reproducible
So I made a reproduction test batch of the vetiver fragrance that still has no name: Let it sit in the fridge undiluted for a month and then diluted for a month and then it was ready for testing. Even when incrementally approaching a final formula in endless trials, and even when carefully documenting each amount: A final reproduction test is important before going full scale into 50 liters. Yep. 50 liters is what I asked for. The unnamed Vetiver fragrance will be the first fragrance that someone else produces for me.
Hopefully.
The final confirmation is still open due to legal ethanol issues. But I was told it is just a pro forma thing. Yep. We live in the time of bureaucrats. Since the very beginning of Tauer Perfumes I did not use phtalate denatured ethanol (for health reasons, you never know….) and instead used the more expensive, harder to get ethanol that contains bitrex, a compound that makes it taste bitter. This quality of ethanol is more regulated because it is easer to transform it by a simple distillation step olivinto yummie wodka or anything else that sells for a good price and gives you sweet dreams in the night and a head the size of an UEFA EURO2008 ™ football. Imagine: Foodball games as registered trademark….
So we wait. And listen to Black Mahagoni II by Moodyman (When she follows) and wonder whether there are not better names for my vetiver fragrance. More original. More like I find them in my iPod sound title list…
Like root zone or jungle drop or Jangala. (Sanskrit origin of the word jungle).
Finally: The vetiver without name proofed to be reproducible. Fragrant greetings from behind a rain curtain.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Oh, Jangala..!! What a lovely name Andy. Sounds well in every language too.
Happy greetings from the girl of the Orange tribe ;)
June 16th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Well, the whole idea of making alcohol “undrinkable” to make people to pay more if they like to drink it sounds weird enough. And all the bureaucratic consequences for all other branches like perfumery and cosmetics… Grrrrrrrrr.
Jangala… Jan-ga..la - like a ball falling on the stairs. The word itself sounds like it’s sand colourd - light and may refer to the “white” notes of your Vetiver. The meaning - jungle is deep, wet, green, dark and mysterious - yes, I’ve smelled it already. If you say Jangala as a name for Vetiver I don’t have a “bingo” feeling. There are still doubts. May be because I have secretly chosen for Khus ;-) But it’s yes and it’s green. It’s just in the sound “jangala” - something too light, too innocent (personal association). And I don’t feel this “disturbing” lightness in the word “jungle”. May be Jungle drop indeed? Or jungle mist? Silence of the jungle? Mysty jungle (yes, mysty, not misty)? Jungle dream? TARZAN ;-)? Liane?
Congratulation with passing of reproduction test.
June 16th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Dear Marianne
Greetings from behind a white cross on red, somewhat proud, too…. a little bit ;-)
Jangala sounds… hmmm like something special, I think.
Dear AromaX
I get another visitor from the land of orange today… Thank you for your comment. jaja… ethanol and regulators that IS an endless story. Although I must say that so far I was very, very lucky, with regulators in Switzerland being on the gentle side towards me!
About Jangala…. Too light? Too innocent? hmm… maybe this is true, but maybe this helps the scent being of interest, being tested…. more thinking needed…
June 16th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Congratulations Andy! I am waiting with tons of excitement! I like this new idea for names! Something very artistic is good!
June 16th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Jupieh, Kelley! Me = anticipation*100000000!
June 16th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Jangala a good name, however as well as Khus…
Dear Andy, here my two names ” passion de Vetiver ” and “Amok” (Stefan Zweig) and I spend ” brain storm ” further
June 16th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
sounds like the name is already born and I have to get used to it - I sense it strongly;-)
you are right about the force of attraction within the name Jangala - it keeps the mind busy making curious for the fragrance.
Was it born in your mind or in your heart?
I think there are a lot of orange people there in Switzerland now. But what do they do so far from Bern? In Zurich? ;-) Nice to hear that there are people who prefers perfume to football ;-)
June 17th, 2008 at 3:16 am
Mmmmh, Jangala has a nice ring to it.
June 17th, 2008 at 6:53 am
nonono, AromaX. No decision is taken! I am just working for myself in batch mode on fragrance names, and from time to time the process spites one out ;-)
I seriously think I will make a poll one of these days with the best ones.
By the way, the batch job is very much working intuitively, I guess it is a heart thing….
Dear Sabina
Thank you …. at least a nice sound. Maybe a little bit close to samsara?
June 17th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Dear Andy,
I’ve read your greetings from “behind a rain curtain” yesterday at midnight, while the temperature at my desk stood at 30 degrees Celsius, and “our” monsoon rain didn’t want to stop drizzling down from the darkness.
The earthy smell of Vetiver never fails to come to mind, when shortly after the crickets’ concert the first heavy rain drops hit the dry soil. Then thunder and lightning are cooling everything under a blanket of wetness. And once the showers subside, the moisture wafts up from the ground carrying the heavy smell of earth and damp greenery. Not long and the frogs and toads begin their croaking contest.
So, last night’s downpours made me think of some names that might suit your Vetiver.
English names: Monsoon drizzles Monsoon showers Thunder in the air Thunder cloud Lighting thunder Croaking frog Cooling roots
French names: Nuage de mousson Sous la mousson Clapotis de la mousson Coup de tonnerre Eclairs de chaleur (Wetterleuchten) Eclat de foudre Illuminé par la foudre Après la foudre (La coup de foudre) (Le coup de coeur) Grenouille (not the apprentice of the movie)
Indian names: Khus (sounds a bit of aromatherapy) Khus-Khus Jangala (lovely) Ushira (Sanskrit for Vetiver grass)
Personally, I would choose an Indian name for its excotic feel and to honour the Indian origin of this plant. Certainly, I would not want the Vetiver name, as there are already so many of them around. For the cooling properties of Vetiver read this:
Vetiver blinds, that lend to burning summer noons
the scented chill of winter nights.
Bihari (1595 - 1664)
June 17th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Dear Stephan
Thank you so much for your lovely comment that I appreciated very much. Fascinating, indeed, how the same element (water droplets falling from above) can mean something quite different depending on the context. I remember monsoon rains in India, while traveling, and I remember rains in Texas… unbelievable amounts of water falling down, to leave devastation behind.
I personally love the idea of an Indian name, to honor the Indian roots (!) of this plant and Khus-Khus Jangala would be my favorite. Also, because it can be abbreviated, either Khus oder Jangala oder Khus Jangala.
Folks love to abbreviate and - to be frank- most will call this fragrance the tauer vetiver anyhow ;-)
Sending you my best wishes