I remember you once mentioned about your experiment with tincturing Apple peel which did not turn out good. Thank you Dave for making video on tincturing. Very important and useful info. I am working on tinctures of a fe materials myself, like Oud, cardamom, cacao, sandalwood powder and coffee. I want to also try tincturing Caraway seeds and cumin
I have Madagascar vanilla beans and Tahitian vanilla beans in perfumer’s alcohol that have been soaking for 2 years. And let me tell you they both smell heavenly!!!
Great video, thanks! It also works very good with star anise and juniper berries. A very small amount of juniper berry tinture combined with vanilla is fantastic.
Another thing - air in jar affects scent, so.. choose what scent do you want, people from 1800-1900 recommended filling jars, vials etc fully(so you should then choose proper amount of herb, as you like, little herb and full jar of alcohol = loooow, low intensity because of lesser amount of oils and bigger dissolution(or no bigger dissolution? I dont know if for example 50ml of rose oil will dissolve fully in 60ml alcohol? and each oil need different amount of alcohol to dissolve fully? I dont know) etc so choose amount of herb and alcohol you would want) so there would be no air but choose scent whatever you want
To end up with 20ml of the tincture, and this is NOT exact, but I would use 3oz of coconut, toasted and between chopped and powdered put in a jar and fill with perfumers alcohol to cover the coconut. Let sit for months. when you filter it you will end up with less tincture than you think. But you should end up with at least 30ml. Dave
Dave, thanks for another informative video. Question: For diluting synthetic aroma chemicals, what would you suggest? 100% perfumer's alcohol, 100% IPM, 50/50 IPM/PA, 10/90 IPM/PA, 25/75 IPM/PA, etc? Would 100% IPM (or other high % IPM mixture), allow for proper headspace smell intensity?
Hello, this video is fantastic, you explain very well but I have a question regarding two materials that you mentioned, cocoa nibs and toasted coconut what is the percentage that you used in your tinctures? Are they at 10% or 20%?
hello! do you think for the toasted coconut, I can maybe grind it down with a mortar and pestle? or a food processor? does it have to be a fine powder or is it ok if there's some bigger parts? thank you for the super informative video!
I would definitely definitely use a food processor and no it does not have to be a super fine powder but it will definitely help if it is at least a powder with just a tiny bit of bigger parts. The smaller the better, for sure! Dave
I’ve always wanted to smell lovage !! It’s apparently one of the notes in “Chanel allure home sport cologne” version. Not the original allure homme sport but the cologne version. It’s a beautiful modern take on those classic verveine verbena scents
What about crushing acacia flowers when they are already in rubbing alcohol? When you crush them outside alcohol before putting to jar filled with alcohol, they evaporate some aroma substances to the air
It’s a better idea to use Perfumer‘s alcohol rather than rubbing alcohol. Also it’s best to crush them right before adding the alcohol. A good rule of thumb is if the herb or flower does not smell strong when it is dry then it’s not going to be a good substance to use to tincture, because the tincture will not end up being strong. Dave
@@DenverDave I always used rubbing alcohol because I dont care about little alcohol scent right after spraying so.. and I dont have to add water then I guess, but I am not sure, for better projection and different scent, according to Babbs but I will try perfumers alcohol and adding little distilled water, and deionized water and demineralized water(three perfumes containing perfumers alcohol and different water each) soon :D I know about that rule you presented, but tell me, why not crush herb which would be already in alcohol if there is a risk that during crushing outside alcohol it can evaporate some aroma substance to the air?
holy cow, I am just seeing this! All are different, but the longest so far are the acacia flowers, lovage root, orris root, angelica root and frankincense and myrrh.
How much alcohol do you add for an oil-rich ingedient...say a spice such as nutmeg. The ratio of solvent to different dried materials is what I am wondering about....
Sure, people do it all the time. I would not do this if you were selling your fragrance though. Why? Because the alcohol smell is way easier to smell. Dave
It would be not invasive for scent if you would use glass jar with glass lid or at least glass jar with metal lid and under metal lid transparent oil so when you would shake the tincture would not touch that metal and metal would not change the scent of that tincture.. Same with atomizers, plastic changes scent so it would be no invasive if you would use only glass vial with glass cork and apply it by drops, not by clouds from atomizer.. or glass atomizer but someone should do it then, because I didnt see such atomizer :P
The lids that are made for these do not have exposed metal, they have a coating so the tincture does not touch the metal. I think the older lids used to be all metal, but they are not any longer. Thank you for your helpful tips! Dave
I think you are meaning to say DPG (dipropylene glycol). No, you cannot use it to make tinctures. It will not work. You can use perfumers alcohol for tinctures that are not for human consumption or you can use grain alcohol to tincture edible materials. Dave
