{"id":12204,"date":"2019-03-31T09:02:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T20:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascensionkitchen.com\/?p=12204"},"modified":"2019-07-14T15:45:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T03:45:25","slug":"make-your-own-perfume-with-essential-oils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ascensionkitchen.com\/make-your-own-perfume-with-essential-oils\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make your own Perfume with Essential Oils: the Ultimate Guide!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the ultimate beginner’s guide to blending essential oils to make your own perfume. Get to know the various essential oil categories (citrus, spicy, herbaceous, woodsy, floral, etc) and how they complement each other, discover exactly what top, middle and base notes are, and how to blend them together for a perfectly balanced perfume.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The beautiful thing about essential oils is that they can be used for purpose or pleasure – i.e., therapeutically, or as a perfume! And today we’re looking at how to create the most beautiful bespoke blends, consciously combining and layering oils synergistically from complementary categories, in ratios that give a complex and lasting scent.<\/p>\n

First of all – although I’m going to show you a few methods to follow here - there is no right or wrong way to do this – you can simply blend up a personal fragrance based on your own favourite scents – and away you go!<\/p>\n

But if you want to get into the nuts and bolts of it, then let’s make a start!<\/p>\n

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Here are the general steps involved in making your own perfume blend:<\/h2>\n
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  1. Start with an intent – how would you like to feel? What type of perfume do you want to create? Romantic and floral? Sensual and spicy? Playful and fun?<\/li>\n
  2. Select a range of oils you like from complementary categories<\/li>\n
  3. Sort your selections into top, middle and base notes, then create a ‘recipe’<\/li>\n
  4. Select your carrier oil<\/li>\n
  5. Add your oils to the carrier oil in the appropriate dilution<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"How<\/p>\n

    Start with an intent<\/h2>\n

    Starting your bespoke essential oil perfume blends with an intention helps set the compass so to speak. Think of the end result – how do you want to feel? What kind of a mood, feeling, emotion, theme or scent do you want to create?<\/p>\n

    Is your blend to fit a season, a special occasion, or every day? Just start somewhere<\/em>, you can refine as you go.<\/p>\n

    I’ll go first – for the purpose of today – I want to create a signature summer scent – something uplifting, feminine, and happy.<\/p>\n

    Essential oil categories<\/h2>\n

    Essential oils can be loosely ordered into categories – I say ‘loosely’ as some fit into multiple categories.<\/p>\n

    Once you have an idea of what you’d like to create, it’s easy to select appropriate oils based on their categories. For example, for my signature summer scent, I might look at the citrus and floral categories as a starting point.<\/p>\n

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