Reed Diffuser Oils

  There are several excellent essays already out there on the top-heart-base note system of perfumery, so I refer you to your favorite search engine to find information on the theory of perfumery. Basic recipe 10 drops Frankincense essential oil (EO) 5 drops Black Pepper EO 4 drops Rose (damascena) absolute or Rose Otto – see discussion below 1 drop Jasmine (grandiflorum) absolute – optional, quite expensive, see discussion 5 drops Myrrh EO 10 drops Cedar (atlantica) EO a.k.a. Atlas Cedarwood 3 drops Rosewood EO – or use Rosalina (Melaluca ericifolia), supposedly a more ecologically sustainable substitute First, the base: I like to use Everclear beverage instead of vodka as an alcohol base. Everclear has a higher percentage of ethanol to water versus vodka, and therefore the essential oils will go into solution faster and the final blend will not tend to be cloudy, depending on concentration. Alternatively, shelf-stable oil such as jojoba will work just fine as a base, ...

After receiving a question from Richard on our blog site about WoodWick reed diffuser oil refills, I thought it best to provide our customers with links for all of our fine oil refills: Hi Richard - Thanks for commenting on our blogsite. Here is a link to the WoodWick reed diffuser oil refills. We also offer Reed Diffuser Oil refills by Aromatique. Value priced, 4 oz size: Reed diffuser oil refills by Enchanted Meadow. Reed Diffuser Oil Refills by Greenleaf in 8.5 oz bottles. There are replacement bamboo reeds available by both Greenleaf and Enchanted Meadow if you wish to re-use your Woodwick container.

The scramble for alternatives is on. High oil prices, growing concerns over energy security, and the threat of climate change have all stimulated investment in the development of alternatives to conventional oil. In this post (which is an excerpted chapter from The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises edited by Richard Heinberg and Daniel Lerch), I give an overview of some of the issues I see, including nine challenges of alternative energy. “Alternative energy” generally falls into two categories: • Substitutes for existing petroleum liquids (ethanol, biodiesel, biobutanol, dimethyl ether, coal-to-liquids, tar sands, oil shale), both from biomass and fossil feedstocks. • Alternatives for the generation of electric power, including power-storage technologies (wind, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal, tidal, biomass, fuel cells, batteries). The technology pathways to these alternatives vary widely, from distillation and gasification to biore...