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.
7 TOOLS · 9 GUIDES
MOST USED Dilution and blending Oil to alcohol at any strength, with the note split checked. Open calculator →
Formula scaler Someone else's formula, restated for your bottle in grams. Open calculator → Working dilutions Make up a 10% stock solution, and dose from it correctly. Open calculator → Solid perfume Wax, carrier oil and fragrance, sized to your tin. Open calculator → Body mist A water base, a solubilizer, and a preservative you cannot skip. Open calculator → Drops, milliliters and grams Converted by each material's own density. Open calculator → Cost per bottle Materials, bottle and time, against the batch you are making. Open calculator →
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All guides → Make your own perfume → Where to buy perfumers alcohol → Perfume maceration: how long to age a perfume → Perfume notes explained: top, heart and base → Eau de parfum vs eau de toilette → How to make solid perfume → How to make body mist and body spray → Best fragrance oils and essential oils for perfume → What you need to make perfume →
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Print the note pyramid
Top, middle and base splits with the percentages that actually work. One page, free.
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Perfume Note Pyramid Card
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The Perfume Notes Worksheet
Accord grid, note pyramid and dilution table per formula, with a materials cost column.