Re: PLEASE introduce yourselves

[Guest guest]

Hi Anya & nne! I am one of those silent(mostly) members who

really enjoys the group here. Learn a lot from this group. I have a

small purfume business just beginning to sell those locally but have

been involved in aromatherapy for more than 10 years. Really fun too

to hear how to pick blooms and other plants to make our own fragrant

componets, which is a little harder to do in NW Washington but still

want to see if I can find some plants to macerate. I do love to hear

of all the lovely blooms that those in tropical climates are finding

to extract for fragrance. So Thanks for all the lovely info. Fragrant

Blessings! Dee Gendrin - Rainbow Dancer Arts Aroma Alchemy Fragrances

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> > Me, I'll be out tonight with

> > containers, under the full moon, seeing if there are any sweet-

scented,

> > full-moon-blooming flowers to harvest here in the tropics. In

past months,

> > I've gotten lots of nice orange jasmine and nightblooming jasmine

flowers,

> > bot macerated/extracted in both alcohol and oil. Oh, and some

ruby-red

> > fragipani flowers that turned the alcohol a vibrant cerise

immediately upon

> > immersion. Nice smelling *and* beautiful. A little treasure.

> >

> Aromatically,

> nne Tartaro

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm Sara in Berkeley CA. I joined last week and perfume is something

I'm doing for *me*. I'm a cold-process soaper with two part-time

jobs in real life, and got bitten by the perfume bug when I read the

Mandy Aftel book last month and then went to a perfume-making demo

she ran at a local shop. This is new territory, sort of. Blending

is familiar, EOs are familiar.....what is less familiar is absolutes,

concretes, and handling alcohol. I'm used to making perfume oils in

jojoba, so alcohol is new and uncharted territory.

I'm having problems finding inexpensive perfume bottles that aren't

the black-capped 1/3 oz roll-on bottles, that don't look like

medicine bottles, and aren't overly dramatic. I'm also looking for

ambrette seed EO for less than a king's ransom

It was with great relief that I found this list!

Cheers,

sara

[Guest guest]

> We are getting a lot of new members - possibly from some of the

> publicity that is out there right now.

>

> Please, if you are a new member, introduce yourself and tell us how

> you heard about our group.

Okay! I'm one of the new ones - a home-schooling mother of 5 (9, 7,

4, 2 and due-in-15-days) from British Columbia. I love

(especially when people remember to trim their posts ;-) and came to

this group after hearing about it on TAV (Truth about Vaccines) which

I heard about through CHP (Classical Homeopathy for Pets) which I

heard about through RawFeeding which I joined after my young, healthy

(or so I thought) dog died suddenly of multiple organ failure.

I was already suspicious of vaccines (and allopathy in general) and

only my eldest has had any vaccinations. He had a strong adverse

reaction to his 18 month MMR shot and I haven't been back to the

clinic since. I've never been totally opposed to the idea of

vaccines, and I have been quite concerned at times about all the

horrible diseases they are supposed to prevent, but my fear of side

effects has kept me from actually getting any of my kids injected.

Now that I'm learning about homeopathy, I feel much more comfortable

declining all vaccines. I truly believe that classical homeopathy is

the best way to build and maintain health.

I am currently taking an introductory course on homeopathy and my 4

year old is under the care of a classical homeopath. He's doing much

better, and I look forward to treating the rest of the family as

finances allow.

Laurel-Anne