Hydrosols ** Origin of the Term

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Hi Georgene,

 

> I'm currently taking Jeanne Rose's aromatherapy correspondence course

> and just recently attended her " Vocabulary of Scent " weekend

> intensive. She does, indeed, claim to have " invented " the term

> hydrosol. Came from her own two lips.

 

Well .. what can I say? I recall back in 9th grade Literature class

one of my friends, Roy Arms, recited a poem he had written .. and some

of the students giggled .. though I was not that interested in American

literature at the time to know why they giggled. But Roy started out by

reading .. " I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree. "

Later, I found out that Kilmer had beat him to it .. but Roy will go to

his grave claiming it came to his mind as he was writing.

 

And I also recall a certain unsuccessful presidential candidate who

claimed to have invented the Internet. So who am I to question?

 

This company claims to have been around since 1946 .. name is Hydrosol

http://www.hydrosol.com/profile.htm

 

And here .. from the Atmospheric Chemistry Glossary we find Hydrosol

http://www.webref.org/chemistry/h/hydrosol.htm

 

And I won't mention all the derivatives of Hydro .. but a couple that

come to mind immediately are hydrophilic and hydrolysis ..

 

BUT .. I will mention a very important reference book I keep beside me.

Its important because I find things Americans say don't exist in this

reference .. all the time. Its my handy dandy, guaranteed to not rust,

bust or collect dust Second College Edition of Websters New World

Dictionary of the American Language, Edition 1972. On page 688 of this

dictionary it states:

 

" Hydrosol n. { Hydro + Sol (ution) } a colloidal dispersion in which

water is the dispersing medium .......... UNQUOTE

 

And since the honorable Ms. Rose insists that she invented(?) the term

in 1990 .. http://www.aromaticplantproject.com/introduction.html

 

I think it is fair to say that she has made a mistake .. at least.

 

> Interesting to finally meet her in person, to say the least. Not

> exactly what I was expecting. I enjoyed the workshop and I AM

> learning, but she's not the easiest instructor I've ever had .

 

I've heard that said .. maybe in different words .. but I understand.

 

> Georgene

 

Regards and y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com