this here as

soon as I can. I've been planning on distilling kelp when it warms

up. This, I don't have to wait for! Just trot down to the beach with

a bucket and (argh) haul it back (pant) up the hill and put it on to

boil. I wonder how my house will smell during this experiment....

Cheers!

Andrine

February 3, 2007

At 05:15 PM 2/3/2007, you wrote:

> -- Fantastic idea! Many thanks -- I'll be doing this here as

>soon as I can. I've been planning on distilling kelp when it warms

>up. This, I don't have to wait for! Just trot down to the beach with

>a bucket and (argh) haul it back (pant) up the hill and put it on to

>boil. I wonder how my house will smell during this experiment....

>

>Cheers!

>Andrine

Andrine, Janita, any others near the sea. Synchronistically, this

afternoon I had PBS on in the background, and they showed a chef in

Dover, England making salt for his restaurant. Yes, he went and

collected several pails, poured the seawater through a sieve into a

big pot (to sift out the debris, of course) and said it took about

three hours to boil it down.

He showed that when it looked really boiled down, when he gently

tipped the pot no its side, a little water pooled on he bottom, and

the white crystals of fleur de sel appeared on top as the water

drained to the side of the pot.. He took a spatula and carefully

lifted/scraped the fleur de sel off the top, saving that for dressing

salads and such where appearance matters. The salt on the bottom was

grey salt, and he used that in pots for cooking potatoes, etc.

Silly man wasn't into tincturing it, so I can't report on that!

>

Anya McCoy

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Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild http://artisannaturalperfumers.org

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February 3, 2007

I've tried tincturing the regular sea salt from the store and some

large crystal gray french sea salt with a really nice sea smell. It

doesn't really dissolve and I get a very faint sea smell from the

tincture. I actually did better with some fresh seashells off the

beach the I broke up and put in Everclear. Maybe there were some

bacteria in there.

Elise -- Brilliant! I have seashells coming out of my ears here -- I

make things with them, put them all over old furniture and stuff --

but I never thought to tincture them (oh -- I really need to expand my

thinking). Way cool!

And Anya -- so cool that PBS had a sea salt episode while we're

talking about it.

BTW -- Cross-topic -- NPR was talking about the lavender EO issue this

morning. I was a bit man-boobed out so I only listened to it with one

ear while I was blending. Don't know if anyone else caught it...

Andrine

February 3, 2007

I've tried tincturing the regular sea salt from the store and some

large crystal gray french sea salt with a really nice sea smell. It

doesn't really dissolve and I get a very faint sea smell from the

tincture. I actually did better with some fresh seashells off the

beach the I broke up and put in Everclear. Maybe there were some

bacteria in there.

Elise -- Brilliant! I have seashells coming out of my ears here -- I

make things with them, put them all over old furniture and stuff --

but I never thought to tincture them (oh -- I really need to expand my

thinking). Way cool!

And Anya -- so cool that PBS had a sea salt episode while we're

talking about it.

BTW -- Cross-topic -- NPR was talking about the lavender EO issue this

morning. I was a bit man-boobed out so I only listened to it with one

ear while I was blending. Don't know if anyone else caught it...

Andrine

February 3, 2007

--- Andrine Olson-Kirschenman <midvale808@...>

wrote:

>

> I've tried tincturing the regular sea salt from the

> store and some

> large crystal gray french sea salt with a really

> nice sea smell. It

> doesn't really dissolve and I get a very faint sea

> smell from the

> tincture. I actually did better with some fresh

> seashells off the

> beach the I broke up and put in Everclear. Maybe

> there were some

> bacteria in there.

>

> Elise -- Brilliant! I have seashells coming out of

> my ears here -- I

> make things with them, put them all over old

> furniture and stuff --

> but I never thought to tincture them (oh -- I really

> need to expand my

> thinking). Way cool!

>

> And Anya -- so cool that PBS had a sea salt episode

> while we're

> talking about it.

>

Very cool. The salt we made from sea water did have

an amazing taste too. It wasn't at all like sea salt

that you buy at the store. I cook with that type of

sea salt but it doesn't have much of a smell. The

salt we made had a very distinct ocean smell and

taste.

Andrine,

I'm glad you're going to try it! I also love the idea

of the seashell tincture. Let us know if it works.

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February 3, 2007

--- Andrine Olson-Kirschenman <midvale808@...>

wrote:

>

> I've tried tincturing the regular sea salt from the

> store and some

> large crystal gray french sea salt with a really

> nice sea smell. It

> doesn't really dissolve and I get a very faint sea

> smell from the

> tincture. I actually did better with some fresh

> seashells off the

> beach the I broke up and put in Everclear. Maybe

> there were some

> bacteria in there.

>

> Elise -- Brilliant! I have seashells coming out of

> my ears here -- I

> make things with them, put them all over old

> furniture and stuff --

> but I never thought to tincture them (oh -- I really

> need to expand my

> thinking). Way cool!

>

> And Anya -- so cool that PBS had a sea salt episode

> while we're

> talking about it.

>

Very cool. The salt we made from sea water did have

an amazing taste too. It wasn't at all like sea salt

that you buy at the store. I cook with that type of

sea salt but it doesn't have much of a smell. The

salt we made had a very distinct ocean smell and

taste.

Andrine,

I'm glad you're going to try it! I also love the idea

of the seashell tincture. Let us know if it works.

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February 4, 2007

Anya <mccoy@...> wrote: At 03:54 PM 2/3/2007, you wrote:

>Boris wrote:

>

>The responsible substance, dimethyl sulfide, in addition to smelling

>like the coast, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>

> I can hear it now ...................'

> dontcha just love that smell of dimythyl sulfide......'........

>

> betcha it doesn't completely do it!!!!.........

>

> Janita

Boris, Janita....

So who'll be the first to contact the scientists

and try to obtain the bacteria and then tincture them? Me!

Anya McCoy

You go girl :-).................go .....go ........go

keep us informed............can't wait....

Janita

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