How to Make Miniature Perfume Bottles

Women today often like to mix their own perfume, using essential oils to create a fragrance that is unique to their personality and lifestyle. Some visit businesses that specialize in helping customers to create a scent. However, because of the high cost of the services provided by these companies, many woman are creating their own fragrances in the comfort of their homes. Once a perfume has been created, it must be properly bottled in order to maintain its integrity. That, too, can be done at home by creating miniature perfume bottles.

Things You'll Need

• Perfume
• Bottles of various shapes and sizes (recycled or new)
• Craft paints (appropriate for the materials to be used)
• Computer with printer
• Desktop publishing program or access to on-line graphics and fonts
• Labels
• Paper
• Embellishment trims (jewels, beads, metallic trims, charms, tassels and ribbons)
• Sealing wax
• Tape

Instructions

How to Make Miniature Perfume Bottles

1. Decide how the perfume will be bottled. Will all of it be bottled for a single individual or divided into several bottles for gift giving purposes?

2. Develop a plan for properly bottling and labeling your perfume product according to its limitations. For example, certain essential oils require a colored bottle in order to prevent the fragrance from being lost or altered by exposure to light. If you are planning to use one or more of those types of oils, then you will need to look for bottles that will meet that need. Some fragrances can also be ruined if exposed to metallic surfaces or plastics; meaning you would also want to stay away from such packaging items. Keep all of these limitations in mind when choosing your perfume bottles.

3. Determine the type, number, size, shape and color of the miniature perfume bottles that will be needed based on how the perfume with be distributed.

4. Whenever possible, recycle existing bottles to be used to bottle the perfume. For example, essential oil, sample sizes of certain types of products and some types of kitchen product bottles are just the right size for packaging miniature perfumes.

5. Purchase the appropriate type, number, size, shape, and color of miniature bottles required to complete the job to your specifications. These can be easily found in craft and discount department stores (that carry craft items).

6. Personalize store bought bottles by painting them yourself using the appropriate type of craft paint for the bottle's material. Paint them a unique solid color or add your own designer touch with geometric patterns or a hand painted motif such as flowers (for floral scents), fruit (for fruity scents), greenery (for woodsy scents) or any type of design you choose.

7. Develop a design for your perfume bottle label based upon the name you have given your fragrance. Design development can be achieved either by drawing your own design and then scanning it into a desktop publishing program or by using available free graphics on-line to build your own design. Don't forget to include a list of ingredients used in the perfume if you plan to give it as a gift. That allows those with allergies to make certain the scent is safe for their use.Print the label on ready made print labels that can be purchased at any office supply store or on paper that can be glued or otherwise adhered to the perfume bottle.

8. Cut out or peel off your designed label and adhere it to your perfume bottles.

9. Embellish your miniature perfume bottles with jewels, metallic trims, charms or anything else you can conceive that will make them one-of-a-kind mini masterpieces. Place a tassel or bow around the top for the perfect finishing touch.

10. Bottle your perfume and seal the top with wax or tape to prevent spillage until the scent is ready to be used. Store or distribute as planned.

Tips & Warnings

• Bottle unique scents in bottles that have the same type of "feel."

• Add food coloring or body glitter to the perfume for a whimsical touch to a see-through bottle.

• Box various sizes, shapes and colors of perfume bottles (with different scents) together to create a personalized gift package.

• Make other body products like shower gel, skin lotion or shampoo using the same perfume scent and bottle in the same type of miniature bottles for a "try me" gift for friends and family.

• Don't put light sensitive perfume into clear bottles.

• Don't put material sensitive perfume into the wrong type of bottle.

• Make certain that people that you "gift" with your product have a clear idea of what is inside in order to prevent possible allergic reactions.