How does one make orris root powder for use as a fixative?


Help!  Clarence!  I have been searching for "orris root powder" all over 
- and no one knows what it is - or where to get it.  Lo, along comes 
Clarence - the answer man - who reveals that Iris - is orris root!  Now 
then, please dear friend, tell me how to prepare the fixative from the 
roots - as I have many of the old fashioned iris that I could sacrifice 
for the fixative.

The essential oils do not last - at least mine don't.  Maybe I am doing 
something wrong in making the popourri (sp) and I know the recipe calls 
for orris root powder - so have used only essential oils.

I would also like to know how to make the essential oils myself - or 
maybe that is too much work for the kitchen!  My neighbor provides me 
with pounds and pounds of rose petals every year - and I have access to 
many other nice smelling cedars, etc. to make popourri from - but the 
essence fades quickly.

Thanks for any information you can provide.  Donna, Region 13, WA State
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