Can you help me? I need two things from my readers. There will be a freebie gift for two helpful souls who reply, one for each subject. First: Back in late 2006, I stumbled across *fresh* ginger root essential oil at liberty natural. There were two - one from Madagascar, one from Indonesia. I immediately told my perfumery friends about it, and I used the fresh version in the kits for my students. Why the excitement? Fresh grated ginger - zest, fresh, hot, spicy fragrance Previously, the only ginger root oil available was from the peeled, sun-dried roots, and it was a middle note for perfumery. It had a mellow, soft fragrance, much like the dried ginger powder you get for baking purposes. This fresh ginger, on the other hand, smelled just like the fresh cut or grated root! Hot, spicy, wet, luscious, and a top note! I've used the aged, dried ginger EO, because it is valuable in perfumery and for food and drink purposes, but its soft character was just that, soft, c
Thank YOU, Anya! Your engagement in this project went way beyond my expectations.
ReplyDeleteI've been wondering why none of the perfumers have been responding to comments on the site. I think maybe it's because the vast majority of those who have been featured thus far are not bloggers or regular "perfume blog contributors" and so they may simply have elected to remain silent rather than open a can of neverending worms. Which I totally understand.