Anya - RE: Magnolia flower -Michaela alba- infused and tinctured

[Guest guest]

> Hi Anya,

> Pretty please! I am sure we have quite a few members who would

> love to know how to do that <grinz>

> *Smile*

> Chris (list mom)

> http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

Anya,

I second that request!!! I'd love to know how to do this for some

delightful custom perfumes for myself!!!

Can I also second the 'pretty please? " ???

 

Hugs,

Candy

[Guest guest]

I third this request...PLEASE!!

Also have a question. I have a new gardenia bush that is just now begining to

bloom. How do I save the first blooms, to then add to the last of the blooms to

either tinture or make an infusion? ie can I freeze the flowers? Should I go

ahead and put them jojoba? and how is best to do that, do I mash them first or

just put the whole petals in a jar and fill with jojoba? Need help here, as you

can see.

Thanks for any help~

Anita

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Christine Ziegler

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 5:44 PM

Anya - RE: Magnolia flower -Michaela alba- infused

and tinctured

 

 

Hi Anya,

 

Any chance we can get you to give the folks here details of the

procedure of tincturing flowers (and other smelly things) for perfume

making? Pretty please! I am sure we have quite a few members who would

love to know how to do that <grinz>

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

 

On Behalf Of rastapoodle

 

 

There is a wonderfully fragrant relative to the Magnolia grandiflora

that grows in the tropics, Michaela alba. It's yellow-flowered version

is known as champaca, M. champaca. I have the alba growing, and the

flowers are incredibly sweet and strong-smelling.

 

I am not crazy about the infused flowers, but the tinctured ones are

heavenly. M. alba oil is great, too, and quite inexpensive. It is very

similar to the tincture, but the tincture is more like the living

flower. I like to dab it on 'straight' as a cologne.

 

Anya

http://anyamccoy.com

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

, " Christine Ziegler "

<chrisziggy@e...> wrote:

> Hi Anya,

>

> Any chance we can get you to give the folks here details of the

> procedure of tincturing flowers (and other smelly things) for perfume

> making? Pretty please! I am sure we have quite a few members who would

> love to know how to do that <grinz>

 

Hi Chris

I've seen the replies, and I will gather the info together -- I just

need a little time. I'm in the middle of herding some cats :-) and

designing a new website. I have deadlines through the weekend.

 

I want to do a good job, so I'll skim through my group's archives,

skim through my brain, and write up something that can go in your

Files section.

 

These tinctures and bases are not meant to replace EOs and other

aromatics in perfumes. Rather, they can serve as a lovely, light base.

My jasmine tinctures are heavenly, and I dilute them a bit and add the

" stuff " to make a perfume. The infusions are great for oil-based

perfumes, or inclusion in solid perfumes. Sometimes the infused oils

are great used as a body oil, or massage oil. Vanilla in VOCC - yum!

 

I think Ylva's on this list- she the tincturing queen of Sweden, so

she can chime in, too.

 

More later!

http://anyamccoy.com