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A home-made knock-off of a cologne/after-shave that can cost big bucks in department stores. (Note:This is steeped instead of distilled, so it will take 30 days to make.)
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TO START WITH:
- A very clean large glass jar (NOT PLASTIC!) with an air-tight lid (A Mason jar is perfect for this).
- Lots of dried bay leaves (from the local supermarket or health food store).
- Dark rum (from the liquor store. The cheap stuff will do very nicely, thank you).
- Time (You'll be steeping the leaves in the rum, so it will take 30 days to complete).
AFTER YOU'RE DONE:
- Another glass container (such as a large, clean jar)
- Small glass bottles (To store the finished product).
- A strainer and a funnel.
- A very clean large glass jar (NOT PLASTIC!) with an air-tight lid (A Mason jar is perfect for this).
- Lots of dried bay leaves (from the local supermarket or health food store).
- Dark rum (from the liquor store. The cheap stuff will do very nicely, thank you).
- Time (You'll be steeping the leaves in the rum, so it will take 30 days to complete).
AFTER YOU'RE DONE:
- Another glass container (such as a large, clean jar)
- Small glass bottles (To store the finished product).
- A strainer and a funnel.
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MINT cologne? Wow! I had never thought of that. You may be onto a new trend!
http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/pimenta_racemosa.htm
i'm a huge bay rum fan, and am not up to ordering it on the web every few months.
but i was under the impression that the bay leaves you commonly get in the store are the wrong kind of bay leaves...ala http://www.avirtualdominica.com/bay.htm
"Bay rum, a popular face lotion for men, is made from a combination of bay oil, citrus and spice oils, alcohol, and water. It was first made in the West Indies, where it was prepared by boiling the leaves of the West Indian Bay in white rum and collecting the distillate."