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> I have some hyacinth (purple) tincture. They have this lovely purple

> colour and I also love the single floral scent. But now I have some

> pink hyacinth flowers and I am thinking....are all hyacinth having

> the same scent???

>

> Angi

>

First of all, Hi ! Thanks for the suggestions. I'll pop my nose

into my liquidambar and see if it speaks to me in the direction of the

hyacinth. And of course, I'm so enamored of benzoin... I've been

staying away from it lately because otherwise I'd be tempted to put it

in just about everything -- kind of like my penchant for cardamom.

And Angi -- Yes, the different colors of Dutch hyacinth do smell the

same to my nose. The only difference that I can detect is that some

are more strongly scented than others -- generally, the farther away

in breeding that you get from the original species, the less scent you

get. I find that the light pink ones that I have (it's the Pink Pearl

cultivar) seem to have the strongest scent of all of mine. However, I

don't have any white or yellow ones. I suspect that those will be the

most highly scented. Remember -- white and yellow flowers tend in

general to carry the most fragrance.

However, the wood hyacinth that will be blooming soon DOES smell

differently. Look back through the archives -- Janita and I have our

wood hyacinth scent-gathering projects that we were writing about last

spring. I can't remember, but I think a few others might have been

doing so and writing about it too... I just pulled my wood hyacinth

tincture out from the fridge where it's been slumbering since last

year, and it's smelling lovely. Can't wait to add to it again.

Cheers all!

Andrine

P.S. I was still able to clearly detect the hyacinth tincture on the

back of my hand around 11:30 last night. That's 10 hours after I put

it on. I was pretty stoked about that. Not bad for a middle/heart

note.. : ) But my husband says my nose is getting more sensitive. I

don't know -- maybe his is just getting less so!

[Guest guest]

Andrine, Ann and all

I will go and search for those archives....Thanks!

I love the pink hyacinth, they do smell wonderful. A colleague of mine

surprised me with a bunch of pink hyacinth on my desk. The whole room

was perfumed with this wonderful scent. Tomorrow I am going to tincture

them. The ones I tincture in sweet almond oil is soft and sweet floral.

Ann, I am also still learning...You will get so much information here

from the professional perfumers.

As for myself, I love using sweet almond oil for flowers, alcohol, and

jojoba is the best! (more expensive!) I try a bit of everything so that

I can feel the difference and learn from some bad and good

experiences! :0))))))

Remember to read Essence & Alchemy book!

Angi

[Guest guest]

Andrine Olson-Kirschenman <midvale808@...> wrote:

<First of all, Hi ! Thanks for the suggestions. I'll pop my nose

into my liquidambar and see if it speaks to me in the direction of the

hyacinth. And of course, I'm so enamored of benzoin... I've been

staying away from it lately because otherwise I'd be tempted to put it

in just about everything -- kind of like my penchant for cardamom.>

Hi Andrine!

Your'e welcome. I'm the same way with benzoin! And Sandalwood too. I was

that way with patchouli at one time. What happens is that soon all of my base

notes end up smelling the same!

By they way, I seem to detect a slight difference with hyacinths-some are

sweeter and some have a bit more o'the funk to them. It seems to be per

individual plants as opposed to any difference in color. My mother has blue,

lavender, apricot, pink and white hyacinths in her yard(which I will be privy to

enjoy on a day-to-day basis this when they bloom this year, as I moved back in

with my parents last month. Looking forward to gardening my heart out in their

yard and garden plot!). I did plant most of them, by the way! Its hard to tell

any difference in an outdoor, garden setting. There are also potted plants

here now at work in the floral section, its so tempting everytime I pass to grab

some pots to buy!

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