Guest guest Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 This thread prompted me to dig out my old books with perfumery formulas to see what they had to say. In the book by Askinson (1915) he gives a formula which is part natural extracts and part synthetic sweet pea. Interesting though was the mention that sweet pea used to be produced as a pomade. Anyone with a lot of flowers could try soaking them in some lard (or plant fat like Trex). In the past that would then have been washed with alcohol to remove the fragrance, but hardly practical for home use. Such a fragrant pomade can have its uses though, for example you can smear it around a bowl of pot pourri or even coat something like cinnamon sticks in the fat. The Ancient Egyptians used many of their fragrances in the form of pomades. Martin Watt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Hi Martin That sounds really nice, I love the idea of using cinnamon sticks. Would you have to clarify the fat? or just use it right from the pack? LLx 2008/5/9 Martin Watt <aromamedical: > > This thread prompted me to dig out my old books with perfumery formulas > to see what they had to say. In the book by Askinson (1915) he gives a > formula which is part natural extracts and part synthetic sweet pea. > Interesting though was the mention that sweet pea used to be produced as > a pomade. Anyone with a lot of flowers could try soaking them in some > lard (or plant fat like Trex). In the past that would then have been > washed with alcohol to remove the fragrance, but hardly practical for > home use. Such a fragrant pomade can have its uses though, for example > you can smear it around a bowl of pot pourri or even coat something like > cinnamon sticks in the fat. The Ancient Egyptians used many of their > fragrances in the form of pomades. > > Martin Watt > > > > --- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 >Would you have to clarify the fat? Around 10 years ago I experimented trying to recreate some incense type blends using the same materials the Ancient Egyptians would have used. What I found was that using unclarified animal fat(lard) made the mixture very smoky when you burnt it, although the smell was still nice. After that I tried Trex and found that worked well. That took me back to the days when I trained as a herbalist and I remember that the guy who ran the school used Trex as one of the ingredients in hand creams. Not sure if in the USA it goes by the same name but it is the vegetable substitute for lard. As a mater of interest, I still have some of those old resinous blends wrapped in oven foil and they still smell good. Martin ATFE2 , Liz <liztams wrote: > > Hi Martin > That sounds really nice, I love the idea of using cinnamon sticks. > Would you have to clarify the fat? or just use it right from the pack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Hey, Martin - >>Not sure if in the USA it goes by the same name but it is the vegetable substitute for lard.<< The stuff is Crisco in the U.S. Cheers, Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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