Wine bottles contain more than just wine; some are fashioned to burn scented oils.
Scented oils have long been used to add pleasing aromas to rooms. Ancient Egyptians made complex resin and oil-based perfumes which they fashioned into headdresses that gave off sweet aromas as the wearer's body heat melted the fragrant resin. Scented oils are used today as incense and can be purchased or created at home from a combination of base oil and essential oils. You can burn oils in a diffuser or make your own oil and use it to refill a wine bottle candle lamp.
Instructions
1. Use a funnel to pour four ounces of grapeseed oil into a clean, amber-colored glass bottle. A beer bottle or other, larger bottle that has an air-tight seal cap works well.
2. Stick a medicine dropper into a one- to two-ounce bottle of an essential oil scent that you like. Consider scents such as sandalwood, pomegranate, mandarin orange, rose or lavender oil.
3. Position the dropper over the hole in the funnel which should still be centered in the neck of the amber-colored bottle. Press the dropper three times so that three drops of one of your essential oil scents falls into the grapeseed oil in the bottle.
4. Remove the funnel and seal the bottle. Shake the bottle gently to combine the oils. Place the bottle in a dry, dark place, such as in your pantry, for one week. Open the bottle and smell the fragrance; if you're satisfied, pour the scented oil into your wine bottle and light the candle to allow the fragrance to fill your room.
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