Homemade Fragrances . . . It's Actually Really Easy!
If you’ve ever met me in person, you know that I have a fixation with scents, and well, smelling good!
A TBH moment: This fixation with smelling good stems from an adolescent fear cultivated after learning that teenage boys run the risk of smelling like, well, teenage boys! And I wasn’t having that. So me, colognes and extra showering got along really well at an early age. After all, mom always said the cheapest line on the utilities bill was water . . . and she’s right.
Back to the point - Throughout the years, I’ve come to develop my own layered, signature scent, usually with an Egyptian Musk base, topped with whatever frangrance I’ve purchased at any given time.
Some of my most recent and favorite (unisex) colognes are ( to give you an idea of my scent profile):
Essential Parfums’ Rose Magnetic & Orange x Santal
But, because I like to try my hand at making anything at least once, I wanted to try making very own scent. So to Whole Foods I went . . .
Now, I could have simply gone to one of my favorite local shops like Stock & Belle or City & State that sell some pretty luxe frangrances, but I’m working to really capture the essence of my signature scent. So to work I went.
My cologne is essential oil based and here are the oils I used:
Top notes: Lime and Peppermint
Middle note: Geranium
Base note: Vetiver
And just in case you want to give making your own fragrance a go, I’ll share what I did with you.
Into a glass spray bottle, I poured:
2 tbsps of my carrier oil (sweet almond oil),
2 tbsps of coconut water (purchased in the skincare section of TJMaxx).
6 tbsps of vodka (Absolut to be exact) - that’s what’s in the coupe glass.
Essential oils: my top (9 drops), middle (15 drops) and base (6 drops) note oils.
After combining all of the liquids, I gave the mixture a good shake and sprayed a couple of sprays just to test out the scent. My first go-round mixture wasn’t exactly to my liking, so I simply increased the geranium and vetiver drop amounts. According to an article I found on perfume making, you should let the mixture sit for 48 hours to really let the scent reach its full strength. Make sure to give that blog a visit to help you come up with your own combo, or simply to try out the ones they provide.
Like I mentioned earlier, I got my oils and supplies from Whole Foods. But Amazon has some pretty good, quality oils and bottles for your scent-making project . . .and for a fraction of the cost.
Ready to stop people in their tracks - in a good way - with your homemade fragrance? Comment below when you’ve given it a try! I wanna hear from you!
Happy scent making!
