tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544742885245244008.post7575438499902568622..comments2024-02-29T05:12:06.137-05:00Comments on Providence Perfume: Mint in Perfumes. Like it or Loathe it?Charnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469413042646579175noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544742885245244008.post-85911585371931725242011-10-25T06:36:48.174-04:002011-10-25T06:36:48.174-04:00Great post. Thanks for the advice for the rest of ...Great post. Thanks for the advice for the rest of us blogger!.. <a href="http://www.herbscity.com/brand/agent-provocateur.html" rel="nofollow">Agent Provocateur</a>John Petterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777782081339306554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544742885245244008.post-58104145402385199122011-03-24T13:07:39.745-04:002011-03-24T13:07:39.745-04:00I have recently been using the tiniest amount of t...I have recently been using the tiniest amount of the wintergreen of sweet birch or mint for shrubbery -lilac, spring perfumes and tropicals. My nose seems to be a bit blind to mint though and I have had some disasters where I have had to add on- and add on to cover up. Laura from Urban Eden is amazing with minty notes. I would never be as brave to mix it with vetiver but that soap of hers and many others she makes with minty tops are wonderful.<br /><br /> I have had some hits and misses with solids.<br /> When I was first making them I liked using shea as well. A friend was kind enough to sell them at a farmers market for me. 6 months later I had her return the solids for me to check them for freshness. To my horror my "coco violette" looked like a moldy, green and white petri dish! The greenness of the violet leaf really added a mossy looking punch. They smelled fine but the shea was grainy and separated. I think this has something to do with getting the temperature right. But now I am freaked about using shea again having them starting out looking pretty then down the road looking like moldy. <br /> I now sometimes use a combo of honey beeswax and pure soy wax flakes. The soy wax is very light, melts quickly, has a pure white color is odorless and smooth. I have gotten positive feedback about the texture. I would like to use shea butter again though is I like how it absorbs in the skin. That Coco V batch was a big waste of orris!<br />Do you have a suggestion? If you do not have the time to answer I understand.<br /> Thanks!<br />Kait<br />p.s. Do you ever use Siam benzoin in your solids? How the heck do people get that red hard resin into wax. I can only tincture it in alcohol to obtain that beautiful smell. I tried a little in alcohol the adding oil but oy the smell was not good.Vireo Perfumeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961197908491940667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544742885245244008.post-10822821199201084892011-02-28T13:01:51.952-05:002011-02-28T13:01:51.952-05:00Hi Ambrosia,
I'd like that! I wasn't try...Hi Ambrosia,<br /><br />I'd like that! I wasn't trying to specifically make a "mint" perfume per se, but more use mint as an accessory note to enhance green perfumes with violet leaf and galbanum and the like. It's a tricky ingredient to work with, don't you think?Charnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469413042646579175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544742885245244008.post-92065892303376136582011-02-21T18:21:19.138-05:002011-02-21T18:21:19.138-05:00Great minds play alike...?
I'm working on a mi...Great minds play alike...?<br />I'm working on a mint blend or two at the moment as well...maybe we should swap samples to see if we can help each other?Ambrosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12560196932876503822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544742885245244008.post-28873620039000236682011-02-09T14:55:45.313-05:002011-02-09T14:55:45.313-05:00Hi Charna - I used a teeny tiny bit of peppermint ...Hi Charna - I used a teeny tiny bit of peppermint in my Magnolia doppleganger to get a bit of freshness at the topnote. Never tried a mint blend per se.Elise Pearlstinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13767691982422036996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544742885245244008.post-83636292560355746472011-02-07T06:13:23.933-05:002011-02-07T06:13:23.933-05:00HI! I ask myself minty questions a lot... in my ca...HI! I ask myself minty questions a lot... in my case it is more like: "Will people like this perfume that smells more like aromatherapy than anything else?" :DBellatrixhttp://be-bellatrix.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544742885245244008.post-59698760417451302002011-02-06T22:30:21.348-05:002011-02-06T22:30:21.348-05:00Jean-thank you so much for your kind words on Gyps...Jean-thank you so much for your kind words on Gypsy. I've been so blah lately. Your compliment made me smile.Charnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469413042646579175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544742885245244008.post-41399536778881213382011-02-06T22:28:38.001-05:002011-02-06T22:28:38.001-05:00Hi Lisa,
Ditto for me with shelving the mint perfu...Hi Lisa,<br />Ditto for me with shelving the mint perfumes. My mint blends weren't sweet, more green and minty but not what I was going for. Thanks for sympathizing :)Charnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469413042646579175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544742885245244008.post-58051730568423838342011-02-04T19:49:11.253-05:002011-02-04T19:49:11.253-05:00I enjoyed your blog and definitely feel your pain ...I enjoyed your blog and definitely feel your pain regarding the current weather around here; just when you think it can't get worse, it does! I can see how mint could be difficult to work with - seems it would have to be very subtle (but not too subtle :-)). Love your perfumes - a sniff of gypsy takes me elsewhere...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03585204495771308585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544742885245244008.post-77496391424087750932011-02-03T22:46:33.356-05:002011-02-03T22:46:33.356-05:00I tried blending with rose and spearmint and it tu...I tried blending with rose and spearmint and it turned out just OK. The spearmint was highly diluted but still made the perfume sweeter than I liked. I ended up shelving the whole thing lol.Lisa Abdul-Quddushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898431687048520515noreply@blogger.com