How to Make Homemade Perfume

Making homemade perfume is a simple process that only requires a few ingredients. Once you learn how to make homemade perfume, you can save money on buying commercial perfume. You can use homemade perfume for yourself, give it away as gifts or try to market your own perfume brand.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Ethyl alcohol
• Distilled water
• Bergamot essential oil
• Lavender essential oil
• Bottles

1. Acquire the needed ingredients for the homemade perfume. You'll need four tablespoons of ethyl alcohol, two cups of distilled water, ten drops of bergamot essential oil and ten drops of lavender essential oil.

2. Find a dark, airtight bottle. For the purpose of making homemade perfume, a glass bottle will work best. Contact Ebottles.com (See below), a bottle seller, by phone at [phone] or [phone].

3. Fill your bottle with the distilled water. Then add in the ethyl alcohol, the bergamot essential oil and the lavender essential oil. Shake the bottle gently until all the contents fully mix. The order in which you mix in the contents doesn't matter.

4. Store the bottle in a cool, dry place for 48 hours. Avoid letting sunlight get in contact with the bottle. Once the 48 hours are up, again gently shake the bottle. Use a small dab to test out your new perfume. If you are satisfied, use it as you would any other type of perfume. If you are not satisfied, you can make another batch and adjust the level of lavender oil.

Tips & Warnings

• Add rose petals or other flowers to the oil to add different scents.

Resources

• Purchase essential oils at newdirectionsaromatics.com.
• Find bottles for your homemade perfume at ebottles.com.
• Make your own perfume at scentdesign.com.

[ashish2431]

on 6/29/2009 Thanks for the tip!

I would also suggest purchasing your supply of essential oils from MLP, at the following address:

http://www.mokshalifestyle.com

They've got an amazing collection of home-spa raw materials.

[klnygaard]

on 10/25/2008 thanks for info

[tchbobby]

on 8/7/2008 Thanks for the tip! Especially thank you for giving the link to Ebottles. com this is definitely what I need for my homemade perfumes and colognes :)

Bobby
http://make-homemade-fragrances.blogspot.com

[joltster]

on 9/22/2007 I just joine eHow, and I was wondering if there is any way in which I can make solid perfume using some of the fragrance that I already have and putting it into a solid form which would be easier for me to carry and use.Regarding this fragrance, I have pure perfume and eau de perfume. thanks.