Aromatherapy step by step
30 ml/2 tbsp almond oil (base oil)
2 drops Bergamot
2 drops Coriander
6 drops Jasmine
4 drops Rose
2 drops Sandalwood
Enjoy!
While the perfume atomizer of today has sacrificed elegance for convenience, it remains an essential part of a woman’s travel kit. The perfume atomizer is ideal for storing perfume, because it does not have to be opened once it is filled, and keeps evaporation to a minimum.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
How to Make Your Own Perfume From Fresh Flowers
Applying a beautiful smelling fragrance can be a real mood lifter but the synthetic perfumes you buy at the drugstore and department store are not only expensive but also contain a variety of chemicals that are thought to be harmful to health. One way to avoid the chemicals and still enjoy fragrance is to make your own perfume from flowers. If you grow your own flowers, you already have a source for making your own natural perfume. If not, you can buy the flower petals of your choice at your local florist or even ask a neighbor if you can borrow some of their unused petals. Be sure to take them some of the perfume you make to thank them for their kindness.
Here's how to make perfume from flowers:
Ingredients
* One and one-half cups flower blossoms of your choice
* Two cups of distilled water
* Aluminum pot
* Cheesecloth
* Funnel
* Glass perfume bottle
* Make perfume from flowers: Gather your ingredients
You can use any of a variety of flower petals to make your own perfume. You can be a purist and use the blossoms from a single flower or mix blossoms from several flowers to create your own unique signature fragrance. To make your first perfume, you'll need around a cup and a half of flower blossoms. Choose blossoms that haven't been sprayed. If you buy them from a florist or gardening center, verify with them that they're free of chemicals or pesticides.
Prepare your blossoms
Place your chosen flower blossoms into the aluminum pan along with two cups of distilled water. Turn the heat on high and allow your water to come to a complete boil. Once the water boils, turn down the heat to keep the temperature just below the boiling point. Allow the mixture to simmer for two and a half hours.
Prepare your perfume
Once the mixture has simmered for the allotted time, turn the heat down and allow your flower water to cool. Place cheesecloth into a funnel and slowly strain the flower water through the cheesecloth several times until all of the pulp is removed. Transfer your freshly made perfume to a pretty glass perfume bottle to enjoy at a later time.
Making perfume from flowers is so easy and inexpensive that you'll never go back to the chemical laden perfumes that abound at your local department and drugstores. Keep in mind that homemade perfume without preservatives will have a shorter shelf life. Homemade, all natural perfume in a decorative bottle also makes a thoughtful gift for almost any occasion. Don't forget to keep several bottles of your homemade perfume handy for your own enjoyment.
Article source : Xomba.com
Here's how to make perfume from flowers:
Ingredients
* One and one-half cups flower blossoms of your choice
* Two cups of distilled water
* Aluminum pot
* Cheesecloth
* Funnel
* Glass perfume bottle
* Make perfume from flowers: Gather your ingredients
You can use any of a variety of flower petals to make your own perfume. You can be a purist and use the blossoms from a single flower or mix blossoms from several flowers to create your own unique signature fragrance. To make your first perfume, you'll need around a cup and a half of flower blossoms. Choose blossoms that haven't been sprayed. If you buy them from a florist or gardening center, verify with them that they're free of chemicals or pesticides.
Prepare your blossoms
Place your chosen flower blossoms into the aluminum pan along with two cups of distilled water. Turn the heat on high and allow your water to come to a complete boil. Once the water boils, turn down the heat to keep the temperature just below the boiling point. Allow the mixture to simmer for two and a half hours.
Prepare your perfume
Once the mixture has simmered for the allotted time, turn the heat down and allow your flower water to cool. Place cheesecloth into a funnel and slowly strain the flower water through the cheesecloth several times until all of the pulp is removed. Transfer your freshly made perfume to a pretty glass perfume bottle to enjoy at a later time.
Making perfume from flowers is so easy and inexpensive that you'll never go back to the chemical laden perfumes that abound at your local department and drugstores. Keep in mind that homemade perfume without preservatives will have a shorter shelf life. Homemade, all natural perfume in a decorative bottle also makes a thoughtful gift for almost any occasion. Don't forget to keep several bottles of your homemade perfume handy for your own enjoyment.
Article source : Xomba.com
Here comes a bug to make your perfume smell nicer
A bug in a tropical grass root that provides oil to cosmetic and perfumery industries also imparts a variety of flavours and properties to the plant product, according to a new study.Vetiver grass is the only grass cultivated for its root essential oil, made up of chemicals called sesquiterpenes. These are used in plants as pheromones and juvenile hormones.
Studying the root, microbiologists Pietro Alifano and Luigi Del Giudice, plant biologist Massimo Maffei and their colleagues found that its root cells produce a few oil precursors, which are then metabolised by the root bacteria to build up the complexity of vetiver oil, according to an Eurekalert report.
"This research opens new frontiers in the biotech arena of natural bioactive compounds," said Alifano. "Pharmaceutical, perfumery and flavouring industries may now exploit the selected microbial strains and widen their metabolic libraries."
Source: Indo-Asian News Service
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