So uh I might have miscalculated how long styrax lasts. It's not melting even after a second ethanol soak. I can make an entire litre of perfume now 🔥🔥
@oxbowreality i'm using your tag as an excuse to share the procedure with everyone who wants to try their hand at making wicked potions:
Take some incenses (olibanum, myrrh, styrax, copal, etc, some of them are more expensive but depending on the country you can find some relatively cheap online shops. I got some styrax from a local new age/wicca store and olibanum+myrrh from a shop of religious items lol)
Grind them with a mortar and pestle until you get a fine dust, no worries if it ends up a bit chunky/grainy. Your mortar and pestle Will get a bit sticky though. Embrace the stickiness.
Soak the dust in ethanol with 1:5 proportions, like 10 g of dust in 50 ml of ethanol, and leave it in a closed container for a month, in a dark place (I used mason jars).
Shake it once a day to avoid clumps.
Filter the wicked potion with a cloth at the end of the month and put it in funky little bottles to your liking. All done!
Depending on the incense, some perfumes will still be a bit sticky after you spray them on your skin, you can just leave them soaking for an extra month, or mix them with other perfumes or essential oils. Whatever you do don't add water or the tincture will turn viscous (olibanum specifically reaches lava lamp levels of lumpiness).
