|
White Lotus Aromatics Newsletter Issue: Daphne
|
Daphne Perfume
This month we are going to diverge a bit into a new area of perfume exploration with the
specific focus on a particular flower-that of Daphne odora. My first experience with the celestial scent of daphne flowers came while
working
on the Filoli Estate. I was in charge of the area around the mansion and on the north edge of the house was a border containing a large number of
daphne shrubs.
One cool morning in early March, I was planning out my day's schedule and as I moved towards the north side of the house a wonderful, lilting, sweet,
divine odor engulfed me. As I had never smelled daphne flowers before I did not know where this scent came from but its pure, sweet, innocent nature
captivated my attention and after a short search I found its source. There was in the midst of its elegant, sweet, jasmine-neroli, floral bouquet a
light, fresh ethereal citrus note intermingled with a delightful vanilla accord. More...
|
Specials on Twitter
For those of you who wish to be kept informed of the most recent arrivals, you can now receive that information through our Twitter Notification
System.
Often we will be announcing 1 day specials through Twitter which will
occur on the day of arrival of those essential oils, absolutes, co2
extracts.
You can sign up at:
http://twitter.com/wlaroma
|
July Update
(Those of you who order from us
regularly received this note earlier and if you who reserved some sweet birch at that time
need not contact me again as your order has been noted.)
I just received word that I will be able to get an allottment of 10 kilos of Sweet Birch from
Upper State New York. The elderly gentleman who distills this rare oil is still managing to distill about 100 liters a year, the bulk of which
goes to
European essential oil market.
As most of you are aware their is relatively little genuine sweet birch essential oil being produced nowadays. It used to be a significant industry
in the USA and parts of Europe but over time the industry has slowly died out. If any of you have access to Ernest Guenther's six volume
classic-Essential Oils then you will find an in depth description of how Sweet Birch essential oil is distilled. The very techniques he
describes therein are still employed by the distiller in New York who is preserving this tradition. More...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
