Natural Perfumery Ingredients and Blends

Natural Perfumery Suggestions for the beginner.

For an oil based perfume, you will want either Jojoba oil or Fractionated Coconut Oil, both oils known for long life so that rancidity will not be a problem. If you prefer an alcohol based blend, seek out Everclear, a high octane pure alcohol that will dissolve your aromatic materials, special Perfumers Alcohol, or use the highest proof vodka available. For a solid perfume, please select some unscented beeswax to thicken the oil base. Melt together one part beeswax beads and three to four parts jojoba or Fractionated coconut oil until the beeswax is totally melted, let cool slightly until the mixture just starts to thicken, then blend in your prepared essential oil blend, pour into small containers, and Voila!...perfume glace'.

Please note...our perfumes are packaged in the same 5 ml cobalt bottles that contain our essential oils and synergies.  If you wish to complete your purchase with an attractive perfume bottle, please see our collection in our bottles and jars department. (The perfume bottles are near the bottom of the page.)

PERFUME BLENDS - All natural mimics of rare and costly aromatics
Carnation Memories In my mother's garden there grew old fashioned "Clove Pinks"...miniature cousins of the Carnations we used to get from the flower shop. Today I buy Carnations at the florist, and they have no scent. I remember the sharp sweet spice that filled the house when we picked the pinks, or we brought a bundle of carnations...and I miss it. We always had Carnations in May, and somehow this blend makes me think of maypole dancers. Now, a lot of perfumery books have Essential Oil blends that are supposed to smell like carnation...they all call for Ylangylang (which ylangylang?) and clove bud, and perhaps some black pepper. But they don't smell like my memory of carnations.. Misty went to work to create a Carnation blend for me. We had dozens, starting with the 'basic recipes'...referring to Arctander, to Tony Burfield, to other technical perfumery books. Out of the dozens...one 'feels' just right to my memory. Now, Debi was, at one time in her life, a florist. She says this doesn't smell like Carnation...but that it's beautiful. So Debi and Hope went out one morning and bought some florist's Carnations. And Debi is right... this blend doesn't smell like the new, hybrid Carnations bred to last for weeks in a vase. But she is too young to have experienced the various Dianthus species that grew in my mother's garden. Our Carnation Memories blend has no redeeming therapeutic values that I know of...but if you love the almost forgotten scent of clove pinks, and old fashioned Carnations, I think you will love this perfumery blend of pure essential oils and absolutes. Available undiluted and in a skinsafe 10% dilution in Fractionated Coconut Oil.	Carnation Memories Synergy 5ml $30.00 Dilution 5 ml $8.00 Order
AMBER-Gris For those in search of an Amber note for blending: We hear so much talk of "Amber" essential oil. There truly isn't one. There is an oil called Liquidamber Orientalis, but it doesn't smell rich and lovely like the Amber blends that are often sold as semisolid resins. We had the opportunity to experience what was labeled a true tincture of Ambergris, by a noted British perfumery, as well as their (more recent) ambergris blend. (They don't state that it's a blend, but it differed from the ambergris tincture, and we suspect it's a blend.). And we set out to match it. There are many formulas for so-called amber blends in the various perfumery guides. None of them seemed even close to the Ambergris that we had experienced. So the blending elves in the back room went to work. After months of aging, and tweaking, they found a blend that they love. To our noses, it smells like a blend between the two supposedly true ambergris specimens that we sampled. Whether it smells like true Ambergris or not, I'm not certain...it doesn't match Arctander's description. But it is lovely! Soft, sweet, gentle. The lucky few who received samples before I got this page updated and put it online, have called wanting to order more. What's the secret? Benzoin, Vanilla, Vetiver, Rose, Clary Sage...sweet warming lovely oils, in a delicious blend. Please be aware that our Amber-Gris perfume blend does contain more than one known sensitizer. It should never be applied to broken skin. People prone to contact dermatitis should restrict the use of Amber-gris to the aroma lamp. It is only offered undiluted, if you plan on wearing it as a perfume, please remember to dilute it.	Amber-Gris Synergy 5ml $34.00 Order
Perfumers Kits Our most aromatic oils and absolutes ready for blending:
PERFUMERS KIT #1 Skin safe 5% dilutions of Rose Absolute, Beeswax (Honey oil), Jasmine Grandiflora, Linden Blossom, Mandarine for a touch of citrus sunlight, Neroli, Sandalwood and Vanilla Bourbon. Five ml of each, ready to wear as single notes, or to blend together for your own special blend. All blended into long-lasting Jojoba for an almost infinite shelf life. This selection contains our more "familiar" perfume notes, sweet and uplifting. We chose Sandalwood as the "base note" for its almost universal popularity and its ability to blend well with almost any other aromatic.	Perfumers Kit #1 Eight 5 ml $50.00 Order
PERFUMERS KIT #2 A more exotic array, also in 5% dilutions in Jojoba: Jasmine Sambac, exotic Osmanthus, rare Rosa Alba, mysterious Tobacco Leaf, voluptuous Tuberose, the clear green of Violet Leaf, grounding Vetiver, and the extraordinary fixative power of Zdravetz, again, five ml of each, ready to wear as single notes, or to blend together for your own special blend.	Perfumers Kit #2 Eight 5 ml $68.00 Temporarily Out Of Stock while we redesign the contents.