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Benzoin resin smells amazing. It reminds me of Dr.

Pepper soda, but what the hell am I supposed to do with the stuff? I tried to add some to an air freshener I was

making and it was a nightmare. It stuck to my fingers and clogged up my dropper.
I still have some stuck to my

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Elana-
Benz is some great stuff, probably one of the best things

DST has turned me on to. I\'m sure that\'s a big part of why I get the yummy comments about my current cologne

mix.

I\'ve tried to work w/ resins, too. Don\'t any more. It\'s a real pain. IIRC, you have to heat some

resins to get them to dissolve in the carrier. I\'m sure the good Doc can address this much better than me. The

benz I\'m using now is much easier to use, still pretty thick, but not as much as the resin. Maybe it\'s a

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When I\'m mixing, I put some alcohol (vodka is OK for this

purpose) in a shot glass. (Don\'t use water!) I rinse out the dropper this way. Seems to work well for those

thick EOs. Just draw some alcohol up into the dropper and squeeze it back into the shot glass. If you\'re really

concerned about \"cross contamination\" you could use 2 shot glasses so that you can clean it out twice. I,

personally, don\'t worry about it.

HTH