As a memento from a spa in Germany, my
friend Heidi brought me some sauna scents, lovely citrus oils to add
to the waters for fragrant steam. Every now and then, I
add a few drops into a ladle full of water, sprinkle it on the rocks — and breathe in
the aroma of lemon, or orange, or grapefruit.
The scent doesn’t stay long — that
magical steam is momentary. As the next ladle of plain water becomes
steam, I can barely detect a whiff of briefly-wonderful bouquet.
I hadn’t tried — or even considered
— sauna scents before Heidi gave them to me. Now I wonder what
other products I’ve missed. Let me know…
Nikki
Nik, we've used pine and wintergreen sauna oil scents.
ReplyDeletePine and wintergreen seem more authentic, more "north-woodsy" than my citrus scents. And refreshing in a different way. How do you use them-- a few drops in the water sprinkled over, or directly from bottle to rocks, or something else?
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