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omorkaGot in another batch of essential and perfume oils:
Essentials:
Bitter Orange - orange peel with a bit more depth. Hoping this will have slightly better staying power on me than sweet orange does.
Black Spruce - nice, woodsy, less in-your-face foresty than fir or pine, more so than cedar.
Cedarwood - a refill.
Citronella - we all know what this smells like, right? Herby-lemon-musty. Got it less for perfumery than to try and do an anti-mosquito spray blend.
Grapefruit - plain grapefruit peel oil, high and sparkling.
Sage - herby with some woodiness; got this for magickal purposes more than perfumery, but now that I'm sniffing at it I'm thinking there might be a few perfume blends it might work well in.
Spearmint - yup, smells like fresh spearmint, all right. Definitely a top note.
Ylang-ylang - a refill. Not the top grade, but for my proposes that's not necessary.
Perfume Oils:
Almond - Smells something like cherry, which is not surprising. Has a slight chemical afterscent that I hope will fade on dilution.
Black Cherry - Kool-Aid. Heavy, very candy-smelling, but recognizably cherry.
China Rain - A blended "aquatic" scent, which you have to get artificially. Pleasant, but lacks the "ozone" note that I was hoping for.
Cranberry - A generic berry scent, as far as I can tell; lacks the bite and red-bitter of actual cranberry. A disappointment; glad I got the small bottle.
Cucumber - Smells like a non-sweet melon, which is close enough; has a bit of the ozone note, oddly enough.
Raspberry - Smells like raspberry syrup - like the actual fruit, but sweeter. Not bad.
Strawberry - After the cranberry and black cherry, I was expecting bubble gum; instead, it's about as true as the raspberry is, too sweet but still fairly realistic.
Sweet Pea - reasonably true to the flower, although it has a "generic perfume" over-note.
All in all, a pretty good batch. Sometime in the next couple of weeks I'm going to mix up some sampler batches. Anyone have any requests? I know I promised![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lady_valkyrie a leather-and-rose scent; anyone else?
Essentials:
Bitter Orange - orange peel with a bit more depth. Hoping this will have slightly better staying power on me than sweet orange does.
Black Spruce - nice, woodsy, less in-your-face foresty than fir or pine, more so than cedar.
Cedarwood - a refill.
Citronella - we all know what this smells like, right? Herby-lemon-musty. Got it less for perfumery than to try and do an anti-mosquito spray blend.
Grapefruit - plain grapefruit peel oil, high and sparkling.
Sage - herby with some woodiness; got this for magickal purposes more than perfumery, but now that I'm sniffing at it I'm thinking there might be a few perfume blends it might work well in.
Spearmint - yup, smells like fresh spearmint, all right. Definitely a top note.
Ylang-ylang - a refill. Not the top grade, but for my proposes that's not necessary.
Perfume Oils:
Almond - Smells something like cherry, which is not surprising. Has a slight chemical afterscent that I hope will fade on dilution.
Black Cherry - Kool-Aid. Heavy, very candy-smelling, but recognizably cherry.
China Rain - A blended "aquatic" scent, which you have to get artificially. Pleasant, but lacks the "ozone" note that I was hoping for.
Cranberry - A generic berry scent, as far as I can tell; lacks the bite and red-bitter of actual cranberry. A disappointment; glad I got the small bottle.
Cucumber - Smells like a non-sweet melon, which is close enough; has a bit of the ozone note, oddly enough.
Raspberry - Smells like raspberry syrup - like the actual fruit, but sweeter. Not bad.
Strawberry - After the cranberry and black cherry, I was expecting bubble gum; instead, it's about as true as the raspberry is, too sweet but still fairly realistic.
Sweet Pea - reasonably true to the flower, although it has a "generic perfume" over-note.
All in all, a pretty good batch. Sometime in the next couple of weeks I'm going to mix up some sampler batches. Anyone have any requests? I know I promised
lady_valkyrie a leather-and-rose scent; anyone else?
