Guest guest Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 This has been a bumper crop for roses here in my part of the woods. We have had a lot of rain during the season intermingled with sunshine and for whatever reason the roses are fantastic.... I am still harvesting and rooms are filled with trays of drying rose petals in various stages... and still going strong.... I have run out of trays and have to wait until some are dry enough to canister and harvest more.... the tincturing is going on and will continue... I am trying both gallica and alba.. __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at http://uk.docs./ymail/new.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2009 Report Share Posted April 5, 2009 > > > > > > Subject: RE: bumper year for roses Hmmm,... So, Yesterday, I stripped some rose bushes of a few blossoms, meduim fragrant orange/peachy colored Roses. Came hoe, washed the buggies of them, and stuck them into alcohol. Today, roughly 20 hours later, I took the caps off, and smelled something that didn't really please me. and Didn't smell like them roses. Please, somebody tell me what I did wrong? Thanks, Kiler Now, I'm tincturing the lavender I also picked yesterday, but it's had a day to dry out first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 Hmmm,... So, Yesterday, I stripped some rose bushes of a few blossoms, meduim fragrant orange/peachy colored Roses. Came hoe, washed the buggies of them, and stuck them into alcohol. Today, roughly 20 hours later, I took the caps off, and smelled something that didn't really please me. and Didn't smell like them roses. Please, somebody tell me what I did wrong? Thanks, Kiler Hi ' Not sure... but you really need to use many many blossoms to build up scent molecules... also some roses do not lend themselves easily .... try some of the older varieties .. I have had very good results with The Alba 'Cuisse de Nymphe' also called 'the Great Maidens Blush' , You need to keep adding petals to the alcohol and removing the old.... thus building up the perfume. Hope this helps Janita Custom Natural Perfumes http://www.janitahaan.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 > Not sure... but you really need to use many many blossoms to build up scent molecules... also some roses do not lend themselves easily .... try some of the older varieties .. I have had very good results with The Alba 'Cuisse de Nymphe' also called 'the Great Maidens Blush' , > > You need to keep adding petals to the alcohol and removing the old.... thus building up the perfume. > > Hope this helps > > Janita OK, Thanks so much, Janita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 > > You need to keep adding petals to the alcohol and removing the old.... thus building up the perfume. > > Hope this helps > > Janita OK, Thanks so much, Janita Heya Forgot to add that your petals need to be dry and slightly wilted... collect them first thing in the morning... earlier the better . The french way is to pinch/collect the whole head.... Mark of Renaissance aromas uses this method, there is a particular technique to this. if you are reading this perhaps you could chime in ... if not put in a few key words in the messages on the group site to try and find it. Janita http://www.janitahaan.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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