Recipes of perfume from essential oils for women and men

Whether the smell of freshly mown grass is coming from the window, whether the dessert leaves a cafe with the aroma of a dessert loved from childhood, whether the sense of smell is catching a fleeting allusion to the freshness of the sea in the cologne of a stranger passing by - for each of the millions of all kinds of smells the subconscious of the person reacts in a special way. Very much depends on the individual characteristics of perception, personal impressions, personal preferences. It's no wonder that perfumery occupies such an impressive niche in the total production of cosmetics and personal care products - people have long realized that different flavors can influence the mood, and therefore change the current attitude towards the world, regulate your well-being and predetermine many emotions.

In the modern market is mainly alcoholic perfume, and not all women and men like distinct alcoholic notes in the composition of expensive compositions. Is there an alternative to commercial flavors? Certainly! Moreover, everyone can independently make perfume - from essential oils. Recipes of the best fragrances are presented below. If you do not like any of them, use the recommendations for composing your own perfume compositions and create anything different, just your scent.

Introduction to types of odors

All recipes of perfume from essential oils are somehow based on the mixing of fragrant substances related to different families of fragrances. To take advantage of the opportunity to mix your own unique composition, you first need to ask yourself: what smells do you like so much that you will be comfortable wearing them on your skin and clothes?

Below is a list of the main mono-flavors. Print it or put it on paper, then draw a table with the following columns: "Very like", "Indifferent", "Strongly dislike". Opposite each title, tick the corresponding columns. By filling in the table, you will know exactly which recipes of perfume from essential oils are right for you and which ingredients to mix to get new incense.

Basic mono-flavors

• Leather.
• Musk.
• Honey.
• Cream.
• Burning candle.
• Freshly chopped wood.
• Church incense.
• Cinnamon.
• The earth after the rain.
• Freshly cut grass.
• Christmas tree.
• Fresh strawberries.
• Mint leaves.
• Freshly washed clothes.
• Lemons.
• Baby powder.
• Magnolia flowers.
• Lily of the valley.
• Honeysuckle.
• Flowers of roses.

Imagine each flavor as an independent, abstract smell, rather than the perfume that you will use. Then, analyze the column "Very like". Your perfume recipes from essential oils will be based on this information.

Odor Categories

Most often people choose for themselves fragrances from the same family. For example:

• Skin, musk, honey, cream, burning candle are the smells of natural essences (musk, amber, cibetin, castoreum (beaver spout)). In their pure form, they are difficult to call aromas, since natural essences can smell very sharp and unpleasant, giving rancidity. However, you are unlikely to be able to find 100% natural products of this category in the retail; The most popular perfume recipes from essential oils imply the use of weak synthetic copies of such expensive ingredients. In perfumery they embody the dark notes of primitive, exotic mystery. Since the original substances have much in common with the products of the secretion of the human body, smells of this category are considered natural aphrodisiacs - substances that cause sexual desire.
• Wood, church incense, cinnamon, earth after rain, freshly mown grass is a family of spicy, woody, bitter flavors. An ordinary consumer most known notes of culinary spices, for example, cinnamon or cloves. This includes the olfactory incarnations of cedar, oak moss, sandalwood, vetiver and myrrh, as well as many other seeds, roots and bark. In themselves, these essences can be tart, sour, bitter and even biting. Many perfume recipes from essential oils include spicy and bitter notes in order to refresh and activate with their help the precious heart of the fragrance. To feel the life-giving power of substances of the second category, try adding a little bit of cinnamon to the morning coffee. While you are preparing a drink, a warm, waking aroma will fill the whole house.
• A Christmas tree, fresh strawberries, mint leaves, freshly washed linens and lemons represent a family of fresh, green, tar, herbal odors. To healthy, clean flavors include pine, eucalyptus, camphor, citrus, lavender and balsam, as well as some spicy herbs used in cooking (marjoram, basil, rosemary). Although these notes are often included in the perfume recipes of essential oils for men and women, pure essences may seem rather nasty and even intolerable to you. It is enough to imagine or smell household chemicals with pine flavors or balls against moths soaked in camphor. Nevertheless, in the composition of perfume compositions, fresh and herbal odors change character, giving a live note to an over-sweet or under-neutral composition. Men's toilet waters and colognes often consist entirely of substances of the green group, slightly diluted with intermediate ingredients.
• Baby powder, magnolia flowers and roses, lily of the valley, honeysuckle - representatives of the flower family. Floral perfumes from essential oils, the recipes of which you will find below, give the impression of softness, sweetness and ripeness, however in concentrated forms these are very heavy, sticky smells causing a headache or nausea and dull sensory organs. The whole point is in the right balance; In the composition of aromatic compositions, floral scents acquire amazing properties. They soothe the psyche, relieve stress, allow you to relax and even cause a state of mild euphoria. Hundreds of the best female fragrances are based on floral essences. With the exception of the light, volatile smells of lily, lily of the valley and narcissus, the notes of this group embody serenity and maturity.
• Most commercial perfumery products are based on the mixing of the flavors of one of the above families. To ensure complete harmony and create a real innovation, in the recipes of perfume from essential oils for women make contrasting substances that emphasize the heart of the fragrance. Solvents dilute basic oils, and fixing agents (usually the rhizome of iris or benzoin resin) serve as preservatives, while not allowing volatile essences to quickly evaporate. Using all these ingredients, you can develop your own perfume recipes from essential oils for women and men.

Experiment Delight

The primary ingredients of any modern perfume product are essential oils. You can buy them at health food stores and organic products, as well as in specialized departments of supermarkets and hypermarkets and pharmacies. If you live in a small city where there are no similar stores, order the ingredients you are interested in by mail catalogs or the Internet.

Once you choose your favorite flavor family and buy your first set of essential oils, you can start the most interesting - experiments. First, drip the oil, which will form the basis of the future composition, on the inside of the wrist, then add a drop of solvent and allow the substances to mix on your skin. Smell and thinkfully evaluate the result - it is on such intermediate results that your personal perfume recipes will be based. With your hands, essential perfumes can be mixed with essential oils, the main thing is to remember: the sense of smell is significantly dull from fatigue and excessive abundance of odors, so do not do home experiments for too long and do not mix a lot of songs at a time.

Simple combinations

For you to at least approximately imagine what kind of oils to combine with each other, try to start by following the simplest examples of professional perfumers. So, in classical pink dry perfumes and aromatic mixtures, combinations of rose with lavender or roses with cinnamon are used. To give a shade of mystery and passion, you can add a little bit of musk to this combination.

If you like floral perfumes from essential oils, recipes for popular combinations will surely suit you. A sweet mixture is obtained from jasmine and orange tree flowers, and more delicate incenses are created from a combination of musk or amber with rose or daffodil.

To make the heart of the fragrance more green, use the heavy Indian note of patchouli, which is included in the most fashionable recipes of perfume. Aphrodisiacs (essential oils, fomenting love passion) will be a perfect addition to the bouquet. For the lightness of the fragrance, you can replace animal essences with a traditional rose or lavender.

For cooking cologne or toilet water, concentrate on green and spicy notes, which can be successfully shaded with natural ingredients from the musky family. A bright male perfume is obtained by mixing balsam, cedar or sandalwood with cinnamon or musk proper.

Remember that it is not so easy to create good perfumes from essential oils. Recipes should contain several odorous ingredients, and the balance of the bouquet is of paramount importance. No flavor should definitely dominate the others.

As soon as you develop a good composition, prepare a small amount of perfume, using pipettes, and start a special notebook or notebook. Describe in detail all your experiments and record the recipes of spirits you invented. With their hands from essential oils, you can mix not only flavors, but also more practical compositions: shaving lotion, bath salt, massage oil ... The main thing is never to stop at what has been achieved.

Perfume "Life is beautiful"

To create a vibrant and life-affirming aroma, you will need the following essential oils (for brevity, hereinafter only the names of essences):

• 4 drops of orange;
• 10 drops of Mexican lemon;
• 6 drops of sweet mandarin;
• 8 drops of oliban;
• 5 drops of neroli.

As a basis, jojoba oil is used in the amount of 11 ml.

Place the base in the mixing bowl, add all the ingredients in the order in which they are listed, and mix. The spirits are ready. When preparing this fragrance, it is possible to reduce the proportion of base oil, but in this case it should be borne in mind that the concentration of the final composition will exceed 15%.

Sensual female perfume

It is quite logical that with all the variety of perfume compositions in the total volume of production and consumption, women's perfumes from essential oils predominate. Recipes (aphrodisiacs, heavy oriental flavors and sweet flower blends) often contain animal essences. If you prefer extremely light, volatile odors of your favorite colors, but you want to surprise your loved one with an unexpected note of passion and temptation, try mixing the following essential oils from flowers and spices:

• 5 drops of spicy coriander;
• 6 drops of fresh bergamot;
• 4 drops of sweet neroli;
• 3 drops of rose.

As a base oil, you can take 10-11 ml of jojoba oil, which must be mixed with the rest of the ingredients in this order. Pour the mixture into a bottle, close the lid tightly and leave it for a week to make the composition "bloom." Only after seven days the perfume will acquire its true features and conquer you with the richness and refinement of the bouquet.

Sensual perfume for men

Recipes of man's perfume from essential oils are traditionally based on green and spicy flavors. Create a passionate composition, shading the usual smells of a sudden and intriguing lavender note. For this, take:

• 10 drops of lavender;
• 20 drops of coriander;
• 22 drops of sandalwood;
• 23 drops of red cedar;
• 5 drops of oliban.

The composition is designed for a large volume, so for the basis you will need 100-110 ml of base jojoba oil. It's enough just to mix all the ingredients. You can use perfume right away.

Dry spirits with their own hands

Dry perfume in a metal medallion is a wonderful idea for a gift to a beloved friend, mother or sister. Solid compounds are very durable, stunningly hold the smell and are strikingly compact. Any of your favorite flavors can be modified to create a dry (solid) version, but experts recommend first try the recipes of oriental perfume from essential oils. The general composition is as follows:

• 3 tbsp. L. Grape seed oil;
• 1 tbsp. L. Unrefined coconut oil;
• 1 tbsp. L. Natural beeswax in any form;
• 60-80 drops of various essential oils (combinations are shown below).

If desired, grape seed oil is substituted for any other base, for example, jojoba oil, almond or olive oil.

Instructions

Simple recipes for home spirits from essential oils often come down to a single procedure - mixing. However, in the case of solid compositions, cooking is a more complex process:

• On a water bath, heat and melt the beeswax with the addition of base oils. Continue heating until the mixture is completely homogeneous.
• Remove immediately from heat and add the full volume of odorous oils. Vigorously stir until the ingredients are completely combined.
• Pour the mixture into containers chosen for storing dry perfume. If you want to make a medallion with the aroma yourself, be sure to take a pipette - it is strongly recommended not to pour the composition directly out of the dishes.

Odor Options

Like other recipes for the preparation of perfume from essential oils, instructions for creating solid aromatic compositions are based on a mixture of incense. Try the following combinations, ideally suited for solids:

• "Happiness": 35 drops of grapes, 15 drops of orange, 20 drops of field lavender, 8 drops of Roman chamomile, 10 drops of medicinal sage.
• "Forest nymph": 45 drops of orange, 20 drops of cedar, 10 drops of mint, 5 drops of rosemary.
• "Earth fairy": 20 drops of mountain lavender, 20 drops of sweet marjoram, 10 drops of red cedar, 3 drops of sweet ylang-ylang.
• "Muse": 10 drops of cinnamon, 10 drops of cloves, 5 drops of vanilla, 10 drops of bergamot, 20 drops of orange, 8 drops of red cedar, 8 drops of oliban, 3 drops of spicy nutmeg.
• "Flower Romance": 20 drops of orange, 8 drops of mountain lavender, 10 drops of patchouli, 10 drops of red cedar, 5 drops of sweet ylang-ylang, 5 drops of fresh bergamot.
• "Morning coolness": 13 drops of mint, 13 drops of spicy rosemary, 8 drops of tonic lemon, 8 drops of medicinal sage, 8 drops of juniper.
• "Sweet summer": 10 drops of mountain lavender, 8 drops of field chamomile, 4 drops of cardamom, 1 drop of cedar, 1 drop of geranium or roses.
• "Warm winter": 27 drops of sandalwood, 27 drops of vanilla, 25 drops of grapes, 20 drops of bergamot.
• "Energy": 17 drops of grapefruit, 14 drops of ginger, 13 drops of vetiver.
• "Love dreams": 25 drops of rose, 10 drops of lime, 10 drops of vetiver.
• "Riddle": 20 drops of orange, 15 drops of ylang-ylang, 12 drops of cedar or sandalwood.
• "The continuing classic": 17 drops of mountain lavender, 6 drops of spicy rosemary, 3 drops of lemongrass.
• "Northern Lights": 25 drops of grapes, 25 drops of mandarin, 10 drops of roses, 6 drops of sandalwood, 4 drops of sweet ylang-ylang.
• "Twilight": 40 drops of lavender, 10 drops of cloves, 6 drops of nutmeg, 8 drops of vanilla, 2 drops of sweet ylang-ylang.

Basic combinations for solids:

• Patchouli and mandarin;
• Sweet orange, patchouli and ylang-ylang;
• Lavender and geranium;
• Sandalwood , rosewood and grapefruit;
• Palmarose oil, vanilla and bergamot;
• Jasmine, cloves and vanilla.

Conclusion

Many people unfairly underestimate essential oils. Perfume (oriental fragrances), the recipes of which you will find above, are not just fascinating smells - they effectively relieve stress, create a special mood and even treat depression. You just need to choose the composition that is right for you, and you will overcome life difficulties, knowing for sure that at any moment you can open your own, personal source of pleasure and breathe out a foretaste of happiness.