Quite a long time back, I had asked you to look forward to making home perfumes.
Here we go. Lets start with the basic things you need to start with.
Basic Ingredients:
- Essential oils
- Pure Vodka
- Distilled Water
Essential oils and Notes:
Fragrance and perfume are fittingly compared to music, with them having notes - three kinds rising to a harmonious blend.
- Base Notes:
The base on which the perfume is built. The smell that stays the longest.
Rose,Patchouli,Vanilla,Vetiver etc.
- Middle Notes:
The heart of the perfume, which stays a little less longer than the base notes.
Pine, Chamomile, Black Pepper etc. - Top Notes:
The snazziest part of the perfume that is perceived immediately on the application of the perfume.
Bergamot,Lemon,Tangerine etc.
Preparation:
Its a home preparation and I’m writing it, should be easy right? Of course! The consistent ingredients are 8 - 10 tablespoons(Vary as per strength needed) of pure Vodka and /2 - 1 cup of water. The essential oils and blends vary. You need to stir the essential oil/the blend into the vodka till the oil disperses and let it stand for 4 to 6 weeks in a cool dark place. Dilute it with distilled water at the end as per need.
Now getting down to the blends:
- Relaxing:
- Lavender oil - 2 drops
- Chamomile - 2 drops
- Sandalwood - 1 drop
- Energizing:
- Bergamot - 2 drops
- Rosemary - 2 drops
- Aphrodisiac:
- Ylang-ylang - 1 drop
- Cinnamon - 1 drop
- Black Pepper - 1 drop
If your budget’s a little tight, stick to a single oil perfume.
The greatest thing about making your perfume is giving home made signature gifts to your loved ones.
Discount Perfume wrote,
Hey, this is pretty cool. You ever think about selling them or having them manufactured?
Link | April 21st, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Jessica wrote,
Interessting,
I like that - to make a comment on this, I think that things like Wellness and Spa treatements become more important - this ties also in things like make parfum and getting more in touch with your self, since people are so stressed out these these. Beeing from europe I definately see a huge trend for this in Germany and the UK,
Jess
Link | May 23rd, 2009 at 3:27 am
Ladies Perfume wrote,
I like it too, sounds really nice. The idea of giving a homemade perfume as a present is really cool.:)
Link | August 5th, 2009 at 7:05 am
fragrancelover wrote,
I love the idea of creating your own designer fragrances. I have recently been turned onto this and have become obsessed. It is so much fun to do. Thanks for the suggestions.
Link | September 18th, 2009 at 2:53 pm