You walk into the place you usually buy your perfume
from. You pick out the perfume that you like and take it off
the shelf. At this point, before you pay the money for that
bottle of perfume, you should realize that you yourself
could make that perfume, or even a better one. Yes, you read
right, with just a little bit of imagination, knowledge and
willingness to try something new, you could create your
dream perfume for yourself, family, friends or even for
selling purposes.
What most people don’t realize is that by making perfume
yourself, not only do you save up a lot of money, but you
also create something that may almost be considered a work
of art, all by yourself or with friends, family. This
experience will surely give you a lot of confidence and also
prove to be fun, especially if you don’t do it by yourself.
Another great thing about yourself is that you get to
personalize that perfume to the maximum. I’m sure it’s
happened to you at least once to choose a product over
another because, although the first one had something you
liked, either it was missing something or it was too strong
or there was something you’d have like to be different.
Well, the good news is that, with making perfume yourself,
you can get the perfume of your dreams. It just takes a
little time and the will to get there.
The best part is that there are plenty of resources on
the internet on perfume making that will help you, whether
you’re somebody that doesn’t have anything to do with
chemistry / perfumes or you’ve already got perfume making
experience.
What you should do first is figure out what type of
perfume you’d like to make and what would you like it to
smell like. Then, get a list of the most common ingredients
and start experimenting. If you already have your recipe for
that perfume, you shouldn’t encounter any problems, but if
you don’t know exactly what to use and how, you should keep
in mind a couple of rules:
ü
the ingredients you use for your perfume are
extremely important; they need to be of good quality, fresh
and without any other impurities; they also need to be
handled with care and special instruments, because you don’t
need industrial quantities to realize if you like a perfume
or not; this way, you’re not using up precious resources,
thus minimizing the production costs;
ü
surf the internet for ingredient
characteristics even if you’ve bought them already and you
can recognize some of them yourself; you may find out
interesting combinations, recipes on the internet you may
not be aware of;
ü
get as much out of the internet on base notes,
middle notes, top notes and bridges, as they are the key
elements of your perfume;
ü
if you plan on experimenting a lot, write down
your results so as not to be forced to do them again;
To conclude, don’t forget where you read these guidelines
from when your name is as well known as Hugo Boss’,
Christian Dior’s and so on.
Sincerely,
