Rosewood

[Guest guest]

Howdy Stacey,

 

> Hi Butch,

> It's so good to hear from you! I hope you and the family are doing

> well. (Miss you!)

 

Thank you ma'am .. we are all finer'n frog hair split three ways and

looking forward to spring so we can plant a MONSTROUS organic veggie

garden. Missing you too .. wish I could have made the last AT

shindig but it was just not possible.

 

> Anyhow, I was very happy to see the following despite your

> misgivings on the subject:

>

> >As for Rosewood .. there is none on the market right now .. there

is a

> hold on exports. This hold is not due to the Brazilian government

> trying to save trees .. its a political thing .. an attempt to

stroke

> certain Western parties that are more righteous than informed ..

and it

> will be a matter of time before exports will again be allowed.<

 

I'm glad that you are glad but I'm not sure what it is you are glad

about. ;-) What is happening is .. its forcing folks like me to not

sell it wholesale .. I'm holding back what I have for retail sales

only and when they do release the Rosewood oil .. count on paying a

lot more for it. Will that stop people from buying it? Patchouli

prices have risen 128% and its still selling like mad .. same goes

for Corsican Helichrysum italicum .. up 100% and everybody wants it.

When gasoline hits $10 and cigarettes hit $5 a pack people will still

purchase them if they drive or smoke.

 

> Do you have an opinion on the use/sale of Rosewood twig/leaf oil

and

> its benefits aromatherapy-wise as opposed to the wood oil?

 

My opinion is stated 2 or 3 times in the articles I referenced .. as

for the odor .. it sucks. As for therapeutic benefits .. aside from

the emotional or psychological aspects I have never believed .. or

claimed .. that there was any. ;-) As for the amount being sold ..

its piddling .. at best. You are too young to remember when during

WW II, Americans made coffee from hickory buts and chicory .. I was

alive then but too young to drink coffee .. I do remember hearing

people complain about how bad it was .. sorta like substituting real

Rosewood oil from heartwood for that made from leaves and twigs. One

was short on caffiene and the other on chemical profile .. and in

both cases the users needed a good imagination. ;-)

 

You said you were cleaning tiles with Atlas Cedarwood (Cedrus

atlantica) .. be careful to not let the Eco-Terrorists hear about

this .. they will tell you that it is endangered. I am serious. ;-)

 

> Hugs,

> Stacey

 

Yes ma'am .. and to you and yours. Y'all have a good one. And

keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch .. http://www.AV-AT.com .. who is still going through a

transformation from International Galavanter to Tennessee Hill Billy

and liking it a lot. ;-)

[Guest guest]

At 02:36 AM 2/21/2008, you wrote:

> Do you have an opinion on the use/sale of Rosewood twig/leaf oil and

>its benefits aromatherapy-wise as opposed to the wood oil?

 

A few years ago I had a kilo of the leaf/twig oil... aromatically it

was...you should excuse the expression... " twiggy " ... lacked both the depth

and the sweetness of the wood oil. I didn't have it GC'd because back then

I flat out couldn't afford the test... but it obviously had a very

different composition than the traditional wood oil and would not/could not

be used interchangeably.

 

In my experience it was fairly useless except as a curiousity, or to

placate those who were appalled that one would offer the true wood oil.

 

 

 

 

 

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