This document provides instructions for making homemade perfume using vodka or Everclear alcohol, essential oils, fragrance oils, water, and glycerine. It explains that homemade perfume can be much cheaper than store-bought varieties. The steps include preparing bottles, adding alcohol to a jar, choosing and adding scent oils in layers, aging the mixture, diluting with water and glycerine, and bottling the finished perfume. Tips are provided on scent types and blending harmonious combinations.
This document provides instructions for making homemade perfume using vodka or Everclear alcohol, essential oils, fragrance oils, water, and glycerine. It explains that homemade perfume can be much cheaper than store-bought varieties. The steps include preparing bottles, adding alcohol to a jar, choosing and adding scent oils in layers, aging the mixture, diluting with water and glycerine, and bottling the finished perfume. Tips are provided on scent types and blending harmonious combinations.
This document provides instructions for making homemade perfume using vodka or Everclear alcohol, essential oils, fragrance oils, water, and glycerine. It explains that homemade perfume can be much cheaper than store-bought varieties. The steps include preparing bottles, adding alcohol to a jar, choosing and adding scent oils in layers, aging the mixture, diluting with water and glycerine, and bottling the finished perfume. Tips are provided on scent types and blending harmonious combinations.
This document provides instructions for making homemade perfume using vodka or Everclear alcohol, essential oils, fragrance oils, water, and glycerine. It explains that homemade perfume can be much cheaper than store-bought varieties. The steps include preparing bottles, adding alcohol to a jar, choosing and adding scent oils in layers, aging the mixture, diluting with water and glycerine, and bottling the finished perfume. Tips are provided on scent types and blending harmonious combinations.
Why spend a fortune on perfume or cologne when you can make your own for cheap. Brand name perfume/cologne can cost from $50-100, why spend that much when you can create your own fragrance with vodka and essential oils.
Instead of wearing a fragrance that everyone else wears you can make your own unique blend. Your own aromatic creations also makes a thoughtful gift.
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STEP 1: What You Need:
Ingredients:
Vodka (the higher percentage alcohol the better) or Everclear if you can get it Essential oils*, fragrance oils**, infused oils, even flavour*** extracts (make sure it's pure) such as vanilla extract distilled or spring water glycerine (this can be found in pharmacies)
Other stuff
pretty glass bottles to put the finished product in, preferably coloured glass, reuse bottles or find them at the dollar store. glass jar for mixing fragrance in measuring cup/spoons a dropper if you have one funnel aluminum foil or wrapping paper if you are using clear glass bottles a pencil and paper for jotting down your recipe a discerning nose is helpful
*You can also make your own perfume oil Be a Romantic Scientist: Distill your own perfume oil.
**Fragrance oils are synthetic and are less expensive than essential oils.
***Quite a few perfumes use food flavours in them, so extracts are an easy way of incorporating them into your own creations.
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STEP 2: Preparing Bottles
Sterilize the bottles and jars in the dish washer, especially if you are reusing bottles. They need to be clean and sterile.
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STEP 3: Add the Alcohol
Measure 1/4 cup of vodka/Everclear and pour into jar.
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STEP 4: A Note About Scents
I've included a few words about scents, if you want to launch right into concocting your perfume skip ahead to the next step.
Notes: In perfumes the fragrance can be divided into three different notes depending on when they arise.
Top note: The initial scent when you put the perfume on, then disappears, they include; lemon, orange, grapefruit, lime, bergamot, spearmint, peppermint and others.
Middle note: This scent appears just after the top note disappears. Scents like; coriander, palmarosa, marjoram, basil, rosemary, rose geranium, pettitgrain, lavender and others.
Base note: This appears after the middle note and is the base of the perfume, they include; patchouli, vetiver, frankincense, cedarwood, sandalwood and others.
When you are mixing your perfume start by adding your base notes, then middle then your top notes.
Families: Scents can be divided into different families such as floral, oriental, woody and fresh (such as citrus, etc) See wheel below. This is lovely but why do we need to know this? When you are mixing your perfume,adding scents from neighboring families creates harmony in you perfume.
Brand name perfume/cologne
There is a website which identifies the different components of brand name fragrances, so if you would like make an imitation of your favorite perfume/cologne check it out; basenotes Fragrance directory
For example: Obsession Fragrance Notes
Top Notes Mandarin, Bergamot, Jasmine, Rose, Orange Blossoms. Middle Notes Coriander, Tagete, Armoise. Base Notes Amber, Oakmoss. Some of these scents may be a bit hard to find. (?armoise)
Aromatherapy Aromatherapy involves using scents to affect mood and well being, if you would like to consider this when blending your fragrance, check out Aromatherapy for Emotional Well-Being
Men's Cologne Guys, don't feel left out, try scents from the woody or fresh families to make a nice manly cologne.
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STEP 5: Add You Scents
This is where the magic begins...
Add approximately 25 drops of essential/fragrance oil.
Take one scent ;
add a few drops swirl smell add more or continue on write down the oil and number of drops Take the next scent and repeat as above until you have added the approximate number of drops. Feel free to add more or less to create the desired fragrance.
If you are just starting out and don't know which scents to try. You can divided the alcohol into smaller volumes and try different combination, experiment, be creative, have fun with it.
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STEP 6: Let It Age
Once you are happy with the fragrance that you've created it is time to let it age. Place it in a cool dark location for a minimum of 48 hours, up to a month.
Aging your fragrance allows the scents to mingle, and also become stronger. Once you have aged your fragrance for the desired length of time, smell it again, the mingling may have changed the overall scent, so feel free to add a few more drops of scent to tweak it (don't forget you will need to age it again, if more scent was added).
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STEP 7: Add Water and Glycerine
Now that the fragrance is ready, it needs to be diluted.
Add 2 tablespoons of distilled/spring water. If you are making a perfume spray, add more water. Add approximately 5 drops of glycerine, this helps preserve the fragrance. Add Tip Ask Question
STEP 8: Finishing Up
Pour the perfume into your bottle, use a funnel if you need to. If you are using clear bottles, you will need to cover them with aluminum foil or wrapping paper (your fragrance needs to be protected from the light or it will go off). Add a label, decorate it, give it a fancy name and be happy that you saved a lot of money!
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347 Comments vanshkrishna17 11 months ago Hi, can any one suggest net link of Source selling synthetic fragrance oil because essential oils having therapeutic values do not serve the purpose for making perfumes. Thanks Vimal India
Fellana 11 months ago
After mixing the fragrance am I going to preserve it for 48 hour before adding water or glycerin
vanshkrishna17 1 year ago
In example for preparing perfume at home, How much is the 1/4th cup of clear Alcohol I.e how much ml. secondly, what is the ratio between essential oils used for base note, middle note and first note. Thanks, Vimal India KarenC370 2 years ago Hello everyone, I'm trying to make sweet smelling scents for my bed and breakfast guest. Things like cotton candy candy apple banana if you get where I'm going I have the basics from here but do I just add Carmel for Carmel smell?
Sirevicious 2 years ago
Can anyone help me with the ratio for how much fragrance oil and perfumers alcohol needed for 2 oz Glass bottle (60ml)?
Chajoks 2 years ago
I live in my home country Nigeria, can you give me a link where to buy the basic tools and the raw materials for production
abehery00 2 years ago
Hi, what percentage would Glycerine make up of a fragrance spray? We currently mix Perfumers Alcohol (70%) with our synthetic pure oil mixtures (30%). How much should glyercine make up if we start to add it and which should be reduced in it's place, alcohol or perfume oil? Thanks, Adam.
jaberi.uni 2 years ago
2% OF DPG I think DPG is more efficient than glycerin
jaberi.uni 2 years ago
I have bought fine fragrance and mix it with ethanol 96% and DPG. 40% oil fragrance 69% ethanol 1% DPG but it hasn't any "silage". so i need to add some "fixative". could you please suggest me? thank you guys...
trinikrystle 3 years ago
Like. Most persons here I am struggling. I use ethanol and fragernace oils only. The scent carries well, and it blends wells.
I'm trying to get a better way. Suggestions?
ChrysN 3 years ago
Store bought perfumes have a lot of additives that extend the scent. https://www.leaf.tv/articles/what-chemicals-are-in...
I know which ingredients to put in my perfume. How do I know how much drops of what? MisterJayJay 3 years ago I don't go by drops. I use very specific measurements in mL. This is much easier and way more accurate.
trinikrystle 3 years ago
You seem to be a wealth of information. Help me. I use ethanol and fragernace oil.
Is there another way.
The scent carries well, no separation etc.
I would like to use water instead of alcohol and or the right fixative to allow the scent to stick around longer.
Rachel Tang 3 years ago
Anyone knows how to mix absolute rose otto ton perfume alcohol?
Anike_ade 3 years ago
How do I extract flavours
Sumdaz 3 years ago
Hey guys! I want to start producing my own brand oil based and alcohol based perfumes, how do I go about it..? Again, where can source for the raw materials..? Do I need some machineries like perfume mixing machine, filling machine etc, for a start..?
SahbandiM 4 years ago
can we use white rum like barcadi
MisterJayJay 3 years ago
Use perfumers alcohol. It's nearly 100% pure. Any other alternative is not pure enough to create a high quality fragrance.
yassi.memar93 3 years ago
I made my oil perfume, but when I mixed it with alcohol, they did not mixed.oil is under alcohol.how can I mix them?
