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.)

PERFUMERS KITS and NATURAL PERFUME BLENDS
Perfumers Kits Our most aromatic oils and absolutes ready for blending:
Perfumer's Kit ONE We retired our three Perfumer's Kits a couple of years ago, and felt it was time to reintroduce them.  Our first kit is truly designed for the beginner. After consultation with several Botanical Perfumery (Natural Perfumery) experts, we chose to include 5 ml bottles of  six basic perfumery oils and absolutes - Exotic Jasmine Grandiflora, Rose Absolute from Turkey, our most Aromatic Lavender - CO2 extracted, rich Ylangylang Extra, and, to anchor your blends, two of our favorite "base note" oils - our Sweet Patchouli, and Haitian Vetiver, all in skinsafe10% dilutions.  Any may be worn alone as a single note, but it would be difficult to come up with a 'bad' blend of any of them.  We are including 1/2 dozen disposable pipettes, a dozen scent strips, and a set of 3 2 ml bottles for blending.  If purchased separately, this Introductory Kit would cost $57.00.   We are offering the total kit for only $42.00. Because of its already reduced price, the Perfumers Kits, like our other kits, may not be further discounted.	Perfumers Kit One $42.00 ORDER
Perfumer's CHYPRE Kit: For more information about the history of Chypre perfumes and options on creating your own chypre blends, please see our Chypres Defined page. Nature's Gift is proud to present two different Chypre kits for your experimentation. First, the BASIC Chypre kit contains fifteen ml (1/2 fl oz) bottles of our Bergamot FCF (for skin safety), Labdanum Absolute, Oakmoss Absolute and Sweet Patchouli, all in 10% dilutions for your mixing and matching, to discover your own personal Chypre accord.   If available separately, the four Basic Chypre Oil dilutions would retail for $35.00.  Save 20% by ordering the complete set for only $28.00 Our EXPANDED Chypre kit contains the above four oils, plus materials designed to allow you to experiment with the different "families" of Chypres: (All of the following are in 2 ml bottles, and 10% dilutions for ease of use and to blend readily with the above Basic Chypre Oils.) Floral Chypres:  Rose Absolute, Jasmine Grandiflora Absolute and Lavender CO2 extractions. Animalic Chypres: Angelica Root and Valerian Essential Oils Fresh Chypres: More Citrus - Green Mandarine and Blood Orange Oils Green/Herbal Chypres: Sweet Basil and Clary Sage Leather Chypres: Choya Loban and Tobacco Absolute Coniferous Chypres: Atlas Cedar Leaf and Maritime (Sea) Pine Needle Oils Woody Chypres: Himalayan Cedarwood and Sandalwood. Now, obviously, there are many more oils that could fit in each category. All of our floral absolutes could be used in a Floral Chypre Perfume, all of our "Wood Oils" could enhance a Woody Chypre, etc.  We want you to have the opportunity to play, to see what fits your taste, and then add to your library from there. For ease in blending and experimenting, we are including: A dozen disposable pipettes (in addition to the mini-pipettes that come with each of our 2 ml oils.) A package of 100 Perfumers Scent Strips to experience each oil singly and in combination over time. Blending Bottles: 3 2 ml amber bottles, 3 5 ml Cobalt Bottles, and one 15 ml Cobalt bottle. Separately, the complete "Explore the Chypres" kit would retail for $115.00 Save 20% by ordering the complete set for only $92.00	Basic Chypre Kit $28.00 ORDER Explore the Chypres Complete Kit $92.00 ORDER
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