Agree completely. Traditionally they used plant material with melted fat (lard) until the lard smelled strongly of the plant material then added grain alcohol then steam distilled. The enfleurage. The grain alcohol acting as a carrier for the fragrance.
this is great don’t have to do any extracting, i’m gonna use some purple irises i found to make an enfleurage for my wife. they literally smell like concord grapes.
Great video, Tinaka! Thanks for explaining how the Enfleurage process works. Wondering, do you recommend adding a preservative since there was fresh plant material? Also, how do you recommend to clean plant material before adding to oil?
Great questions! I struggled with whether or not to add a preservative as this is getting water from the fresh plant material. I chose not to add a preservative. I have been testing this enfleurage every 3 months for any bacterial, mold, or yeast growth and have not had a single colony growth. That being said, these particular flower petals did not produce much water so I may have been able to siphon all of the water off. You could certainly add a preservative for an enfluerage and it would probably be a better option. I would go with lexgard natural if I were choosing to use a preservative. In regards to cleaning the plant material, I would dry clean as much as possible. I would not rinse material.
This is similar to macerated oils which I make using dried hibiscus flowers. It takes a number of weeks to get it to the right consistency which ends of being like a syrup. Just wondering if you need to use a preservative because of the water content in the flowers.
Stirr one or two tea spoons of anhydrous sodium sulfate into your watery oil. It will bind the water and sediment, then you simply decant your dried oil.
@@jenjq2012 Essential oils are practically insoluble in water, which is why you use fats and organic solvents for extraction. If you were to collect the watery by-product for some reason, you'd probably end up with a very bitter, mostly odorless liquid.
Any oil that is solid when cool and liquid when warm, that is also has no scent. She mentioned coconut oil (Unscented) but you can also use vegetable fats, lard, tallow, etc.
I great and clear video, but it raises the question, "What use is an enfleurage?" in other words, what use is a solid fragrance oil? Do you then make soap? Do you rub it directly on the skin? And if so, doesn't it leave a residue on clothing if you do rub it on the skin?
The pomade can be directly used as a balm or solid fragrance, if you wish so. Else you could extract it with hot absolute ethanol, cool it down to separate the solidified fat and distill off the ethanol so only the pure, concentrated essential oil extract remains.
I accidentally left flowers in the oil for about 2 or 3 days and it’s brown now! Can I strain them out still and add more flowers or will it go bad? I added pure vitamin e
Will the finished enfleurage hold the alkaloids of datura? The smell is absolutely amazing and energy strong but psychoactive effects not what I'd be going for.
@@wildnaturalskincare I've been doing a lot of research on this, i didn't attempted to do it, tropane alkaloids responsible of the effects are easily soluble on fat, so, the final product will be toxic
The peel of citrus fruits contains a lot of essential oils, extraction is quite feasible. There is no point in attempting to extract the juicy parts of a fruit. Depending on the fruit, the seeds may be pressed to gain seed oil, though it generally isn't really suited as fragrance. But you may infuse this seed oil with purified essential oils from peels, if you desire the potential medical properties of the seed oil and want it to smell nice.
You want to use fat, not oil, because it solidifies at room temperature so you can easily separate it from water as well as any secondary solvent, if you plan to further purify the essential oils. Coconut oil has very good properties for enfleurage, though highly processed hydrogenated plant oils (oils turned into fats), bleached and deodorized animal fat, paraffin wax etc. will also do. It really depends on what you intend to do with the pomade afterwards, coconut oil is quite versatile.
In our case we are not using tallow or any animal fat. I would imagine though, from my early days that lemon would be the best ingredient to remove the smell of animal fat. ~Laura
An oil that has no odor! That's why unrefined coconut oil isn't recommended, because it smells like coconuts and you wouldn't be able to smell the flowers in the oil. :)
I regret to inform you that this process is totally wrong. Enfleurage does not encourage separation of flower petals as this decelerates plant shelflife. Also, only a thin layer of oil is needed. It takes also nine extractions to complete a saturated enfleurage. Thank you. Already reported your video.
Hi Francis, I'm not sure if you watched the entire video, but we find that the enfleurage made here works well, smells wonderful, and has no microbe activity more than a year after its creation. To be more specific, the point of enfleurage is to imbue your chosen oil with the scent of your chosen flower--essentially an infusion for scent purposes. I am not sure what your second sentence is addressing, however all flower petals and leaves are removed in this formula. There is also no set number of extractions needed--perhaps only 3 will work for a certain flower, or 9 is preferable for another with a certain oil of your choice. It is up to you and how you want the final result to smell. And finally, we have done a micro test on this formula every 2 months from the time of creation and there is no yeast, mold, or bacteria colony growth, so we are confident our particular product is safe to use. I hope you enjoy crafting your own enfleurage--we do always love hearing what people come up with! Thanks - Essential
@@cymbidiumm I don't care about you. But I still admire how they commented about my comment even if it is rude. I do not know, my process of enfleurage is different from his or hers. So we will stick to what we believe in, and even if I said "I reported it." , I am not the owner of UA-cam and my comment cannot change the world, for humility per se. It is just my opinion, and I admit it is a bit not good but we are just honest here. Sorry Stanislav.
@@EssentialLabsOfficial . I like the way you replied here, so professional even if my mood was not. I do not know, I am very strict with my enfleurage yet I can only partially convey my opinions you know. Your decisions are more important than mine as my comment has no right to change your practices either. Goodluck still and I appreciate your politeness despite my unpleasant initial comment. :)
but try not detaching the flower petals and use lesser oil and adding vitamin E in the last nth enfleurage, you may discover fascinating results, you know, who knows you can create a video about this as an option and it can garner another set of views and money you know..... But you are not required to do that either.
I love the smell of privet blooms. I’m gonna try that this year. And also,fig leaves smell wonderful.
I’d love to see you complete the process by washing this oil with ethyl alcohol and then ending up with an absolute!
This is a great recommendation!
Agree completely.
Traditionally they used plant material with melted fat (lard) until the lard smelled strongly of the plant material then added grain alcohol then steam distilled. The enfleurage. The grain alcohol acting as a carrier for the fragrance.
straight to the point very easy. I love it.
Thank you for this video I can't wait to try it with my Jasmine and plumeria.
this is great don’t have to do any extracting, i’m gonna use some purple irises i found to make an enfleurage for my wife. they literally smell like concord grapes.
Nice explanation! I hope to try this with our summer Honeysuckles. :)
Great video, Tinaka! Thanks for explaining how the Enfleurage process works. Wondering, do you recommend adding a preservative since there was fresh plant material? Also, how do you recommend to clean plant material before adding to oil?
Great questions! I struggled with whether or not to add a preservative as this is getting water from the fresh plant material. I chose not to add a preservative. I have been testing this enfleurage every 3 months for any bacterial, mold, or yeast growth and have not had a single colony growth. That being said, these particular flower petals did not produce much water so I may have been able to siphon all of the water off. You could certainly add a preservative for an enfluerage and it would probably be a better option. I would go with lexgard natural if I were choosing to use a preservative.
In regards to cleaning the plant material, I would dry clean as much as possible. I would not rinse material.
This is similar to macerated oils which I make using dried hibiscus flowers. It takes a number of weeks to get it to the right consistency which ends of being like a syrup. Just wondering if you need to use a preservative because of the water content in the flowers.
What do you do with it? Use it as a moisturizer?
Stirr one or two tea spoons of anhydrous sodium sulfate into your watery oil. It will bind the water and sediment, then you simply decant your dried oil.
So, you are suggesting that the "water" on the bottom of the enfleurage can be useful and has a fragrance too? You could use at as a dry oil spray?
@@jenjq2012 Essential oils are practically insoluble in water, which is why you use fats and organic solvents for extraction. If you were to collect the watery by-product for some reason, you'd probably end up with a very bitter, mostly odorless liquid.
I'm so excited my gardenias are in bloom.. Babasow oil?????
Babassu
can you do enfleurage with toxic flowers like datura or brugmansia?
That's what I'm asking if I can do this w Lily of the Valley
Can this be used to make scented candles?
Can I use the crock pot method for this ?
Thankyou x
How do I keep the oil warm for 3 days? heating pad, stove top....... Also how about shea butter?
You can keep your kitchen oven at a consistent temperature. The lowest setting of the oven should work and not hurt the shea butter.
This is nice. Oil extraction, not really enfleurage, dear.
can this work with any oil or does it have to be that specific one? Also have you tried this with bees wax?
Any oil that is solid when cool and liquid when warm, that is also has no scent. She mentioned coconut oil (Unscented) but you can also use vegetable fats, lard, tallow, etc.
Can you do with jojoba oil? Then use that oil to mix w beeswax to create a scented salve?
yes, jojoba is a great carrier.
@@EssentialLabsOfficial how would I be able to get the water out of the jojoba oil?
Excellent 👍. thank you ❤️❤️😊
I great and clear video, but it raises the question, "What use is an enfleurage?" in other words, what use is a solid fragrance oil? Do you then make soap? Do you rub it directly on the skin? And if so, doesn't it leave a residue on clothing if you do rub it on the skin?
The pomade can be directly used as a balm or solid fragrance, if you wish so. Else you could extract it with hot absolute ethanol, cool it down to separate the solidified fat and distill off the ethanol so only the pure, concentrated essential oil extract remains.
@@tag7299 sounds complicated! Do you have the time and resources to make a video? It's so when would be greatly appreciated!
Can i do this with forest violets? ❤
CAN I DO THIS WITH LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY?!?!?
I accidentally left flowers in the oil for about 2 or 3 days and it’s brown now! Can I strain them out still and add more flowers or will it go bad? I added pure vitamin e
I would suggest starting from scratch honestly. That browning could be more than a simple color change.
Can this be done with dried flowers?
I decided to take avocado oil China Berry Flowers and Rosemary and it smells just like chocolate😅
😅😂
😂😂
So helpful! Assuming this can’t be attempted with dried plants?
You could certainly try it with dried plants, though your results may vary depending on the plant you are using.
Hello! Can i do this with Daturas or brugmansias
thanks!
Basically in the recipe where it calls for flower petals, just use that section for the Daturas or Brugmansias
Will the finished enfleurage hold the alkaloids of datura? The smell is absolutely amazing and energy strong but psychoactive effects not what I'd be going for.
@@wildnaturalskincare I've been doing a lot of research on this, i didn't attempted to do it, tropane alkaloids responsible of the effects are easily soluble on fat, so, the final product will be toxic
@@GatileoGatilei thanks for sharing. I'd rather skip a datura trip!
@@wildnaturalskincare yup, lol, anything better than a Datura trip.
Anyhow, someday maybe I'll try it and see if it could make a good microdose option
Thank you so much for your video!!!
You are so welcome! Hope they're helpful!
@@EssentialLabsOfficial yes, they are! would love to learn from you more how to create own perfume
I not understand english good but really you are good
i tried but i really get the smell
Can fruits like figs and blood oranges be used on this? Thanks.
The peel of citrus fruits contains a lot of essential oils, extraction is quite feasible. There is no point in attempting to extract the juicy parts of a fruit. Depending on the fruit, the seeds may be pressed to gain seed oil, though it generally isn't really suited as fragrance. But you may infuse this seed oil with purified essential oils from peels, if you desire the potential medical properties of the seed oil and want it to smell nice.
What is rbd coconut oil?
Hi can you do this with jasmine flowers?
yes you can, and oh what a gorgeous scent that’d be!
hello, i have a question, does it have to be coconut oil? can you use others such as olive oil? thank you. :)
You want to use fat, not oil, because it solidifies at room temperature so you can easily separate it from water as well as any secondary solvent, if you plan to further purify the essential oils. Coconut oil has very good properties for enfleurage, though highly processed hydrogenated plant oils (oils turned into fats), bleached and deodorized animal fat, paraffin wax etc. will also do. It really depends on what you intend to do with the pomade afterwards, coconut oil is quite versatile.
Traditionally the enfleurage is made with animal fat... Is there a method to wash the smell of the animal fat out?
In our case we are not using tallow or any animal fat. I would imagine though, from my early days that lemon would be the best ingredient to remove the smell of animal fat. ~Laura
should i freeze the oil to make it solid?
If you’re using Coconut RBD, it will be solid below 72-76F. You can freeze it, it won’t hurt it, but it will be very solid.
@@EssentialLabsOfficial tx!!!! im from Brazil! just start to make this kind of thing! soon ill be a great oil maker
@@wesjfaria sure! send any questions you have to info@ewlnatural.com
Thank you
Nice
Thank alot
Where do you get your containers?
Container store, or dollar store. Duh!
❤
can this be done with peonies?
I’m going to try it, I absolutely LOVE the smell of my Peonies!
Isnt this a floral infusion?
Yes, an enfleurage is a floral infusion.
What’s a deodorized oil ?
An oil that has no odor! That's why unrefined coconut oil isn't recommended, because it smells like coconuts and you wouldn't be able to smell the flowers in the oil. :)
Thank you for not using palm oil
That's an infusion not an enfleurage.
This is a nice salve of monkshood an giant hogweed. It will remove all pain promise 😂
I regret to inform you that this process is totally wrong. Enfleurage does not encourage separation of flower petals as this decelerates plant shelflife. Also, only a thin layer of oil is needed. It takes also nine extractions to complete a saturated enfleurage. Thank you. Already reported your video.
Hi Francis, I'm not sure if you watched the entire video, but we find that the enfleurage made here works well, smells wonderful, and has no microbe activity more than a year after its creation. To be more specific, the point of enfleurage is to imbue your chosen oil with the scent of your chosen flower--essentially an infusion for scent purposes. I am not sure what your second sentence is addressing, however all flower petals and leaves are removed in this formula. There is also no set number of extractions needed--perhaps only 3 will work for a certain flower, or 9 is preferable for another with a certain oil of your choice. It is up to you and how you want the final result to smell. And finally, we have done a micro test on this formula every 2 months from the time of creation and there is no yeast, mold, or bacteria colony growth, so we are confident our particular product is safe to use. I hope you enjoy crafting your own enfleurage--we do always love hearing what people come up with! Thanks - Essential
Wow, reporting it...
@@cymbidiumm I don't care about you. But I still admire how they commented about my comment even if it is rude. I do not know, my process of enfleurage is different from his or hers. So we will stick to what we believe in, and even if I said "I reported it." , I am not the owner of UA-cam and my comment cannot change the world, for humility per se. It is just my opinion, and I admit it is a bit not good but we are just honest here. Sorry Stanislav.
@@EssentialLabsOfficial . I like the way you replied here, so professional even if my mood was not. I do not know, I am very strict with my enfleurage yet I can only partially convey my opinions you know. Your decisions are more important than mine as my comment has no right to change your practices either. Goodluck still and I appreciate your politeness despite my unpleasant initial comment. :)
but try not detaching the flower petals and use lesser oil and adding vitamin E in the last nth enfleurage, you may discover fascinating results, you know, who knows you can create a video about this as an option and it can garner another set of views and money you know..... But you are not required to do that either.