Potpourri, Incense, and Other Fragrant Concoctions

by Ann Tucker Fettner

Book Overview

"Recipes for making potpourri sachets, scented candles, [and more]. . . Many good suggestions for decorating. . ."-- Library Journal . "This delightful little book is for all flower lovers, rose gardeners, herb fanciers, and all who love the sweet smell of spring. Included are recipes and instructions for making enchanted scented concoctions-things like potpourris, sachets, incense, pomander balls, toilet water, and other flowery things"-- The South...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0911104976
• ISBN13: 9780911104974
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A good how-to book for making fragrant things.

This is about the only book on the market that I've been able to find on making aromatics that isn't just stuffed with useless "new age" tripe, especially on making incense. Incense is more than 5000 years old. Wicca and the literary works it is based on have been around at most 200 years. The use of incense in Christian services alone predates the wiccan use of it by at least 1800 years, yet every reference available bombards you with the nonsensical "modern" reinterpretation.Rubbish.The antiquity of incense is well established, and in all that time, the process for making it has changed little.If you are looking for a simple book on making incense, potpourri and other fragrant things, without all the odius drivel, this is the best I've been able to find to date.