HERB - witch hazel

[Walter J. Wakefield]

What you want is herbs where the fragrance will extract into alcohol,
since witch hazel is essentially tincture of witch hazel bark.  Besides
the rosemary that you mention, I would think peppermint might be nice,
maybe cloves, any of the citrus fruits (put the rind in and shake it some
every day for a while).  I tried tincturing rose petals one time, and it
sorta worked.  After leaving the herb in the witch hazel for a couple of
weeks or until it smells nice, you will probably want to filter the herbs
out so you have a clear liquid again (though it will probably have some
color to it.)  I would suggest small batches at first, till you find out
which things work well.  Please let us know what works and what doesn't!

Suzanna, herbalist, Barony of the Steppes, Kingdom of Ansteorra (Dallas,
TX)

On Mon, 08 May 2000 17:49:13 EDT "Denise Pulgino Stout"
<bisbetica at hotmail.com> writes:
I love to bring witch hazel to Pennsic and events for clean ups and
cooling off. 
> I keep it in the cooler, a great midday refresher.  I also use lots of
scented 
>oils at these hot weather events as a deoderant/perfume of sorts.
(slightly 
>oily skin is better than sticky, sweaty in my book, and you smell
better!)  
>Anyway, I thought I might like to scent the witch hazel as well.  Is it
as 
>simple as dropping the herbs into the witch hazel and letting it "steep"
or 
>is the process more than that?  Any suggestions as to herbs?  I know
rosemary is great for cleansing and smells nice and clean.....
>
>Humbly,
>D. M. Pulgino Stout
>a.k.a Signora Katerina la Bisbetica
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