Aromatic Nostalgia
By Christi R. Pugh
Maybe you reminisce about favorite concerts, football games,
& extra-special events in your life.
Who doesn’t love a little nostalgia?
At Nature’s Gift we tend to reminisce about legendary &
spectacular oils from years past---call it, “aromatic nostalgia.” Being natural
products, each essential oil crop slightly varies from year to year, &
we’ve learned to treasure the truly most special oils that have come our way.
In my (unscientific) mind, I tend to think of essential oil
batches like snowflakes…no two are (exactly) alike.
One of the oils we all wish we had stocked up on was our
amazing Sweet Patchouli from a few years
We talk about it longingly with a tinge of melancholy. What was it about that particular batch of
Patchouli? The soil, the amount of rain
or sun that season…who knows?
Last weekend I found a bottle of the 10% diluted Sweet
Patchouli hidden away in a drawer in my house & the happy dance
ensued! It seemed pretty close to empty,
but I turned it upside down & waited & waited & waited, till
Thursday evening. The hardened resin
made it tough to budge the top open but I finally succeeded & suddenly the
room was flooded with a deep, dark, rich, gorgeous aroma---Sweet Patchouli from
India. I covered myself in it before going to sleep
& felt like royalty! (I had been concerned the carrier oil might be getting
too old, but it was still good.)
Around here, other oils we recall fondly include the sparkling
2005 USA Pink Grapefruit crop (we bought every drop this producer distilled), a
2007 Rosewood I never thought would be beaten till the Rosewood we sourced this
year (sustainably harvested) from Brazil, & of course the true Santal
album, Sandalwood Mysore circa about 12 years ago. (Raise your hand if you are still aging vintage
Sandalwood from Nature’s Gift!) Ah and
how could I neglect to mention High Altitude Lavender from Provence, pretty much any crop.
Most oils won’t last forever. There will come a day when they no longer
shine or the bottle is empty but you can’t bring yourself to recycle it or toss
it away. Perhaps a few times a year you’ll
even unscrew the lid & deeply inhale, secretly smiling. I know I will.
Do you remember any particularly special oil you’ve
experienced from Nature’s Gift?
2 comments:
I have some of that Patchouli oil, I think. I started to collect EOs around 2008 and that was one of the first I got, not crazy about it but wanted to see whether it would improve with age. It has, and it frequently sends me off to sleepland with a drop or two on the aromastone.
Another sleep buddy is the Mystery Rose - it was such a reasonable price - and a full ounce - so that is a frequent go-to for a variety of purposes.
It's hard to find a favorite since quality is consistently super. Keep it up!
Why bless your dear heart, Diane. Thank you. that "Mystery Rose" was just amazing. Glad you are enjoying it.
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