The Process of Essential Oil Distillation
A Brief History of Distillation The Egyptians were among the first to use different techniques to make essential oils from plants and herbs for their perfumes and medicines. They soaked the raw plant material in water and then heated the mixture, capturing the steam that contained the essential oils. The steam would then be condensed and collected, resulting in the extraction of the aromatic compounds. When the Pharoahs tombs were opened in 1897, perfumes that they had been buried with 2,000 years previously were still fragrant. The Greeks and Romans also distilled plants to extract essential oils like Lavender