Anybody ever use lovage oil? From what I read it is supposed to have a similar effect to asafoetida but has a very different odor to my nose. I never see it mentioned or listed in any of the various formulas floating around publicly, but it is sold by most lure ingredient suppliers. I got a little to play with, but was wondering if anyone has any experience with it.

I use it in two of my formulations. It's expensive though. I make an extract that's not as expensive as the oil, but I need to use more of it than oil.

I used it once in a coyote gland formulation. It was quite a few years ago when I first started playing this game. I was still doing the "throw some stuff together that sounded good " and seeing what happens. The gland formulation got positive results and I caught coyotes on it but I haven't gotten around to actually testing to see what Loveage itself adds or doesn't to a formulation. The way I used it , it might have made the formulation better or it might have made it less attractive or might have had a neutral effect. I hope ur right and it has the same effect as asafoetida.

Okay, what I have is a 1:2 ratio tincture (according to the lure maker who did the tincturing), what sort of proportions would be a good starting point to it in a gland lure? I know I'll have to test and adjust, but I'm just looking at a ballpark starting point. Really can't find any information on it as to how overpowering it might be in a lure as it ages in. (Some ingredients like castor or asafoetida, if you add enough to make a lure smell right and then let it age in, when you come back in six weeks and check it they will have overpowered everything else in the lure)

The gland formulation I used it in, it was 3 or 4 drops per 1 pint of lure. But wouldn't say that the correct way to go as that was pretty early on in my lure making and I just throw a few things together and tested it. Though the formulation did seem to work at least decently.

Winchester Coyote Gland ( Fox - Bobcat )
1quart coyote glands
1/2 quart coyote urine
1/2 quart glycerine
1/4 capful rue oil
1 capful ambrette musk
1/4 capful LOVAGE Oil
1 Teaspoon Asafoetida Powder

Bearcat, This is a Old one I found. Not a lot of info about Lovage Oil. I have some Lovage Powder and it smells mild compared to Asafoetida or Valerian?
Try some and see how it works.