Recipes
How to Distill Vetiver Root at Home
Vetiver is the smell of earth, distilled from a grass root. The 24-hour soak, the long slow run, and the Indian khus tradition the same distillate cools summers with.
How to Distill Vetiver Root at Home
Vetiver is the smell of earth, distilled from a grass root. The 24-hour soak, the long slow run, and the Indian khus tradition the same distillate cools summers with.
How to Distill Patchouli: The Leaf That Improve...
Fresh patchouli barely yields; dried and cured leaf gives 2 to 4% of an oil that improves for years in the bottle. The full cure-and-distill method.
How to Distill Patchouli: The Leaf That Improve...
Fresh patchouli barely yields; dried and cured leaf gives 2 to 4% of an oil that improves for years in the bottle. The full cure-and-distill method.
How to Distill Sandalwood at Home, Honestly
Real sandalwood distills generously at 3 to 6% if you buy honest heartwood and give it the two-day ritual. Sourcing ethics, the soak, and the longest run in the craft.
How to Distill Sandalwood at Home, Honestly
Real sandalwood distills generously at 3 to 6% if you buy honest heartwood and give it the two-day ritual. Sourcing ethics, the soak, and the longest run in the craft.
How to Distill Bay Laurel: The Soup Shelf Secret
The bay leaf in your soup jar distills into the oil that scents two-thousand-year-old Aleppo soap. Fresh torn leaves, two hours, and a savory water cooks fight over.
How to Distill Bay Laurel: The Soup Shelf Secret
The bay leaf in your soup jar distills into the oil that scents two-thousand-year-old Aleppo soap. Fresh torn leaves, two hours, and a savory water cooks fight over.
How to Distill Cypress at Home: The Serious Eve...
Cypress is the evergreen that does not smell like Christmas: dry, green, almost smoky. How to turn hedge trimmings into oil and a respected skin tonic.
How to Distill Cypress at Home: The Serious Eve...
Cypress is the evergreen that does not smell like Christmas: dry, green, almost smoky. How to turn hedge trimmings into oil and a respected skin tonic.
How to Distill Balsam Fir: Bottle the Christmas...
The smell of a fresh Christmas tree is a distillable product, and the post-holiday tree is free material. The needle-and-tip method for balsam and Fraser fir.
How to Distill Balsam Fir: Bottle the Christmas...
The smell of a fresh Christmas tree is a distillable product, and the post-holiday tree is free material. The needle-and-tip method for balsam and Fraser fir.