how to make fragrance oil the easy way?

[RogueDrifter&88]

been diving into making fragrance oils lately, and it's a wild ride. i'm testing pine-scented oil because it's everywhere around me. my plan? grab olive oil (easy to find), toss a bunch of pine needles into a crockpot with a liner, set it to low for about 6 hours. once it's done, i'm gonna use the oil in test candles to see how it holds up. but hey, if this sounds crazy or you've got a better method, hit me up. let's figure this out.

 

[LastNightOnEarth]

Most candle makers don't make fragrance oil ourselves, bcs usually it wouldn't make the candle set. but if you insist on making it from scratch, I heard you need a steam distillation kit and it got another long process. It would be better if you took a perfumery course tho

 

[LadyDanbury]

Most candle makers don't make fragrance oil ourselves, bcs usually it wouldn't make the candle set. but if you insist on making it from scratch, I heard you need a steam distillation kit and it got another long process. It would be better if you took a perfumery course tho

wow, I didn't know tht making a fragrance oil is that complicated

 

[Angela N]

I took a perfumery course, you are not going to be able to make useable FO for candle making. It is hard to get scent out of natural materials. Part of the course was to create a floral attar using "enfleurage" which is how Jasmine scent is obtained (the flowers are macerated into coconut or other oil then left in the sun for days, turning over several times a day).It was a total waste of time because some flowers just cannot be extracted. I tried both Lily of the Valley (no essential oil exists for this flower for good reason) and lilacs. Both were a major fail.
Steam distillation is a HUGE undertaking.
Just buy your FO's.

 

[Deleted member 49]

been diving into making fragrance oils lately, and it's a wild ride. i'm testing pine-scented oil because it's everywhere around me. my plan? grab olive oil (easy to find), toss a bunch of pine needles into a crockpot with a liner, set it to low for about 6 hours. once it's done, i'm gonna use the oil in test candles to see how it holds up. but hey, if this sounds crazy or you've got a better method, hit me up. let's figure this out.

Can you not just infuse your candle wax (beeswax, paraffin, tallow, or whatever) with pine needles before making candles?
(I don't know much about candlemaking yet, but if I was trying to scent them with pine, I'd try this.)