Tips to Successfully Making Perfume

Making perfume may be something you’ve always dreamed of doing but felt you didn’t have a
clue. I’m here to tell you it’s an experience you’ll not only find very challenging but also very
rewarding, especially when you see and smell the finished product. The art of making perfume
is very similar to making good wine. It’s a combination of ingredients that, when properly mixed,
will only get better with time. It’s also very similar to baking a cake. If you follow the recipe to the
letter, you’ll have a creation that will make you proud.

Finding directions and “recipes” for making perfume will be very easy as they’re everywhere.
However, without knowing some simple basics, you may find it more difficult than it need be. If
you’re making perfume for the first time, here are some tips that may help you ensure a
successful bottle of perfume as well as give you the basics about making perfume.

Know what you’re looking for before you begin. Although essence oils are more costly than
fragrance oils, they both cost money and you don’t want to be wasting ingredients while you’re
experimenting. Don’t get me wrong.

You’ll have a lot of fun experimenting with different fragrances and you’ll want to experiment as
much as possible, but you don’t want to be wasting these ingredients while you’re learning.
You’ll have many choices to choose from including sweet smell, manly smell, unisex, floral, etc.
Have a general idea of what you’re interesting in making.

Perfume consists of three main ingredients: essential oils, pure grain alcohol and water.
Without these ingredients, there would be more perfume. Although you may find many different
recipes for perfume, they all will have this as a basis.

Your essence oils are categorized into three different types of oils. These types are called
notes in the perfume world. The base notes are usually the first oils added in your perfume
mixture and are the scent that will last the longest on your skin. The middle notes will contribute
to the overall scent and will stay on your skin awhile but not as long as the base. They are
usually added second to the mixture. The top notes are added last and will the one that provides
the scent you’ll smell when it’s put on your skin. It’s important to mix these notes in the correct
order for the best mix.

Don’t be in a hurry to wear your masterpiece. As anxious as you’ll be to start wearing your
new perfume, consider it like a good bottle of wine. The longer it sits, the better it will be.