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KOMPAS.com - Aroma fragrant nan can indeed generate an atmosphere. Not surprisingly, many people wear perfume to the room. Potpourry a choice for many hotels and homes. As a result, the business of making perfumes that come dried flowers are growing.
Various kinds of fragrances to scent the room increasingly used the plural. One of them potpourry or potpouri. Fragrance from the flowers, leaves, wood shavings, and dry beans are usually used as garnish for the air freshener in the bedroom, bathroom, or a car.
Potpouri more often found in shopping centers. Please understand, the process of making a unique fragrance that is quite easy. Raw material can be from any plant. However, the most popular are rose, jasmine, rosella, acacia, and the edelweiss flower which is then dried.
There are three ways of drying. First, using the oven drying. This method is relatively quick. However, flower color changed brown and not fresh.
Second, by hanging or aerated. The way it takes up to two weeks, but the original color of interest survive.
The best way of drying is the third way, namely by using silica gel. The surplus, the original color of interest survive. Drying time was relatively brief, lasting just one day.
In principle, silica gel binding function of existing water and moisture to the flower. After the drying process is completed then drops with oil or perfume aromatherapy. Fragrance can last about a month.
However, because the fragrance that lasted only a month, Princess Adimukti Wibisono, owner of Spice Princess in Jakarta only make potpouri if there is an order. "The system is made by order. I do not dare to take risks when there is no order," he said.
This is one disadvantage potpouri business. Namely, the product can not be mass produced. Another drawback, namely the difficulty of searching for raw materials. Moreover, in big cities are rarely unique flower varieties.
No wonder, potpouri price was fairly expensive. Princess membanderol products per bag to Rp 25,000. He said, in a month, at least serve 100 orders. So turnover of about USD 2.5 million per month. Understandably, businesses owned by Princess potpouri this is merely a side business from its main business, namely sales of spa and herbal products.
Another case with Hanna, owner of Miracle Souvenir in Jakarta, which produces various wedding souvenirs. Trends potpouri helped raise the prestige of one of the products selling curios, namely container potpouri with various forms of funny.
The container is then he is content with a kilogram potpouri purchased in the market. His request was pretty good. Per month, he could get 500 orders. The product is it official price of Rp 17,000 to Rp 30,000, depending on the degree of difficulty. Monthly turnover of about USD 15 million.
Meanwhile, Rima Tan, owner of Blooms in Bandung make potpouri to serve regular orders from the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Jakarta. Hotels usually use potpouri for room fragrance.
But, he also served orders dried flowers that have not diwangikan for big malls such as Plaza Senayan and Plaza Indonesia. No wonder, within a month, Rima could reap up to $ 25 million turnover.
According to Rima, business prospects are very good. Because the residential luxury fragrance always need the room. Privileges potpouri free from chemicals. "It's safer to health," he said. ( Rivi Yulianti / KONTAN )
Source: KONTAN
Editor: Erland Djumena

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