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I was hoping someone might advise me as to how I can make some essential oil. I have alot of Jasmine that I would like to make oils with, however I have never made it before. I know a method sent through here was using Mineral Oil with flowers in it, shaking once a week & replacing flowers fortnightly......But I have read another method, but cant find the email now, whereby you skim off the oil from the top.....Could someone tell me the different methods & recommend any tips & pointers??

 

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Althia AmberMyst

 

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I honestly don't know the first thing about making essential oils, other than you need a press and it can be quite costly. You can however create infused oils by (as I was told) boiling the herb in a carrier oil, letting it steep and then filtering it through a coffee filter. Or the longer method of filling a jar with the intended herb, then filling the jar with a carrier oil, allowing it to sit for a couple of weeks, shaking it vigorously every day for a few minutes, then at the end of the two weeks replacing the herbs for another two weeks then straining.

 

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Mori

 

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07/31/06 18:51:11

 

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Making Essential Oils?

 

 

 

Merry Meet

 

I was hoping someone might advise me as to how I can make some essential oil. I have alot of Jasmine that I would like to make oils with, however I have never made it before. I know a method sent through here was using Mineral Oil with flowers in it, shaking once a week & replacing flowers fortnightly......But I have read another method, but cant find the email now, whereby you skim off the oil from the top.....Could someone tell me the different methods & recommend any tips & pointers??

 

Thanks in advance

 

Bright Blessings

Althia AmberMyst

 

 

 

 

 

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On 7/31/06, Sherry Howey <slhowey wrote:

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> Cassy

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> Merry Meet

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> I was hoping someone might advise me as to how I can make some essential

> oil. I have alot of Jasmine that I would like to make oils with, however I

> have never made it before. I know a method sent through here was using

> Mineral Oil with flowers in it, shaking once a week & replacing flowers

> fortnightly......But I have read another method, but cant find the email

> now, whereby you skim off the oil from the top.....Could someone tell me the

> different methods & recommend any tips & pointers??

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> Thanks in advance

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> Bright Blessings

> Althia AmberMyst

 

 

Essential oils are generally made by steam distillation. Jasmine

specifically does not hold up well through the distillation process,

therefore you won't see Jasmine essential oil, you will usually

encounter Jasmine absolute, which is the plant essence extracted from

solvents. It can take a ton of flowers to procure one pound of oil,

so it is very costly and not something that people do on a small

scale.

 

If you want to capture the scent of Jasmine in an oil, you will be

infusing the blooms. I wouldn't recommend mineral oil myself, as it

is a by product of the petroleum industry, but using olive oil, Almond

oil, Jojoba or fractionated coconut will work really nicely. You will

want to get a canning jar that you can " burp " easily and stuff it full

of blooms. Then pour your oil over it and shake it up every few hours

for a couple of days. Replace the flowers after a couple of days, be

sure to take the cap off prior to shaking, you need to let the

moisture escape from the jar. Now this works much better if you leave

your jar in the sun and let it gently heat. If you start to see

sludge building up on the bottom you have to immediately pour the oil

off, that is water in there and the whole thing will go rancid if left

there. Discard the water (sludge) and keep infusing until you have

the desired effect.

 

I personally find it easier to tincture fresh flowers, because you

don't have to deal with the rancidity issue. Buy a bottle of

everclear at the liquer store and do the same thing as above, but

replace the everclear with oil. I would change the blooms every day

as the alcohol is the solvent and will extract the scent much more

quickly. There is a lot of information on ticturing and infusing if

you do a google search, but unfortunately, you won't be able to

actually make an essential oil of jasmine yourself.

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