The perfume is an accessory, a detail that can not fail in important occasions and that, leaving a track to the other of us is able to become a hallmark of our style. We have always been accustomed to buying fragrances in perfumery ready and packed, but we have our favorites and we can recognize a wide variety of fragrances. So why not try to make your own with our custom scent? There you have ever thought? You will find that it is easier than you might imagine.

We must get first thing in materials and ingredients. We will feel a bit like a small chemical struggling with his experiments. It will in fact just beginning to experience, to be able to dose the best ingredients and come slowly to produce fragrances that reflect what we have in mind. Need a container in transparent or colored (usually for perfume bottles using 30, 50, 75 or 100 ml), ethyl alcohol at 95 degrees, essential oils are 100% pure and a dropper tip.

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Will create a perfume with 6% of essential oils, namely that for 100 ml of perfume finished utilize 6 ml of oils, and the remaining 94 ml of ethyl alcohol at 95 degrees. The essential oil may be of a single type, or you can compose a bouquet using the essences that we prefer. In a perfume should always be present three notes: the head and the heart base. It will be interesting to test each time new combinations. The alcohol used for our home fragrance is the same as that strives to prepare liqueurs and pastry recipes. Absolutely not denatured! Once mixed the ingredients, the scent will be left to rest for a period of 2-4 weeks away from heat and light. From time to time it will be good to shake the container to allow the ingredients to mix evenly. After this period we can use it.

Beware of essential oils you choose, have very different characteristics from each other such as citrus Those are characterized by being photo-sensitizers and could cause spots on the skin when we are exposed to the sun. We’ll have to rely on an experienced herbalist that we will advise in the selection and will be able to illustrate the properties of each essential oil. Once we buy security in the preparation of perfumes we can make a gift to friends and family and prepare for each of a different fragrance and customized .