FRONTIER Orris Root Powder

I had never bought anything from Frontier and I had never bought or used orris root powder before but I am glad I did!I bought this powder for making orange pomanders.Who knows if this is true but I read online that orris root powder comes in 3 grades: white, off-white faint yellow and light brown.The white is the best as it has no peeling in it and has a strong fragrance of violets.The off-white faint yellow is the second best, it has a small amount of peel in it but still has a good fragrance.The light brown has a lot of peel in it and has very little smell. Sometimes the brown one is bleached white so it looks like the good one.The Frontier powder I received looks to be the off-white faint yellow kind. It is a very fine powder with a solid but not overbearing smell to it. I am glad I got this one because lol if it had of been white I would have wondered if it was the cheap bleached stuff.I am just guessing but I would say the 1 pound bag is probably about 4 cups of the powder, which is probably a lifetime supply for me. I have very happy with my powder and Frontier.-pomander tips-I read several online recipes for the pomander spice mix and really nobody agreed on how much orris root fixative to use, so I read other orris root powder uses and found that when making potpourri the weight ratio is 20% fixative to 80% other ingredients.I plan on making several pomanders so I combined nutmeg, cinnamon, and clove powder until I had 1 full cup of the spice mixture. Then I added 1/2 cup of the orris powder, which would give a 1/3 fixative ratio and it seems fine.-This isn't in any of the recipes I read but I just so happened to have some orange essential oil (the expensive stuff in the tiny bottle) and a cheap bottle of orange flavoring for cooking, I mixed them together (to stretch out the expensive oil) in a tiny spray bottle and sprayed each orange just before rolling in the spice mix! I really think I am going to have the best pomanders EVER!!!When I was all done I took a small plastic container with a lid, put my leftover spice mix in it and gave it a couple of squirts with the orange oil and BAM! The smell will blow you away! Say word and pay it forward.

Using it in my Christmas Potpourri I'm making for Christmas this year. It came fast, in good condition, and was packaged well with all my other items.

I make my own incense and have done for years,truthfully frontier never lets me down . It's perfect for incense and I use it frequently . When I see the name frontier I know I'm getting the absolute best top quality.

Seems to be good quality. It worked for what I needed. Would order again

I purchased the orrisroot to make pomanders for the holidays. So far it has helped to preserve the oranges and spicy scent. There is enough to make many more and I'm hoping it will last until next year in an airtight container.

I am making sachets and potpourri from roses and lavender, and using lavender essential oil and rose perfumed oil. I think I used way too much of this stuff in my recipe, because in the sachets it keeps falling out of the little bags. I'm not even sure that I needed this stuff, but I got it anyway since so many of the "recipes" called for it. I'll use much less of it the next time. I was told I would find this in health food stores but Whole Foods doesn't carry it. Glad to find it here.

Didn’t seem to hold the fragrance.

Beginning a new hobby, and this product was recommended as one of the Items I would need. Seems to work as suggested.