What aromatic do you detest? *was* Re: missing bottle of patchouli

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> First of all, of course, Liz is going to have to send that old, nasty

> bottle of patchouli to me. ;-)

>

> OK, my major dislikes, but I've learned to use them:

>

> Basil

> Armoise

> Davana

> Vetiver

>

> What are yours?

>

> --

> Sincerely, Anya

Mine:

dislikes....but there is a use for them, in my blends:

blue camomile...i use camomile maroc instead...much nicer

galbanum...oh yeah, but it is wonderful

i love davana, vetiver and basil

armoise...never heard of it by that name..hmmm?

L

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>

>

> > OK, my major dislikes, but I've learned to use them:

> >

> > Basil

> > Armoise

> > Davana

> > Vetiver

> >

> > What are yours?

I would have to 2nd iel on the hops

Definitely Green Cognac

Vetiver (all)

Nikki

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Civet

Tagetes

Costus

The last two I use, often, to great effect I think, but on their own,

they get under my skin. Civet reminds me of piss, to be frank.

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Civet

..

__, Ahhh the smell of Ferrets.... Thank goodness I don't have to use that

one (although *** " tincture " of prepubescent tween ranks right up there with

that one...) EWEWEWEWE...

I'm sure that is in some manufactured perfumes out there. (where else they

gonna get human phermones from?) {No I really do not want to know...} ***

that smell that is in my laundry room when thing one decides not to use

underarm deoderant.***

I myself am allergic to patchouli, and it makes me pass out... (hypoxic

reaction to it .. Might be a past life thing.) then theres something I

smelled called africa stone and that is skat (if you don't know what skat is

it's a nice word for poop.)but I can attest when added in small amounts can

cause a perfume to be right on. Olfactory wise.)_._,___

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hops

Just wondering, does it smell like the flower, cause if it does... Aye, can

agree with that. FOOT smells better.

(I wonder if a valerian oil would smell as pungent as the herb...) One more

thing I won't be perfuming with...

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On 10/08/07, Anya <anya@...> wrote:

> First of all, of course, Liz is going to have to send that old, nasty

> bottle of patchouli to me. ;-)

Your welcome to it Anya - only thing is there's not much left, it was

only a 5ml bottle and I tossed most of it into my last fly spray for

the horses hoping it would give some staying power. It did, but in a

bad way for me! LOL

Following closely on patchouli is

Silver fir, another old oil I have that smelt like vomit when I first

opened the bottle. Not opened that one for a long, long time.!

For a while I struggled with geranium, but find now if I get it in the

right dilution its OK'ish. It wouldn't be one of the first I'd reach

for tho...

LLx

(Off to open that Silver Fir - just to see if it's changed at all...)

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> First of all, of course, Liz is going to have to send that old, nasty

> bottle of patchouli to me. ;-)

>

I bought spikenard because I wanted to recreate a perfume found in King Tut's

tomb.

I made it 4 months ago and thought it would soon start smelling better but it

hasn't.

But it is still interesting to me to smell something that was used in Ancient

Egypt.

I think adding a drop of patchouli to a blend can take you to another time and

place.

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On Aug 9, 2007, at 7:53 PM, Janek-Markey wrote:

> hops

>

> Just wondering, does it smell like the flower, cause if it does...

> Aye, can

> agree with that. FOOT smells better.

I got some hops EO (maybe absolute?) and was incredibly disappointed.

I can tell it's hops, but it's nothing like the actual flower. Beer

brewing is a VERY complicated science, so I imagine it would take

more than just a distillers skills to get the essence right.

To me, fresh hops on the vine are right up there with orange-blossom--

totally transports me.