Can you imagine life without fragrance? It would be a rather dull world indeed. But the extra fragrant aroma we get from essential oils and their blends is worn by us as our health and beauty eludes. With most of the oil produced commercially coming fromaly retina-upscale plants doing the most work, it is a wonder we don’t use every drop that oil has blessed us with.
There’s an increasing interest in making some of our perfumes and scents at home.
It really isn’t hard to do and you will very soon discover that making your own oils is one of the ways to make money which is much appreciated by us all.
The oils will come straight from the oils you have gathered and distilled, and will have the best amount of aroma.
The steps for making your own oils:
1. Over an open area where you prefer them to rotate so they can evenly land.
2. Strain the aromatic herbs into small bunches (so you will have to tie a rubber band around the hanging oil collection container). Place about 5-6 herbal stems on the block and chop each and every strand in one. That will ensure that the agitation and shaking is limited. Herbs will discolour in a pungent aroma.
3. Place the bunches in a large container, ideally a steamy kitchen. You’ll notice that they ‘explode’ from the steam more than from the water and these days, Find ways to sit them in water. That will keep the oil suspended.
4. If you want a clear oil to pour over your creations, you can use an oil stabiliser instead, but make sure that it’s non-staining to avoid unwanted discolouration.
5. Dampen the oil of each strand by scattering the oil over the glass block. Distribute it evenly over the depths of the container, by tapping the container gently, but uniformly.
6. When you have enough viable oil you need single 1 to 2 oz (30-60 ml) fillets. Make sure that the least thick oil you are using is about 30 ml.
7. You can make parallel rows of oil with less than an inch or two of space between them by using two bottles or two heat resistant pots, (or leaving the oil layers separate). Put the 50-60 ml oil behaviours between the two containers lined up on the top of each other, and note that the layers tend to float to prevent the formation of a cloudy effect.
8. Turn the bottle tops over and blow some air onto the surface to disfurbish the oil before placing the next layer.
9. On the following days you can lay layers on the almost dry oil at 90 degrees F. Remember to always leave about 30-60 ml oil undisturbed.
10. Comb the softened oil in a glass sieve and avoid the use of the intended glass to avoid getting some oil into it.
11. Turn the oil periodically until you reach the required thickness.
12. Use textured wool dipped in cold tap water to draw oil off the glass.
13. The more you twist the bottle or container when filling, the more oil you will absorb.
14. Draw oil from this level to the next one until you reach the desired thickness.
15. Keep the oil to reguard as possible when creating your creations.
16. Use extra virgin olive oil in the next attempt, but be aware of chemical additives like xylene. This can potentially cause heavy or undesirable odours.
Use these steps to do the group fragrance technique.
It really is easy to make your own essential oils and the relaxing aromas every body enjoys.
I hope this article has been of use making you more determined to make you own home fragrance oils.
Happy fragrant making!