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Making Perfume

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I am doing "Scintillating Scents: The Science of Making Perfume" for my science fair. Can I use in this project other ingredients than flower petals? e.g. vanilla sticks or cucumber?
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Re: Making Perfume

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Hi emily2006,

While your idea sounds great, unfortunately it might not work that well in this system. In this experiment, you're basically transferring oil from petals into the shortening, so a vanilla stick might not work to well, but I'd go ahead and try a cucumber peel or any citrus peel (orange, lemon, grapefruit).

Good luck and have fun!

Peter S.
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