How To Make Your Own Custom Perfume?
Tired of not finding the right fragrance for you?
And when you finally find it, is it (much) too expensive?
Fortunately, you can make your own homemade perfume.
To make your own custom perfume, just follow 4 simple steps. Look :
1. We choose our essential oils
Before you start, learn that all essential oils can be used in the composition of a perfume.
You can choose them according to the smell they give off, the well-being they give you, but also according to the virtues they have.
A pleasant and subtle fragrance will include a blend of oils from 3 categories: base, heart and top notes. Plus a few drops of sage for fixative.
- The base notes are the oils that will stabilize your scent, the base. You will choose between these scents that come from bark, roots, resins: sandalwood, frankincense, cedar, myrrh, cloves, cinnamon, vetiver ...
Know that it will be the smell that will remain Lastly on your skin.
- The top notes are the character of the perfume that can be chosen dynamic, sparkling, flowery or fresh. We smell them first, they are more citrus or coniferous: lemon, tangerine, orange, grapefruit, bergamot, verbena ...
- The heart notes bring harmony between the base and the head, it is the essence of flowers: rose, geranium, ylang-ylang, lavender, jasmine ...
There, for the choice ... it is according to the tastes! One or two oils from each category, you have to imagine a mixture depending on whether you like fruity, citrus, musky ...
2. We choose the bottle and the base
An ideal perfume preparation bottle is made of tinted glass and can hold 250 ml of liquid. The first thing is to make sure that it is perfectly clean, by sterilizing it.
You can recover bottles of old perfumes, cologne or hydrogen peroxide, as long as it is not transparent, so that the light does not alter the mixture.
If you don't have one, it is easily found in Casa or Maison du Monde type stores, or more easily on the Internet.
You choose now the base of your product: will it be a perfume or an eau de toilette? A perfume will be stronger and more concentrated, an eau de toilette lighter. So there is two bases different to choose from:
- If you want to make a perfume, you pour into your bottle 100 ml of 70 ° alcohol (which can be found in pharmacies or directly online here).
- If you prefer to obtain an eau de toilette, put instead 250 ml of 70 ° alcohol or a mixture of 150 ml of 70 ° alcohol and the rest of the floral water (rose floral water or sage floral water) .
To discover : My Homemade Rose Water Recipe in 20 min!
3. We mix it up!
There are obviously basic recipes there, but your imagination and your tests will be your best assets.
Maybe you will try several blends before you find the one you like! It's up to you to transform yourself into a "nose"!
Mix 5 to 15 ml of each oil of your choice, depending on the smell you want, more or less persistent. I give you examples :
- For a feminine scent with floral notes: 7 ml of geranium + 4 ml of verbena + 3 ml of cedar. Add 20 drops of rose oil and fix with 5 drops of sage.
- For a feminine scent more oriental : rather mix 10 ml of sandalwood with 5 ml of cedar. Then add the 5 drops of sage to fix and a few drops of lemon and ylang-ylang.
- A masculine scent ? In this case we replace lemon or ylang-ylang with nutmeg, for example ...
4. We wait!
Then we do a little test on part of your skin. And once satisfied with the result, you will need to protect your bottle from light and heat for 4 weeks. This is so that the different scents mix well.
At the end of the 4 weeks, filter your perfume (a coffee filter does the job perfectly). Then pour it into the bottle of your choice (also sterilized). It will keep for as long as a ready-made perfume purchased.
5. And we carefully keep our formula
do not forget to note the formula of your little mix, because if it is successful ... you will want to do it again. I wrote everything down on a dedicated notepad like a big nose would.
Also think of him give a name. Realize that you undoubtedly have a unique scent there. Yours !
A pretty name written on a beautiful self-adhesive label that you decorate, with a bottle that you have chosen ... Like a real perfumer!
I'll tell you about mine. As we know each other well, now I can share my little secrets with you! I managed to create a scent that looks a bit like "Opium", which I love: full-bodied, spicy, sensual and intoxicating ... So I called it"Bewitchment". You like ?
Bonus tip
In order to correctly measure the quantities of oils, get small syringes at the pharmacy! Otherwise, for indication: 20 drops make 1 ml, 1 teaspoon represents 5 ml and a tablespoon 20 ml.
Savings made
A 100 ml eau de toilette costs on average 50 €. Some brands go up to 80 € for 50 ml!
250 ml of 70 ° alcohol cost € 1.80, a mixture of alcohol + floral water € 5.20. The essential oils come back to you on average for each recipe at 1.50 €. The bottles are collected.
Or a 250 ml eau de toilette made for 6.70 €! If you use 2 bottles per year, you save more than 86 € per year!
Obviously, you can fumble around a bit and have a few hiccups, but even if you mess it up twice, you'll still save over $ 72. At this price, have fun!
Your turn...
Have you ever made your own perfume? Do you use it regularly? Come tell us about it and let us know his name in the comments!
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