I like to smell myself

[beetiger]

I just made a new batch of zukoh (body incense) to put in pretty little metal tins for Harvest Home Gathering next weekend. I tested it out on my palms and now my hands smell awesome.

Comments

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Body incense?

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

It's a Buddhist tradition. It's basically a mix of powdered herbs, spices, and woods that you rub on your hands for personal purification, as well as for actual disinfecting to a modest degree. In modern times it also works as personal scent, usually rubbed between the palms or applied at pulse points. I use a mix of the traditional ingredients and things that smell good: aromatic woods, brown spices, and camphor.

I found some beautiful inlayed tins for it, and I'm adding it to the Mother's Hearth line.

[sandramort.livejournal.com]

Splain?

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

See response to Shadesong, above.

[weiwa.livejournal.com]

It sounds lovely. Where is this Mother's Hearth line of which you speak?

I'm Baitu on the BPAL forums - just another SW :)

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

It's here! I do mostly raw ingredients and roll-your-own kits, but once in a while I put some finished products there.

[rowyn]

*pokes at the site*

Is the zukoh available on it, or have you not had time to put it up yet?

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

For now, I'm just bringing it to the show. It'll probably get added as a special on the front page in the next few weeks. But if you really want some before that, it's $12 (plus the usual $5 shipping) and you can paypal me. :)

[celtic_maenad]

and I'm another joining in the bpal.org switch witch friending spree. Zukoh definitely sounds intriguing.

[sandramort.livejournal.com]

If we get together to dye, do I get to sniff stuff?

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Sure!