Guest guest Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Chris, I'm so glad you sent instructions with the waxes on how to melt them down and break them into little pieces (to help dissipate the solvents.) I immediately pulled out my pyrex bowls, wax paper and baking pans, and got my bain marie together and trashed the kitchen :-) Opening the waxes, I was immediately struck by the stickyness of the orange flower, the amber hard chunks of the sambac, and the dark impressive rosa gallica. After melting them, pouring them into a thin layer to dry, and breaking them all into little bits, I enjoyed the visuals along with the scent and tactile qualities. The amber sambac is intoxicating, overwhelming. The odor is developing and revealing more of its heady floral heart in the few hours since I processed it. The Chocolate brown orange flower is still sticky, playful, seductive. I swear there is a hint of a chocolate scent in it, but that's probably just psychological. The rosa gallica truly revealed itself after processing. It is the dark chocolate, elegant, almost with a hint of tobacco rose that is very elusive in blends. I have them all in clear glass jars, all lined up and labeled, with their lids 'on' but not twisted on, to allow more stuff to dissipate, if necessary. I'll cap them tonight. Oh, I discovered something about really hard waxes. I have 2 oz of tuberose wax. Instead of heating it, I grated it on my microplane stainless steel grater. For those of you not familiar with them, http://microplane.com/kitchen.shtml It turned that little chunk into about 12 oz by volume! Amazing. BTW, that stuff grated up light yellow amber, even though the original chunk was greenish brown. And it smells just like Jen's bee goo (with a hint of tuberose.) Oh, and today I plant the 25 tuberose bulbs I got in the mail yesterday (.80 each). My fingers are impregnated with wax scent, so I'll be a fragrant gardener today, floral and bee-ish. I swear I'm intoxicated by sniffing all the waxes all afternoon, solvents be damned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Anya, I too have spent the afternoon melting down my waxes as per the instruction sheet that came with them. My house smells lovely. Thanks for the tip on using the microplane on hard waxes. I have some tuberose that I'm going to try this one on. Sandi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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