Guest guest Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Hi Karen, As Butch mentioned below, they can be used in lotions in place of the distilled water, in linen sprays, body sprays, air fresheners, skin toners, baths, household cleaners, soaps, etc .... I even use some hydrosols in food recipes! Rose hydrosol is wonderful in confections, and some of the the other hydrosols (such as lemon myrtle) are fabulous mixed with seltzer water (in summer they are especially refreshing) for a light beverage. I've used rosemary and oregano hydrosols with salt and water for throat gargles when sick ... so many possibilities. Happy hydrosoling!!!! *Smile* Chris (knee deep in slush!) http://www.alittleolfactory.com **snipped** > I've heard of them being used for soap-making but other than that > I don't know how to use them. > Karen J Chris needs to help out a little bit here with how she uses them in soaps/cosmetics in place of water. ... Chris will tell you that you can make lots of nice stuff with them .. like linen sprays, room fresheners, face and body mists .. especially with rose and/or lavender hydrosols .... you can bathe in them and act a danged fool with'em if you have enough. ;-) ... Hydrosols can be used as the water part of creams and lotions, can be used in soap making, can be made into facial toner, etc. ... .. Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 Hey Karen, > I have asked this before and haven't gotten a response so I will ask > it again. Best to do that .. cause I didn't see this one first time around. > Do hydrosols have the same properties as their corresponding > essential oils and are just " diluted " ? And do you used them for the > same maladies?? Sorta .. and .. Sorta No .. and No. ;-p > I've heard of them being used for soap-making but other than that > I don't know how to use them. > Karen J Chris needs to help out a little bit here with how she uses them in soaps/cosmetics in place of water. Hydrosols are gentler and safer than the essential oils .. hydrosols will more accurately reflect the true profile of the plant because an essential oil contains only non-water soluable chemical constituents .. hydrosols contain both because hydrosols contain the essential oil too. The percentage of essential oil in a hydrosol depends on the value of the essential oil. For example .. Oregano, Rosemary, Sage and the like are distilled once and the remaining hydrosol can have up to 10% EO in it .. maybe more depending on the plant distilled. But oils like Rose Otto and Melissa are cohobated .. to get the rest of the oil out of the hydrosol. That simply means .. the hydrosol is run through a second form of distillation and in the case of Rose Otto, the lion's share of the Rose Otto is removed that second time. Wouldn't be cost effective to do that with a relatively inexpensive EO. Rose Hydrosol still has a MINIMUM of 1% Rose Otto in it .. get your calculator out and you'll see that it is far more valuable than the highest price you could pay for Rose Hydrosol. But that remaining EO can't be reclaimed because (1) it would be too expensive to run it again for that amount of oil ... (2) it would harm the oil to run it again. You ask the use of Hydrosols .. you need to narrow it down to the type you speak of as each has its own purpose .. often shared but not in every case. Many can be drank .. most all can be used on skin .. some can be used in the eyes .. some can be used on newborn babies butts .. and Rose Hydrosol can even be used around cats .. says the expert Lavender Sue. Chris will tell you that you can make lots of nice stuff with them .. like linen sprays, room fresheners, face and body mists .. especially with rose and/or lavender hydrosols .... you can bathe in them and act a danged fool with'em if you have enough. ;-) Hydrosols can be used as the water part of creams and lotions, can be used in soap making, can be made into facial toner, etc. But you know all that now .. cause prior to sending this post .. I done dumped a bunch stuff in your In Box. ;-p Also .. go here and read .. understand the system and you'll get a much better idea about the them .. gotta see the big picture. http://www.av-at.com/distillation/rosadamascena1.html Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Butch: I'm currently taking Jeanne Rose's aromatherapy correspondence course and just recently attended her " Vocabulary of Scent " weekend intensive. She does, indeed, claim to have " invented " the term hydrosol. Came from her own two lips. Interesting to finally meet her in person, to say the least. Not exactly what I was expecting. I enjoyed the workshop and I AM learning, but she's not the easiest instructor I've ever had . Georgene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Hi Georgene, Very interesting! And check this out ... I saw one supplier define the difference between hydrosols and hydrolats as this: " Many people use the terms interchangeably. Our definitions are that a hydrolat is the water recovered from the distilLATion of the essential oil, a hydrosol is the essential oil diSOLved in water, these hydrosols normally contain a small amount of alcohol. " So even with those terms folks disagree on the exact meaning ;-p *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://www.alittleolfactory.com Georgene Lockwood [glockwood] Tuesday, December 09, 2003 10:19 AM Re: hydrosols Butch: I'm currently taking Jeanne Rose's aromatherapy correspondence course and just recently attended her " Vocabulary of Scent " weekend intensive. She does, indeed, claim to have " invented " the term hydrosol. Came from her own two lips. Interesting to finally meet her in person, to say the least. Not exactly what I was expecting. I enjoyed the workshop and I AM learning, but she's not the easiest instructor I've ever had . Georgene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 At 05:08 PM 12/9/03, you wrote: > " Many people use the terms interchangeably. Our definitions are that a >hydrolat is the water recovered from the distilLATion of the essential >oil, a hydrosol is the essential oil diSOLved in water, these hydrosols >normally contain a small amount of alcohol. " >So even with those terms folks disagree on the exact meaning ;-p Dhris, could you share the source for THAT one, please? seems to me they are...well, nemmine what they are saying about people like us who sell HYDROSOLS...which are products of distillation... Your source for superb Essential Oils, Aromatherapy Accessories, Information, Books and more! Visit us at: <http://www.naturesgift.com> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 >hydrolat is the water recovered from the distilLATion of the essential >oil, a hydrosol is the essential oil diSOLved in water, these hydrosols >normally contain a small amount of alcohol. " Marge wrote: Chris, could you share the source for THAT one, please? seems to me they are...well, nemmine what they are saying about people like us who sell HYDROSOLS...which are products of distillation... Alexander-Essentials over in the UK - not sure but in this un-original world one has to figure they maybe got the idea from somebody else and rehashed it ... *Smile* Chris (List mom) http://www.alittleolfactory.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 At 01:16 PM 5/29/2004, you wrote: >oops. That WAS supposed to go to Deb. >Sorry, list. doncha hate it... actually, it's a good question and worth asking in public. when you have a hydrosol you have something so different from the eo... (and we won't even discuss the fresh flowers, 'cause the eo isn't going to smell like them, either!)... but you have the water soluble phytochemicals that don't come thru in the eo. on the two hydrosols that you have... I have never found a lavender hydrosol that I like... none of them truly smell like the associated eo... and I've sampled US, french, bulgarian...a range. something that comes thru in the hydrosol spoils the lavender aroma...to my nose. rose hydrosol shouldn't smell spoiled...but it's not going t smell like a fresh flower, either... it's closer aromatically to a very much diluted rose oil than the lavender is to a diluted lavender oil. does that help some? Your source for superb Essential Oils, Aromatherapy Accessories, Information, Books and more! Visit us at: <http://www.naturesgift.com> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 thanks. Responding off list (this time). lol Cindy (the terribly embarrassed) Pittstown Soapworks www.pittstownsoapworks.com - doncha hate it... actually, it's a good question and worth asking in public. when you have a hydrosol you have something so different from the eo... (and we won't even discuss the fresh flowers, 'cause the eo isn't going to smell like them, either!)... but you have the water soluble phytochemicals that don't come thru in the eo. on the two hydrosols that you have... I have never found a lavender hydrosol that I like... none of them truly smell like the associated eo... and I've sampled US, french, bulgarian...a range. something that comes thru in the hydrosol spoils the lavender aroma...to my nose. rose hydrosol shouldn't smell spoiled...but it's not going t smell like a fresh flower, either... it's closer aromatically to a very much diluted rose oil than the lavender is to a diluted lavender oil. does that help some? Your source for superb Essential Oils, Aromatherapy Accessories, Information, Books and more! Visit us at: <http://www.naturesgift.com> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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