Famous roses whose perfume you can’t detect?
Chris Martins Zone6a Chicago
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Comments (63)Is Brooklyn a convenient location for you? (Sorry, my American geography is not so great..). If it is, the Cranford Rose Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens might be what you're looking for. They have a wonderful collection which seems to include a high proportion of Antiques and Species/near Species. Sadly, I only know this Garden through photos and descriptions. A lady from there posts here sometimes - is it monarda?? There were some terrific pics on a thread titled 'Spring walk around (very long)' posted by labrea last june, that should whet your appetite! (Type in the title in the 'Search in GardenWeb' box.) Comtesse :¬)...See More'California dreaming' roses don't have the perfume scent.
Comments (7)Fragrance to some extent is dependent on weather--in very hot dry weather nothing has much fragrance because the volatile chemicals that make up fragrance evaporate too quickly. Peak of fragrance in this garden is about 9:00 am--air is just warming up, air hasn't yet dried out, flowers are releasing fragrance. Low humidity also bad for fragrance. Another factor is that young not-yet-established plants don't have the resources to really put out fragrance that a mature plant is able to produce. I've also noticed that some roses will produce a lot of fragrance just as they open, and have nothing left after that. Some are fragrant from the time they start to open to the time they fall apart. 'America' is powerfully fragrant to this nose....See MoreThe Perfume In Your Garden
Comments (38)michaelg, you said damasks don't waft, but mine have caught me off guard a couple of times. My patio is 15' wide with a Chrysler Imperial in a pot on each corner. Walking between them to the screen door, I've been stopped in the middle by the sensation of fragrance and turned around to figure out what I was smelling. Then it dawned on me what it was. The curious thing is that I reacted the same way when it happened again. I guess I have a forgetful olfactory system. Another surprise happened when I was walking past Louis Philippe who was about 5' tall (below shoulder height on me). I was probably 2'-3' away and definitely got a whiff of that cherry candy smell. Hmm, so nice. Sweet Olive is nice and strong here, too, but every time I've seen it the bush is way less than well foliated. I've had it in a previous yard, and it was yummy to walk past. Sherry...See MoreWhich fragrance should be made into a perfume?
Comments (59)Suzy, To make a spritzer, the easiest thing to do is buy a small bottle of 'pure lavender essential oil'; (EO) from your health food store. Just make sure the label says that exactly. Some "fragrance oils" are actually carrier oils like canola or almond oil that has had a few drops of pure essential oil of lavender added to it - you can do that yourself with pure EO and much more. Plus carrier oils are oily to the touch, pure EOs are not oily to the touch, they absorb quickly into the skin. That's another way to tell but best bet is to look for proper label wording and read the ingredient list -- there should be only one ingredient: pure essential oil of lavender. With pure EO you can just put 10 drops in a 4oz spritzer with some distilled water, shake well and spritz your skin. Lavender is great for the face, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. I use this to set my pure minteral make up powders. Plus you'll have a whole bottle left for other things like: *Swirl 20 drops on top of your bath water before you step into the tub -- for relaxing and stress relief, lavender can help you sleep and the warm water helps it get further into your skin. *A few drops on a piece of cotton, tuck that into an old cotton sock and put that into your pillowcase for scent to sleep by, again helps w/relaxation *A few drops of the pure oil on a burn, immediately - yes it works to take the sting out and prevent blistering. This is an essential natural first aid in the kitchen and will NOT hurt the burn -- this oil absorbs almost immediately into your skin penentrating at the cellular level to heal. It is not like butter which Drs. wisely advise against as it seals in heat. Google Rene Gatefosse for the full story on lavender oil and burns... *A few drops on cotton balls stashed in pots and other out of the way spots in rooms you'd like to scent naturally *Mix about 4-6 drops per oz of unscented natural body lotion to make your own lavender lotion. I like Trader Joe's brand - just make sure there is no mineral oil or petrolatum/petroleum products in the lotion. *Mix about 4-6 drops per oz of pure canola oil to use as a massage oil. Great for sore feet. Add some pure EO of peppermint to make it really refreshing. *Mix a few drops into a mister filled with rose water or orange blossom water which you can purchase from a middle eastern grocery for a two note fragrance spritz instead of using distilled water. Obviously if you buy another EO that you like the fragrance of, you can mix some of that in too for a light spritzer of 3 notes. Mandarin and graprefruit are wonderful light oils for summer. Be careful, I ended up with over 40 EOs because I got hooked on mixing fragrance! Kept cool and in dark bottles/away from sun, they last forever though... On your questaions: Yes you can pull fragrance from plant materials using alcohol but don't use rubbing alcohol - it smells bad, just take a whiff and you'll see what I mean, very harsh. Vodka has no scent - it's the closet alcoholic's favorite for this reason - that's why it's used but the highest proof will be most effective. Yes you have need to strain out the plant materials and after you are finished with your extraction process you can add some distilled water (non-distilled might let bacteria grow). You will also need to add copious amounts of plant materials to the soaking jar (I'd use a mason with lid), crushing the flowers down into a small amount of liquid over a period of weeks to get some fragrance into the vodka. Placing on a warm windowsill will probably help speed the process. Rose is probably a better choice as you can gather a lot of petals if you grow a few bushes in your yard. With lavender, the scent comes from the flowers and you'll need a lot of them. I think it takes about 2000 lbs of lavender blossoms to steam distill out just a pound of pure essential oil. Obviously leaching the oils out in alcohol is not quite the same and will result in a much weaker fragrance than steam distillation done professionally. Go get some lavender essential oil and maybe a few others and begin playing!...See MoreChris Martins Zone6a Chicago
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