Guest guest Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 May I suggest looking to the past for some acccords. I know what you mean by having an " amber blend " . I think this is a fun way for a beginner to try oils out. I think people on the board are hesitant to give out accords because they don't want the grasshoppers to just use them and not study with their noses. You want to develop your own voice ( um... nose) in natural perfumery. It is also essential to be familiar with the notes top to bottom. Literally! This takes times. Lots and lots of time. Years. Sigh..... oh, were was I? I suddenly drifted from my over eager beginnings of dumping tons of oils in the garbage to learning patience. Anyway! There is a book that Mandy used in her book from the 1892 book called, The Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Perfumery. It has fun historical oddles of info and chapters of formulas on tinctures, accords, alcohol, extrait, dry and other cosmetic preperations. Unfortunately they often use Civet or Musk as a base in the perfumes. There is mention often of veggie musk ambrette which you can easily buy nowdays and tincture yourself. I bought a new copy of, " The, " Practical Treatise.. " that may be listed on google out there as, " digitized from the collections of the New York Public Library. " It is a fun book to have in a perfumer's collection as there are few easily obtained out there it seems. The Holy Grail book of perfumery of Steffen Arctander's is 320.00 some odd dollars. If you all have a natural perfume book you recommend that is not too expensive please let me know. Also for the vanilla tincturing. I do a maceration of Tahitian and Madagascar vanilla in frac coconut oil that is really strong. It desolves in alcohol. I suggest trying your own for creations. I do love Eden's Bourbon Co2 when I need to use a fraction of an amount. Have a great day! Kait http://www.etsy.com/shop/VireoPerfumes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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