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My favourite topic is the History of Aromatics. It's FASCINATING.

People have integrated aromatics into rituals, rites of passage, spiritual access, performance enhancement, health, manipulation, reflection, sensuality, ego gratification and everything else, for the squillion or so years that we have been people.

In fact, I'm convinced that exploration of the olfactory realm was a tipping point for our evolutionary advantage. Although of course, many animals can sniff better than us (for example, did you know that polar bears have nine different words for the smell of snow?).

Anointment is a righteous act. In religion, perfume creates a bridge between earthiness and the ethereal: juniper branches burned on the rooves of Buddhist temples to get heaven's attention; the ancient Egyptian sun god Ra offered myrrh incense every day at noon; Moses being "instructed by God" (Exodus 30) to create a sacred anointing oil; the Jewish menorah designed in the likeness of the seven-branched aromatic plant salvia palaestina (sage); the fragrant dhoop incense emanating from Hindu temples; the Shinto koh-do incense ceremony... it's endless, and that's just the religious stuff.

In the British monarchy, the exact point of coronation is not when the crown is placed on the head, but when the new Queen or King is anointed with a traditional aromatic oil, blended by the Royal Apothecary!

(the Royal Apothecary is a wannabe aromatologist but probably has no new recipes of his own).

We found out the recipe, and we're whipping some up. So if you'd like to book a "Royal Oil Anointment Appointment", write to us... if it so pleases your majesty.

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Where Can I buy dollop?

So that you can plan your shopping easily and efficiently, we're pointing you to two marvelous retailers:

Commonsense Organics, Wakefield Street, Wellington city

Homestead Health, Cuba Mall, Wellington city

These two visionary outlets have started the dollop TM retail phenomenon which will sweep the world. They are the first official stockists of dollop TM on Planet Earth.

Pay them a visit, and ask for dollop TM all-natural hair styling goodness.

It's the business.

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Your Questions Answered

What is dollop TM?
An all natural hair styling pomade, designed professionally by an aromatologist. Made in New Zealand. dollop was designed like no other hair styling product we know of: its benefits make it a truly superior hair styling product. More details? Each tin is 70g net weight.

What hair types does it suit?
Ideal for men and women, short and long hair. Fluffy and frizzy hair especially benefit from styling with dollop.

Where can I buy dollop TM?
Currently here on www.dollop.co.nz , and soon to be found in shops around Wellington. Retailers will be listed here on www.dollop.co.nz .

Does dollop wash out?
Yes dollop washes out with shampoo. You can also brush and comb your hair easily after applying dollop. Rather than coating your hair with a tacky layer, dollop sinks in to nourish your hair. Genius.

Do we want feedback about the web site and the product / suggestions for suitable retailers / media contacts?
Yes please!

Please let the dollop team know if you have any other questions.

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Where can you buy dollop TM?

You can find it at www.dollop.co.nz

Soon to be available in Wellington's most fabulous retailers. These will be listed on this blog and on the web site shortly.

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Aromatic Of the Day with Associated Facts and Customs:

Rosemary has been used for centuries as a hair tonic. It stimulates the follicles. That sounds ticklish, but it’s a fairly subtle effect. Rosemary stimulates blood circulation, and is a general and respiratory tonic.

The rosemarinus officinalis essential oil used in dollop TM is Spanish, a robust, camphoraceous Mediterranean type with good levels of a-pinene and 1,8-cineole.

Of course rosemary is a well-known culinary herb. Hippocrates the Father of Medicine thought you should cook it with vegetables as a tonic for your liver and spleen.

Back in the day, the splendid physician Nicholas Culpeper said of rosemary: “It helps a weak memory and quickens the senses.”

Rosemary’s penetrating, refreshing aroma certainly is a cephalic wake up call: the right dose is as good as a morning coffee for rubbing on your head.

Note: do not rub the coffee on your head: for optimum results use dollop.

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Word of the Day:

dollop

–noun
1. a blob of some substance: dollop of whipped cream.
2. a small, globulous quantity: a dollop of mud.
3. an all-natural aromatic hair styling pomade, launched in 2008 in Wellington, New Zealand.

–verb (used with an object)
1. to scoop, or dispense in dollop-sized amounts: to dollop pomade through the hair.

[Suspected origin: Norse dialect: dolp = lump; Icelandic: dolpur = fat man]

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Aromatic Fact for the Day: Bring Back the Antimacassar!!

No, it's not an eye make up remover.

The antimacassar was a trendy piece of textile furnishing, for protecting the backs of chairs where the head rests.

In Victorian and Edwardian times, there was a strong trend for oiled hair. "Macassar oil" was the application of choice in these pre-shampoo days, an unguent formula made from oils such as coconut, and aromatics such as ylang ylang (cananga odorata, the pungent flower from a small Malaysian tree, and an original component of Chanel Number 5). Byron, the hot young dandy of the day, described Macassar oil as "thine incomparable oil".

Macassar oil was even sold as a trichological solution for baldness, greying hair, "scurf", "dandriff", and to "prevent the waste of those natural substances so essential to the preservation of the Hair." (sic, sic sic).

A well oiled head is prone to slipping against the back of its comfortable leather armchair, and the "antimacassar" was a practical solution, which came to be a growing trend in its own right.

Today we see very bland tissue-y antimacassars on airline seats; this is a far cry from the ornamental crocheted miniature works of art that adorned parlors in the time of the well-groomed Edwardian male.

The launch of dollop TM all-natural hair styling pomade (while not an oil, so far less greasy) could advent the return of decorative antimacassars, eye-catching textile furnishings that are easy to craft, for any high backed chair, from the Boardroom to the club, to the modern living room.

That's right folks... the return of the head rest doily.