Chapter 494: The Cannon Fodder Cousin of the Male Protagonist of the Imperial Examination Story (16) (Third update, please vote for me!)

 Fortunately, the system warehouse has a lot of 95% medical alcohol and several jars of high-strength vodka.

 I forgot which little world she bought the vodka from, but thanks to her hoarding habit, it has come in handy now.

According to the tips in "Perfume Recipes", high-strength vodka is more suitable for blending perfume than medical alcohol because the alcohol smell is relatively lighter.

Of course, the most suitable one is dealdehyde-specific perfume alcohol, which has a lighter smell. But she didn't stock up on this, so she had to use vodka instead.

She made a note on her notepad. When she goes to the modern small world to do tasks in the future, she must remember to stock up on dealdehyde alcohol, as some small world may need it.

 When everything was ready, she asked the maid to leave the study and prepared the mixture.

 “You are not allowed to come in without my instructions.”

 “Yes, girl.”

Zi Yuan and Hong Qian did not leave after exiting, and stood guard at the door of the study.

Xu Yin called out the "Perfume Recipe" prepared by the system and turned to the lavender and rosemary pages. She found that there was no single lavender perfume or rosemary perfume. They would be mixed with other fragrances, such as bergamot, rose, Sandalwood, mint…

 What's going on?

 How about creating one of her own?

Xu Yin thought that everything was ready, but she felt itchy if she didn’t give it a try.

 Just throw away the perfume formula and make your own!

 At most, a few drops of essential oil and a few drops of vodka are wasted, and distilled water is free.

Hence, Xu Yin wanted to run away before he could walk. He threw away the "Perfume Recipe" and started mixing it by himself.

 First try a pure lavender perfume with 20 drops of lavender essential oil and 70ml of vodka to see how it tastes.

Let’s have another fusion perfume of 10 drops of lavender + 10 drops of rosemary + 70ml of vodka. I don’t know what sparks the two will create.

 Then, make a small trial with 15 drops of lavender + 5 drops of rosemary, 15 drops of rosemary + 5 drops of lavender, and 70ml of vodka respectively.

 Finally, a pure rosemary scented perfume with 20 drops of rosemary essential oil + 70ml of vodka.

Temporarily prepare five groups, stir gently until fully mixed, and then pour into dark brown glass bottles.

 Two days later, add 30ml of distilled water to the five bottles, stir gently, and let it sit for a few more days before the perfume is ready.

 While waiting, Xu Yin was not idle. She found a few empty flower pots and planted a few pots of mint.

 Winter is coming soon, so we won’t plant any seeds in the mountains. If we do, they might freeze to death.

Let’s wait until next spring to plant them in batches. Now plant a small amount in another yard.

 Hold him in the courtyard to bask in the sun during the day, and bring him indoors at night.

 Mint has strong vitality and can grow well as long as it is not too cold or too sunny.

As the planted mint seeds began to germinate, Xu Yin thought of the perfume in the corner of the study room, which seemed to have been left undisturbed for many days.

 She washed her hands and face, just burned incense, and prayed that the first time she mixed the perfume would be successful.

 Zi Yuan and Hong Qian gathered around her curiously, watching her solemnly unscrew the No. 1 bottle of pure lavender scented perfume.

“Wow! Is this the perfume the girl was talking about? It really smells good!”

 “Better than the fragrance of lavender clothes!”

really! So delicious!

Pure lavender perfume is too strong.

 Xu Yin put it aside and continued to open bottle No. 2.

Bottle No. 2 is half lavender and half rosemary.

“This scent is refreshing.” “It’s a little lighter than the one just now.”

Xu Yin nodded and continued to open bottles No. 3 and No. 4.

The two maids continued to express their opinions:

“I like the perfume in bottle No. 3. It’s fragrant but not greasy.”

 “My slave likes the perfume in bottle No. 4. It has a light and refreshing fragrance, which makes people feel refreshed.”

 The last product to appear is bottle No. 5 of pure rosemary.

Xu Yin's eyes lit up: "This is good, fragrant, but not strong. If you smell it carefully, there is a faint medicinal fragrance, which is very refreshing."

 She recorded the mixing proportions and scents of the five perfumes one by one.

 Then give No. 3 and No. 4 to Zi Yuan and Hong Qian. This is their favorite.

For No. 1 pure lavender, she planned to add some distilled water, stir it gently and let it sit for a few days to see if the fragrance could be softened.

It’s really too rich, a bit too thick.

 Perfume No. 2 and Perfume No. 5, the fragrance is not bad, I will keep them for now.

 Overall, it was quite successful.

 I will grow more spices in the future and mix them as in the recipe to see if I can get a bigger breakthrough.

“Girl, will this perfume be sold in the spice shop in the future?” Zi Yuan asked.

Xu Yin shook her head: "I won't sell it for now. Let's wait until we find something more satisfactory."

The maid thought that she was not satisfied with the perfume she had mixed up so far. She secretly thought that the girl was very demanding and she was not satisfied with such a good-smelling perfume.

 In fact, the dissatisfaction is just an excuse. The main reason is that there is no high-concentration alcohol and mass production is impossible.

 Can't she just use the medical alcohol and vodka she has in her system warehouse?

Besides, you can tell from the system's silence that these perfumes are far from meeting the task requirements. So if she mass-produces them and sells them, isn't it a waste of alcohol and vodka?

It’s better to wait until she creates the “legendary fragrance that amazes the world” before deciding whether to mass-produce it.

Just when Xu Yingou was mixing perfume and planting mint in the Tea Mountain Villa, Xu's Perfumes, because of the new essential oils on the shelves, wiped away the deserted atmosphere after the death of the master and his wife.

In Xu Yin’s view, the price of essential oils is high enough and is not affordable for ordinary people.

However, Luocheng is one of the ten major capitals of this dynasty, and there are many high-ranking officials and nobles who have settled here. Firstly, they are not short of money; secondly, the female relatives of various houses like to compare themselves, especially those of the same level. Do you compare with me? How can that work!

No, I heard that Xu's spice shop has new spices, and they are not ordinary spices.

 From the introduction of store owners, these two new fragrances, one is called lavender essential oil, can dye the bath water with a natural floral fragrance with a small drop, and the body will be dyed with a light floral fragrance after bathing.

And this floral fragrance is not an ordinary floral fragrance, it is refined from novel flowers imported from overseas.

 Put a few drops in the aromatherapy burner before going to bed to soothe the mind and help you sleep; if you encounter redness and pain due to insect bites or stumbling, this essential oil can also reduce swelling and relieve pain;

  Another essential oil called rosemary, which not only has a quiet and unique fragrance in the bath, but also can be massaged regularly. It is said that it can make loose skin firm and elastic again.

The two essential oils have won the praise of women in various houses as soon as they were launched on the market.

 In the past, the aromatherapy sold in spice shops were either incense sticks such as sandalwood, or pastes such as balm, or at the worst, fragrant dew extracted from crushed flowers. Have you ever seen oil-like aromatherapy? I haven’t used it yet, but just smelling it makes me feel like I’m surrounded by fragrant flowers.

Regardless of whether their saggy skin suddenly regains its firmness and elasticity when they were young, a few drops in the bath will make them feel like they have an elegant and nice-smelling body fragrance.

 A few drops of lavender before going to bed can also help you sleep and calm your nerves.

 Lighting an aromatherapy burner dripping with rosemary essential oil during the day, the children at home said that reciting poetry became more efficient.

 It can be seen that the effect is indeed very good.

 (End of this chapter)