NW Myrtle objects? [was Re: Re: native, and not so native, ca

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<maruca@...> wrote:

>>>I am curious about Oregon Myrtle. I know that in the 30's and 40's

myrtle was distilled on the Oregon Coast. I have several really cool

old wooden bottles with a flask of myrtle oil enclosed ...Do/did these

lamps, etc have a wonderful fragrance?>>>

I'm in the midst of moving, from Eugene, Oregon to Port Orford, on the

coast, myrtlewood central!

When my mother-in-law visited a couple of summers ago, we had to stop

at *every* myrtlewood factory and shop & take the tours. I got a

really nice cutting board, and a perfume bottle. From the objects I

have, and the tour of the wood shop, I don't recall a strong scent

from the wood, just a warm and sweet wood note. Maybe it needs the

concentration of the distilling to be strong, or maybe the oil is

mainly from the leaves. I'm certainly going to play around with this

once the lab is set up again, I'm planning on distilling and

extracting all kinds of native plants.

The perfume bottle I got can be seen here:

http://www.myrtlewoodgallery.com/perfume.htm

The picture there looks more shiny than mine is, but otherwise, it is

the same. I don't think mine is finished with anything, just buffed,

and it came with an awful fake scent. But, I dumped it out and soaked

the glass vial and cap in plain alcohol for a while, and it's clean

now, so I can use it for something nice. Where I bought the bottle,

you couldn't get it without the perfume, but I'm going to look into it

some more once we get settled.

Back to packing.....

-leavesofjoy / Micah

www.al-kemi.com