THE HISTORY OF THE MILK BATH - How to prepare one for you and your partner.

Milk Baths:
The history begins with a Cleopatra milk bath, which is famous in antiquity for its beauty shine. This beauty queen is said to have been due to bathe in milk flavored with honey, lavender, or rose petals. Some sources even suggest that the strawberries and raspberries are used on occasion to scent bath. Cleopatra is said that the ship is so fragrant with perfume that smells of rose petals before Mark Antony he saw the ship itself. No imagination to consider the fact that Cleopatra may share a bath with her ​​two lovers, Caesar and Antony. Science has reinforced the legend of Cleopatra's beauty, shows that bathing in milk to calm the body and soften the skin, scientists are beginning to be the first Pythagoras to recognize the positive effects.

A recipe for bath milk similar to Cleopatra's is as follows:

Ingredients:

1/4 Cup Powdered Milk
1/4 Cup Liquid Honey
One teaspoon Jojoba Oil
4dropsRose Essential Oil
5 drops Patchouli Essential Oil
5 drops Sandalwood Essential Oil

In a large bowl, mix all ingredients andadd to warm bath water. To create an ambient setting, light candles (use rose, patchouli or sandalwood for best effect) and/or burn incense of the same scents.


Bath-Sheba:

Another of the most popular love story based around the bath is a love story of King David's affair with Bathsheba. It started when he saw her bathing on the roof of his house; sight fascinated her and she fell for him almost instantly, and then married her. Their son was King Solomon. The legend is sometimes decorated with the spirit of the poet describes in detail and suggested a number of additives to the water in her bath-some with their different Cleopatra is said to have used.

BathScents:

The ancient Greeks associated beautiful scents with the divine. One particularly beautiful ritual included an immersion of doves in scented water. The doves were then released, sprinkling water over the gathering as a representation of the blessings of the goddess of love, Aphrodite.

In Roman times, Nero built special ducts in his Golden Palace that would pour forth aromatic water, while also strewing the carpets with rose petals (some say he learned this from the liaison between Mark Antony and Cleopatra.)

Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Josephine are often used to enhance the aroma of the atmosphere, and is used as a display shower sensual romantic interest. Josephine is reputed to have liked musk, while rosemary Napoleon preferred. Indeed, in St. Helena, he used the incense until the day he died.

Additional Considerations:

To add to the relaxing, sensual atmosphere, it can often help to prepare a bottle of champagne or red wine. Red wine is especially compatible if sandalwood incense or bath oil is used. Keeping the lighting low, using candles if possible, accentuates the atmosphere. Soft background music can also be greatly helpful.