Wear Your Medicine is a concept I apply to any area of my life possible. Plants provide so many ways for us to use them for healing. Wearing, as well as ingesting them has been a life-changing experience for me.
A couple of years ago, I started making Medicinal Perfume Sprays for myself to wear on the clothing I already owned that wasn’t “sustainable”, “organic”, “naturally dyed”, etc. as a way to raise its vibration. Wearing essential oils as perfume is not a new concept, but I’ve found that combining tinctures, infused-oils, flower essences, and spagyrics as well as essential oils creates some extremely magical and very well dialed medicine.
Additionally, using nettle infused alcohol (some would call this a tincture), as the alcohol base adds in a natural anti-histamine effect into the perfume, not to mention a gorgeous emerald green hue. The particular nettle tincture I use in this recipe was made on the equinox from a very special patch of nettles in the Pacific Northwest were I used to live.
I’m not sure about you, but emotionally speaking, the past month has been one of my most intense ones yet. I’m unclear whether or not the astrology and consciousness climate is going to continue increasing in its intensity, but the gift of all this intensity has been the steady reminder from the plant kingdom that they’re here to support me (and all of us) during these times of transition.
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This perfume recipe was formulated for me to wear as medicine, although I hope the recipe resonates with you as well. This particular blend of Calendula, Nettle, Cedar, Bergamot, Rose Geranium, and Mimulus work to gently ground and protect us while calming our fears of feeling the pain that can arise before letting go of old hurts. These plants work together to gently and supportively allow us to gracefully clean out of our systems that which we are ready to release. I’ll be spraying it on my nettle shawls for additional support as well as on my wrists and neck.
Below is the recipe for this specific medicinal perfume blend, but if you are interested in learning how to make your own blends, there are tons of great blogs that are helpful for that. My favorite comes from fix.com because it is simple to follow and has a lot of great graphics.
SUPPLIES:
- 2 tbsps Calendula Oil (jojoba, sweet almond, coconut, or grape seed infused works best)
- 6 tbsps Nettle Tincture made with 100-proof alcohol (organic grape works best and is gluten-free for those with sensitivities)
- 2.5 tbsps filtered water
- 5 drops Mimulus Flower Essence
- 30 drops organic essential oils
- 9 drops Bergamot (top note)
- 15 drops Rose Geranium (middle note)
- 6 drops Cedarwood (base note)
- small funnel
- 16 ounce mason jar
- 2 clean 2 oz blue-glass spray bottles
DIRECTIONS:
- Pour or Funnel the Calendula Oil into the mason jar. Add the Cedar, Geranium and Bergamot Essential Oils, the Mimulus Flower Essence and then the Nettle Tincture.
- Screw on the lid, and let the perfume sit for 48 hours. The longer you leave it, the stronger the scent. (You can leave it for up to 6 weeks.)
- If you’re happy with the strength of the scent, add the bottled water, and shake vigorously for 1 minute. Then pour mixture from mason jar into blue glass spray bottles. Add a few more drops of essential oils if you’d like a different scent. Repeat the waiting period before you add water until you get to the right amount of scent.
- Enjoy your new Medicinal fragrance!
May The Plants Be With You!