Gumamela flowers are fragrant and feminine, lending to a pleasant floral perfume.
A type of hibiscus, the gumamela flower grows widely in the Philippines as an industrious plant. It's not only grown for uses as a dye, poultice and diuretic, but it also serves as a useful and fragrant ingredient in soaps, lotions and perfumes. Knowing make perfume from gumamela isn't a difficult endeavor that requires the use of very few materials. A homemade gumamela perfume gives you a feminine and floral fragrance to wear for any occasion.
Instructions
1. Stuff the fresh gumamela flowers into the muslin pouch. Secure the pouch closed with a rubber band or similar tie. You can find muslin tea bag pouches, along with the other ingredients of this recipe, from craft or hobby supply shops.
2. Place the gumamela pouch in the glass bowl. Add 1 cup of distilled water to the bowl. Microwave the bowl for four minutes.
3. Mash the pouch into the hot water with a potato masher. This expresses the essential oils, which contain the fragrance, from the pouch of flowers. Do this until the water turns a pinkish-red hue then discard the pouch of gumamela flowers.
4. Pour the resulting liquid from the bowl into the plastic spray bottle.
5. Add the ethyl alcohol and essential oil of gumamela to the plastic spray bottle. The essential oil will heighten the scent, and the ethyl alcohol allows the scent to stick to your skin without leaving an oily film. Ethyl alcohol is a common perfumery ingredient. If you don't want to use alcohol, substitute distilled water. This creates a body spray more than a perfume, but it doesn't dry your skin or irritate like alcohol does to sensitive skin types.
6. Secure the top on the plastic spray bottle and shake it vigorously for a minute. This blends the solution and makes it ready for immediate use.
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