Experiment #1: Making an essential oil

[taurus1269]

What an annoying and badly edited soundtrack!

[petalcharm]

Cool!!!!!!

[mjship11]

Thanks. You're not stupid. You're awesome.

[elicente]

Oh wow! That's a lot of work for such a small amount of oil.

[KahSing82]

taking off the music would hav made this video 10x better to watch....elsewise if still wnat music, pls choose something matching, since this is educational n SPA related, light music like jazz lounge music or meditation music is better than disco mix....its annoying

[whirlpool4]

no goggles or lab coats?

[nafism6969]

ahh yes.

girls and their toys.

[asimov13647]

One of the better "how to" videos on YouTube, except for the music which was totally gratuitous.

[quintus314]

Oh hush. Everyone loves Daft Punk. And organic distillation xD

[MsLASummer]

nice video. PLEASE TURN DOWN THE MUSIC!

[CityOnaHillStudios]

wow no wonder essential oils are so expensive. all that work for such a little amount of oil. I mean I figured it would take alot of lavander to make a vile of oil but I'm still surprised. looks like you guys had fun though.

[aaronrobot]

55 people don't like great music. the music plus the ladies chemin' out made me wanna get down in the lab tonight-ah, alrighttttah.

[guessowii]

DAFT punk is the tits.

[tuberklops]

o i thought u were making hash oil

[penatbater]

actually i kinda liked the music. :P

[karina1719]

do you have a diagram that you could possibley send to my youtube account so that i could recreate this with my classmates?

[terebithia5000]

Could you use Acetone instead of NaCl?

[DBDrummer77]

Good job!

[paopaomanalansan]

This is an extraction process?

[t1oxETy]

harder then what it needs to be but i guess for school the harder the better marks :p great work

[door2kno]

i heard that essential oils do have pheromone like substance that people feel calm when they are with you. i tried it but it does work that way. is there something wrong with my mixtures?

[omegahunter9]

I like the chemistry... but the music kinda ruins it :(

[rplhouse]

WHAT NO SAFETY GLASSES?

[yuritim]

very bad choice of music ruins your video

[rebeccatotilo]

Great job on video. Music was annoying though. You convinced me it is easier to purchase at the store!

[12quillemall5321]

I thought it was easier to infuse lavender into a carrier oil like grapeseed, olive, or even mineral. I use candle or canned heat as the source of heat.

[DawnChs]

Great video but the music was awful, too loud and really not needed for this type of video.

[43932]

I would not put a vigreux column, it is not a real distilation, it is an extraction, so you don't need a reflux, just a nice liebig condenser, well cooled.

[bumber101]

sink mounted water condensers are such a waste of water, they piss me off

[MrFrancobi]

That was very good!!! For other occassion is good you use protection glasses or goggles...

[creamstripe]

Great video. Good info. The only thing i did not like was the music as it competed too hard with the content. Too loud for one thing.

[Lavenderrose73]

That is awesome! I love essential oils, but it looks terribly complicated and not at all what one could do in their own kitchen. Maybe I'll just try making floral water or something. Maybe steam rose petals in a steamer like I would vegetables where the water would be low enough not to touch them? I'd probably kill the therapeutic value, but I imagine I'd still get the fragrance. I just don't want to use those synthetic animal-testing (torturing) air fresheners. I love going natural all the way!

[DawnChs]

You can make a tincture using everclear or ethyl alcohol. Just use a jar with a lid, and stuff with your favorite flower petals like roses, pour the everclear or ethyl alcohol over them till it covers them, let sit in the jar for 24 to 48 hours or more. You will then strain the mixture through a coffee filter, into another jar or bottle.

[Lavenderrose73]

That sounds good, I'll try that. I don't know what I said wrong that 4 people would have a problem with my comment. It's not like I was hating on anyone, I was just brainstorming what might be easier for a college student living in a 1 bedroom apartment. Kudos to whoever CAN do it this way. Thanks for the tip, Dawn.

[santrico]

cool!!

[ccoasterdesigner]

Such a little amount but SOOOO strong! you could put all of that in a batch of soap and it would probably be to much!

[sombromantic]

Wow this was very informative. We owe alot to scientific processes, and it's always good to have insight into how products we use might be made.

[cimididi]

Thanks 4 the informaion. Really good

[Shyssirixus]

OH BTW, thanks for posting this. Now I know how to extract lavender oil.

[Shyssirixus]

haha lavender molecules.... but very cool project.

[unriselyrical]

well done, very interesting

[mylinkx86]

hhhhhhhhhh

[camilit0]

TPE ? Are you french?

Anyway how many points did you get for this manipulation?

[im2stupid]

yes i am french and we actually manage to get an 18/20 =D

[Kierinsky]

Thanks for this. Two questions:

1) Did the oil smell nice? Was it the same as store bought stuff?

2) Did you just use leaves or the flowers or both?

Thanks

[amomentofheat]

I've been trying to make oils for the longest time with no success.

[myst32YT]

Nice job!!