Excellent quality, naturally preserved, bendable and pliable, SUPER FRAGRANT
Excellent quality. I was kinda bracing for the worst when I received the box because it was so small and they were packed so tightly, and tight packaging means needing to separate the stems, and if the branches are super dry, this means most of the leaves are coming off. The moment I opened one flap of the box, I was immersed in the fragrance-- just delicious. Wonderful. Divine. And to my surprise, separating the branches did not lead to all of the leaves coming off-- I literally only lost maybe 2-3 individual leaves during my time separating all of the bundles (I removed the twist tie used to bundle each one so I could fluff each individual branch and create my own two bunches), sorting them, fluffing them, and rebunching them. The branches and the leaves seem fresh, but I read in the seller's listing and included notice that they are preserved using some sort of natural oil or something that they feed it to replace the water inside the branches and leaves. This liquid contains some sort of green dye, which is what preserves its color. It's supposed to be able to last as long as three years. I read some of the other reviews and if you're concerned about the few bad ones, know that these customers did not read the notice that comes with the branches. She explains the thing about the dye-- that it is normal for some green color to leak out through the natural pores of the branches and pores. Expect it and rinse it while you shower- no big deal. (It's either deal with this minor issue while showering, which is easy, or buy completely unpreserved branches, which will be bone dry, not very fragrant, and will be coming apart immediately and needing to be replaced every couple weeks probably). Excellent. I'm ordering some lavendar branches, some lavendar buds, some satchets, and some pine shavings so I can make two bundles by adding the lavender branhces to the center of my eucapytus branchs, then hand a satchet each of lavendar and pine shavings for a wonderful addition to our new rainfall shower head (also available on amazon). I replaced the twist ties that came with the bundles with my own thick, extra large rubber band-- which I'm consering changing to just some plain brown string which I'll be using to hang them because I think the heat and humidity in the shower is probably going to warp it. Super easy to handle, not truly that messy, and makes a wonderful gift for a great price. P.S. If you want to make one of the huge, beautiful, wide reaching bundles that you see in a lot of these Amazon listings for shower bundles, you're going to need 40 eucalyptus branches for ONE bundle. See my pictures. That is 40 branches separated into two bundles that are being held together. Read more
