Re: Any recipes to preserve heavenly aroma...

"Were not summer's distillations left
A liquid prisoner, pent in walls of glass,
Beauty's effect with beauty were bereft,
Nor it, nor no remembrance what it was;
But flowers distilled, though they with winter meet,
Leese but their show, their substance still lives sweet."

Shakspeare."

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Loving the book, thank you for your response O - now I will also have to visit your forum. Had not had a chance to stop by before!

Yes, the bark: I had read that a concoccion can be made to add to the bath - I love my trees so much am looking forward to using some of their wonderful offerings... (Definitely some tea as well.)

MadArt (ist)

Excerpt:
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The operation is conducted thus:—For what is called pomade, a certain quantity of purified mutton or deer suet is put into a clean metal or porcelain pan, this being melted by a steam heat; the kind of flowers required for the odor wanted are carefully picked and put into the liquid fat, and allowed to remain from twelve to forty-eight hours; the fat has a particular affinity or attraction for the oil of flowers, and thus, as it were, draws it out of them, and becomes itself, by their aid, highly perfumed; the fat is strained from the spent flowers, and fresh are added four or five times over, till the pomade is of the required strength; these various strengths of pomatums are noted by the French makers as Nos. 6, 12, 18, and 24, the higher numerals indicating the amount of fragrance in them. For perfumed oils the same operation is followed; but, in lieu of suet, fine olive oil or oil of ben, derived from the ben nuts of the Levant, is used, and the same results are obtained. "

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This may sound quite mad but - being "MadArt (ist)" I happen to even have some tallow right at home - and am quite keen to investigate what exactly "suet" for this purpose is - though I see me definitely using a good quality oil !!! :)

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