7 TOOLS · 9 GUIDES
Make your own perfume
Blend the compound, dilute it into alcohol, then leave it alone for a month. Where to find perfumer’s alcohol, what top, heart and base actually mean, and how much oil a bottle really takes.
Dilution and blending
Oil to alcohol at any strength, with the note split checked.
MOST USED
Formula scaler
Someone else's formula, restated for your bottle in grams.
Working dilutions
Make up a 10% stock solution, and dose from it correctly.
Solid perfume
Wax, carrier oil and fragrance, sized to your tin.
Body mist
A water base, a solubiliser, and a preservative you cannot skip.
Drops, millilitres and grams
Converted by each material's own density.
Cost per bottle
Materials, bottle and time, against the batch you are making.
QUIZ · 5 QUESTIONS
What scent profile should you blend?
Everyone’s first perfume is whatever three oils they happened to buy, and it rarely resembles anything they would choose to wear. Five questions about what you actually want, and a direction to build from. No sign-up, nothing stored.
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Make your own perfume
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Where to buy perfumers alcohol
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Perfume maceration: how long to age a perfume
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Perfume notes explained: top, heart and base
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Eau de parfum vs eau de toilette
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How to make solid perfume
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How to make body mist and body spray
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Best fragrance oils and essential oils for perfume
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What you need to make perfume
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PRINTABLE · 18 PAGES
The Perfume Notes Worksheet
Accord grid, note pyramid and dilution table per formula, with a materials cost column.