tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post7089349954401361..comments2024-03-25T17:38:01.020+08:00Comments on Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar: Makes ScentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-18136675559224595762009-11-24T05:37:58.983+08:002009-11-24T05:37:58.983+08:00Since you are interested in scents, the next time ...Since you are interested in scents, the next time you are in <a href="http://www.doncroner.com/2006/03/united-arab-emirates-dubai-hotel.html" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow"><b>Dubai</b></a> you should swing by the Perfume Souk, in the Old Town. Some stores here have over two hundred kinds of essential oils. I was there in May and got half a dozen oils, plus frankincense and myrrh and some wood chips—I always forget to ask the name—of a tree which grows in the Arabian Desert. These are burnt on a piece of charcoal for a delightful scent. Oddly, these stores do not carry patchouly, that old standby from the 60s. They say that patchouly is not an Arabian scent. The Egyptian Bazaar in Istanbul, just down the street from the Grand Bazaar, also has a fine selection of essential oils., including patchouly. They also have perfumers who will whip up a combination of oils and other ingredients into your own custom scent. I myself used to make essential oil from wild roses, bergamot, and golden rod. There was at one time a language of scents, by which you could convey various sentiments by the scent you were wearing. This is a very interesting subject which should be gone into at more length . . . The ingredient you are forgetting may be saffron. So-called Turkish saffron is usually used in offerings. They even sell it in Lhasa. Iranian saffron, that is to say real saffron, is worth much more than its weight in gold, even at current gold prices. I doubt if too many people use it for offerings.Don Cronerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03047395949533329883noreply@blogger.com