Making Great Smelling Perfume the Simple Way

If you’re tired of paying high prices for your favorite perfume, you can join the millions of others
that are attempting to make their own perfume. Making your own perfume can be as easy or
complex as you choose just as you can have any scent you choose.

Essential oils are the most common sources to use for your perfume making. There are many
essential oils available, considering they’re concentrated oils that have been distilled from
plants. Some people that don’t want to use buy essential oils due to their cost, use food
flavorings like orange, almond, vanilla, etc.

However, essential oils may seem costly for what you get but they go a long way. In fact, most
perfumes only require a couple of drops of essential oil. If you decide to go with essential oils,
you’ll be amazed at the many different fragrances you’ll find. These can be purchased online or
in any health food or craft stores.

If you’re really interested in cutting corners and being creative, you can also make perfume with
lemon or orange peels that have been dried. Another choice is using dried flowers such as dry
rose petals or lavender. My point here is that your choices are almost unlimited as to what you
can use for your fragrances. Once you’ve decided what fragrance or scent you want, you’re all
ready to begin the process.

If you’re making perfume for the first time, you may want to start off with just one scent. After
you get the hang of it, you’ll want to experiment with several scents but for now, just one will
make it easier! You’ll want to mix a few drops of essential oil in a small jar with a tight fitting lid.


Keep in mind the more oil you use, the stronger the scent is going to be. Add four tablespoons
of both vodka and distilled water. Mix well, cover tightly and let sit for at least a week. You may
want to test sample your perfume occasionally by putting a cotton swab in the mixture and
rubbing it on your skin. If it smells the right strength, you’re done.

If you’d like a stronger scent, you can add a drop or two more of essential oil and let it sit for a
few more days in a cool dark place. When it’s ready to use, strain it through a coffee filter into a
dark perfume bottle. The scent will stay longer if your store your perfume in a cool dark room.
Keep in mind that if you use orange peels, it will take longer for the scent to become strong than
if you use essential oils.

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.

Understanding Notes When Making Perfume

If you’re planning to make your own perfume, it’s important that you understand the basics.
When we think of expensive perfume, we automatically think of France, since France is the
perfume capital of the world. Although the French did not discover perfume, they were the ones
that turned making perfume into a Science.

Although the perfumers in France were not the original creators of perfume, they were the
geniuses that figured out a way to make the fragrances last longer than a few minutes. Their


method was by layering the different fragrances. They started using the three layers that we
now call notes.

If you’ve never made perfume before, you may not know the importance of using the different
notes. For the best fragrances, you can’t just throw together several essential oils and hope for
the best. Some fragrances are stronger and longer lasting than others. Knowing what essential
oils are in each note group will help you to make some beautiful and interesting creations with
your perfume. Notes are what make up the difference between perfume and cologne.

Top notes are the scents that you smell as soon as you apply it. If you’ve ever sprayed a
perfume in a store, the smell you get immediately after spraying is coming from the top notes.
The top notes, although they quickly evaporate, are what give us our first impression of a
perfume. Examples of some popular top notes include bergamot, peppermint, lemon, orange,
lime, chamomile, lemongrass and neroli.

Middle notes are what we smell when the scent from the top notes disappears. It is generally
considered as the heart of the perfume and often server to cover up any unpleasant scents that
may come from the base notes. This scent often evaporates after 15 seconds. Some typical
middle notes include lavender, geranium, rosewood, ylang ylang, jasmine, rose and hyacinth.

Base notes are what you smell after about 30 seconds of applying it to your skin. The based
and middle notes are what make up the main fragrance of the perfume. However, for a perfume
to be successful, they must have a combination of all three notes. Commonly used for based
notes are vanilla, sandalwood, patchouli, cedarwood, clove, vetiver, cinnamon and
frankincense.

Keep in mind, when making your perfume, that you can mix and match different essential oils to
get the scent that you want. The purpose of using the specific notes is to ensure you have a
fragrance that’s not only appealing but one that lasts as well.

Making Perfume Using An Old Recipe

Some people prefer the cooking of one person over the other. This could happen because there is a secret ingredient that no one knows about making the individual prefer this no matter how hard other people have tried to surpass it.

The same thing can be said about perfumes. There are some brands that are considered to be the best and no one come close to the scent it gives to the person.

Unfortunately, some of these perfumes are really expensive. People will really have to save up to get it or try to find something similar and be contented with it. The other alternative will be make one at home that is just right for one's body chemistry.

A good example of this is called Whispering Rain. All the person has to do is buy the ingredients and then make it happen.

The individual will need sandalwood to act as the base note, bergamot to act as the middle and cassis that will serve as the top note. This can be purchased separately in 10ml bottles from the specialty store and then mixed together in a glass bottle.

A few tablespoons of vodka and a couple of cups of distilled water should also be added to the concentration. This should be sealed with a tight lid and left to settle for 24 to 48 hours before this can be transferred into a sprayer bottle making it ready for use.

The perfume may last for a month if this is used daily. Before this runs out, it will be a good idea to prepare a new batch so this will just be refilled into the container.

It takes money to make some more. If people at work or in school like it, instead of just revealing the secret ingredients to the perfume, the individual can make a little money by making and selling this at a reasonable price.

The ingredients don’t cost that much so it is best to calculate the cost and add a certain percentage for markup. It will also be a good idea to do a comparative to see how much other stores are selling this product something similar.

If the perfumes are not performing that well, it is time to come up with a marketing scheme. Some examples commonly used are a buy one take one or get the second bottle for half the price.

The person can even advertise and sell this on the Internet. It is not that difficult to design a website or by simply offering this in other websites. Some will allow the entrepreneur to do this for free while others will charge a fee for maintenance costs.

Studies show that more people do business via the web because it allows the businessman to make deals not only in the city but in other states and countries should someone want to order a huge bulk.

There are other perfumes that can be made aside from Whispering Rain. It just takes a little effort on the person to do some research and make other fragrances since many of these are posted on the web.

The first perfume may be a flop or a success but those who persevere may soon reap the benefits of all the hard work.