For this independent experiment, my group and I created a cologne.
The questions we based our experiment on was: How is cologne created?
To create our cologne, we needed our main ingredients. These were lemon peels, lavender, and rosemary. We got these by buying them, or by using any that were lying around.
We first had to extract the essential oils by putting the ingredients in a distillation apparatus. The essential oils were very important to the lab because they held all the fragrances of the ingredients we were using.
In the distillation apparatus, the ingredients were separately put into a large flask. The large flask was put on top of a heater and was connected to a tube which was connected to smaller flask.
The questions we based our experiment on was: How is cologne created?
To create our cologne, we needed our main ingredients. These were lemon peels, lavender, and rosemary. We got these by buying them, or by using any that were lying around.
We first had to extract the essential oils by putting the ingredients in a distillation apparatus. The essential oils were very important to the lab because they held all the fragrances of the ingredients we were using.
In the distillation apparatus, the ingredients were separately put into a large flask. The large flask was put on top of a heater and was connected to a tube which was connected to smaller flask.
The ingredients were heated up and vaporized. The vapor went through a tube where it condensed into a liquid. The liquid was collected inside the smaller flask. Eventually there would be enough essential oil inside the liquid.
We did this process for lemon peels and lavender, but we felt it was not efficient enough. We changed the process into using a CO2 chamber for the rosemary. The rosemary would be dissolved by using dry ice.
After we had extracted all of our essential oils, we began actually making cologne by mixing the oils together with ethanol.
We would do different combinations of the oils to make different smells.
We would do different combinations of the oils to make different smells.
We then finally determined which combination smelled the best and we made that our final cologne. We named that one cologne "Fucci".
I feel that since we were able to create a cologne that had a very pleasant scent, we were successful. Some people said that they would wear our cologne.
The only way we could have failed this lab was if we had not made anything whats so ever.
I am not exactly sure what exactly happens in a molecular level to make something smell good. I am guessing that there are certain combinations of molecules that produces a scent that the human nose finds pleasing.
I felt that we got desirable results for two reasons: Our entire group worked efficiently on the lab. We made sure to do something productive everyday we worked on the lab. We also followed our teacher's instructions. We did everything he told us to do to create the cologne.
I thought that I performed this activity well. I made sure to always be productive everyday. I also thought that I worked very efficiently in completing the lab.
In my group, I worked with Angel Muneton and Francisco Diaz. I thought we worked really well together since we did not argue. We seemed to be very efficient in creating the experiment.
If I were to do this experiment again, I would have used the CO2 chamber for all the ingredient. It seemed to make a lot more oil than the original distillation apparatus.
I would be okay with working with this group again on other experiments.
I do not think there is anyway whats so ever that we could continue this lab besides using other ingredients to make other colognes. I would not want to continue working on this lab either.
In this experiment, I thought it was important that I learned a way to mix ingredients. This also gave me my first experience in using apparatuses to complete labs. I also learned something about the topic of scents because of this lab. I knew nothing about the topic scents before I began this lab.
The only way we could have failed this lab was if we had not made anything whats so ever.
I am not exactly sure what exactly happens in a molecular level to make something smell good. I am guessing that there are certain combinations of molecules that produces a scent that the human nose finds pleasing.
I felt that we got desirable results for two reasons: Our entire group worked efficiently on the lab. We made sure to do something productive everyday we worked on the lab. We also followed our teacher's instructions. We did everything he told us to do to create the cologne.
I thought that I performed this activity well. I made sure to always be productive everyday. I also thought that I worked very efficiently in completing the lab.
In my group, I worked with Angel Muneton and Francisco Diaz. I thought we worked really well together since we did not argue. We seemed to be very efficient in creating the experiment.
If I were to do this experiment again, I would have used the CO2 chamber for all the ingredient. It seemed to make a lot more oil than the original distillation apparatus.
I would be okay with working with this group again on other experiments.
I do not think there is anyway whats so ever that we could continue this lab besides using other ingredients to make other colognes. I would not want to continue working on this lab either.
In this experiment, I thought it was important that I learned a way to mix ingredients. This also gave me my first experience in using apparatuses to complete labs. I also learned something about the topic of scents because of this lab. I knew nothing about the topic scents before I began this lab.