What do you do with your essential oils?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
You would have guessed by now that essential oils are used for perfume making. But that is not all the oils are used for. Essential oils are also used for aromatherapy. This is because the scent of the oil can reduce stress and anxiety as well as improve people\u2019s physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some people inhale essential oils to cure their sleeping disorders and insomnia. You can also use sweet-smelling oil to handle migraines and headaches. Essential oils equally have anti-inflammatory effects. Now you can imagine having these oils as the chief ingredients in your perfumes. This means you will not only smell good but also feel good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finding the right essential oil<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Some people prepare their essential oils by themselves. If you know how to make yours, that will be great. But if you don\u2019t, you can buy them from a good shop. The thing you should worry about when buying essential oil is how to get the good one. You need to be careful out there so you don\u2019t buy oil made from synthetic materials and bottled as an essential oil. You have to be careful to avoid buying fake ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To make sure what you want to pick up from that shelf is genuine, here are a few tips you should bear in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Go for a reputable brand<\/strong>. If the essential oil you want to buy is from a reputable company, be sure you are about to buy a good one. You can search the internet for reviews on the brand from other users of the oil before going for it. If the positive reviews outweigh the negative ones, you should go for the oil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Pure essential oils don\u2019t come cheap<\/strong>. A little ounce of this oil is made from a lot of plant materials. As a result, if you come across a cheap essential oil, query it immediately. Or, better, you should stay away from it. However, if the users\u2019 reviews are good, you may give it a trial.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The scent will tell you the truth<\/strong>. Natural scents can always be distinguished from synthetic ones. If the oil does not smell like the original plant or part of the plant it was made from, it is not a pure essential oil. If the scent feels too powerful to be true, it may not be the real thing. If it has a smell that you don\u2019t recognise from the original plant material, it could be that it is adulterated, the carrier oil was not well processed, or the producer went for the carrier oil that is perfumed already. However, it is better to go for an essential oil that smells exactly like the plant it is made from, unless you wanted otherwise.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Look for the botanical name<\/strong>. Usually, the bottle\u2019s label contains the botanical or scientific name (that is the Latin name) of the extracted plant. If the bottle displays the English name of the plant, be at alert because you may be buying a fake ones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMost Popular Essential Oils for Perfumes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
You know there are many essential oils in the market but it is not all of them that can give you what you need in a perfume. The reason for this is simple: not all essential oils have noticeable and catchy scents. So, whatever essential oil you are going for, make sure its scent is strong enough to be noticed in a perfume. Apart from that, you should go for essential oils with appealing scents. Remember, it is not every scent that is found pleasant. So, don\u2019t buy every essential oil that has a strong smell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nevertheless, here are some of the most popular essential oils people use to make DIY perfumes. These oils listed below are found pleasant by many people, so you can begin with one or more of them. Note that the botanical name mentioned against each essential oil is what you may find on the bottle of the original essential oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Peppermint Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This is made from the leaves of the peppermint plant, which is botanically known as Mentha x Piperita. The essential oil has a sharp but cool and refreshing scent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Sandalwood Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This comes from the stem of the sandalwood plant, botanically known as Santalum Album. The essential oil has a pleasant woody scent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Lavender Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This comes from the buds or flowers of the lavender plant, scientifically known as Lavandula. The scent of the essential oil is sweet and soothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Rose Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: It is made from the flowers of the rose plant, botanically called Rosa. The oil possesses the sweet floral smell of the rose flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Bergamot Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This comes from the rinds of bergamot. A bergamot plant is scientifically called Citrus Aurantium. The oil has fruity, spicy, citrusy, and floral scents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Ylang-Ylang Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: The ylang-ylang plant is scientifically known as Cananga Odorata. Like the flower, its original source, this essential oil has spicy, heady, fruity, floral, and sweet scents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. Chamomile Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: The source of this essential oil is the flowers of the chamomile plant (Chamaemelum Nobile). The scent you will receive from the oil is animalic, herbaceous, warm, apple-like, and sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. Jasmine Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: The oil is made from the flowers of jasmine plant. The plant is scientifically known as Jasminum. The oil smells floral, sweet, and animalic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. Tea Tree Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: The tea tree, from where this oil is derived, is scientifically called Melaleuca Alternifolia. The oil lends a camphor-like earthy scent to your perfume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. Lemon Essential Oil<\/strong>: <\/em>This is made from lemon peels. In case you want to use this, the scientific name of the lemon plant is Citrus Limon. This essential oil will add a sharp citrus scent to your perfume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
11. Blood<\/em> Orange Essential Oil<\/em><\/strong>: The blood orange plant is scientifically known as Citrus x Sinensis. The essential oil is made from the fruit\u2019s peel and it adds a warm tang citrusy scent to the perfume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12. Gardenia Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This is made from the gardenia flower. The gardenia plant is scientifically called Gardenia Jasminoides. This essential oil adds a spicy green scent to your perfumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13. Honeysuckle Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This is made from the flowers of honeysuckle plants, scientifically called Lonicera. The honeysuckle essential oil has fruity, citrusy, warm, and honey scents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14. Cedarwood Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This oil is made from the chips and dust of the cedar tree, scientifically referred to as Cedrus. The scent is balsamic and woody. You may also get a waft of pine-like scent from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
15. Peony Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: The peony essential oil is made from the flowers of the peony plant. Its botanical name is Paeonia. Like the flower, the essential oil has a citrusy, sweet, and spicy scent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
16. Rosemary Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This is made from the flowers and leaves of the rosemary plant. The botanical name you will see on the bottle of this oil is Salvia Rosmarinus. The scent is both unique and exotic, unlike no other. It is spicy, warm, woody, and minty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
17. Orange Blossom Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This comes from the blossoms of the bitter orange tree, scientifically called Citrus x Aurantium. The scent of this essential oil gives a heady, baby-like, floral, fresh, and soapy fragrance. Sometimes, this oil is referred to as Neroli Essential oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18. Vetiver Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This oil is derived from the roots of the vetiver plant, which is scientifically known as Chrysopogon Zizanioides. The scent here is heady, earthy, smoky, woody, dry, and leathery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
19. Grapefruit Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This is made from the rind of grapefruits. The plant here is scientifically identified as Citrus x Paradis. The scent of the oil is woody, bitter, and herbaceous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
20. Arborvitae Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This comes from arborvitae plants, known as Thuja. The scent is woody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
21. Helichrysum Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: Helichrysum Italicum is the scientific name for Curry Plant. The essential oil made from its flower has a buttery and honey scent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
23. Cassia Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: The botanical name for this plant is also Cassia. The essential oil is made from its flowers and it smells spicy and sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
24. Wintergreen Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This oil is made from the leaves of the wintergreen plant (Gaultheria Procumbens). The scent of the oil is minty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25. Orange Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This is made from the peel of the orange fruit. The botanical name for orange, which you will see on the bottle of the essential oil, is Citrus x Sinensis. This oil will add a warm, calming, joyful, and sweet citrus scent to your perfume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26. Spearmint Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This essential oil, made from the leaves of the spearmint plant (Mentha Spicata), has the same cool, hot, spicy, and refreshing scent as the peppermint essential oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
27. Lemongrass Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: Lemongrass essential oil is made from the stalks of lemongrass plants, which are scientifically called Cymbopogon. This essential oil has a sweet, earthy, citrusy (lemon), grassy, and fresh scent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
28. Cinnamon Essential Oil<\/strong>: This essential oil is made from the sticks of a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum). The scent has a unique spicy and sweet flavour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
29. Eucalyptus Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: This camphor and minty scented essential oil is made from the leaves of the eucalyptus plant (Eucalyptus<\/em> Cinerea).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
30. Patchouli Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: The patchouli essential oil is made from its leaves. The botanical name of the plant, as you may find on the bottle label, is Pogostemon Cablinor its family name, Lamiaceae. The scent of the oil is musky, earthy, woody, and sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
31. Juniper Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: The juniper plant has about 70 species but they are all aromatic. The family name for this plant is Cupressaceae. The essential oil is made from the fruits, woods, and needles of the plant. Their scents are spicy, clean, bitter, and woody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
32. Pine Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: The family name of the different species of pine trees is Pinaceae. The oil is made from the needles and\/or woods of the trees. Some pine essential oils have citrusy and woody fragrances. You should go for the one you love the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
33. Vanilla Essential Oil<\/strong><\/em>: The vanilla essential oil comes from the vanilla orchids plants, commonly referred to as Orchidaceae. The oil is extracted from the bean pods of the climbing plants. Adding this essential oil to your perfume will introduce its unique creamy and sugary scent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kindly note there are many other essential oils not captured here. If you find them, don\u2019t hesitate to use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Art and Science of Perfumery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Perfume-making requires the acquisition and mastery of both art and science skills. It requires art skills because you have to combine different scents to arrive at an exotic result. The more creative you are with making your perfume, the better the outcome of the job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But then, you don\u2019t just add all the desired aromatic substances together at the same time. You have to consider the timing as well as the quantity of each fragrance that will go into the mix. You will not obtain a good result if you just pour everything into the container without considering the suitable quantity that will give you what you wanted and the time to add them. Perfumes aren\u2019t made that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Usually, every perfume has a story to tell. To get that story, you must blend the fragrances in such a way that the theme of the perfume will be revealed. First of all, you have to consider the quantity of each aromatic substance that will project the main theme of the perfume. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For instance, if you desire to create an invigorating sunny perfume, you may consider increasing the quantity of citrusy aromatic substance and reducing that of musk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another reason you have to consider the quantity of the aromatic substance to add to your perfume is that some scents are stronger than others. If you pour in the aromatic substances, say the essential oils, without bringing this into consideration, the subtle notes will be swallowed up by the strong sharp ones. So, you have to give the subtle ones a chance to surface too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remember to take notes of the number of substances you add to your perfume so you can detect the experiment that yielded a good result. One more thing, if you are making perfumes with essential oils, you have to count the number of drops of the oil you add to the mix. So, get a dropper before you conduct the experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now we move over to the time for adding each aromatic substance. The time you add an aromatic substance to the perfume mix will determine the time it will be activated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you pour everything in at once, even if the quantities were right, the result will not be good. You will understand this very in the section that discusses the three notes of perfumes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The science of perfume making made it so that if you want to smell a particular scent when you open your perfume bottle or spray it, you have to add the scent into the mix last. If you want the scent to come shortly after you sprayed the perfume, you have to add it before adding the last set of scents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, if you want the scent to stay on your clothes for days or even weeks, you must add it first, before adding any other one. What I just described above tells you how top notes, middle notes, and base notes are added to a perfume mix. You will understand this more as you continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Pure essential oils don\u2019t come cheap<\/strong>. A little ounce of this oil is made from a lot of plant materials. As a result, if you come across a cheap essential oil, query it immediately. Or, better, you should stay away from it. However, if the users\u2019 reviews are good, you may give it a trial.<\/li>\n\n\n\n