I don't find DMSO icky at all and I never felt anything from it on it's own. Its like liquid garlic sort of.

When mixed with elemicin, the flavor of the elemicin totally overpowers the flavor of the DMSO though. It's way stronger than the DMSO. So you hardly can tell it's mixed in DMSO.

I can see the desire to have a DMSO-free mix for those who don’t like it. SWIM is going to work on this a little more and maybe come up with a way to get the elemicin out of the DMSO without introducing any toxic or non-food grade solvents.