Re: I've got some nice styrax...

[Guest guest]

> I've used the stuff in 'novelty' type fragrances, where it was a major

> component...but I'd love to hear some examples of blends that produced

> results that are actually subtle and turned out 'nice and 'perfumey',

> if you know what I mean...

I use styrax in everything. Only 1-2 drops for a 15 or 30 ml brew. If

a person can smell the styrax in a finished brew, the given perfume

is a failure IMO. I use it as a fixative, and to give some substance

to a perfume, subtle and undetectable. Looking at my recipes, it

appears to work best with amber-type brews, as the amber ingredients

easily dominate. If I didn't use styrax, I probably used costus.

Ambrette, ambergris, and styrax or costus are sort of given for me.

Is your styrax from Eden? I need to buy some of theirs.

[Guest guest]

Adam, thanks for the ideas! now to get my hands on some costus...

and i don't know where my styrax came from-got it in a raw materials swap back

in my new york days. but i think i'd like to get some from Eden's just to

compare...

thanks again!

x

[Guest guest]

And to ask a stupid question, are we talking about Styrax Benzoin, or

Styrax - Liquidambar orientalis

:-)

Kiler

[Guest guest]

> And to ask a stupid question, are we talking about Styrax Benzoin, or

> Styrax - Liquidambar orientalis

It's the latter. The former is what we know of as benzoin I think.