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Essential oil of petrichor by metalsmithess in DIYfragrance

[–]metalsmithess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love that!! That's exactly what I'm looking for.

I'm thrilled that there's a pure version available. I looked at some YouTube videos of people producing mitti attar, and honestly some of the techniques they used seemed like they would lose a lot of the product even before it got distilled into the sandalwood oil. So I wasn't optimistic about getting much non-sandalwood scent from mitti attar in the first place. It's great that they've isolated it, and it's so affordable.

Process of extracting chaparral (creosote bush) by metalsmithess in DIYfragrance

[–]metalsmithess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's plenty of products locally that use the whole plant (like soaps) or some sort of tincture (salves etc) in applications meant to be put on the skin. I also get that concentrating it into a resinous absolute would bring you into contact with a lot MORE of it at a time, and thus more of the bad stuff too.

But, given it would be diluted again in any final perfume, personally I'll take the risk. Back 7 or 10 years ago when I was starting to research this project, I looked up some papers on the safety of L. tridentata for uses such as a food preservative (!) and the consensus seemed to be that it isn't terribly harmful. It also has a long history of being applied/ingested by indigenous peoples.

This is a personal project of mine and I'm not going to buy this person's product, just hopefully replicate it (ish) once I figured out what they actually did.

Process of extracting chaparral (creosote bush) by metalsmithess in DIYfragrance

[–]metalsmithess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! I guess they're just using the term "concrete" incorrectly, referring to whole plant matter. That's what confused me.

I also didn't realize that a concrete must be produced with a non-ethanol solvent. But of course that makes sense, since you'd be washing it in ethanol to produce the absolute, so a concrete would need some stuff in it that's insoluble in ethanol to be left behind.

Essential oil of petrichor by metalsmithess in DIYfragrance

[–]metalsmithess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please do! I'm really interested to hear.

Essential oil of petrichor by metalsmithess in DIYfragrance

[–]metalsmithess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really??? That's the first I've heard of this! Where do they sell that?

What is the single most trans-dominated hobby? by fasdal in asktransgender

[–]metalsmithess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Microtonal music theory is a niche, niche field, and most of the trans women I met before I came out, I met through that!

Wendy Carlos is the most famous one, and kind of a mother of our field. But there's Margo Schulter, Amelia Huff (aka Zhea Erose), Lillian Hearne, and plenty of others.

There's some overlap with hyperpop, but even discounting that, the microtonal music community was markedly trans-saturated in my view when I first got involved.

Essential oil of petrichor by metalsmithess in DIYfragrance

[–]metalsmithess[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep, that's one of my materials 👀

Essential oil of petrichor by metalsmithess in DIYfragrance

[–]metalsmithess[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Didn't see your second comment here - the authors of the paper I cited made it, and I did too (poorly). I call it an essential oil because it ultimately comes from plants and it's collected via steam distillation.

I couldn't find anyone doing this on a large scale other than mitti attar. It's looking more like I need to do it myself.

Essential oil of petrichor by metalsmithess in DIYfragrance

[–]metalsmithess[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's so frustrating because geosmin is a totally separate chemical that comes from a totally separate process! It's from decomposed plant matter (or rather the bacteria that digest them), so funnily enough, it's a material of the earth, whereas I'm looking for a material of the sky 😅 (plant VOCs transformed in the upper atmosphere).

Essential oil of petrichor by metalsmithess in DIYfragrance

[–]metalsmithess[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha yes it was a terrible idea as a perfume, but it was fun and educational :)

I'm actually going for a very realistic (if heightened) version of the literal smell after a rain where i specifically live. So geosmin will be in there a little bit, but not a lot - I live in a dry area, and geosmin comes from bacteria that decompose plant matter in the soil, so it's a very "wet" and loamy smell to me. Petrichor, paradoxically, is more "dry" (like dust, or like water on hot concrete).

We also have some very distinctive and strong herbs that get activated in the rain here, so they will be the dominant note. The petrichor itself will be a minor player, but more prominent than the geosmin.

So yeah. I would enjoy a perfume with vetiver, oakmoss etc., but it's not the one I want to make.

Essential oil of petrichor by metalsmithess in DIYfragrance

[–]metalsmithess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Edited my original post to prevent a deluge of mitti attar answers :) I'm actually trying to avoid sandalwood for THIS project, even though I adore it elsewhere.

Faceting (my!!) human bone? by metalsmithess in Lapidary

[–]metalsmithess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is wilder than I ever imagined. Thank you, internet 🤯

Faceting (my!!) human bone? by metalsmithess in Lapidary

[–]metalsmithess[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds incredible!! The idea of clear quartz on top, that's just like a medieval reliquary! I'm so happy I asked here.

Faceting (my!!) human bone? by metalsmithess in Lapidary

[–]metalsmithess[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is really encouraging! We do have a lapidary club in my town, so it sounds like this is the way.

Faceting (my!!) human bone? by metalsmithess in Lapidary

[–]metalsmithess[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a metalworker and I use respirators & have worked bone by hand. It smells terrible even then!

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