While essential oils are amazing for creating beautiful scent profiles, sometimes the most desirable scents like lilac and lily are just not available as essential oils. With an enfleurage, you can extract those lovely aromas into oil.
EQUIPMENT
- Glass bowl preferably with a cover
- Flowers of your choice
- Pipettes
- Beauty Jars
INGREDIENTS
- 1 lb Babassu Oil or RBD Coconut Oil
- 1 tbsp Non-GMO Vitamin E
- Flower petals (lavender, lily, rose)
NOTE: The flowers listed are just a suggestion. You can use anything you want. Just make sure you have enough.
METHOD
- Remove the petals only from your flowers, be sure you have a good amount of petals. Heat the babassu oil until it becomes fully liquid. This should be about 80F. Add the Vitamin E and Mix well.
- Add the flower petals to your glass bowl and then pour the babassu oil over the petals. Cover and keep in a warm place – ideally 75F -80F
- Every 12 -24 hours, remove the flower petals from the oil and replace with fresh petals. This may take several times to achieve the fragrance level you desire.
- Once you have the fragrance level you desire, remove any excess water from your oil with a pipette.
Cold Method
Now there is also the "hot method" of creating your Enfleurage. Using the microwave you can melt the oil between each set.
WARNING: Just make sure you let it cool down to the touch before adding or removing petals so you don't get burned. It is oil after all and oil gets hot.
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