Miscellany of the day

[MaxFromHolland]

i'm looking for something that's pretty much as subtle as possible, ideally just enough for me to catch the occasional whiff. Again I plan to replace the foam with some elderberry pith or a wad of dried grass or something.

The size of that foam may be to much then. Im curious how such a device would compare to a bracelet. That has the option of deliberate sniffing, with necklace that is somewhat less convenient..

 

[Mr.P]

The size of that foam may be to much then. Im curious how such a device would compare to a bracelet. That has the option of deliberate sniffing, with necklace that is somewhat less convenient..

we shall see! 🙂

 

[MaxFromHolland]

we shall see! 🙂

I usually paint testpatches on my arm, where a wristwatch would sit. Somehow left and right arms do not smell the same. So i made it habit to do evaluations left and testing new oils right. Not that i am nerdy 🤓

 

[Mr.P]

I usually paint testpatches on my arm, where a wristwatch would sit. Somehow left and right arms do not smell the same. So i made it habit to do evaluations left and testing new oils right. Not that i am nerdy 🤓

That sounds reasonable but I'm not sure how it follows… This pendant is just useful to carry one aroma around for pleasure - I don't see this is very useful for testing purposes because it's not typically how fragrances are worn - I just like to have a little whiff of rose oil on the air. 🙂

 

[Shiningrobes]

I usually paint testpatches on my arm, where a wristwatch would sit. Somehow left and right arms do not smell the same. So i made it habit to do evaluations left and testing new oils right. Not that i am nerdy 🤓

Same! My left wrist, back of hand, inside and outside of my forearm usually all smell the same and are what I think of as most true and the middle of my right outer forearm is usually my favorite because for some reason that reveals hidden nuances most of the time.

 

[Mr.P]

I put a little bit of ruh gulab (red rose, R. indica from Uttar Pradesh) into this nice mini fragrance diffuser pendant that somebody gave to my daughter several years ago and she had no interest in.

Seems well designed, a heavy knurled metal bottle with a metal orifice reducer that screw screws on and prevents spills while allowing a little bit to diffuse out or to be shaken out. As you can see there is a larger cap that fits over the small orifice reducer that has an open scroll work lattice. The piece came with a couple of small foam blocks that more or less fill the empty space behind the scrollwork to catch any drips that come out and I'll have them to diffuse from the pores of the foam. We will see how it holds up, I I'm sure I will be replacing that foam with a natural material, certain parts of elecampane roots are porous and chalky for example. There are plenty of plants around here that have a nice spongy pith to their stems (elderberry being the prime example that was literally used for its pith).

I picked the Rose I did because it has unusual diffusive tangy notes that i don't get clearly from damascenas but this note is very much true to the essence of rose flowers themselves, it's not like a raspberry note or some oddball terroir - just a unique concentration of some slightly different aspects of what I smell in fresh roses
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this thing is working quite nicely. Every hour or so I become aware of a little trail of rose aroma but it's quite subtle. I think the Indica Rose oil I used is maybe a little too metallic leaning for this particular application and the softer damascena otto might have been a better choice.

I have a lineup of ottos from India, Afghanistan, Iran, Taif, Bulgaria, Turkey, and a tiny bit of Zambian musk rose that I intended to eventually try out in this diffuser.

For folks concerned about sensitization and safety it's a nice way to wear certain oils. For example there was a discussion here a while back that the methyl eugenol that is found in rose otto is a potential carcinogen but I really do like to smell a little bit of rose otto daily, so this seems like a good solution.

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

@Mr.P Do you wear it around your neck?

 

[Mr.P]

@Mr.P Do you wear it around your neck?

that's what I've been trying out the last couple of days. Works great.

 

[Mr.P]

that's what I've been trying out the last couple of days. Works great.

The ultimate luxury would be a really fine vibrant low ferment oud oil like some of the distillations I smelled from @AlHind Oud and @mesOUD - first choices would be Assagon, SILA, Firdous or Firdous Royale.