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Rosemary revisited
I had to decant sample vials of Rosemary today and something about its greenish brown gummy character (the absolute is like a olive green hunk of herbaceous fudge) made me wonder how it would behave w… more »
The Scented Wench
rosemary revisited
scentedwench wrote 3 weeks ago: I had to decant sample vials of Rosemary today and something about its greenish brown gummy characte … more »
the power of copal and myrrh
scentedwench wrote 3 weeks ago: I poured and packed three bottles of Ofrenda this morning, for an order. This is one that I had to … more »
appreciating roses right now
scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I had to make up another batch of Medea some weeks ago, and finally filtered it yesterday afternoon, … more »
explorations of Pogostemon cablin
scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I have a 16 oz bottle of dark patchouli from India that I’ve been hoarding for about six years … more »
co-distills and attars rock
scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I’ve been playing with attars in a very limited fashion for some years now. There are the ob … more »
Saffron
scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: From Lise Manniche (Sacred Luxuries), “…The well-known flower pistils of Crocus sativus … more »
ginger on my mind
scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: When I picture a fire-breathing dragon, I tend to think of ginger from several angles. Ginger is s … more »
Musk rose (hard to find, but worth it)
scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I was talking about using blue lotus phytol, a few posts down… I also happen to have a small ( … more »
Gulhina, better with age
scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I’ve had about an ounce of gulhina attar for 4 years, and check in on it infrequently. I had … more »
Nelumbo nucifera, the blue one
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scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: I’m working on expanding my palette of heart notes, and am starting to work, slowly, with a ph … more »
Hekate is back!
scentedwench wrote 1 month ago: It’s been on the list of ‘things to do’ for a couple months, but Hekate is finally … more »
woohoo! new site and logo...
scentedwench wrote 2 months ago: I had to learn DreamWeaver by the seat of my pants last week, and managed to completely rebuild my s … more »
Mandrake Apothecary is carbon-balanced!
scentedwench wrote 2 months ago: A couple weeks ago, I signed on with Terrapass in order to balance out the carbon ye olde Mandrake g … more »
Hemera, the last of the summer flowers
scentedwench wrote 9 months ago: Hemera is the primordial goddess of the day, and Nyx (primordial goddess of night) is her mother. He … more »
Damascena, Centifolia, Bourbonia, Moschatus, and how!
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: May had me in the planning stages of a project based around roses, and June has seen that to complet … more »
Demeter and Hekate, new unguents!
scentedwench wrote 1 year ago: I am offering up jojoba-based unguents this month, Demeter and Hekate. They are available for $25 ( … more »
