| Pages:
1
2
3
4
5 |
Iflyfish
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3747
Registered: 10-17-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
Then there is the Hops,
I smells it till I drops.
Or a heady brew,
Is that smell me or you?
Iflyfishwithwaytoomuchimagination
|
|
|
mulegemichael
Super Nomad
Posts: 2310
Registered: 12-24-2007
Location: sequim,wa. and mulege
Member Is Offline
Mood: up on step
|
|
i like it, ff.
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
|
|
|
Iflyfish
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3747
Registered: 10-17-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
It must be you then, MM
IFF
|
|
|
Osprey
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3694
Registered: 5-23-2004
Location: Baja Ca. Sur
Member Is Offline
|
|
Moderation. That's what you need. Too heavy a hit with some of those essential oils might put one in an Aroma Coma. I suppose then all odors would
have to be removed. Special sterile bubble tents---Nonscents?
Actually spas that offer Aromatherapy are often quite pricey so perhaps one could use appropriate caution while still being treated to the benefits of
the oils. Just say "Just a drop or two, Sean. Here's $4"
|
|
|
Pescador
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3587
Registered: 10-17-2002
Location: Baja California Sur
Member Is Offline
|
|
There are a lot of stores in certain parts of Mexico where you can not only get essential oils but scented candles to do the same thing. We have a
small store in Greeley, Colorado, that has one of the biggest supplies I have ever seen and I daresay, they probably have almost all occasions covered
where one might be in need of a little aroma fix. Some of the more obvious are : Getting your girlfriend or boyfriend to fall in love; making the
person sick who is showing some affection for your chosen loved one; making money; selling your house; a wide assortment of cures (including impotence
or too much virility); a little scent to make you irresistable; oils to drive away the evil spirits; scents to make you win at gambling; and on and
on.
So, someone is buying this stuff.
|
|
|
Osprey
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3694
Registered: 5-23-2004
Location: Baja Ca. Sur
Member Is Offline
|
|
Do have a name, a link, any way for me to get in touch with them? I have to kill and butcher a goat this weekend for a big cookout and I need
something to get me in the mood.
|
|
|
zforbes
Nomad
Posts: 334
Registered: 4-11-2005
Location: Bahia Asuncion
Member Is Offline
Mood: Living the dream
|
|
Oil of maguey
[Edited on 12-9-2009 by zforbes]
|
|
|
Osprey
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3694
Registered: 5-23-2004
Location: Baja Ca. Sur
Member Is Offline
|
|
Excellent idea. I'll have to taste it first for purity of essence.
|
|
|
Santiago
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3531
Registered: 8-27-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
My essential oils:
Does essence predate existence?
|
|
|
vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
Member Is Offline
Mood: mellow
|
|
Along the same lines:
James Arthur Ray's heavenly scented sweat lodge.
|
|
|
Skipjack Joe
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8088
Registered: 7-12-2004
Location: Bahia Asuncion
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
... oils for ... too much virility...
|
Looks like there may some help for my problem after all.  
[Edited on 12-9-2009 by Skipjack Joe]
|
|
|
BajaNuts
Super Nomad
Posts: 1085
Registered: 5-11-2008
Location: eastern WA, the DRY side
Member Is Offline
Mood: no worry, no hurry....it's all good!
|
|
There was a country music star that wore absorbent pads (not sure what brand  ) on his chest and back during concerts to absorb his sweat. They would then take the sweat and make cologne and sell it.
EEEEEWWWWW! 
I think it was Clint Black, could be mistaken.
I know a sweaty smell is a turn-on for SOME, but if you have to get it out of the bottle....thet jest ain't reight!
BUT- back on topic, lavender oil has helped our child, and a few children of friends, to relax and go to sleep. It also helped our young guy with
headaches while traveling. For some weird reason, he went through this phase where any car trip longer than about 2 minutes would give him a
headache. For long trips, we had a little "pot pourri" in a bag and we'd put a couple drops of lavender oil on it. He'd smell it and relax.
There's probably a little "placebo" effect on that, but for us and friends who use it to get the kids to settle down at night, we'd put a drop on the
pillow, and it seems to help.
Last summer, our young guy helped me harvest our lavender for distilling. He then took a large handful of blossoms and put them in a little covered
dish on his headboard. Every night he opens the dish, gives them a stir, and off to sleep... After a while, the scent was almost gone so we'd add a
drop of lavender oil to the blossoms.
|
|
|
dianaji
Senior Nomad
Posts: 606
Registered: 8-12-2008
Location: San Marcos, CA
Member Is Offline
Mood: hungry for knowledge, simplicity, hugs and fish tacos!
|
|
bajanuts! yes, lavender is great. i have a blend that can be combined with other oils. like neroli and grapefruit...yum!
|
|
|
Pescador
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3587
Registered: 10-17-2002
Location: Baja California Sur
Member Is Offline
|
|
Well, don't knock it till you try it. I do a lot of bowhunting and we have a bottle of stuff that you are supposed to drop on the tree leaves or
ground next to your stand that smells like a doe in heat and comes from her urine. A friend of mine who is about two nuggets short of a "Happy Meal"
and who does not read the directions, poured it on his camoflage jacket and pants and then set down in a hot deer blind. When he stopped wretching I
asked him if he had read the directions, and he angrily stated that any fool knew how to use that stuff.
So it just goes to show you that one animals idea of great scents is not neccesarily another animals delight.
|
|
|
Iflyfish
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3747
Registered: 10-17-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
It does appear that male and female scents have a profound affect on the opposite sex. Studies have been done with male underarm scent in alcohol on a
cotton swab dabbed daily on the upper lip of women. The other group got just alcohol. The women in the group who got the scent rather than the
straight alcohol swab, developed more regular 28 day cycles, while the non scent group were more random. More regular cycles predict more fecundity.
Males grow more hair when exposed to female scent on a regular basis. Hair growth is tied directly to testosterone.
The olfactory bulb sits deep in the brain and lots of emotional triggers have an olfactory component to them. The olfactory bulb sits adjacent to our
lymbic system, the emotional center of the brain so its proximity has a direct molecular influence on that system.
Scents like rancid meat make us want to puke, a very healthy response to a possible source of poison.
Scents play a very important role in our lives. The Provincial Museum in Vancouver B.C., a must see if in that city for lovers, has a turn of the 20th
century cobble stone streat scene where are looking into a small kitchen where you can hear the sound of carriage wheels running over the cobble
stones and occasionally a wift of hot apple pie will eminate from the kitchen, the combiniation of visual, auditory and olfactory experiences produces
a powerful sence of de ja vu all over again.
I love the fresh, clean scent of ozone that you get right after a thunder storm with lightning flashes (that eminate from the sky). Now that is a very
clean smell and one that if you have smelled it will lodge in your olfactory memory banks.
Have you ever noticed how infants smell of flowers behind their necks? Have you noticed that they all smell different? That smell assists in the
bonding of parent and child and mothers can distinguish the smell of their baby from that of others.
Have you noticed that the smell of sweat that is produced via exercise is very different from that produced by fear. Fear sweat stinks to high heaven
and makes you want to puke. May be a primitive protection from the interest of other carnivores in our protein rich body.
Vegitarians smell different than carnivores.
Doctors used to diagnose diabetes by the sweet smell and taste of the urine.
There are many, many more examples of the significance of the role of scent in human beings.
Iflyfish
|
|
|
BajaNuts
Super Nomad
Posts: 1085
Registered: 5-11-2008
Location: eastern WA, the DRY side
Member Is Offline
Mood: no worry, no hurry....it's all good!
|
|
great observations, IFlyFish-
Can you take it one step further and explain why scents that did not used to offend will make a pregnant woman hurl? And after said pregnancy, why
would said woman have such a delicate nasal capacity as to hurl at the slightest olifactory offense?
edit for the sake of simplicity-
I didn't used to hurl at many unpleasant smells, but during pregnancy and after, many smells that used to not bother me, will now make me hurl....
even though I'm not pregnant now! Clear as mud??
[Edited on 12-10-2009 by BajaNuts]
|
|
|
Iflyfish
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3747
Registered: 10-17-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
And you thought sleepless nights and the existance of a social time bomb in the house were the only unanticipated outcomes of pregnancy eh?
Best guess on the pg hurls is that adaptive changes of the olfactory system may act to protect from harmful chemicals and toxins.
Iflyfish
|
|
|
vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
Member Is Offline
Mood: mellow
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Iflyfish
Males grow more hair when exposed to female scent on a regular basis. Hair growth is tied directly to testosterone.
|
Finally an explanation why some of my friends look like gorillas. Must have been sniffing at an early age.
|
|
|
Iflyfish
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3747
Registered: 10-17-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
V
Iflyfishwhennotdoubledoverinhystericallaughter
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Iflyfish
Doctors used to diagnose diabetes by the sweet smell and taste of the urine.
|
This technique gave birth to the Physicians Assistant.
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2
3
4
5 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
