Perfume: Story of a Murderer

Saw the movie and recommend it, it was quite unusual, had Dustin Hoffman and the rest were unknown actors which helped make it more real. Accurate psychology of an abused child who matured into an adult lacking empathy for others so murder was of no consequence to him, he failed to bond or identify with other living beings.

I tried making perfume before and it was easy. I took lavendar flowers and leaves from my backyard and put it in my blender. I added olive oil (to absorb the essential oil - like dissolves like) and added vodka (a natural anti-bacterial to keep it from rotting) and ground all in the blender. I let it sit for a week or so. Then I strained it and bottled it. That's all, I did not distill as they did in the movie. The lavendar perfume lasted about ten years, and I still have some.

Next time I make perfume, I will try to use a fixative: orris or storax. Orris is merely iris root and it somehow holds odors. So dig up an iris bulb, carve it into a shape or cut it into small pieces and dry it slowly. I had one carved into the shape of a nut and odored with camphor and I kept it in a sweater drawer to repel moths. Storax is dried resin from the sweetgum (liquidamber) tree. So scrape off the drippings and dry them to hold perfume.

From the movie, which showed enfleurage techniques, I see I can use butter, lanolin, jojoba oil, basically any fat to absorb the flower oils. I want to avoid oils from GMO's since whatever is put onto the skin is absorbed into the blood, at least a small amount.

Today I plan to bake some beef ribs in the oven in a closed pan with a sweet (sugar) and savory (vinegar) sauce at a slow temperature, maybe 190 degrees F. for about six or more hours. It'll be barbequed ribs.