Question for DIYers -- Fix for perfumey juice?

[Lavaca5]

Hi, everyone. Why is it that some juices taste great at 5 ml and terrible at 30 ml? Maybe it was just inexperience... who knows. At any rate, I have 30 ml of perfumey juice and I'm hoping there's a way to salvage it. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions for cutting that bitter flavor? Any imput at all would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[emilysunshine]

I only have one fix for perfumey juice...pour it down the drain. Yuk. Sometimes the bottles can't even be cleaned enough for re-use. I wish there was a fix, but I don't think there is.

 

[zbasspro]

Have u taken this question over to the DIY tips and tricks thread.. I bet someone over there could help better than me.

 

[redgirl]

Hi, everyone. Why is it that some juices taste great at 5 ml and terrible at 30 ml? Maybe it was just inexperience... who knows. At any rate, I have 30 ml of perfumey juice and I'm hoping there's a way to salvage it. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions for cutting that bitter flavor? Any imput at all would be appreciated.

Thanks!

I'm guessing it's premade. I had that happen before with a vendor. I bought the 6ml and loved it and then the 30ml was perfumey. It was a tobacco flavor, and I have Flavourart tobacco flavors, so I just added more VG, PG, nic, and cuban cigar from FA because that has a hay like flavor that is not perfumey at all. It did balance it out quite a bit.

Also, some Flavourart magic mask and/or ethyl maltol may cure it. Be careful with magic mask, though and only add 1 drop at a time to test.

What flavor is it?

 

[Blaze]

Usually using the perfumey juice as a base for another juice is enough to mask that.

Perfect example is Halo anything. Nasty juices outright, but great bases for other DIY creations (go figure LOL )

 

[zbasspro]

Funny Halo is one juice I have yet to try, may explain why perfumey hasn't been a problem as of yet!

 

[candy_93454]

what causes them to get perfumey is the question i wanna kno lol

 

[Blaze]

Funny Halo is one juice I have yet to try, may explain why perfumey hasn't been a problem as of yet!

I would HIGHLY reco getting a sample of it from someone before you commit to a $25 dollar 30ml bottle. I was HIGHLY PO'ed about that until the thought occurred to me to mix it with something else

 

[Lavaca5]

Emily, Dumping it was my first instinct, then I did the math and decided it might suit my juice budget better to try to fix it. Unless I mix like I cook, of course, in which case a vapable juice is out of the question, but I might get lucky and invent some kinda super-solvent or industrial-strength cleanser by accident. Lucky for me I got your PIF -- very tasty stuff!

Redgirl / Blaze, the juice is V4L Cognac (yeah, I know -- I had plenty of warning, just thought this was the exception). Maybe a strong tobacco flavor like cuban cigar might work with it. Seems like sweetening it would make it worse, but I'm just guessing. Good to know I might have some options.

Zbasspro, I'll post this in the DIY thread, too; seems to be a lot of chefs in this group, so I thought I'd start here.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys.

 

[Nikhil]

Leave it open overnight. Usually works.

 

[Blaze]

Redgirl / Blaze, the juice is V4L Cognac (yeah, I know -- I had plenty of warning, just thought this was the exception). Maybe a strong tobacco flavor like cuban cigar might work with it. Seems like sweetening it would make it worse, but I'm just guessing. Good to know I might have some options.

A couple drops of TA might just do the trick, and possibly just a touch of menthol drops (might sound crazy, but I've saved countless juices with a touch of menthol ) and a drop or 2 of magic mask.

 

[leannebug]

Leave it open overnight. Usually works.

Really?? Hadn't heard of that one. Is that just the perfumy ones. Or will that work on other problem juices?

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[Nikhil]

Depends, what other problems are you having?

 

[leannebug]

I don't like the juices

lol.. just kiddin. Actually, I was just curious, and also wondering why/how this worked.

 

[Nikhil]

It's kind of like when you put on perfume. Eventually it fades. Leaving it out can also make some of the good part of the flavoring dissipate, but usually food flavoring has less of those volatile chemicals than perfumes do. Sometimes it can also reduce harshness the same way.