Re:gaia (hemizygia petiolata)

[Guest guest]

Hello Rose from Southern Michigan,

I was reading about Gaia oil from S. Africa and it's uses for skin. Also

used in horticulture plant care for aphids.

We grow and distill many different herbs and trees here at Rivendell

Aromatics in Southern California.

An unusual one we distill is Incense Cedar, Calocedrus decurrens a native

evergreen tree in California. The GC/MS shows that the major components are

Limonene, Carene and Pinene, which are all anti-infectious. It's one of the

components of our " Panacea " blend of three Rivendell oils (Lavandin, Incense

Cedar and Helichrysum italicum).

Another unusual one we distill is a California Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare,

used for respiratory distress, nausea, flatulence, digestive aid and

gingivitis.

And then there's our native Mugwort, Artemisia vulgare, which is used in

dream therapy to investigate the psyche, in perfumery. I would like to know

more about the therapeutic medicinal uses.

Keep on with your good work with the oils!

Warm fragrant regards,

Sandy

Sandy Messori

Rivendell Aromatics

Ojai, California USA

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[Guest guest]

I've never come across your website before, but it looks lovely! I'd

be very interested in sampling the oils you mentioned. Right now I'm

waiting on a shipment of some of the perfumery classics -- ambrette,

costus, bakul, osmanthus, carnation absolute... things I could never

afford until recently!

I would love to get into the chemistry of oils more. I have a couple

of books by Kurt Schnaubelt(Advanced Aromatherapy and Medical

Aromatherapy), which I find fascinating. But to be honest, a lot of

the chemical analysis he goes through in Advanced flies right over my

head. Most of that I think is the terminology, so I'd like to go back

to school and take a chemistry class again so I have a better

understanding of the basics.

I've gotten into tincturing some of my incense ingredients, like

dragon's blood, gum arabic, black copal, and even cacao nibs! They

make great bases for perfume blends. Thanks for the information,

Rose