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Herbal Wisdom:  Olfactory Herbal Pleasures........  |
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BlueEggBabe
True Blue Farmgirl
417 Posts
Susan
PA
417 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 12:38:44 PM
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Okay, I know you have one...
A favorite scent from a growing or dried plant that just turns your world around, makes you sappy happy , or looney swooney , or or how about love-dovey ???
I love the scent of fresh rose petals, they melt my heart.
Honeysuckles,passionflowers and jasmine blossoms make my feminine blood boil and the smell of Hops just make me mellow and relaxed.
And surely, there is the eternal sigh (""aahh") of lavender in bloom.
Well, then there is warm ginger cookies, too.
How about you???
BEB
www.feedsackfarmgirls.blogspot.com
www.farmatcoventry.com
"If more of us valued good food, cheer and song above hoarded gold,the world would be a merrier place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 12:44:34 PM
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meadowlarksie holds up her hand jumping in the chair....pick me ms BEB!!!!! Ms.BEB looks over her lovely tortish shell specs and smiles sweetly...yes my dear little tweetie speak up... Weeeeel, let's see...love dat rosemary, makes me feel spunky, the anise makes me feel funky and the rose and the sage makes me want me "hunky"!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
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BlueEggBabe
True Blue Farmgirl
417 Posts
Susan
PA
417 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 12:51:33 PM
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what kind of sage,
meadowsweetie?
Garden, Prairie, Desert, or White variety??
I love that desert sagebrush. Throw a little in me woodstove when I start it.
The smell of fresh garden sage, however gives me an instant headache.
go figger.
www.feedsackfarmgirls.blogspot.com
www.farmatcoventry.com
"If more of us valued good food, cheer and song above hoarded gold,the world would be a merrier place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
Edited by - BlueEggBabe on Nov 18 2005 12:54:58 PM |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 1:13:43 PM
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I love, love, love rosemary. Everytime I walk by a plant I just have to rub it so I can smell that wonderful scent -- perks me up and make me happy. Rose petals and jasmine are two floral scents that make me feel so feminine and peaceful. I will buy any kind of soap, cream etc that is scented with either of those two!
The only time that housework comes before sewing is in the dictionary!
http://rusticcottage.blogspot.com/ |
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
1199 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 1:18:58 PM
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Oh fresh new growth on desert sage, How mellowing! Vanilla makes me hungry, Rose petals fragrant and sweet send me to the moon. Lavender makes me think of clean sheets dried on the line and folded in the cupboard with a fresh sprig in them for freshness. Lavender tean now there is a relaxing cuppa. Rosemary and wild geranium make me want my man.
When I had my formal wear and wedding sewing business It was named
"The Honeysuckle and Heliotrope gallery" these two things I grew up and over my porch rails with heliotrope in pots all along the walk. The smell of these two things makes me feel at home.
Another smell that just sends me to the moon is the smell of the cotton woods in spring. The sap running and the bud ends give out the most delicious smell!!! I could rub the buds all over my hands and keep the peaceful feelings all day long.
Eileen
Songbird; singing joy to the earth |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 1:44:41 PM
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I adore rosemary and lavender and just swoon when I smell pennyroyal...I love to "pet" my little plant and savor the smell. pine needles are a favorite too...
When I choose a scented candle it is ALWAYS a cinnamony type thing though...yum.
good topic!!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 2:52:32 PM
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Not sure BEB on the type of sage....it just smells kind of musky and "male" if that is a good term, kind of like some men's cologne from the 70's a guy with lots of chest hair, gold chains, aviator sunglasses that drives a red ferrari...not that this is what turns me on in men  ...but you get the picture...manly, virile, but good heavens not like one of those buck goats....This sage has purple on the end of the leaves...
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 6:29:16 PM
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Basil - any variety or color - dried or fresh, just makes me think of a sunshiny day and all sorts of happy things. I have to rub my hands in it - love it when my hands smell like basil!
Lavender is a new fave. I'd never grown it in FL and Provence grows fairly well here in N. GA. I never thought I liked it because all the "lavender-scented" stuff you find in the store does NOT smell like lavender! |
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FloralSaucer
True Blue Farmgirl
156 Posts
Australia
156 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 8:00:55 PM
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I love hops too!
I also love summer savoury. |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
1054 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2005 : 09:12:44 AM
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Pink Jasmine, I just love. I have a vine and when it blooms you can find me near it sniffing the air. I also love soft rose petals, I have a gold metal yellow rose with the softest of scents, just love it. And when I weed around my sage and rosemary I come in smelling of cooking (at least that's what it reminds me of)
Anne
"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
1199 Posts |
Posted - Nov 19 2005 : 09:18:31 AM
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Another fragrance that I just love is the scent given off by the balsam fir just before a rain and after a long dry spell. It is elusive and hard to tell where that smell is coming from but it permeates the air with its fragrant freshness.
Eileen
Songbird; singing joy to the earth |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2005 : 05:57:11 AM
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Marghoram is another clean smelling herb I like. I have it growing under my clothesline. Bay is another herb that sends me into orbit.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
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ByHzGrace
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
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Posted - Nov 20 2005 : 11:12:22 AM
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sappy happy?we be not exactly playing vivaldi with this smell are we?::::::::It's the Orange Blossom Special Bringin' my baby back:::::
looney swooney?santana::::::::::::::There was a fragrance
I know there was an angle present. Something like Gardenia,
would be there every time I'd seen her.But she kept her wings under cover, maybe she saved it for her lover's eyes only:::::::::
lovey dovey?]stokin would make em a hothouse flower orchids |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2005 : 11:16:04 AM
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Ellen, orchids get me stoked too...I carried some white jappettes and stephanotis ( another stoker for me hunky) in my bridal bouquet! They are a sensual flower indeed!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
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ByHzGrace
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
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Posted - Nov 20 2005 : 11:54:30 AM
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Meadowlark you gave yorself the champagne treatment!!
fresh as a daisy was my bridal bouquet i stripped a couple before goin down the aisle he loves me he loves me not
truly less got me more!
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2005 : 12:03:17 PM
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 Champagne on a beer budget, maybe. Ecstacy...yep!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
2421 Posts
Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
2421 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2005 : 12:21:59 PM
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Add me to the list of rosemary and lavender fans, they are the best for anything that ails you! I also love pineapple sage, anise, sweet annie and lemon verbana.........just to name a few!
" Age is mind over matter, if you don't mind, it dont' matter"
www.countrypleasures.motime.com |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2005 : 3:56:48 PM
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Oh Lemon Verbena...I love it too. Havn't planted any since I moved here 3 and 1/2 years ago but always grew it in CAlif. I like it much better than lemon balm..which smells like lemon pledge to me..nice but not something I want to drink as a tea. Will have to plant some this spring too!! Pineapple sage is a favorite too..I love how it looks as well as the smell and all!!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2005 : 10:26:35 AM
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I absolutely love lavender. I put EO in all my cleaning stuff. I use lavender balm on my temples and arches of feet to help me sleep. I grow it in the garden. Also love and grow rosemary, purple sage, all kinds of herbs. My fav cooking herbs are any kind of basil and cilantro. Love that cilantro!!
Jenny - you're right about lemon balm! Mine does smell like lemon pledge. Guess I'll get some lemon verbena to plant next spring.
My absolutely fav garden smell is my lilacs!! I try to leave some on the bushes, but I fill the house and my office with vases of them. I've loved them since I was a little girl.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
Edited by - blueroses on Nov 21 2005 10:31:38 AM |
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sqrl
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Melissa
Northern California
USA
605 Posts |
Posted - Nov 30 2005 : 1:13:08 PM
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Well my favorite smell that just makes me happy I wear it every day and I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet it's Bergamont. I also love Geranium, I grow tons of it and have a few different types of oil. I lucky enough to have a Sister-in-law who goes to Greece every year and visits this island there called Santarinie (spell??) to see a man in his pharmacy where he distills his own essentail oils (am I lucky or what?)and his geranium is unlike anything I've found so far. Of course I love lavender I rub a little leave everytime I'm in the garden. And then there is my name sake "Melissa" and I love her lemony goodness. There is another scent that I wear everyday, acutally I use it for deorderant, it's Patchouli. I've been wearing this earthy oil as deorderant for years now and I never get tired of it.
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com www.sisterhood.sqrlbee.com
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lamarguerite farm
True Blue Farmgirl
649 Posts
missy
Battle Ground
Wa
USA
649 Posts |
Posted - Dec 03 2005 : 6:53:05 PM
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Lilacs are my most favorite scent in the whole world. I love to smoosh them in my face. I always feel so sad when the last ones fade. As far as herbs, I love basil, rosemary and lavender. I have a pasta recipe that calls for fresh basil and smells absolutely devine when it's cooking.
If you have a dream, even if you don't feel qualified to accomplish it, just try your hardest.-Maggie Jensen |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Dec 03 2005 : 7:03:29 PM
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my mouth is watering..fresh basil...yum!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette |
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KarenP
True Blue Farmgirl
666 Posts
Karen
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
USA
666 Posts |
Posted - Dec 04 2005 : 07:15:37 AM
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Here is a mix I use at work...
Lavender and Grapefruit EO
The mix is a good scent both men and women like it and it's not too over powering.
I have sachet hanging from the heat register in our office (3 people 2 men and me!)
Supposed to be somewhat anti-bacterial/anti-viral from the book I read...
The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy by Valerie Ann Worwood
Page 62-63
http://product.half.ebay.com/The-Complete-Book-of-Essential-Oils-and-Aromatherapy_W0QQprZ588634QQtgZinfo
KarenP
"Purest Spring Water in the World" |
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ladybugsmom6
True Blue Farmgirl
128 Posts
Tami
Horicon
WI
USA
128 Posts |
Posted - Apr 23 2006 : 3:32:53 PM
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Monarda growing wild on the bluffs of the Mississippi make me feel at home and at peace.Pine sawdustmakes me feel strong and confident. Grandpa was a carpenter and a great teacher, he made me feel so good about me that I married a carpenter! and fresh mown grass smells so good. Lavendar and rosemary go in my tub!
-Tami
now ladybugsmom7, the newest farm girl was born March23, Danielle Elizabeth |
Edited by - ladybugsmom6 on Apr 28 2006 1:34:34 PM |
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Herbal Wisdom: Olfactory Herbal Pleasures........ |
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Olfactory Herbal Pleasures........
