What to Look for When Buying Essential Oils for Making Perfume You’ve been hearing all about making perfume and how much fun it is and are all hyped about making it yourself. You’ve read the directions and all you have to do is buy the main supplies, particularly the essential oils, which is what gives your perfume its fragrance. It sounds easy enough, right? All you have to do is go to your local health or craft store or start browsing the web and you’ll find all the essential oils you need. However, before you rush out and start buying, here are some helpful tips and suggestions on what to look for in essential oils. What you want to look for is undiluted essential oils. If they’re truly undiluted, you won’t have to put your nose right up them to get a good whiff. You should be able to hold it about 5 inches and still get a good smell. Another way to determine if they’re undiluted is by putting a drop on a piece of paper. If it leaves an oily stain on the paper, it’s probably been diluted with vegetable oil. Don’t try to smell too many in one day. Unbelievably, you nose will become overwhelmed and they’ll all tend to smell the same. Essential oils are a variety of different prices, with some more expensive than others. If you find a store that offers them at the same price, this may be a sign that they’re synthetic so avoid shopping here. One main reason why you do not want synthetic oils is that they will not have the same therapeutic properties as true essential oils. Read the label and ensure that it does not say perfume oil or fragrant oil. Avoid purchasing essential oils that have been stored in plastic bottles. The plastic may have become dissolved in the oils causing it to become contaminated. Clear glass bottles are also not good for essential oils because they often make the oil spoil quicker. Look for essential oils that have been stored in dark bottles, particularly blue or dark amber. I’m not a person that automatically looks for the most expensive item in a store. In fact, I like finding a good buy as well as the next guy but if something looks too good to be true it often is too good to be true. If essential oils are very cheap in price, take a second look as they may not be pure essential oils. While they don’t have to be 100% pure essential oils for perfume making, you’ll get a much better and longer lasting scent with pure essential oil. Understanding Notes When Making Perfume If you’re planning to make your own perfume, it’s important that you understand the basics. When we think of expensive perfume, we automatically think of France, since France is the perfume capital of the world. Although the French did not discover perfume, they were the ones that turned making perfume into a Science. Although the perfumers in France were not the original creators of perfume, they were the geniuses that figured out a way to make the fragrances last longer than a few minutes. Their method was by layering the different fragrances. They started using the three layers that we now call notes. If you’ve never made perfume before, you may not know the importance of using the different notes. For the best fragrances, you can’t just throw together several essential oils and hope for the best. Some fragrances are stronger and longer lasting than others. Knowing what essential oils are in each note group will help you to make some beautiful and interesting creations with your perfume. Notes are what make up the difference between perfume and cologne. Top notes are the scents that you smell as soon as you apply it. If you’ve ever sprayed a perfume in a store, the smell you get immediately after spraying is coming from the top notes. The top notes, although they quickly evaporate, are what give us our first impression of a perfume. Examples of some popular top notes include bergamot, peppermint, lemon, orange, lime, chamomile, lemongrass and neroli. Middle notes are what we smell when the scent from the top notes disappears. It is generally considered as the heart of the perfume and often server to cover up any unpleasant scents that may come from the base notes. This scent often evaporates after 15 seconds. Some typical middle notes include lavender, geranium, rosewood, ylang ylang, jasmine, rose and hyacinth. Base notes are what you smell after about 30 seconds of applying it to your skin. The based and middle notes are what make up the main fragrance of the perfume. However, for a perfume to be successful, they must have a combination of all three notes. Commonly used for based notes are vanilla, sandalwood, patchouli, cedarwood, clove, vetiver, cinnamon and frankincense. Keep in mind, when making your perfume, that you can mix and match different essential oils to get the scent that you want. The purpose of using the specific notes is to ensure you have a fragrance that’s not only appealing but one that lasts as well. Tips to Successfully Making Perfume Making perfume may be something you’ve always dreamed of doing but felt you didn’t have a clue. I’m here to tell you it’s an experience you’ll not only find very challenging but also very rewarding, especially when you see and smell the finished product. The art of making perfume is very similar to making good wine. It’s a combination of ingredients that, when properly mixed, will only get better with time. It’s also very similar to baking a cake. If you follow the recipe to the letter, you’ll have a creation that will make you proud. Finding directions and “recipes” for making perfume will be very easy as they’re everywhere. However, without knowing some simple basics, you may find it more difficult than it need be. If you’re making perfume for the first time, here are some tips that may help you ensure a successful bottle of perfume as well as give you the basics about making perfume. Know what you’re looking for before you begin. Although essence oils are more costly than fragrance oils, they both cost money and you don’t want to be wasting ingredients while you’re experimenting. Don’t get me wrong. You’ll have a lot of fun experimenting with different fragrances and you’ll want to experiment as much as possible, but you don’t want to be wasting these ingredients while you’re learning. You’ll have many choices to choose from including sweet smell, manly smell, unisex, floral, etc. Have a general idea of what you’re interesting in making. Perfume consists of three main ingredients: essential oils, pure grain alcohol and water. Without these ingredients, there would be more perfume. Although you may find many different recipes for perfume, they all will have this as a basis. Your essence oils are categorized into three different types of oils. These types are called notes in the perfume world. The base notes are usually the first oils added in your perfume mixture and are the scent that will last the longest on your skin. The middle notes will contribute to the overall scent and will stay on your skin awhile but not as long as the base. They are usually added second to the mixture. The top notes are added last and will the one that provides the scent you’ll smell when it’s put on your skin. It’s important to mix these notes in the correct order for the best mix. Don’t be in a hurry to wear your masterpiece. As anxious as you’ll be to start wearing your new perfume, consider it like a good bottle of wine. The longer it sits, the better it will be. Grab Your Copy For Only . . . $4.95 I know you will get something from this well written eBook! 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