23
Oct
2014

How to Make Simple Perfume

So, why many people love perfumes? people’s reason for loving perfume is because it makes them smell great and they seem to feel better about themselves. Not only does smelling great make a person feel good, but it will make a person feel attractive also.

perfume person holding clear glass bottle

How to Make Your Own Perfume

Here, we will be looking at ways of how to make your own perfume so that you can produce a scent which is particular to you, and unlike any of those that you can buy either in store or over the internet.

Tip 1. It is better that you use measuring devices that allow you to exactly measure out the amounts of oils and solvents required. If you do not, the perfume you make may not be what you wanted.

Provided below, are a few easy recipes that you should be able to produce at home without too much hassle.

To start, you will need the following laboratory equipments: a 10kg weighing scale or kitchen scale, plastic cups, a stirring rod, a small beaker and a 1,000ml beaker, and a volumetric flask with cover.

The raw materials for this project are as follows: Prices may not reflect market conditions

– 70g triple deodorized alcohol (TDOH) at about P200 per liter
– 15g fragrance at P500 per 100g
– 5g muscol (MCL) at P400 per 100g
– 5g moisturizer (propylene glycol or PPG) at P250 per liter
– 5g distilled water at P10 per 300 ml.

For packaging, you may use either an atomizer bottle (spray) with a net content of 5 ml (P15 per bottle) or roll-on glass bottles with a net content of 10 ml (P16 per bottle). These are available at the Divisoria Market in Manila.

Procedures:

Step 1: To start, put all the raw materials-except the alcohol-in small plastic containers or beakers for weighing. The alcohol needs to be weighed last because it easily evaporates when exposed to air.

For accuracy, all of the ingredients must be weighed in grams, this is to ensure you are making quality scents.

First, weigh the beaker or the plastic cups on the weighing scale. Make sure to adjust the scale to zero before taking your measurements. While on top of the scale, fill the beaker or the plastic cups with the ingredients and weigh.

Step 2: When the materials are ready, pour the MCL into the beaker containing the alcohol. To make sure that the container of the MCL is thoroughly emptied of the MCL, rinse it with the weighed alcohol, mix the resulting solution with a stirring rod, then add the thoroughly mixed solution to the MCL in the beaker. Stir the contents of the beaker until the MCL is fully dispersed in the alcohol

Step 3: Add the PPG to the mixture and stir. Always stir each time you add another ingredient, and make sure to completely disperse the substance before adding another ingredient to the mixture.

Step 4: Finally, add the distilled water. To completely clean the empty container of the remainder of its contents, rinse it with water and add the resulting solution to the mixture in the beaker.

Step 5: Thoroughly mix all the ingredients in the beaker until the perfume solution becomes homogeneous, then get your bottles and fill them with the perfume. Label and package your perfumes as desired, based on where you intend to sell them.

This formulation for 100 grams of perfume yields 12 to 13 roll-on bottles.Your fragrances and perfumes must be kept in dry, cool, and dark places because light can adversely affect their chemical properties. As much as possible, use dark-color bottles for storage and packaging.

Each time you need to get some of your raw fragrances, transfer them into smaller bottles. This is to minimize their contact with air, which may adversely interact with them. By using a volumetric flask with cover, you can keep your perfume intact and well-sealed until you are ready to package it.

Other Perfume Recipes

1. Basic Recipe
All you need for this recipe is some water, chopped flower blossoms (use lilac or lavender if blossoms unavailable).

Place the flower blossoms in a bowl, add the water and then cover them and leave them overnight. The next day, the solution can be put into small bottles and sprayed either into the air or on to your skin.

2. Amaze
For this, you will need some distilled water, vodka, hypericum perforatum, cypress and rosemary (all of which are essential oils). They should then be mixed together and stored overnight.

After a period of 12 hours or more, the solution produced can be put into a dark spray bottle to be used. Using a dark colored bottle will help the solution to remain fresh, which will be felt by the person using it when they apply it to their skin.

3. Whispering Rain
This is another recipe that may be worth trying out. Again, you will need distilled water, some vodka, Sandalwood, Bergamot and Cassis essential oils (which can also be purchased as fragrance oils).

For this recipe, you will need fragrance oils such as Sandalwood, Cedar Wood, Bergamot, Vodka and a little touch of Vanilla. All these ingredients should be put into a jar and then shaken. It should then be put in a cool place and left for a week. After this time, you can then transfer the mixture into small perfume bottles.

These ingredients should be stirred together and then stored overnight in a covered container. Then, the next day, it can be transferred to a dark colored bottle. This perfume must be kept in a cool place so that it does not dry up.

The three perfumes above normally last for about a month before they lose their scent.

Tip 2. Put your perfume in a dark- colored bottle and must be kept in a cool dry place to make its shelf life much longer.

French Perfume Oil

Ingredients
1. 1/2 ounce (7 grams) sweet almond oil
2. 15 drops lavender essential oil
3. 10 drops sandalwood essential oil

Instructions
1. Sterilize a small dark glass perfume bottle. Add all ingredients and mix.

This perfume will be good for six months. Store it inside the bathroom cabinet-out of sunlight.

Citrus Splash

Ingredients
1. 2 cups distilled water
2. 3 tablespoons vodka
3. 15 drops sweet orange essential oil
4. 10 drops Bergamot essential oil (extracted from orange trees)
5. zest of one lemon

Instructions
1. Sterilize a canning jar in boiling water. Allow to dry or dry carefully without touching inside of jar.
2. Put lemon zest in the jar. Pour water and vodka over zest.
3. Stir with a stainless steel spoon. Add essential oils, seal and put in cool, dark place for one week.
4. Swirl contents every other day. strain liquid through cheese cloth or coffee filter. Put perfume water into dark (blue or amber) decorative bottle.

This perfume will be good for a year.

How to make Aromatherapy Perfume

First, you need a base. It can either be alcohol or a carrier oil (but the best is a mixture of the two together). The best type of alcohol to use is one which is odorless (say vodka) and mix this with Jojoba. Jojoba is particularly good, as it has a long shelf life, and once it is put on the skin, it tends to dry out and leave a wonderful scent behind.

However, jojoba is one of the more expensive carrier oils, and I would suggest you experiment with one of the cheaper ones (such as almond or apricot kernel oil) instead. Then, once you are happy with the product you are producing, you can produce the same product but with jojoba oil instead.

The equipment you will need for making aromatherapy perfume is as follows:-

1. Measuring Spoons (Any good kitchen store will have these)
2. Small Funnel (Can be purchased at any good DIY or hardware store)
3. Small Colored Bottles (Look around your local stores or carry out a search on the internet)
4. Dropper (not all essential oil bottles have one of these included with them).

Now we will provide you with the instructions for producing your first batch of aromatherapy perfume.

1. 1 teaspoon of carrier oil (Jojoba, Almond or Apricot Kernel) and 1 teaspoon of
alcohol (Vodka), and with the small funnel, place these in the bottle.

2. Next, add the essential oils from your chosen recipe (below you will see a number of different recipes, with the quantities of essential oils you require for them). You may need to get a dropper, as not all essential oil bottles come with one, and add a drop at a time.

3. After adding each drop of essential oil to the rest of the mixture, the bottle should be shaken (remember to put the lid on first before shaking).

4. Once you have finished adding the last drops of essential oil and shaken, make
sure the lid is on tightly, and store in a cool dark place for 12 days or more. However, each day you should remember to give the bottles a shake at least 3 times.

5. After 12 days you can begin to enjoy the aromatherapy perfume that you have made.

The first recipe below is specifically for those women who may suffer from nerves on their wedding day, and will help to feel much more relaxed and calm on their big day.

All you need to make this recipe is:-
a. 4 drops Jasmine
b. 2 drops Lemon
c. 1 drop Patchouli

The following recipes have been designed to help produce a much more calming effect to the person using them. These perfumes will help to focus you on your inner self, and provide you with a feeling of security, which will promote a feeling of total relaxation.

1. Tranquility
4 drops of Cedarwood
2 drops of Clary Sage
1 drop of Grapefruit
2 drops of Mandarin

2. Chill Out
2 drops of Grapefruit
2 drops of Patchouli
1 drop of Rose
3 drops of Vetivert
2 drops of Ylang-Ylang

3. Sleep Tight
2 drops of Bergamot
3 drops of Chamomile
2 drops of Marjoram
4 drops of Lavender

4. Silence
3 drops of lavender
3 drops of Neroli
2 drops of Spearmint

The next recipes we are looking at will enhance a person’s mood and feelings of well-being. These perfumes will help to relax and surround you with warmth, as well as a feeling of pure luxury for those special nights out or at home with your loved one.

1. Ardour
3 drops of Jasmine
3 drops of Neroli
4 drops of Orange

2. Devotion
1 drop of Clary Sage
3 drops of Patchouli
2 drops of Rose
4 drops of Rosewood

3. Tenderness
2 drops of Linden Blossom
3 drops of Lime
2 drops of Neroli
3 drops of Sandalwood

4. Zeal
4 drops of Melissa
2 drops of Rose
2 drops of Ylang-Ylang

The Smell of the Orient

Ingredients
1. 4 drops of Sandalwood
2. 4 drops of Musk
3. 3 drops of Frankincense
4. 2 teaspoons of Jojoba oil (carrier oil to be used when using essential or fragrance oils in perfume making).

Directions
1. Mix all of the ingredients together in a bottle and shake well.
2. Place them in a dark colored bottle, and then allow the perfume to settle for at
least 12 hours.
3. Once it has been stood for 12 hours or more, you should now store it in a cool dry area.

The next recipe we are looking at is in fact not a perfume, but a cologne, and contains lemon as the main ingredient.

Cologne

Ingredients
1. 1 cup of distilled water
2. 1 cup of Vodka
3. 3 drops of Lemongrass
4. 10 drops of Lavender
5. 10 drops of Lime

Directions
1. Combine the essential oils with the vodka in a bottle and shake well.
2. Now set this aside for 3 weeks.
3. After 3 weeks, you will need to add the distilled water and then let it stand for a further week.
4. It is important that you shake the bottle once a day while it is standing over the 4 week period.
5. After 4 weeks, you can transfer the mixture to dark bottles for storage, or keep the mixture in the bottle it is in, in a dark cool place.

The final recipe provided below is one which will produce a body splash, rather than a perfume, and has a citrus aroma to it.

Body Splash

Ingredients
1. 2 cups of distilled water
2. 3 tablespoons of vodka
3. 1 tablespoon each of lemon and orange peel (which must have been finely chopped)
4. 5 drops of Lemon Verbena
5. 10 drops of Mandarin
6. 10 drops of Orange

Directions
1. Mix the fruit peels with the vodka in a jar, cover and let it stand for 1 week.
2. After the week, strain the liquid and add the essential oils and distilled water to
it.
3. Now let the mixture stand for a further 2 weeks, and make sure you shake the jar well once a day during this time.
4. Place the final solution after the 2 weeks in a dark bottle(s), or keep it in a cool
dark area.

Tip 3. Put your homemade perfume in a nice vintage perfume bottles, they will certainly provide you with an individual look that cannot be found when buying perfumes that have been mass produced.

One of the best ways of selling your own perfume is through your friends, families and co-workers; you may also use them as giveaways for weddings and other special occasions. If you are marketing the products to teenagers, it’s better to put your perfume in spray bottles. If you are targeting office workers, however, putting the perfume in roll-on bottles would be a better option. Avoid using plastic as packaging material; they have dioxins that may mix or interact with your perfume.

As you can see making your own perfumes, colognes or body sprays is simple, and once you’ve made your first lot and tried it yourself, you will soon want to be making more.

Sources: from ebook How to Make your own Perfume, entrepreneur.com.ph

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39 Responses

  1. Christopher Boga says:

    Thank you for this idea. Can you please tell me where to buy this ingredients?

  2. Marchan aquit says:

    Where can I buy this ingredients?

  3. Wow. Simple steps to make perfume. impressive.

  4. Lorde says:

    So whay was your capital.

  5. Macell factor says:

    Wow perfume making.. it is a great business ideas.. may i ask where i can buy the ingr. Thanks

  6. Hazel linga says:

    Hi where to buy those ingredients?

  7. Amelyn H. Dulla says:

    I’m from Davao, where can I buy those ingredients?

  8. Angel says:

    good am po,ask ko lng po if gaano kalaking kapital ang need sa perfume bussiness nato ,saka san pede bumili ng raw materials ,
    need the info asap,tnx,

    • Andy says:

      hello angel, we are selling designer scent inspired perfumes, specialty soaps, bags, perfume scented sanitizers and hand lotions. if you’re interested to be a reseller/wholesaler pls feel free to contact me through my email duzwaf@gmail.com or txt me 09423850797

  9. Mj says:

    Good day, this is Joefil Flor a sales representative from Colograph printing press. Our company Colograph is engaged in manufacturing of different printing and packaging products like commercial boxes, food and non -food boxes, posters, brochures, leaflets, flyers, stickers, labels, cards, tags, forms, and other related materials. We would like to offer our technical expertise, products and services.

    Just contact us anytime for concerns. You can call us at (02) 941-2289 or 0917-530-5842 from Monday to Saturday 8:00-5:30 pm.( Look for Joefil )

  10. rongie says:

    Hi i am intersted with this business.may i ask wer to buy those ingredients? Tanx

  11. Juan Coder says:

    I’m selling my perfume kit, check here http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=774234

  12. Jessa Cadacio says:

    Hi 🙂 I’d like to invite you as a speaker to our upcoming Perfume Making event in Manila. May I know your email address so I can send my proposal letter. Please reply jessa_cadacio17@yahoo.com. Thank you.

  13. Kaye says:

    Making your own perfume is a great idea! And it’s good fun too since you can experiment on different fragrance all on your own.

  14. Vanessa says:

    Great idea to start.
    ask q lang po magkano ang kapital sa ganitong negosyo.
    email me pls..veniceesantos@hotmail.com
    thanks..

  15. hi just want to ask on how the marketing and selling strategies…please help..thanks just give me an idea..thanks

  16. where can I buy those ingredients? is it available in davao? please help..

  17. where I can buy those ingredients some where here in mindanao?

  18. I am not familiar wt divisoria,can you pls give the names of the stores where I can buy materials for perfume making.tnx

  19. Keitaro Shimizu says:

    so nice

  20. Joseph Gerard Llovit says:

    OP please tell us where we can purchase propylene glycol in Manila. Is the one you mentioned food-grade PPG or is it different for perfume-making?

  21. Yes, I'm working on a new project and its called BODY MIST!

    With less alcohol content than an expensive perfume, body mists are lighter and fresher, not to mention a lot more affordable. Oftentimes, a body mist is usually used after you shower as it puts moisture back into your skin after the shower washes it away (keeps your skin from being to dry) almost like lotion except you don't have to rub it in.

    I'm going to share my knowledge and help others Discover HOW TO MAKE THEIR OWN BODY MIST. THERE WILL BE A SEMINAR ON JAN. 26, at 1pm in Makati. Text 0919 838 666 5 for reservation. HURRY, LIMITED SEATS ONLY! – Ronald Barangan, Resource Speaker.

  22. Great post! Perfume business is a very lucrative source of income. Moreover, you could start it at a very low capital and earn up to 2 to 3 times from your investment.

    And for those who want to skip the process of buying raw materials and making and mixing them, we offer ready-made, factory-made and no-need-to-mix perfumes and fragrances by 500ml and by Liter. We have affordable business packages complete with perfumes (200 scents to choose from), spray glass bottles and personalized sticker (for your own brand) for only P720.00! Please visit our website at http://buytheliterlaspinas.tk / http://buytheliterlaspinas.multiply.com.

  23. sapphiro says:

    saan po makakabili ng materials/ingredients po?

  24. Amherstia Villacrusis says:

    hello po.i love to have a pefrume business. . .saan po ba tayo mkakabili ng materials & ingredients na gagamitin in perfume making?
    hihintayin ko po inyong reply.just email me. . .amherstia.villacrusis@yahoo.com

     

    • Naruto says:

      Perfume making supplies, try this link: http://businessdiary.com.ph/2534/chemical-and-fragrances-supplies/

  25. Cherry.Mutya says:

    Hi im also intrested in this perfume making business, can you send me a list where can i buy all these ingredients? 🙂 im based here in Pasig City.. 

    Hoping for your reply,
    Just send the list in my email. sibungacherrymae@yahoo.com 

    Thanks a lot! 
    God Bless!

  26. Rose_pink197 says:

    I am quite interested with this kind of business,, I would like to ask  if where could I buy the materials  used especially the different kind of scents.,, hope to hear from you,,Thanks..

  27. Jefflovejeff_202 says:

    saan po ba makakabili ng mga materials for perfume making? salamat po. email me pls. jefflovejeff_202@yahoo.com

  28. Lala_mmw says:

    san po mkakabili ng materials?

  29. railey says:

    wew saan po mka2 bili ng materials?

  30. Michellerecana says:

    san po ako makakabili ng mga ingredients and materials. interested po aksa business nato matagal na kaya lang diko alam kung saan ako makakabili ng ingredients and materials.thank you…. michellerecana@yahoo.com

  31. sheena says:

    san po ako pwede umorder ng material s pg gawa pls e-mail me gusto ko i try un business n yn

    • renold cantilan says:

      hi..i’m renold cantilan from qeuzon city..supplier po aq ng mga perfume raw materials at very low prices..PM/txt or call me 09065889335 / 09254783993…

      • Angel says:

        good evening po,existing pa rin po ba yan ,i mean supplier parin po ba kayo ng raw materials for making perfume?

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