How to make lavender essential oil?

Can I use Olive oil to make it, or Vadka? Which will have a stronger smell, last longer and will be safe to use in soaps and lotion?How to make lavender essential oil?
Essential oils are not the same as infused oils, or tinctures, both of which you are asking about. They are very different products, not to be confused.





With few exceptions, essential oil are steam distilled from plant parts (roots, flowers, leaves, etc.). You can't easily do this at home. This, and only this, is an essential oil.





You can make a lavender infused oil by soaking lavender flowers in oil for a few weeks. You may want to then replace the flowers with new ones, and let sit for another few weeks. You can use olive oil, but personally, I wouldn't. The color is icky mixed with plants other than green ones, and the aroma is too strong. There are many carrier oils to choose from, but I suggest you go to someplace like a Whole Foods or a local health food store and check out their beauty sections for pure oils, or the oils section with the foods. Look at the colors, and open them if you can to see how they smell. There is also a lot of information online, so you may want to do some research first to see which oils would best suit your needs.





You can also make lavender infused alcohol (a tincture), by soaking fresh lavender flowers in the highest proof alcohol you can find. You make it in the same basic manner that you'd make lavender infused oil.





If you're looking for something to scent soaps and lotions, you'd probably be better off buying lavender essential oil. Lavender tincture smells more like alcohol than lavender, and lavender infused oil could smell like lavender, but it would take a lot of trial and error with amounts and types of oil. If you're prepared to spend money and time experimenting, making infused oils is really fun and there are almost limitless possibilities in what you can make them with and what they can be used for.