Cat Thyme, was: A Partial List etc

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G'Morning All,

 

Well, I knew something was gonna bring me out of the Lurkorium sooner or

later & I'm not at all surprised that it was a Butch-post that did it ;-)

 

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Cat thyme, Teucrium marum, is a particular favourite plant of mine. And

of my cats. I used to have a little bush in my last garden that was all

bent & scraggly because my Curly Cat (r.i.p.) nearly loved the thing to

death. She used to lie on it, next to it, under it - smooched like crazy

all over the little plant, purring her fool head off the whole time. It

made her extremely affectionate & cheeky! The catnip in the other garden

didn't seem to touch here, yet this plant constantly blissed her out.

It never got a chance to grow to it's full height, and the branches grew

in a nest shape where she'd nedificate in it on a sunny day. She was

particularly possessive of the plant and used to growl at the other cats

if they so much as thought about going near it !!

 

So anyway, I got to wondering if there was an EO distilled from the

plant. It's certainly *very* strongly aromatic - the smell would stay

with her for hours after a good smooching session ! I did some hunting

online a while ago and found mention of a Teucrium m. EO used in

perfumery in France, but there was no mention of the distiller or a

supplier. So now my search is starting again - I would love to get some

of this EO if anyone knows where I might source it.

 

And what'm I gonna do with it ??? I dunno ! I just want to smell it ;-)

Maybe add it to my cat soap.

 

Jane :-))

.... in overly sunny S.E. Australia where the temps over the last week

have regularly hit the 40degree C. mark, and the 14mm of rain that fell

last night was a real Blessing !