by Dan Riegler | Oct 21, 2014 | Apothecary, DIY & Recipes, DIY & Recipes, Essential Oils, Frankincense, Male Grooming, Resins & Saps
With all my posts on moustache this and moustache that, I don’t mean to marginalize or ignore beards. I sport a beard along with my Stache and I try to give it the same kind of attention..Alas, I think we all get a little lazy at times and can take our beards...
by Dan Riegler | Oct 20, 2014 | Apothecary, Distillation, DIY & Recipes, Essential Oils, Fair Trade, Frankincense, Resins & Saps
by Dan Riegler | Oct 14, 2014 | Apothecary, Civet, Distillation, Essential Oils, Herbal Products, Herbal Products, Resins & Saps
Though I hate to open on a negative note. I’m going to anyway :-). I’m still shaken up by the small fire in my lab the other day. Small being a relative term. It is a small space and could have been much worse given all the high-proof alcohol tinctures...
by Dan Riegler | Sep 20, 2014 | Apothecary, Astrodynamics, Distillation, DIY & Recipes, DIY & Recipes, Essential Oils, Plant Alchemy, Plant Alchemy
How to make a pot still Likely the simplest and most versatile distillation apparatus that one can make at home, is a pot still. With a pot still one can Distill essential oils from aromatic herbs, flowers and seeds, oleo-resins like Frankincense, Myrrh, Pine and...
by Dan Riegler | Jun 19, 2014 | Essential Oils, Ethics & Sustainability, Fair Trade, Frankincense, Resins & Saps, Wildcrafting
Boswellia Frereana, Maydi Perhaps one of the least known Frankincense types in the western world, but one of the most prized in Arabia and Africa, Boswellia Frereana is native to the Somali Puntland the Somaliland highlands, and is their pride and joy. In Somaliland...
by Dan Riegler | Mar 20, 2014 | Apothecary, Distillation, Essential Oils
My apologies for the long delay posting here. My intent was to deliver part 2 of “How to distill essential oils from spruce and pine sap” a long time ago. But life doesn’t always unfold the way we plan it. Instead, I find myself in Israel with no...
by Dan Riegler | Mar 5, 2014 | Apothecary, Distillation, DIY, Essential Oils, Wildcrafting
It is very easy to distill the essential oils from our local North American Pine, Spruce and Fir tree saps ourselves, but, to fully capture the exquisite qualities this type of small-scale distillation can offer us, a different approach and perspective is called for....
by Dan Riegler | Nov 22, 2013 | Apothecary, Astrodynamics, Distillation, DIY & Recipes, DIY & Recipes, Essential Oils, Plant Alchemy, Plant Alchemy, Wildcrafting
Distilling Wild Ginger Essential Oil Distillations, mistillations and musings No matter how much experience and knowledge we have, how much care and control we exercise, we will still, on occasion, make critical mistakes. We are quick to record and share our...
by Dan Riegler | Oct 14, 2013 | Apothecary, DIY & Recipes, DIY & Recipes, Essential Oils, Herbal Products, Herbal Products, Male Grooming
An Easy, Natural 2 part Mustache Wax Recipe (With instructions for creating a personal fragrance) This is the ” Mustache Wax Recipe” from the post “A Mustachio Twirl to save the world”. The post, in essence, gives some history about Vaseline...
by Dan Riegler | Jul 2, 2013 | Apothecary, DIY, DIY & Recipes, Essential Oils, Male Grooming, Resins & Saps
Labdanum-Beard Grooming Babylonian style Labdanum. Also called Ladanum, Cistus or Rockrose, is a fragrant mediterranean shrub, rich in history, oleo-resin, and tradition, both medicinally and aromatically. The use of Labdanum, Cistus Ladanifera,...
by Dan Riegler | May 17, 2013 | Essential Oils, Frankincense, Herbal Remedies, Perfume
Until recently, in our North American market, there was little choice as far as the type of Frankincense resin or essential oil one could buy. Religious, occult, and “new age” stores, aromatherapy and natural perfume shops offered only Frankincense...
by Dan Riegler | May 8, 2013 | Apothecary, Essential Oils, Frankincense, Herbal Remedies, Resins & Saps
Today I received my much-anticipated package from Addis Ababa Ethiopia. What a treat for the senses!!! This first shipment of two, contains unique essential oils distilled from fresh harvested local oleo-resins. Boswellia and Commiphora. Rare Ethiopian Frankincense...
