R Tramble

“I wish you all GOOD things but most of ALL I wish you COURAGE. Whatever happens BELIEVE in yourself.”

From Clinch.

As some of y’all know, I landed a new job. Soon after that, I had to deal with some absolute foolishness courtesy of a crazy neighbor. This took up a lot of time I would normally use for my blends.

Needless to say, I was thrown for a loop, but everything seems to have calmed down.

Hopefully.

I still need to tell you about “Zurich” and other discoveries.

More soon.

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Am I the only person having problem posting posts with photos using WordPress iPhone app? The photo doesnt show, just the code for it. See below. The pic should be there, not the code.

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I discovered Lapsang Souchong tea a few weeks ago. It’s a black tea with that’s dried over a smokey fire. You can taste the smoke. It’s like drinking barbecue.:-)

I love it. I’m trying to figure out what perfumery ingredient would come close to it. I pored through my collection looking for a sample of nakh choya (made with smoked seashells) that I thought I had, but I guess I dreamed I had it. Nakh would probably come close to Lapsang.

If you know where I can find some nakh choya, please let me know.

On another note, I want to hijack Trygve Harris’ life. I’ve been following her blog, Absolute Trygve, for a bit…and dreaming.

Harris owns Enfleurage, an essential oil company in New York. I’m still not sure of exactly how she does what she does, but she seems to spend part of the year in Oman researching and purchasing materials to distill the essential oils she sells in her store.

In her latest blog post, she details the dirty work of distilling frankincense. But the dirty work is actually very beautiful. She also shares bits and pieces of EO knowledge and life in Oman.