Ask the Perfumer forum Jan. 12, 2014 – and a Vetiver house 🙂
Ask the Perfumer forum Jan. 12, 2014 – and a Vetiver house 🙂 by Anya McCoy | Jan 12, 2014 | Perfume From Your Garden book | 4 comments I’m reposting some of my photos and brief comments from my Perfume From Your Garden Book page on Facebook here. There are a lot of comments on that page, so if you’d like to join us there, please do. It can be found here . From last week: People could hollow this out for a tiny hut! Whew! Just finished up the Plant Pages for the book Perfume From Your Garden, but I need to go back and rework the charts on each plant, which includes growing information and extraction methods. The last plant is ylang-ylang, but I thought that this photo of vetiver roots would stop you in your tracks. It can grow to 4 meters – that’s right, 12 feet. There are reports of 6-meter-long harvests in commercial operations. I grow mine in pots ranging from 2 to 3 feet in depth, and that provides more than enough vetiver for m...