Guest guest Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 To help you find materials to make incense go to www.bittercreek.com __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2002 Report Share Posted October 28, 2002 Does anyone have any recipes on how to make incense? I would really appreciate it~TIA~Misty http://community.webtv.net/mpw98/ForeverYoursATouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2002 Report Share Posted October 31, 2002 hi im still looking on how to make incense sticks~could someone tell me please???? TIA~Misty http://community.webtv.net/mpw98/ForeverYoursATouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2002 Report Share Posted October 31, 2002 Hi Misty, The easiest way is to buy incense blanks - and then take a qtip and dip it in the fo/eo/mixture of your choice, and run the qtip up one side of the incense blank and let it dry. Dont dip the whole incense blank in the fragance mixture - it wont burn as well. Well, Naturally http://www.wellnaturally.com At 05:27 PM 10/31/2002 -0500, you wrote: >hi im still looking on how to make incense sticks~could someone tell me >please???? TIA~Misty > > > > > >http://community.webtv.net/mpw98/ForeverYoursATouch > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2002 Report Share Posted November 1, 2002 Misty - BitterCreek carries everything you need to make nice incense and when you are browsing through their supply list you will see a pop up instruction sheet. It is very thorough. They carry everything for making both stick and cone incense. I just go to my main internet page and type in bittercreek and it takes me right to it. Try it and you will have everything you need. Hope this helps. Carol A2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2002 Report Share Posted November 1, 2002 ty-Carol---I will check it out right now!!!!!! *hugs* Misty http://community.webtv.net/mpw98/ForeverYoursATouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hi Lynn, I've found that every frankincense I get is different... Me, too, Andrine and I've so far been unable to match the rich and mellow, mysterious one I got from Sunrose, which was my first. It is Boswellia Serrata from India. When I next got Omani frankincense (Boswellia fraereana from Scentgarden, who seems to have gone out of business) and found that it had a kind of 'stink' to it, I figured that this was characteristic of the Omani -- but my second order of Indian Boswellia serrata from Sunrose had this same stenchy note, as have a couple of others I've tried. A resin I got from Sunrose is pretty mild; I just tried the sample of Boswellia carteri CO2 I got from Eden a while back - it has the lemony note Anya has referred to in incense. Now that you've recalled my attention to it - thanks! - it's very nice, but does not have the rich, yet mellow, stink-free quality of that first one from Sunrose. Haven't been working with incense lately - one of these days I'll get back to it, I'm sure. e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 > > > Me, too, Andrine and I've so far been unable to match the rich and mellow, mysterious one I got from Sunrose, which was my first. I just tried the sample of Boswellia carteri CO2 I got from Eden a while back - it's very nice, but does not have the rich, yet mellow, stink-free quality of that first one from Sunrose. > Have you tried Eden's Indian Boswellia serrata (wild)CO2? I got some a few months back and it is really lovely and to me is just as you described - rich, mellow and mysterious. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 > I just tried the sample of Boswellia carteri CO2 I got from Eden a > while back - it's very nice, but does not have the rich, yet > mellow, stink-free quality of that first one from Sunrose. I agree -- I have the same frankincense from Eden. I find it lemony and black peppery and almost faintly soapy. Now that I've written that, it seems Anya mentioned lemon and pepper about one of them and I need to look in the archives to see which one she was talking about. > Have you tried Eden's Indian Boswellia serrata (wild)CO2? I got > some a few months back and it is really lovely and to me is just as > you described - rich, mellow and mysterious. No, I just looked through all of my frankincenses and that's not one of them. I just took another whiff of the mystery one and it's almost a direct half and half cross of two things: 1. The scent of a dry fir forest floor in the summer, when the dry fir needles on the ground are exuding their warm sweet scent (so intoxicating -- it always transfixes me). 2. fir pitch -- quite resiny. (I'm REALLY familiar with that one -- I was an avid tree-climber as a kid and got many a whuppin' for coming home with pitch in my clothes and hair. It always smelled heavenly in the trees -- I think that's a big part of why I climbed them.) Actually, if I sniff the mystery frank the way a dog sniffs -- not just one sniff but repeated shallow sniffs, I get a real lemony minty scent. It's only when I breathe out onto it first (I guess it warms the air passing over it a bit) and then breath in slowly and gently, that's when I get the dry needles and pitch scent. Ah -- the mysteries of the earth. The many factors that contribute to the nuances of same and similar plants from region to region and season to season. I can see where soon we'll have EO vintages as a standard. Now you may have convinced me to try Eden's Indian Boswellia serrata (wild)CO2. And of course, that means buying a bunch of other stuff... can't have 'em ship just one little thing. Although I've been lax and have not cataloged all of my most recent buys. Gotta crack that whip... Peace and health, Andrine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 At 10:43 PM 11/12/2006, you wrote: > I believe I learned from a post on this list that Givaudin has >already begun working with the concept of vintages and have issued a >line centered on flower vintages for which they use a higher percentage >of naturals -- 25%! I call it the " trickle up " phenomena, e -- they're taking the lead from our niche! Copycats. Heck, we'll still be 100% naturals, so there, lol. Anya McCoy Anya's Garden of Natural Perfume http://anyasgarden.com Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild http://artisannaturalperfumers.org Natural Perfumers Chat Group / ---------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.3/531 - Release Date: 11/12/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 At 10:43 PM 11/12/2006, you wrote: > I believe I learned from a post on this list that Givaudin has >already begun working with the concept of vintages and have issued a >line centered on flower vintages for which they use a higher percentage >of naturals -- 25%! I call it the " trickle up " phenomena, e -- they're taking the lead from our niche! Copycats. Heck, we'll still be 100% naturals, so there, lol. Anya McCoy Anya's Garden of Natural Perfume http://anyasgarden.com Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild http://artisannaturalperfumers.org Natural Perfumers Chat Group / ---------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.3/531 - Release Date: 11/12/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 > > While you are awaiting for Andrines book on incense...... I have a > couple of books which give some information ... Hi Janita and PhilBear, Thanks for stepping in in my absence Janita. Now for the title I promised: Potpourri, Incense, and Other Fragrant Concoctions (ISBN: 0911104976) by Ann Tucker Fettner Can't get to it to see all the incense recipes just now -- got home and went into the library to find that two shelves of books had given way in my absence -- books all willy-nilly, but at leat I could see the title of the incense book in the rubble. Too tired to attack it tonight. Dang. Wish I had better book shelves for my way too many yet never enough collection.... Still gotta figure out where to put my latest -- a ten-volume dictionary (call it a weakness...). Any-hoo -- the book above should be available used online for a song. I can see several copies right now on Amazon.com from $5.84. Have fun! Andrine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 > > I have a question for anyone. I was given some frankincense in rock > form and I have no idea what to do with it. Is there any way that I > can turn it in to a liquid, oil form, so that I can use it in a > perfume? Thanks a bunch for any info you have on it. > > Christie Hi Christie, I have taken frankincense lumps and 'tinctured' them in perfume alcohol successfully, though I didn't measure anything at the time so I guess it would really be more aptly called a 'simple'. But it takes on the smell of the frankincense nicely. I broke the frankincense up into small chunks and put them in the alcohol. It seemed to dissolve in the alcohol, but only up to a point, since there were some small pieces that never did dissolve. There are probably better ways to do this (for instance: next time I do this I will measure!) but the frankincense simple I made does work nicely and holds up its own in alcohol-based perfumes. I have not tried this preparation in any jojoba-based perfumes. Alfred in San Francisco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Hello Everyone, Question for the group.. I make incense using DP. I tried making it with Olive oil, Safflower oil... Did Not hold the fragrance at all. I did soak the sticks for 24 hours. Does anyone know of a replacement for DP.? Thank you.. Larry Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Hi, Larry. Could you tell me, what is DP? And could you recommend a book or online tutorial for incense making. I live in a little apt. in the barn with 5 dogs, and a whole lot of sheep and goats (cats, chickens and a llama) on the other side of the wall. Needless to say...burning incense is a treat for me.  I would like to make my own. Please tell me what ingredients I need and where I can learn how. Thanks so much! Maggie , Shepherd Central New York, US www.maggiesfarminc.com From: larry Fitzgerald <lfitzgerald@...> Subject: Incense Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 10:09 AM Hello Everyone, Question for the group.. I make incense using DP. I tried making it with Olive oil, Safflower oil... Did Not hold the fragrance at all. I did soak the sticks for 24 hours. Does anyone know of a replacement for DP.? Thank you.. Larry Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Hi, Larry. Could you tell me, what is DP? And could you recommend a book or online tutorial for incense making. I live in a little apt. in the barn with 5 dogs, and a whole lot of sheep and goats (cats, chickens and a llama) on the other side of the wall. Needless to say...burning incense is a treat for me.  I would like to make my own. Please tell me what ingredients I need and where I can learn how. Thanks so much! Maggie , Shepherd Central New York, US www.maggiesfarminc.com From: larry Fitzgerald <lfitzgerald@...> Subject: Incense Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 10:09 AM Hello Everyone, Question for the group.. I make incense using DP. I tried making it with Olive oil, Safflower oil... Did Not hold the fragrance at all. I did soak the sticks for 24 hours. Does anyone know of a replacement for DP.? Thank you.. Larry Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Hi Maggie, Bittrcreek.com has a tutorial. They also sell supplies. Jeanine Jeanine's Hummingbird Soap Works Incense Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 10:09 AM Hello Everyone, Question for the group.. I make incense using DP. I tried making it with Olive oil, Safflower oil... Did Not hold the fragrance at all. I did soak the sticks for 24 hours. Does anyone know of a replacement for DP.? Thank you.. Larry Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Hi Maggie, Bittrcreek.com has a tutorial. They also sell supplies. Jeanine Jeanine's Hummingbird Soap Works Incense Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008, 10:09 AM Hello Everyone, Question for the group.. I make incense using DP. I tried making it with Olive oil, Safflower oil... Did Not hold the fragrance at all. I did soak the sticks for 24 hours. Does anyone know of a replacement for DP.? Thank you.. Larry Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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