HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN PERFUME

How to Make Your Own Perfume
Home Health & Fitness Beauty

By: Mary Smith

Commercially bought perfume is full of chemicals. Most
people that wear perfume will wear it every day, so that
chemicals are seeping into the skin day after day.
Chemicals can cause allergic reactions and hormone
disruption. To be sure that there aren't harsh chemicals
on your skin, creating your own perfume is the best
way to know what the ingredients are. Plus, creating
your own perfume is fun. When someone asks if you
got that wonderful scent from 99perfume, you can
proudly state that you made the perfume yourself.
There are two ways you can create your own
personalized scent. The first way is to go to the store
and buy the ingredients like essential oils that you will
need. The other is to create the scent you love based
on flowers you have on hand.
How to make perfume using essential oils and notes
Create your own perfume using essential oils and notes
of scent. Every perfume has three levels or notes of
scent. The base note, middle note and top note are
each important to the mingling of the scent and how it
melds to create a distinctive fragrance. The base note
is the one that sits on the skin the longest and doesn't
wear as quickly. The middle note basically links top
and bottom notes together. The top note is the one that
is strongest but will disappear quickly. The middle note
is the one that decides the type of scent either floral,
spicy or earthy to name a few. There are many
essential oil databases that will let you know the
perfume note category that the oil falls into, and this
will help you make the choice of scents with which to
experiment.
Once the three notes are chosen, you will need bottles
to hold your creation. A carrier oil is needed as well.
This will hold the notes together and help them mix
seamlessly. Alcohol will be needed too. The carrier oil
is added first, then it is time to experiment with
fragrances until satisfied. Once the scent is ideal, the
alcohol should be added and the lid attached. It is
important to shake the bottle for a few minutes then
allow it to sit. The fragrance changes over a long
period of time. The shortest time it should sit is forty-
eight hours, and the longest is six weeks. Check
periodically until the fragrance is perfect. Once you are
happy with the scent, add two tablespoons of distilled
water and shake. Filter the liquid through a coffee filter
and transfer your new perfume to a pretty bottle. The
new perfume is ready for use. The bottle should be
stored in a cool, dark place for long time use.
Eco-friendly and organic
The second way to make your own perfume is a purely
organic and green process. The ingredients come from
the garden or wild flowers found in nature. The scent
you would like is based on the smell of the flowers.
Use one to one and a half cups of flower petals. The
flowers should be free of dirt, pesticides and
contaminates. Next, take two cups of distilled water
and add it to an aluminum pan along with the petals.
Put the petals and water onto the stove to simmer. The
mixture should never be cooked on high since that will
ruin the smell.
The contents should be checked regularly to be sure it
is not being cooked and that the water has not
disappeared. After two hours, the mixture should be
ready. The contents should be removed from the heat
and allowed to cool. After it has had a chance to cool
fully, strain the mixture through cheesecloth to remove
the bits. The perfume is now ready and can be put into
a pretty storage bottle.
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