October 16, 2005

Bride of Frankincense

I finally found something that can act as a perfume without smelling flowery or making me sicker than shit:

Frankincense oil.

For some reason, burning actual frankincense resin doesn't affect my sinuses as much as burning stick incense, so I figured I'd pick up some of the essential oil and see what potential it had for aromatherapy purposes. It's cut with grapeseed oil, which is fine, because a bottle of 100% pure would be $25 or more, depending on the store; and the oil would probably burn your skin [this is the case with many pure essential oils]. Too, the store didn't carry the pure, so if I wanted it, I'd have to have her order it for me--which she would, because she's a wonderful gal.

It smells woody and exotic and good. Mmmmmm.

sbt/sbc

Posted by Frida Peeple at October 16, 2005 04:02 AM