Mayday! Mayday! It’s Mother’s Day!

(No, this is not a Damascus Rose, this is a beautiful Gardenia flower)

Family, flowers, dinners, gifts-All a part of the special day for moms or anyone caring for family or friends. My mom passed way a year ago but I still feel excited about Mother’s Day. 

My mother loved flowers, and I still try to keep a bouquet of flowers in the house to brighten up the place. This month I’m trying my hand at making a Damascus Rose oil. This is a beautiful flower with a wonderful scent, I hope to capture some of it in the infusion. Below, you’ll see the items I used and how I attempted to make the oil. I’m using the slow method, letting the rose infuse in the oil for 6 weeks. There are faster ways of making the oil-using the double boiler method, etc., but I’m going to try it this way, we’ll see what happens.

I have my Mason Jar, oil (Fractionated Coconut Oil) and Damascus Rose Petals-From Mountain Rose Co.

With the amount of rose petals I had-117 grams, I made two batches of infused rose oil. I don’t have a picture but I used a food mallet to slightly crush the tightly woven rose petals, it makes it easier for the oil to be infused with the petals.

At the end of 6 weeks we’ll see what happens. Hopefully this will turn out to be a nice scented oil. 

Thanks for hanging out, hopefully we’ll meet up later🙂