MMM -- many years ago a friend took me to one of SF famous bath houses, where we sweated with eucalyptus leaves on the fires. Great.

I was just checking out the prices on aromatic oils today and realized that, now that I'm unemployed, I can no longer afford such luxuries. I am trying to think of ways that I can make my own oils. For example, the sweet orange smells a lot like orange peels as they get mushed in the disposal, so I'm thinking that if I mushed them with an oil in the cuisinart and let them mature for a while -- maybe I'd have an aromatic oil???

But what kind of oil would I use that has no smell in and of itself? Common mineral oil? Doesn't that have a vaguely fishy smell?