Re: Lilac Perfume

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> My lilac tree will probably be blooming in a couple

> weeks and I would really like to do a tincture. Will

> someone explain how this is done or maybe point me

> in the right direction. I haven't been able to

> figure it out from previous emails.

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> Thanks!

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>

Dear ,

I wrote about this and the entire article is posted on

my website.

EXTRACT THE ODOR: You will need patience and lots of

flowers but the end result will be pleasing and

therapeutic for your soul and psyche. Fill a small jar

with the flowers and then cover the flowers with pure*

95% neutral grape spirits. [ vodka will not work]. The

alcohol will extract both the color and the odor of

the flowers. When no more color is in the flowers,

strain out the flowers and add new flowers to the

alcohol or you may just pour the alcohol onto a new

batch of flowers in another jar. You will have to

repeat this procedure over and over again using the

same alcohol and new flowers until the alcohol is a

deep violet color and has the odor of the flowers.

This will take an entire season. At this time store

the alcohol in the refrigerator or freezer so it will

retain the odor and the color.

TO USE THE LILAC PERFUME: Dilute your Lilac

alcohol/cologne with a bit of water or oil and apply

to your body. Another use is to put 1 oz in a 4 oz

spray bottle, add 3 oz of spring water and let your

husband use this to heal his skin of nicks after

shaving.

LILAC USES: Jeanne Rose's Herbal Body Book, page 94

describes how to use the flowers . . . Lilacs steeped

in warm spring water for 30 minutes, strained, bottled

and refrigerated) is used on the face as a tonic and

healing spritz for some facial afflictions. * * * In

The Secrets of Flowers as revealed by A. Stoddard

Kull, the Lilac is a symbol of the first emotions of

Love. To find a Lilac blossom with five instead of

four corolla lobes means good luck. Some say the

purple color denotes sadness and mourning.

LILAC MEDICINE. The leaves and the fruit is used and

the properties are as an anti-periodic, febrifuge and

tonic. Hilda Leyel in Compassionate Herbs says . . .

“The Lilac tree appears in an inventory made by

Cromwell at Norwich and was probably introduced in

Henry VIII's reign. It has been grown as a flowering

shrub for many centuries. In medicine it has been used

successfully in the treatment of malaria and in

American is given as a vermifuge.”

Jeanne Rose

Essential Oil Kits & Books http://www.jeannerose.net Aromatic and Herbal

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