Perfumery (cont) Scripturally if you look at biblical accounts from Exodus 30 God taught Moses and Mosses taught the people. Also some of the Jews coming out of Egypt had to have known how to make fragrant unguents even if it were because of their slavery. Some knowledge of the art of the perfumer was present as God did refer to it in Exo30:25. Exo 30:22 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Exo 30:23 Take also to you principal spices, five hundred shekels of pure myrrh, and half as much of sweet cinnamon, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet calamus, Exo 30:24 and five hundred of cassia, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. Exo 30:25 And you shall make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil. Exo 30:26 And you shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony, Exo 30:27 and the table and all its vessels, and the lampstand and its vessels, and the altar of incense, Exo 30:28 and the altar of burnt offerings with all its vessels, and the laver and its foot. Exo 30:29 And you shall sanctify them so that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy. Exo 30:30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them, so that they may minister to Me in the priest's office. Exo 30:31 And you shall speak to the sons of Israel saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. Never the less generally I do not share the secrets God has given to me, because I believe that people with a desire to learn, must hear from God for them selves. Often dear siters in the Lord already have and then I am free to share what He has given. We need to be led by the Holy Spirit. That is how we trust in and follow Him with in the relationship. Submitting to the Holy Spirit is paramount to doing anything for the kingdom. We must hear His voice and obeying Him out of love and devotion not obligation or fear.  If a dear brother or sister in the Lord has any idea that this ministry will produce an income. Well I have to tell you I have invested more than I have taken out. One thing I do suggest if you want to make anointing oils, read the book "Heaven Awaits the Bride" by Anna Rountree. In this book She gives scriptural and revelatory meaning of the Spices recorded in the bible. It was after the Lord took her on a journey to discovery of her own, that she wrote about her experiances. The the message Jesus brings through her encounter with the Lord changed my life I hope it does the same for you. If you are seriously considering making perfumery more than just a hobby collect all the information about essential oils, and making oil infusions, and extracts as you can find. Also there are limits to how much essential oils you can safely put into a blend. Aromatic oils are highly consentrated. Many volitile oils posses constituants that are not skin safe in high concentrations. Some are stimulants and others such as cinnamon are dermal irritants. Look into which oils are safe and which are not. Also be aware that there is much mideastern mysticism added to descriptions which have entered into the arena of aromathearapy these days. Do not allow yourselves to become entangled in the mix of true and false. If you begin in the truth and start to embrace a lie then before you know it you will no longer recognize the truth when it comes. Beloved Jesus wants to show you wonderous things let Him, by becoming willing to follow Him at all cost. There is such a freedom in that. Happy is the man who's God is the Lord! May the blessing of the Lord be upon you...........Debra Athanas *Perfumes, Splashes & Colognes: Discovering and Crafting Your Personal Fragrances (Paperback) by Nancy M. Booth (Author) *Essence and Alchemy (Paperback) by Mandy Aftel (Author) *Aroma: The Magic of Essential Oils in Foods and Fragrance (Hardcover) by Mandy Aftel (Author), Daniel Patterson (Au Scents & Sensibilities: Creating Solid Perfumes for Well-Being (Hardcover) by Mandy Aftel (Author)