Floral Baths

With the coming of spring and warmer weather with sunny days my mind had turned to the flowers that bloom with their sensual scents and beautiful colors. So I decided to give a few special recipes for floral baths to spoil yourselves in. Remember dim the lights, light a candle and maybe some soft music and give it a leisurely soak. Each of the following recipes are named after a Goddess from various cultures.

Tiamat's Salt Water Retreat
1/2 cup sea salt
2 Tablespoons chamomile flowers
2 Tablespoons lavender flowers
2 Tablespoons rose petals
1/2 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 Tablespoon orange peel
4 drops jasmine oil
3 gardenias (yes, whole flowers)

Tie the chamomile & lavender flowers, rose petals, cinnamon, orange peel with the jasmine oil drops inside a piece of cheese cloth, tie with some string. Hang the cheese cloth bag from the faucet under running water. Fill the bath with warm water adding the sea salt, stirring with your hand to dissolve. Float the gardenias on top of the water.

Birth of Venus
2 Tablespoons spearmint leaves
2 Tablespoons rose petals
1 Tablespoon orange peel
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 drops rose geranium oil
2 drops tangerine oil
3 pink roses
1/2 cup violet blossoms

Tie the spearmint leaves, rose petals. orange peel, vanilla extract and drops of rose geranium & tangerine oils inside a piece of cheese cloth, tie with some string. Hang the cheese cloth bag from the faucet under running water as the tub fills. Float the pink roses and violet blossoms on top of the water.

Kaun Yin's Protection
1 Tablespoon apricot kernel oil
3/4 cup rosewater
1/4 cup vegetable based liquid soap
5 drops ylang ylang
4 drops synthetic musk oil
2 drops jasmine oil
6 star anise
6 gardenias

Stir the apricot kernel oil , liquid soap, and rose water together. Add the ylang ylang and the jasmine oils and stir well. Pour the mixture under warm running water as your bath fills. Float in the star anise and the gardenias.

Athena's Blessing
1 Tablespoon sunflower oil
1/2 cup lavender water
3/4 cup vegetable oil based liquid soap
5 drops orange oil
4 drops grapefruit oil
1/2 cup honeysuckle blossoms

Stir the sunflower oil, lavender water and liquid soap together. Add the orange & grapefruit oils and stir well. Pour the mixture under warm running water as you fill the bath. Float in honeysuckle blossoms.

Hathor's Heaven
1/2 cup dry nonfat milk powder
1/4 cup jasmine water
1/2 cup vegetable oil based liquid soap
2 tablespoons honey
4 drops lemon oil
2 drop jasmine oil
1 drop peppermint oil
1/2 cup jasmine flowers

Stir the milk powder, jasmine water, and liquid soap and stir until the milk powder dissolves. Add the lemon, jasmine, and peppermint oils and stir well. Pour under warm running water as you fill the bath. Float the jasmine flowers.

Pele's Passion
1 Tablespoon coconut oil
1/2 cup orange water
1/4 cup vegetable oil based liquid soap
4 drops palmarosa oil
3 drops patchouli oil
1 drop lemongrass oil
4 large hibiscus blossoms

Stir together the oil, orange water, and liquid soap. Add the palmarosa, patchouli, and lemongrass oils and stir well. Pour under warm running water as you fill the tub. Float the hibiscus blossoms.

Happy bathing!