DIY Floral Perfume Recipes
People that making perfume is a long and complicated process that takes chemicals and alchemy, and who knows what all else. That is not at all the case. It is rather easy to make your own perfume. In this article, we will be focusing on DIY floral perfume scents.
Perfume Fun Facts
- The first uses of perfumes go back the ancient Egyptians for religious rituals.
- Around the time of the New Kingdom (1580 to 1085 BC) perfume usage spread to Rome, Greece, and Islamic regions
- The growth of Christianity brought the use almost to a total stop
- Better trade in the 1100s brought the use of perfume back.
- The ancient Chinese perfumed clothes with incense rather than perfuming their skin with liquids
- Most perfumes now have an alcohol base while the first perfumes had an oil base
- It is possible to recreate perfumes that were used by the Greeks and Romans
- This is possible because of a mural that was found in Pompeii of how to make perfume
It’s likely that even Cleopatra used perfumes like these
Oil + Perfume = A Match Made in Heaven
Before we get started with how to make DIY floral perfumes, there is something that should quickly be noted. There are different kinds of oils. There are base essential oils, middle toned oils, and top note oils. Under each category, there are varying oils that can be best to choose from. Not every perfume you make is going to call for this kind of tier system, but it is worth mentioning.
These notes every so slightly can change the smell and consistency of your perfume. Keep this in mind as you use the DIY floral perfume recipes below or as you experiment with your own perfume recipes.
The best part about making your own perfume is that you can customize the scent! Not only does this perfume smell good, but it can also work as a soothing (sandalwood and lavender oils) mood lifter (lemon oil). You only need a glass bottle and five ingredients. Lavender oil is a common homemade perfume ingredient All you have to do in order to make the perfume is to combine all of the oils, the vodka, and either kind of water in the glass bottle and shake it well before using it. It’s as simple as that! Roses have a beautiful scent to them, and the perfume uses real rose petals make it. This perfume does take a couple of days to make, however. It should be worth it when you are done. You can use whatever color rose petals you want for this perfume, so long as they are fresh. Making the perfume, as mentioned, is going to take a couple of days. It is not hard, it just takes a lot waiting and a step a day.
This perfume can be calming while smelling absolutely amazing. And the best part? You need very few things to make it. Ingredients Fresh or dried vanilla beans will work for this perfume In a mason jar, you want the vanilla and flowers with just enough vodka to cover them (at least an inch in the bottom of the jar). As the flowers are in the vodka, they will sink because of the vodka they’re taking in. Leave the jar closed and on a shelf for anywhere between two and six weeks, shaking every now and again. After the desired number of weeks, you just strain out the flowers and pour the liquid into a spray bottle. Jasmine perfume is another easy one to make. Like most of the rest, you have to let it sit for a few weeks, but mixing everything together is pretty easy. No fresh jasmine flowers are needed for this perfume, but you can add some for aesthetics if you like In the glass bottle, you want to mix all of the oils and the vodka into and let it sit to blend for two days. After the two days, add in either kind of water and gently make sure it is well mixed. This is where the letting it sit in the dark and cool spot for four weeks comes in. Lastly, after the four weeks shake it gently and pour into a spray bottle.
Patchouli perfume only has to sit for two days before you can use it. This one takes a good amount of essential oils, but the easiness of it as well as the scent should make it worth it. Patchouli essential oil gives this perfume its namesake scent Mix together the essential oils in a separate little glass container. Mix the distilled water in the dark glass bottle with the vodka. Now, the idea is to stir the essential oils in one drop at a time so that it blends in all that much better, and this probably why you can use it after only two days. Chances are you could put the essential oil mixture in at once, stir them nicely, and then put it in a dark place for four weeks. If you do stir the essential oils in a drop or two at a time, then you just put it in a dark place for two days and shake it a little before using it. Which of these DIY floral perfume recipes are you most excited to try out? Comment below! https://www.brit.co/how-to-make-perfume-body-spray/ https://www.stylecraze.com/articles/how-to-make-your-own-perfume/ https://helloglow.co/make-botanical-cologne/
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DIY Floral Perfume Recipes
Lavender Lemonade
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Rose
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Vanilla Rose
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Jasmine Perfume
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Patchouli Perfume
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