How to Make Homemade Perfume

Making homemade perfume can be fun and exciting if you know what you want your new scent to smell like. This perfume will last for a month when sealed in a bottle for future use without going bad. Using this recipe, you can wear a different scent every day!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Fresh Rose Petals
• Orange Rind
• Spray Bottle
• Water
• Rubbing Alcohol
• Teaspoon
• Tablespoon

How To Make Homemade Perfume

1. Tear your rose petals into small slivers and spread them out on the surface you are working on. If you must use dried or dead roses, spray with water to rehydrate and leave on the surface for 10 minutes.

2. Squeeze the orange rind over the petals and into the spray bottle for a preservative effect on your rose petal oils. These oils are essential in your perfume, it is what makes the scent linger when you wear it.

3. Add three tablespoons of water to your spray bottle combined with a handful of rose petal slivers. Close up your bottle and shake for 30 seconds.

4. Now place 1 teaspoon of rubbing alcohol to your spray bottle, and shake for 30 seconds. This keeps your perfume water from molding in the month that you store it.

5. Leave your mixture for 12 hours in a well lit area. This allows the scents to mix together without harboring mold. Store your perfume in a dry, well lit area to inhibit molding and souring of the rose petals. If you find this is a problem, remove the rose petals after 12 hours of mixing and do not replace them in the bottle.

Tips & Warnings

• There are a wide range of flowers you can use for this recipe. Fruits in general cannot be used, but the skins or peelings can be. Fruits cause oxidation, and can also promote molding when present in water for a period of time.
• Do not keep for more than a month. Mold will set up and cause skin irritation if used after this time frame. This is not hypoallergenic, although you are in charge of knowing what you are allergic to, and expected not to use items that you have a reaction to.