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Bolderwood

6 oils · 60 dropsBolderwood, New Forest
Made as
Batch
Core blend oil60 drops~3.0 ml
Carrier/alcoholNoneuse neat
Finished amount~3.0 mlcore blend

Rosemary and orange blossom. The herb garden after the swim.

Use the verbenone chemotype, not cineole — verbenone is soft herbal, cineole is medicinal eucalyptus. Neroli and petitgrain are the same tree, blossom and leaf; together they do the bright lift that lemon used to, floral-citrus rather than sweet. Sandalwood is the floor that keeps this from becoming shower gel, and the two drops of black pepper are load-bearing — pull them and the herbs go flat.

Origin

A walled herb garden in the New Forest, between the trees and the warm stone. Rosemary and orange blossom in the air, bare feet drying in the sun. Late morning, no plans.