Jeanne Rose On The Word Hydrosol & The Whole Hydrosol Broo Ha Ha The Went On Here

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I received a personal message from Jeanne Rose where she asked me to

post this response to the list about the topic that involved her and the

word hydrosol ... In all fairness to her I have decided to post it as

she requested.

 

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Chris (list mom)

 

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Jeanne Rose

 

The Use of the word Hydrosol

 

Two weeks ago on September 16-18, 2005, I taught an aromatherapy seminar

in Michigan. It was called Aromatherapy Certification Level 1. In that

class, I had many fine students. However, one of them decided to gossip

about me and be quite ridiculing on a in regards to my claim

that I " invented the word hydrosol " . Since this person did not get the

name of the weekend correct, nor did she know the correct name of my

home-study course in which she claims to be enrolled [Aromatherapy

Studies Course]; I am not surprised that she also got it wrong regarding

my statements on the word " hydrosol " . So she got it wrong three out of

three times.

So I will say it again, " to my knowledge I am the first person to ever

use the word hydrosol for the waters of distillation " . Before 1989, this

word was only in use in technology or engineering. Of course, I looked

it up in a dictionary. I also had the website http://www.hydrosols.net

for a few years and knew when you googled up " hydrosol " you actually got

a chemical technology company. I am a great fan of the dictionary and

own six different types of dictionary.

In my copy of the Oxford English Dictionary, which is a major diachronic

dictionary, meaning that it is a historical dictionary, that traces both

definition and usage of words. I am now quoting directly from this

dictionary, " hydrosol is a sol in which the liquid constituent is water:

First used in 1864 in Indus. & Engin Chemical News on 10 Mar 104 " and

" gold hydrosols nearly always contain unreduced gold compounds, etc.

from 1954 Rock & Min Deposits " and " In mineralogy the hydrosols are

almost the only sols of any importance " .

So of course, I know that the word has been in existence since at least

1864 BUT NOT in the context of describing the waters of distillation.

For heaven's sake, I work in aromatherapy not mineralogy. I do claim to

have invented the word for " the waters of distillation " . Maybe the word

invented is too strong for people but it does mean, " create, produce,

and imagine for the 1st time " . It seems like a fine word to me.

In any case, if someone other than me " imagined, invented, used " the

word hydrosol for the waters of distillation before I did, I would like

to know. I would like to acknowledge and honor that person.

So to whomever, wrote the ridiculing e-mail about me, you should pay

better attention in class.

Jeanne Rose

 

Reference below:

 

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:19:26 -0800

Hydrosols ** Origin of the Term

> 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. > 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 .

 

Here is the complete and original quote from J. Rose at

http://www.aromaticplantproject.com . . . " Hydro means water and 'sol'

means solution. Thus, the word hydrosol means the watery solution of

distillation that contains both water-soluble plant components and

micro-drops of essential oil . . . the " hydrosol " .

 

Here is the complete and original quote from Jeanne Rose, Aromatherapy

Course - Home & Family.

" What are Hydrosols?

Jeanne Rose coined the name Hydrosol, for the aromatic distillate as a

name for the waters of distillation, in 1989. It is the pure, natural,

100% non-alcoholic distillate produced during the distillation process;

the process also extracts the essential oils. [the word hydrosol itself

was first used in print in 1864].