A Great Use For All Your Seeds & Plants: FRAGRANCE!

Fragrances of Life: So what to do with so many plants and herbs and the harvest of all your seeds. 

How about making fragrant products. I was to glad to find this great article from Mother Earth Living.

Since ancient times, scented body products havebeen used to seduce, entice, influence and heal. The queen of Shebareportedly used aromatics to seduce King Solomon. Cleopatra usedscents to influence the Greeks and Romans. People of many differentcultures wore plant essences in an effort to prevent illness andplague. Even Napoleon enjoyed herbal scents; he reportedly used upto 60 bottles of rosemary cologne a month!

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Here are just a couple of the great recipes the article offers:

Rose Geranium Dusting Powder

Body powders are an inexpensive, yet luxurious way to wear alight fragrance. They are made up of just a few ingredients foundin most grocery or health-food stores. A 50/50 ratio of rice flourto cornstarch produces a silky powder that does not cake up. Theoptional addition of arrowroot provides an extra softness to themixture. Body powder can be stored in a shaker jar, canister or asmall box with a powder puff.
This recipe calls for fresh leaves of rose-scented geranium(Pelargonium spp.). If you do not have any scented pelargoniumleaves, you may substitute the fresh petals of two very fragrantroses. For a minty refreshing powder, try substituting leaves of apeppermint-scented pelargonium (such as P. tomentosum or‘Peppermint Lace’) and peppermint essential oil for the rosescents. Mints are cooling to wear on hot summer days. MAKES 1 1/4 CUPS
4 fresh rose-scented pelargonium leaves
• 1/2 cup white rice flour
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/4 cup arrowroot powder (optional)
• 15 drops rose geranium oil
• 1 shaker jar or powder puff container
Use a paper towel to pat pelargonium leaves completely dry. Tearleaves into 1-inch pieces. Combine all ingredients in a glass jar.Cover and shake well. Set aside for one week. Sift out the geraniumleaves and spoon powder into a glass shaker jar or other container.Keep container closed between uses to preserve fragrance. Keep forup to 6 months.

Body Spritz

You can duplicate fancy herbal body sprays found in boutiquesand bath shops at home for a fraction of the cost and makedifferent scented spritzes to give away as gifts. Spritzes workwell with single fragrances such as bergamot, lavender, peppermint,rose geranium or spearmint. Or you can combine two oils such aslavender and bergamot, or vanilla and rose. A peppermint spritz,kept in the refrigerator, cools and provides a refreshing lift totired skin at the end of the workday. MAKES ABOUT 8 OUNCES
• 1 cup distilled water
• 10 drops of your favorite essential oil
Pour ingredients into an 8-ounce glass or plastic spray bottle.Shake well; then spray on skin after a shower or any time you needto feel refreshed. Keeps for up to 6 months