Anyone know how to make the Catalytic Oil for the fragrance Lamps?

Question

I have heard there is a recipe but can't find it. Anyone know how to make the oil?

Answer 1

Fragrance lamps usually come with a chemical solution that is made to smell like a real aromatherapy oil (such as lavendar) However these imitation fragranced oils can cause headaches in sensitive people or folks with common allergies. Your best bet, cheap and easy as well as healthy, is to make your own. Look up aromatherapy oils online, or just start with a vegetable based oil such as olive oil available at any grocery store, and add a few drops (less than ten) of pure lavendar or other yummy smelling natural oil to a few TblSpoons of the base oil. You can buy these real oils at any health food store or online on ebay or just search for lavendar oil. Ten bucks is average price per 8 oz bottle. You do need the "base" oil because these real oils will just evaporate if you use them with no base. You can also put water in a certain type of aroma lamp and just add your aroma oil to the water, but they work better in a base oil. Lavendar is just most common, too, you can get cinnamon, or jasmine, or patchouli, whatever. Just be sure it is listed as "oil" and not "fragrance oil" which is shorthand for fake/full of chemicals.

Answer 2

Add your favorite fragrance to plain old mineral oil (which you can buy at any pharmacy). The platinum catalyst is on the top of the wick. There is absolutely nothing special about the oil itself.