Bathing Recipes(Adapted from Diane Von Furstenberg)
To make your bath a more beneficial experience you can refresh the air by putting a few drops of essential oil into a ceramic burner made to release the aroma of the plant essence throughout the air. The room will be filled with the energy and the scent of the aromatic extract. Never apply oils directly to the skin.
Bathing is also about touch, the feel of water against your skin and the soap slipping over your body. Keep the water comfortably hot but not scalding. Remember, a hot bath feels wonderful, but may weaken you temporarily. When you leave the bath, use a bath mat to keep from slipping. After bathing, pamper yourself with a plush towel and scented powders and creams and wrap up in a thick terry-cloth robe or a silk peignoir.
Be sensible in the bathroom. Bathing too soon after eating probably isn’t wise. Take a bath before dinner or wait until your food has fully digested. Most of these ideas for bathing and many of the recipes can be adapted for use in the shower.
The bath is one of the few places where we can be totally alone and completely self-indulgent. You can easily create a bathing experience as elegant as you desire. Dim the lights, light a candle, put on some low music and simply marinate.
Indulge your senses and free your mind. Bath time is your time. Make the most of it with the following recipes that consist of three easy steps:
Step One: Put a few drops of essential oil into a ceramic oil burner
Step Two: Fill the bath bag with the herbs and let it soak under the hot running water
Step Three: Add the essential oils to the water and stir the bath
Let your body relax into this warm fragrant bath. Feel the soothing effect of the pungent roots of vetiver. Let the sweet and penetrating scent of wood entrance your spirit. Close your eyes and indulge yourself in this quiet moment of contemplation
Bath Ingredients
five drops sandalwood essential oil
tablespoon of honey
three drops vetiver essential oil
handful of lavender flowers
Aromatic Room Refresher
four drops frankincense essential oil
three drops myrrh essential oil
For the ancient civilizations of the world, frankincense and myrrh were as precious as gold. The Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Hebrews and Romans burned these gum resins in great quantities as an offering to the gods. The legendary Queen of Sheba crossed the Arabian desert with a caravan of aromats, frankincense, and myrrh to please King Solomon. In the New Testament they were offered by the three kings to celebrate the birth of Jesus
The rose is often called the Queen of Flowers. It has been a source of inspiration in Islamic poetry, and was cherished by the ancient Romans. It is said that when Cleopatra seduced Mark Anthony, she had the floor of her barge covered with a thick layer of rose petals. Today, red roses symbolize love and passion, white roses purify and tranquility.
Bath Ingredients
five drops of rose essential oil
handful of fragrant rose pedals
three drops of essential oils of musk
tablespoon of honey
Drop oils into a tablespoon of liquid honey and hold it beneath the hot running water.
Scatter a handful of fragrant rose pedals on the water and enjoy this delightful bath.
Aromatic Room Freshener
four drops of rose essential oil and two drops of sandalwood in the oil burner will add oriental seductiveness to the atmosphere
Renewal
To break away from a busy day, refresh your body in this fragrant citrus bath. It will leave you feeling rejuvenated and ready to enjoy a wonderful evening
Bath Ingredients
five drops of essential oil of geranium
three drops of essential oil of lemon
two drops of essential oil of lemon
juice of one lemon
handful of lemon grass in a cotton bag or cloth
Once the bath is drawn to a comfortable temperature, add the oils and the juice of a fresh lemon
Squeeze the bath bag to release the refreshing citrus fragrance
Aromatic Room Freshener
Five drops of peppermint essential oil in the aromatic lamp will refresh and energize the room
Jasmine flowers have been cultivated and gathered since ancient times in China and India, and more recently in the Mediterranean basin and in South America. Their strong sweet smell is intoxicating and acts as an aphrodisiac. The whiteness of their petals also evokes purity. Jasmine is the most expensive essential oil.
Bath Ingredients
5 drops of jasmine essential oil 3 drops of ylang-ylang essential oil
2 drops of tonka bean essential oil handful of orange blossoms in a cotton bag
Add the drops into the warm water and let the bath bag soak
Aromatic Room Freshener
5 drops of neroli essential oil
In seventeenth century Italy the princess of Neroli had such a passion for orange blossoms that she even had her gloves scented with them. The scent became fashionable with the nobility, and soon the fragrant oil obtained from orange blossoms became known as neroli oil.
Rosemary and lavender grow on the hills beside the Mediterranean Sea, from Iberia to Sicily. Most of the fragrant purplish-blue flowers of the lavender are harvested on the high hills of Provence in the South of France. In the ancient times both lavender and rosemary were greatly appreciated by the Greeks and Romans for the cleansing of body and spirit.
Bath Ingredients
5 drops lavender essential oil handful of unbleached sea salt
4 drops rosemary essential oil handful of eucalyptus leaves
3 drops orange blossom essential oil handful of mimosa flowers
tablespoon of virgin olive oil
Dissolve the essential oil in a tablespoon of pure virgin olive oil and add to the bath water. Sprinkle the sea salt into the water. Put the eucalyptus leaves and the mimosa flowers into the cotton bag and let the combination diffuse it’s fragrant energy into the water
Aromatic Room Freshener
4 drops essential oil of cypress 2 drops bergamot oil
The aromatic scent of cypress and bergamot will uplift your spirit and make you dream of Provence.
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