/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Go to target, find the fancy ass hand soap section, there should be a brand called something gay as fuck that makes drier sheets, detergents, and softeners in a variety of scents. I think one of them is Sweet Basil or some shit. Just buy that

They make basil essential oil. You can just buy that and pour it all over yourself.

>>8561704
Try holy basil capsules. Supposedly good for the lungs. And whenever you burp, it'll be disgusting.

Basil is THE top herb. Even its name is royal.

>Can I extract the basil essence with alcohol or something?

You sure can! Gather a bunch of basil leaves, put them in a jar and cover them with vodka. Close tightly and let it soak for a couple weeks. The fragrance won't last long, but you can make a lot at once and respray whenever you want.

>do you think people would find it annoying to be around someone who reeks of basil?

They might but screw them anyway.

>>8561704

>Learned you can boil herbs and make house smell like that herb
>thyme, rosemary, bay, basil
>basil, thyme
>basil
>basil
>BASIL BASIL BASIL
>Drink the boil herb mixture
>pretend it's specially concocted tea for my basilian taste
>come up with the word basilian
>add starch to basil tea until make a paste
>rub in hair and let soak 15 basilian minutes
>walk around class with the smell from the heavans above

>>8561704

Make oil out of it and rub a little on you in the morning

this thread has an powerful aura of existential horror and dread

this whole board does to a greater or a smaller extent

>>8562063
Really? I thought this thread was pretty cheerful.

>>8561842
>15 basilian minutes

steam distillation

>>8562063
i feel you.

the world is an unending nightmare, and basil is a balm against it.

>>8561704

This might be worth a shot

http://demeterfragrance.com/basil.html

I suppose you could soak the leaves in absolute alcohol, but I'm not sure how well that would work.

I love the smell of balsam poplar buds in the spring, right when they are beginning to break. It's a cloying, heady fragrance that I love but the season is short. I always think how great it would be to make an extract or distillation of it, but have never tried.

just smoke weed it smells the same

>>8561704
Are you fucking autistic?

>>8561704
You gotta grind the leaves in your fingers, then rub it behind your ears and on your wrists.
Carry additional leaves and reapply throughout the day.

>>8561704
Try extracting with something like ethanol, or perhaps a stronger solvent if that fails

>>8561842
!>making me laugh in public
Unforgivable

>>8563703
>>8564664
>>8561835
What about rubbing alcohol?

>>8561704
Shit grows like a weed, just roll around a a leaf. In your hand. If it's. Small pot plant then just prune off the shit leaves ND use em

>>8564775
That's what she said

you're gonna be making people hungry
basil smell makes me hungry

>>8561704
>>8563684
This, absolutely. Keep eyes out for sales too, it's kind of pricey otherwise.

>>8564775
No. Rubbing alcohol has too strong a smell of its own.