Thought I’d begin the new year with some tincture updates because I’ve had some of them sitting there for over six months and was getting really curious, while others it was time. So I spent my first day of January decanting my tinctures! Let’s start with:
Unknown Resins: back in July LV and I went and gathered some resin pieces off of various pine trees in the mountains. It was a beautiful, sunny summer day and as we meandered along the trail we’d collect these pieces and they stuck to our hands and our pockets until finally we found a large leaf to wrap them in.
It comes as no surprise, really, to find the final tincture super sticky! This suits me fine as it means it will add greater sillage to the compositions. What I’ll end up having to do though is dilute it further to reduce the sticky-factor.
The image on the left is of the first tincture back in November 2012 from a piece LV had knocking about the car for some time. He used pieces of it like chewing gum but kindly gave up the luscious lump for my tincture experiment. The image on the left is from the more recent collection in July.
1st tincture: this one is more pungent, you can perceive the wood, pine, it screams forest, but it’s soft, calming and relaxing. Definitely woody and comforting. It dries down into a beautiful warm, creaminess that seems to wrap you in pleasure.
2nd tincture: smells definitely sweeter, I can pick up more terpenes in this one, there’s a hint of an off-note in the beginning which eases off during the dry-down. It’s not as graceful as the first one, it feels almost young and brash. Maybe I needed to let the resin sit out in the open and age for while before tincturing it.
Something incredible happened to me this morning! I was resting on the couch this morning while LV was having breakfast and started a fire. It struck me that I could pick out the resin baking in the flames! Before I could only sense that I loved the smell of the smoke, but this time I was actually unconsciously picking out a single note, proof that I am indeed training my nose..have a wonderful day!
Her Two Scents 