“SOOOO many of you raised very good points and most of you were correct.” Besides you, Zoryn Spinnet. Ahem. Not that her idea was bad...or one that people didn’t often make; it was done very often. “The OFFICIAL definition of an essential oil is…. DRUMROLL--” Paul provided his own drum roll by hitting the ground FIERCELY with his palms-- “A natural oil typically obtained by distillation and having the characteristic fragrance of the plant or other source from which it is extracted.”

AND TADA. ESSENTIAL OILS.


“We will be learning three things...today, in regard to uses plants possess for us. The first one is, if you haven’t guessed, how to extract the essential oil from a plant. You will see...on either side of us along the edge of the greenhouse, I have many potted plants. Pick one and...try to extract that essential oil. The spell is NOT hard to perform, but the WAND MOVEMENT is very precise. The incantation is ’natatraho.’ That is NAH-TAH-TRAH-HOH. Emphasis goes on the TAH. The wand movement...is…” And Paul flung his wand forward on the NATA- “Like you’re fishing. Whip your wand at the plant on the NATA aaaaand on the TRAHO--” Paul whipped it back, as if he WERE fishing with a fishing rod. “The essence will look like a strand attaching to the tip of your wand.” Paul summoned a plant from the side, a clove plant to be exact, and thought he would demonstrate. He called out “NATATRAHO--” flinging his wand forward, then YANKING it back suddenly, and an amber colored liquid, almost in stringlike fashion, followed his wand tip as if attached. Paul then grabbed a vial from his pocket and carefully lowered the string-liquid into the glass and...then corked the top.

“SOOOO practice the spell and the wand movement...pick a plant and...grab a vial...and GO! I will be walking around if you need any help!” Paul beamed and pocketed the clove oil. “Keep in mind that some of these oils would need to be distilled before use! SO whichever you end up getting, make sure to do your research after class! And YES you can keep your oil! It’s yours!”