Design Your Own Perfume

Designing your own signature scent it's easy, you just follow you nose! This DIY herbal perfume recipe uses essential oils, for three complimentary notes. For beginners it's recommended starting out with a maximum of three essential oils and work up to more complex blends as you get more confident. 



Design & Make Your Own Perfume

Ingredients
10ml neutral Carrier Oil 
Our recommended neutral carrier oil choices would be - Camelli Oil - Jojoba Oil -  Sweet Almond Oil - Apricot Kernel Oil - Peach Kernel Oil 
5 - 10 drops of Essential oils of your choice


The perfect blend contains three complimentary notes:
Base notes (20%) - These are the fragrances that will last longer, lingering throughout the day.
Middle notes (50%) - These are what tie the top and bottom notes together.
Top notes (30%) - These are lighter fragrances, the notes that your senses will pick up on first, then will fade into the deeper base and middle notes.

For a 10ml blend you approximately:
2 drops base note
5 drops middle note
3 drops top note

Method

  • Mix your essential oils together
    When you are happy with your blend, add you your carrier oil
  • Gently mix together
  • Pour into a roll on perfume bottle

To use
Roll on wrists and neck.

Note
Always patch test first to endure your blend won't irritate your skin.

Base Notes - 20%

Middle notes - 50%

Top Notes - 30%

 
  • Cassia (to middle)
  • Cedarwood
  • Cinnamon
  • Clove bud
  • Frankincense
  • Ginger (to middle)
  • Jasmine
  • Myrrh
  • Patchouli
  • Peru balsam
  • Rose de mai
  • Rosewood (to middle)
  • Sandalwood
  • Vanilla 
  • Vetiver
  • Ylang ylang
  • Bay 
  • Black pepper
  • Cardamom
  • Chamomile
  • Cypress
  • Fennel (to top)
  • Geranium
  • Hyssop (to top)
  • Juniperberry
  • Lavender
  • Marjoram
  • Myrtle
  • Nutmeg
  • Palmarosa
  • Pine 
  • Rosemary
  • Basil (to middle)
  • Bergamot (to middle)
  • Cajeput
  • Cinnamon bark
  • Clary Sage (to middle)
  • Coriander (to middle)
  • Eucalyptus
  • Grapefruit
  • Hyssop (to middle)
  • Lemon 
  • Lemongrass (to middle)
  • Lemon verbena
  • Lime
  • Mandarin
  • Neroli (to middle)
  • Niaouli
  • Orange 
  • Peppermint
  • Petitgrain
  • Spearmint
  • Tangerine
  • Teatree (to middle)
  • Thyme (to middle)