Make Your Own Essential Oil
Essential oil is a concentrated liquid which comes from plants that contains volatile aroma compounds. They are known ethereal oils or ‘oil of’ the plants from which they are extracted. It is essential in the sense that it carries a distinctive scent of the plant. Essential oils don’t need to have any common specific properties beyond conveying characteristic fragrances.

Essential oils are extracted through distillation, other process include solvent extraction. They are used in perfumes, cosmetics, bath products, food and drink flavoring and for scenting incense and household cleaning products.
How to make essential oils?
Ingredients:
>> ½ cup oil
>> 4 cups tightly packed flowers
>> Jar
>> Mallet
>> Zip lock Plastic bag
>> Cheesecloth
Procedure 1:
- Put 1 cup of flower inside the plastic bag and release as much air as you can before sealing.
- Bruise the flowers by hitting it with a mallet
- Mix it with oil and place it into a jar
- Seal the jar and store in warm place for about 2 days
Procedure 2:
- Use the cheesecloth to filter the mixture and return the oil into the jar
- Discard the filtered flower material
- Take the next cup of flower and repeat the bruising method
- Mix this with the oil from procedure 1
- Store in a warm place for 2 days
Note: Repeat the process with the remaining 2 cups of flower
Procedure 3:
- After the final straining, transfer the oil into a bottle
- Store in cool and dark place.
Source: wiki


