Don’t you just love experimenting?
Like a child with a paint set creating beautiful paintings with stained glass-like colors, I had tiny essential oil bottles spread around the large piece of heavy cardboard I use as blotter paper for any spilled drops. Do you know how blissful a room smells with a blotter board hidden in a corner? Oh yeah!
My husband walked past the door and said, “Oh oh, she has her chemistry set out. Watch out!”
He actually smiles and loves hearing me tell him about my smell-good creations.
Two oils got special attention from me this time around, Champaka (Nag Champa) Absolute and Cocoa Absolute.
I was stuck on Tuberose Absolute for so long – and still love it – but the Champaka has drawn me in. It smells green, floral, and deep. Soothing and uplifting.
The Cocoa Absolute – no, I am not trying to create a “foodie perfume,” I am stuck on a patchouli, jasmine, cocoa blend, and currently have it topped off with spicy-ended essential oils. The cocoa is nearly undetectable. It adds a soft sweetness.
I made twenty-two bottles of test perfume, two for myself to use right away. One is a blend of chamomile and lavender for the nights when sleep is evasive. That never happens, right? The remaining bottle is a blend to satisfy my nose, something for me to wear, to keep me out of the shoe box full of test bottles for two weeks. I am also like a child that wants to stick her finger in the cake icing, just to try a sample!
Mary
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Oh my…. I would LOVE to play with some of those oils but they are soooo expsensive for me here. Champaka i have been dying for and Jasmine? Even more. Keep your experiments coming!! Xo Jen
I plan to, Jen! XOXO
My dream – get my hands on some really-really good sandalwood, or, better yet – vintage sandalwood. To die for?