Guest guest Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Can someone tell me what an essence is, and what they are used for? Thanks! Lori - Gary Bourbonais Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:47 PM [sPAM]Re: Jasmine ? Pam wrote: > I was wondering if someone :-) could tell me which 'jasmine' is > preferred - and if so why - is there a difference in smell between the > Sambac and Grandiflorum? > Hi Pam... Jasmine...one of my favorite scents...I think of it as the Prince of the essences... What you commonly find it as, is a solvent extracted absolute... You will also find it as a concrete and a floral wax... I have a small vial of Wilde's phyto-extract, a gas solvent extracted material.... I have also read about a process where the absolute is distilled to give an EO...I've never seen any...nor a hydrosol.... And some of it is co-distilled....with sandalwood in India.... The jasmines that are made into essences are J. grandiflorum and J. sambac... Which is preferred....depends on who you talk to....<G>.... J. grandiflorum is the more flowery of the two, with a tea like note to it sometimes..... J. sambac has a sharp, bitter note to it, seems to me.....but still the floral... I myself prefer the grandiflorum, though I have some of both...... There are folks who are as passionate about the sambac.. Hope this helps... -- Gary W. Bourbonais L'Hermite Aromatique A.J.P. (GIA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Hi Lori What Gary is referring to is any aromatic extract of a plant. Some people lump them all together and call then essential oils, but that's not really accurate, because many of them are not extracted using distillation. So in natural perfumery, many of us refer to them as " essences " to cover the whole lot of them. Patty --- On Tue, 9/2/08, Lori VanScoter <lvanscoter wrote: Can someone tell me what an essence is, and what they are used for? Thanks! Lori - Gary Bourbonais Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:47 PM [sPAM]Re: [oils_herbs_ etc] Jasmine ? Hi Pam... Jasmine...one of my favorite scents...I think of it as the Prince of the essences... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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