Ask the Perfumer Sunday Oct 14, 2012
Tincture a perfume material that's a purèe?! Yes, that's the advice I saw someone give on Facebook. Dear Readers, there are lots of people on the Internet putting themselves forth as an expert, and they're making it up as they go. I teach my students, and I've been sharing with the general public for years, the proper way to make tinctures. No, I won't advise you to tincture applesauce to get an apple-scented alcohol ;-) I'll be here until 10 PM ET today to answer all your perfumery questions, as I have been for several years. This is a purèe-free zone. snark off/ An "artsy" photo I made of a deerstongue tincture I made in 2005, with the window screen forming the pattern in the background. Isn't that color beautiful? Deerstongue is a vanilla/coumarinic-scented herb and I love it.