Now, For Something Completely Different : Ethnobotany and Flavourist Topics

My alter ego, or one of them is as a botanist , anthropologist and flavourist. On this page  postings on  rare  substances, botanicals and their by-products and plants as they  relate to  or  are  exploited  by  cultures  around the world  will appear.secondary however to  the   art and  business of jewelrymaking and  goldsmithing  subjects.
foe  those interested in perfumery I am adding my favourite  toy for mixing and  blending your  own formulas and  learning the properties of various natural and nature identical ingredients to use in  food grade  preparations, perfumery, toiletries and bath products. I have found it infinitely useful for , in particular,  studying chemical components of existing products and their  interactions with natural  ingredients of scent formulas and  their applications and combinations in modern flavourists pursuits s well as for  deciphering  old world  formulary within the context of perfumery and even incense preparations to  medicinal recipes  based on  a similar  compendium of  ingredients as is  available inthe perfumer's  workbook.
The application can be installed on your  desktop and is redistributable as  long as you do not  take credit for it and  give due  recognition  to the  workbook's creators!( it is tracked so  you pirates won't be able to claim it as your  own at any rate!). Nonetheless, please  enjoy using it.You can  enter  your  own formulas into the  application side of the  workbook and save it as well as using it  to  order  raw materials  and chemicals from the Thai source referenced  in the  workbook.The pricing  relating to  ingredients  is  automatically generated when ou  fill out the spreadsheet and  list your desired  quantity - which , by the way will be corrected if it does not meet a minimum  order requirement.Shipping however  is  less straightforward as since it was created the options have grown and have not  been  updated in real time  in quite a while - so should  you  wish to order , please contact the given address if it  seems too good to be  corect  and verify the  mode  of transport and the cost of the raw materials as well. It iwill in the long run  save everyone involved time and  energy and  money in that  you may encounter a situation  wherein  you placed an order and paid for it but  when  time for  delivery draws nearer you get a COD notice and   money is due on the parcel before  you  can take possession of it- Not a nice surprise if you  are poor like me! so the best  procedure is to  double check  before  placing the order or  arranging the initial payment.