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Basic Perfume Recipe

So, you want to get started on making your own perfume? Make a perfume that suits your own unique personality. Before experimenting with essential oils, see that you understand the strength or potency of some oils if you do not use it correctly. If you are in doubt about anything concerning essential oils, speak to a professional aroma therapist or herbalist or go to a health food store for more information

If you do not have essential oils, substitute them with fragrance oils. And remember to cover your work area with a plastic sheet since essential and fragrance oils are prone to damaging surfaces. And now, here are some basic perfume recipes to get you working as a perfumer:

Basic Perfume

Ingredients:

Method: Line a bowl with cheesecloth and fill it with one cup of any flower blossoms you like such as lavender, lilac, orange blossoms or honeysuckle. Now, pour water over the blossoms until they are completely under water.

Cover it and let it remain overnight and the following day, pull it out of the bowl, using the edges of the cheesecloth. Squeeze out the scented water into a small pot while allowing the water to simmer until one teaspoon remains. Cool and pour into a small bottle and you will see that it lasts a month.

French Perfume Oil

Ingredients:

Method: First, sterilize a small glass perfume bottle and add all the above ingredients and mix thoroughly. Store inside a dark cabinet away from the sun. This perfume will last for six months.

Lavender Floral Water

Ingredients:

Method: To begin, sterilize a canning jar in boiling water. Allow it to dry without touching the inside of the jar. Now, fill it with lavender buds and pour sufficient water and vodka over buds and stir with a stainless steel spoon. To this, add essential oil, and seal it and store it in a cool, dark place for one week. Every alternate day, swirl the contents. Then, strain the liquid through a cheese cloth or coffee filter and pour it into a dark decorative bottle. This will last for a year and will help you combat insomnia, depression and headaches.

Garden Perfume

Ingredients:

Method: On a glass plate, place a thin film of lard from a grocery store. Cover lard with flower petals. Store this in a dark place for 24 hours. For the next three days, replace petals with fresh ones and repeat process. Now, remove the petals and melt the lard, mixing equal parts of ethyl alcohol. Now, pour the mixture into a jar and close tightly. Store for the next 15 days, and then pour scented alcohol into spray bottle, and use sparingly.

These are a few basic perfume recipes that you can get started on. But remember to all creation begins with experimentation, and all experimentation means having a lot of fun. So, let the fun times roll!