Chapter 300: Perfume (Part II)

Perfume is actually very simple in its composition, because it only has three components, namely essential oil, alcohol and fixative.

For example, orange peel contains a lot of essential oils, as long as you squeeze it casually, you can squeeze it out, and as long as these extruded essential oils are released into the alcohol, and then add a little musk as a fixative, then a bottle of orange-scented perfume is ready.

In later generations, these things can be easily bought in the market, but in Datang, Gao Ming can only choose to do it himself.

"Do it yourself!"

Gao Ming muttered, staring at the flower essential oil extraction device made of bamboo in front of him with wide eyes, watching the drops of water dripping from the bamboo pipe into the copper basin, Gao Ming suddenly had an unprecedented sense of achievement.

"The first bottle of perfume came out of my hand, what will future generations say about me? The father of perfume? Hahahaha......"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Looking at Gao Ming, who was happy alone, Huzi suddenly scratched the back of his head.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, have you done it?"

"Almost!"

Gao Ming was in a good mood, so he nodded at Lin Sen while smiling.

"This extraction device doesn't seem to have any problems, it should be considered a success, Lin Sen, you are staring here, change the petals in the bamboo tube every other tea time, just two large handfuls at a time, and be careful not to let the water in the pot boil dry."

After hearing Gao Ming's command, Lin Sen immediately nodded, his face full of seriousness.

"Yes, the villain knows!"

Looking at his serious look, Gao Ming nodded again.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you, and those damp cloths wrapped in the bamboo pipes, you can pour some cold water on them every once in a while, don't let it get too hot."

"Yes!"

After giving orders to Lin Sen, Gao Ming turned his head to look at Huzi again.

"Huzi, I'll go in and rest for a while, you are watching here, if the water in the basin is full, send it to me, and then change the basin, do you understand?"

"Understood!"

"Well, if you understand, then I'll go in!"

After speaking, Gao Ming turned around and left the courtyard and went back to the royal club for tea.

Half an hour passed quickly, and the tea leaves in the teapot had been changed twice, and just as Gao Ming was about to let Yun'er change the tea leaves for the third time, he saw Huzi come in with a basin.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the water is full!"

Hearing Huzi's words, Gao Ming immediately understood that the first basin of distilled water had been filled, and he immediately nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, it's full, put the basin on the table and let me take a look."

"Yes!"

Huzi agreed, and put the copper basin in his hand on the table in front of Gao Ming, Gao Ming took a closer look, and immediately found that there was a layer of oil paint floating on the water.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"Well, that's it, Huzi, you go and find me a bowl and a spoon for me."

"Yes!"

Soon, Huzi found the bowl and spoon, Gao Ming held the bowl in his left hand, and the spoon in his right hand scooped the water in the basin into the bowl spoonful by spoon.

Looking at Gao Ming's movements, Huzi immediately frowned.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, why don't I go and find you a bigger spoon, how long will you scoop like this?"

"Uh......"

As soon as Huzi's words fell, Gao Ming's hand suddenly shook, and then he glared at Huzi fiercely.

"You know a hammer, stand up!"

"Yes!"

Huzi was very obedient, and immediately stood aside after hearing Gao Ming's words, and Gao Ming ignored him and continued to concentrate on scooping water.

Of course, Gao Ming is not simply scooping water, but scooping the essential oil of flowers, those things that float on the water like oil paint, that is, the essential oil of peony flowers, Gao Ming This is a manual method to separate ordinary distilled water and flower essential oil.

Soon, the essential oils of these peony flowers in the pot were scooped into the bowl by Gao Ming, Gao Ming carefully checked it, and found that there was nothing missing, so he nodded towards Huzi.

"Well, Huzi, go and pour this basin of water, and then continue to go out and guard, and when the next basin of water is full, bring it in and bring it in for me."

"Yes!"

Huzi agreed, and went out with the basin, and after he walked for a while, Wu Mei came over with a plate of cakes and a pot of tea.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, I'm afraid your tea is cold, Mei Niang will change a pot of hot one for you."

As she spoke, she poured a cup of tea for Gao Ming with her own hands, and watching her movements, Gao Ming immediately smiled and reached out to hook her chin.

"Hehe, Mei Niang, do you finally remember my tea? I thought you were so busy playing mahjong that you forgot about me! ”

"Boom......"

Wu Mei was hooked by Gao Ming's chin, and her heart was happy and shy, and her little face turned red as soon as she "swished".

"His Royal Highness the Prince, just now Princess Gaoyang asked Mei Niang to play with them, how dare Mei Niang forget you, isn't it coming over soon!"

"Well, that's pretty much it!"

As he spoke, Gao Ming let go of Wu Mei's chin.

Although Gao Ming withdrew his hand, Wu Mei's heart was still beating "poof, poof", and in order to prevent Gao Ming from seeing her abnormality, she quickly changed the topic.

"By the way, His Royal Highness the Prince, have you already made everything you want to make?"

At this time, Gao Ming was drinking tea with a teacup, and after hearing Wu Mei's words, he immediately put the teacup down, and then nodded.

"Well, almost, see that bowl on the table? That's what I want. ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wu Mei noticed that there was still a bowl on the table, but when she saw the contents of the bowl clearly, she immediately frowned.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, what's in this bowl? Looks greasy. ”

"Haha, it's just greasy!"

As soon as Wu Mei's words fell, Gao Ming laughed again.

"This thing is the essential oil of peony flowers, don't look at it like this, it took me a lot of effort to get it out, it's rare."

"Really?"

Hearing Gao Ming say this, Wu Mei's eyes were suddenly full of curiosity, she picked up the bowl, and then approached and sniffed.

At this sniff, her whole face wrinkled.

"This one tastes so weird, and it's a little choking, not at all like the fragrance of peony flowers."

Seeing Wu Mei's disgusted look, Gao Ming didn't explain, just smiled and shook his head.

It didn't take long for Huzi to come in with a basin of water again, and Gao Ming still scooped the peony essential oil floating on the water into the bowl as he did last time, and asked Huzi to take the water and pour it out.

This was repeated several times, and by the time Huzi came with half a basin of water to tell Gao Ming that all the peony flowers had been used up, the bowl in Gao Ming's hand was almost full.

At this time, the peony flower essential oil in the bowl is no longer like the original oil paint, but has floated about an inch of oil in the bowl, and Gao Ming can scoop up a spoonful of pink peony essential oil with a gentle scoop.

Looking at this spoonful of pink peony essential oil, Gao Ming couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Haha, it's a ...... It's finally done, hahahaha......"