Carrie has been tremendous in her sharing of EO knowledge and mixing with me and for that I am ever grateful. Thanks Carrie!
OK So I have a bunch of putatives, and I elected not to have them scented with Neroli. I also have pure organic Petchuili (SP), Sweet Almond Oil, Nutmeg, and Sweet Orange EO’s. I want to mix but I’ve heard that nutmeg is an anti-bacterial, which pheromones require bacteria as I am to understand.
Like I said Carrie has provided me the advice I believe I am going to use, but I’m curious about the nutmeg and phero’s. I know the smell carries far so I was hoping it would disperse the phero’s but now I’m concerned that it might adversely affect the bacteria needed to help diffuse the pheromones.
Does anyone know about how the interaction would work?
Also any more advice would be appreciated, as I am sure others are probably wondering too.
Bacteria are more involved with the conversion of mones, for example ~Nol to ~None, than the dispersal. You should be good to go. Also might help prevent unexpected results related to said conversions.
Alcohol will kill the bacteria, so you don’t have to consider the anti-bacterial (helpful) properties of essential oils when mixing in perfumers or formulators alcohol.
In OIL (actually DPG) bacterial invasion is another matter. Unless there is some anti-bacterial, there is a much higher chance that the DPG carried contents will be compromised.
Steveo, if you’re worried that nutmeg’s antibacterial properties will keep your pheromones from being effective, don’t worry. They won’t. Jim’s right.
And Mark’s right too, only he’s answering a different question - about protecting your brews from bacterial growth.
As far as EO blending advice, I think Lor and Ail are probably more practiced than I. My thing is perfumery using natural and synthetic materials, and it’s only a hobby, I’m not a pro. But anyone’s welcome to PM me if they think I might be able to help.
so far everything Carrie and Mtnjim stated is correct,
when we apply the instant line of pheromones, they are in a base to keep bacteria from changing the mix, so anything you use EO-wise to inhibit bacteria would probably only help.
also, you will play with the dosages more, oil is a different animal sillage-wise so although it will last longer throughout the day, a higher dose might be needed to acheive what your used to with the instant stuff.
every EO dissipates at a different rate, grapefruit for instance starts oxidizing right away, where using something like myrrh or other resinous oil gets better with age .
the book Encyclopaedia Of Essential Oils by Julia Lawless will be invaluable to you as far as the physical properties of each oil,synergies and creative blending,and would make a great base for your oil library.
Thanks so much everybody. It really helps me in understanding EO’s a bit better. I sold them before but never really cared much about the properties as profit was the motive.
I’m sure this post will help others too, so thanks again.
