Question of the day: Can you burn Jasmine blooms?

The idea to do the above occurred to me when I came home(gran's) to night and found clusters of Jasmine blooms on the dining room table and the living room table. I stuck the cup under my nose and inhaled. Heaven. A look to my left and I was reminded of the incense my grandmother burned on special Buddhist days. So, can one burn flower petals? I want to put them to flames and 'see' them fill the room and scent.

Hmm.. It probably will fill the room with a burning smell instead. Though it will might not set off the smoke detector, your mother might think that you're trying to burn down the house.
» Nuttz on 2007-08-19 03:54:42

If you want to have the scent of them around, I don't think you should burn the flowers. Usually essences or oils would be used to produce the smell, and the flower by itself would not have enough. Now, if you had a few thousand it might be a little different, but as it is... I think you should let the plant live.

You could burn it though. It just wouldn't keep burning after you took the flame away.
» randomjunk on 2007-08-19 02:58:46

Though I'm not sure/don't know, I wouldn't suggest burning the flowers themselves. It'd probably just end up smoking.
You'd probably get more of the scent if you just kept them alive as long as you could, instead of burning them. Besides, I don't think it's the petals that have much if anything in them as far as smell goes.
» invisible on 2007-08-20 08:20:52

Grind it up, light it on fire, and see what happens.
» The-Muffin-Man on 2007-08-22 12:44:50

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