Root Beer Perfume Recipe
Root beer perfume is made using the sassafras plant. The main ingredient found in root beer comes from the plant sassafras. Although the entire sassafras plant is fragrant, the roots from the plant are used in root beer. Sassafras has been used in medicine, teas, soup and other food flavorings for centuries and the oils from the sassafras plant have been used in soaps and perfumes by extracting sassafras oil from the bark of the plant. You can use a basic perfume recipe to make a homemade perfume using sassafras, which will give the perfume a root beer scent. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Essential oils
- Ethyl alcohol
- Powdered sassafras leaves
- Dark glass container with lid
Instructions
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Purchase an essential oil from a local herbal or naturalistic store. You need an oil in the perfume to absorb the scent. There are unscented essential oils or you can choose one with a scent you feel would complement the root beer scent.
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Boil two tablespoons of the powdered sassafras leaves in 1 cup of water for approximately 30 minutes. Remove from heat and strain the mixture, leaving the leaves in the strainer and pouring the scented water into a clean bowl. After boiling, the remaining liquid will be less than the original 1 cup.
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Add to the sassafras water, 1 tablespoon of ethyl alcohol for the perfume's base. The ethyl alcohol will act as a carrier for the essential oils in the perfume so that when the perfume is used the alcohol evaporates, leaving only the essential oils and their fragrances.
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Using a dropper, add one drop at a time of the essential oil of your choice to the mixture. Stir and inhale the mixture until you find a fragrance that is pleasing to your senses. It is not recommended that you use more than 30 drops of any one essential oil unless you add more ethyl alcohol as a carrier for the fragrance. If you prefer to use the sassafras fragrance alone without any additional fragrances, add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil or olive oil to the mixture so that the sassafras fragrance can be absorbed by the oil. Cover the mixture and allow the mixture to sit for 48 hours.
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Pour the mixture into the dark glass bottle. Use either a glass stopper or a spray nozzle to seal the top of the bottle. Shake the perfume before each use. The perfume now smells like root beer mixed with any other essential oil fragrances that you chose.
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Tips & Warnings
When making homemade perfumes, always test a drop of the perfume on your wrist and wait an hour to see if you have any skin reactions to the perfume prior to spraying it on other areas of the body.
References
- Photo Credit perfume image by blacklight from Fotolia.com
