Summertime & Roses - A Little Ol'Factory Mini Newsletter 06-20-06

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Hi Everybody!

 

Even though its cloudy and rainy today in my neck of the sub-tropical

jungle - The Season of the Sun is just about here. It is the eve of

Summer Solstice. Le Soliel is at its zenith - Happy Summertime To All

!!! Our friends in Parts of Canada & Alaska should be partying all night

(errr ... DAY) long for the next several lack of nights!

 

Of course to all of our friends in the Southern Hemisphere - we wish you

a wonderful longest night of the dark half of the year - Winter Solstice

 

Today, I am going to rave about how much I love Rose Otto - Turkish

being my personal fave - but I suppose I'm biased there, having been in

those rose fields myself ... here take a peek ...

http://www.av-at.com/stuff/triptoturkey.html (BTW - that web page was

built years ago, before I really knew how to build web pages, and I

haven't updated it in ages, so please excuse the lack of design .

 

I've been buried in projects and orders, and because of several of those

projects I've been working with Rose Otto ( & Absolute & CO2) a lot

recently. I suppose I'm inspired by the beautiful, aromatic, Springtime

rose blossoms in my garden, as well as the knowledge that the new crop

of Rose Otto has been distilled, Rose Concrete has been extracted and

Rose Petal Jam has been jarred! Oh so yummy Rose Petal Jam. It amazes me

how much the Rose Otto and Rose Petal Jam smell just like the huge bags

and bags of pink damascena rose petals that are harvested in the rose

fields!

 

I feel that the opportunity to use true Rose Otto in my creations is

very special indeed. Did you know that it takes about 4000 kilograms of

handpicked (before 11AM) Rose Petals to make about 1 kilogram of Rose

Otto? Even though it is one of the most costly ingredients I work with,

a little goes very far. Which brings me to my next point ...

 

Sometimes when folks get Rose Otto they sniff it right out of the bottle

at 100% strength and get overpowered. That is really NOT the best way,

or even a good way, to smell Rose Otto (or for that matter any volatile

fragrant material with a strong characteristic). You need to dilute it:

i.e. by putting a drop on a scent strip, or " tincturing it " in either a

fixed oil or strong alcohol, etc ... Then the true beauty and character

of it can fully be appreciated.

 

Also, some have never smelled true Rose Otto. I've even met folks who

didn't know what a real rose even smelled like! Its actually not

surprising when you think about it. The average rose bouquets from the

stores/florists, and even some rose bushes, don't smell like roses (or

anything for that matter). The commonly available " rose " scented body

care products, room sprays and candles don't smell like real roses

either. How is anyone supposed to know what a rose smells like? Rose,

the Queen of all flowers. Rose, the blossom that Nero and Cleopatra were

so obsessively infatuated with. Rose, one of the most celebrated and

useful flowers throughout history, and many of us don't even really know

what true rose smells like. What an olfactory travesty for our society!

 

Anyway, what ends up happening for those who have been true rose

olfactory experience deprived is they relate that common synthetic

perfume oil rose scent with what " rose " should smell like and then when

they smell Rose Otto (and in full concentrated form right out of the

bottle to boot) it isn't what they expected. Many times this an almost

disagreeable shock at first, but something actually turns out to be for

good in the end. See, I've found that once they dilute it and actually

appreciate REAL rose for the first time its like an awakening. I've met

people, including myself, who always thought they hated rose scent,

until they got to appreciate the real deal! It was fake rose that they

weren't into (and I don't blame them ! Now I love real Rose Otto in

everything from food recipes to personal care items, to boudoir sprays

and more ....

 

I hope everyone is able to experience, appreciate and enjoy some

beautiful true Rose Otto this Summer, as well as Rose Hydrosol, Rose

Petal Jam, Rose yada yada ...

 

Look for our new Wicked Rose collection coming this Autumn!

 

In the meantime, the links below will be able to help you not only

satisfy your rosy cravings, but also give you some playful ideas for

creating your own rose goodies! You'll be singing and dancing with the

Summer Flower Faeries in no time! {grinz}

 

Turkish Rose Otto & Rose Absolute

http://www.alittleolfactory.com/volatilesrs.htm

 

Turkish Rose & Bulgarian White Rose Hydrosols

http://www.alittleolfactory.com/hydrosols.htm

 

Rose Petal Jam

http://www.alittleolfactory.com/rosejam.htm

 

Rose Gift Baskets

http://www.alittleolfactory.com/rosebaskets.htm

 

Rose Toiletry Recipes

http://www.alittleolfactory.com/recipes.htm

 

Cooking With Roses - Recipes

http://aromaticsage.com/cwr.htm

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

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