Aromatherapy step by step
30 ml/2 tbsp almond oil (base oil)
2 drops Bergamot
2 drops Coriander
6 drops Jasmine
4 drops Rose
2 drops Sandalwood
Enjoy!
While the perfume atomizer of today has sacrificed elegance for convenience, it remains an essential part of a woman’s travel kit. The perfume atomizer is ideal for storing perfume, because it does not have to be opened once it is filled, and keeps evaporation to a minimum.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
How to Make Your Own Perfume From Fresh Flowers
Applying a beautiful smelling fragrance can be a real mood lifter but the synthetic perfumes you buy at the drugstore and department store are not only expensive but also contain a variety of chemicals that are thought to be harmful to health. One way to avoid the chemicals and still enjoy fragrance is to make your own perfume from flowers. If you grow your own flowers, you already have a source for making your own natural perfume. If not, you can buy the flower petals of your choice at your local florist or even ask a neighbor if you can borrow some of their unused petals. Be sure to take them some of the perfume you make to thank them for their kindness.
Here's how to make perfume from flowers:
Ingredients
* One and one-half cups flower blossoms of your choice
* Two cups of distilled water
* Aluminum pot
* Cheesecloth
* Funnel
* Glass perfume bottle
* Make perfume from flowers: Gather your ingredients
You can use any of a variety of flower petals to make your own perfume. You can be a purist and use the blossoms from a single flower or mix blossoms from several flowers to create your own unique signature fragrance. To make your first perfume, you'll need around a cup and a half of flower blossoms. Choose blossoms that haven't been sprayed. If you buy them from a florist or gardening center, verify with them that they're free of chemicals or pesticides.
Prepare your blossoms
Place your chosen flower blossoms into the aluminum pan along with two cups of distilled water. Turn the heat on high and allow your water to come to a complete boil. Once the water boils, turn down the heat to keep the temperature just below the boiling point. Allow the mixture to simmer for two and a half hours.
Prepare your perfume
Once the mixture has simmered for the allotted time, turn the heat down and allow your flower water to cool. Place cheesecloth into a funnel and slowly strain the flower water through the cheesecloth several times until all of the pulp is removed. Transfer your freshly made perfume to a pretty glass perfume bottle to enjoy at a later time.
Making perfume from flowers is so easy and inexpensive that you'll never go back to the chemical laden perfumes that abound at your local department and drugstores. Keep in mind that homemade perfume without preservatives will have a shorter shelf life. Homemade, all natural perfume in a decorative bottle also makes a thoughtful gift for almost any occasion. Don't forget to keep several bottles of your homemade perfume handy for your own enjoyment.
Article source : Xomba.com
Here's how to make perfume from flowers:
Ingredients
* One and one-half cups flower blossoms of your choice
* Two cups of distilled water
* Aluminum pot
* Cheesecloth
* Funnel
* Glass perfume bottle
* Make perfume from flowers: Gather your ingredients
You can use any of a variety of flower petals to make your own perfume. You can be a purist and use the blossoms from a single flower or mix blossoms from several flowers to create your own unique signature fragrance. To make your first perfume, you'll need around a cup and a half of flower blossoms. Choose blossoms that haven't been sprayed. If you buy them from a florist or gardening center, verify with them that they're free of chemicals or pesticides.
Prepare your blossoms
Place your chosen flower blossoms into the aluminum pan along with two cups of distilled water. Turn the heat on high and allow your water to come to a complete boil. Once the water boils, turn down the heat to keep the temperature just below the boiling point. Allow the mixture to simmer for two and a half hours.
Prepare your perfume
Once the mixture has simmered for the allotted time, turn the heat down and allow your flower water to cool. Place cheesecloth into a funnel and slowly strain the flower water through the cheesecloth several times until all of the pulp is removed. Transfer your freshly made perfume to a pretty glass perfume bottle to enjoy at a later time.
Making perfume from flowers is so easy and inexpensive that you'll never go back to the chemical laden perfumes that abound at your local department and drugstores. Keep in mind that homemade perfume without preservatives will have a shorter shelf life. Homemade, all natural perfume in a decorative bottle also makes a thoughtful gift for almost any occasion. Don't forget to keep several bottles of your homemade perfume handy for your own enjoyment.
Article source : Xomba.com
Here comes a bug to make your perfume smell nicer
A bug in a tropical grass root that provides oil to cosmetic and perfumery industries also imparts a variety of flavours and properties to the plant product, according to a new study.Vetiver grass is the only grass cultivated for its root essential oil, made up of chemicals called sesquiterpenes. These are used in plants as pheromones and juvenile hormones.
Studying the root, microbiologists Pietro Alifano and Luigi Del Giudice, plant biologist Massimo Maffei and their colleagues found that its root cells produce a few oil precursors, which are then metabolised by the root bacteria to build up the complexity of vetiver oil, according to an Eurekalert report.
"This research opens new frontiers in the biotech arena of natural bioactive compounds," said Alifano. "Pharmaceutical, perfumery and flavouring industries may now exploit the selected microbial strains and widen their metabolic libraries."
Source: Indo-Asian News Service
Thursday, November 27, 2008
How to Make Floral Perfume (Perfume Atomizer)
Perfume Atomizer
Walking through the mall, a delicious scent wafts out of one store and entices you. It's not coming from the food store, but the perfume store. After a long, hard walk past over-priced perfumes you wish, desperately, that you could make some of these things yourself. Now you can. While finding the right concoction will take time, here is how to get started.
Step 1
Make perfume the easy way. Place the cheesecloth, which is a cotton-like cloth, into the bottom of the bowl and let the ends hang out over the sides.
Step 2
Fill the bowl with flowers blossoms. Place the flower blossoms on top of the cheesecloth and dump the water in, making sure the flowers are completely covered. Let this sit covered overnight. Some sample flower blossoms include lavender, lilac, orange blossoms, honeysuckle, roses or anything that has a strong scent.
Step 3
Squeeze the water from the cheesecloth into a small pot, then boil the water until there is only a small amount left (about a teaspoon). Let it cool and then put it into the perfume bottle. This will only last about a month.
Step 4
Make oil-based perfume, which is the second type of perfume. Add all of the floral essential drops together. If you're only using one type of flower oil, you will want to add several drops instead of just one. On the other hand, if you are using several types of flower oils, one drop should do. You may have to experiment to find the perfect combination of oils for you. Some people like it strong, while others want the scent to be barely noticeable.
Step 5
Stir in the other ingredients. Mix the citrus-based oil, such as tangerine oil, in with the flower oil along with the jojoba oil, the vanilla extract and, if you want it, some drops of vitamin E extract.
Step 6
Pour the mixture into a bottle. Because it is oil-based, this will last longer than the other perfume, especially if you use the vitamin E extract and if you keep the lid on tightly.
Step 7
Sample the perfume before you wear it in public. You may want to smell it after it has been sitting quietly for a few hours to make sure you like the scent. If it's too strong, or not strong enough, you can modify it.
Article and Image source : eHow
Perfume Atomizer
Walking through the mall, a delicious scent wafts out of one store and entices you. It's not coming from the food store, but the perfume store. After a long, hard walk past over-priced perfumes you wish, desperately, that you could make some of these things yourself. Now you can. While finding the right concoction will take time, here is how to get started.Step 1
Make perfume the easy way. Place the cheesecloth, which is a cotton-like cloth, into the bottom of the bowl and let the ends hang out over the sides.
Step 2
Fill the bowl with flowers blossoms. Place the flower blossoms on top of the cheesecloth and dump the water in, making sure the flowers are completely covered. Let this sit covered overnight. Some sample flower blossoms include lavender, lilac, orange blossoms, honeysuckle, roses or anything that has a strong scent.
Step 3
Squeeze the water from the cheesecloth into a small pot, then boil the water until there is only a small amount left (about a teaspoon). Let it cool and then put it into the perfume bottle. This will only last about a month.
Step 4
Make oil-based perfume, which is the second type of perfume. Add all of the floral essential drops together. If you're only using one type of flower oil, you will want to add several drops instead of just one. On the other hand, if you are using several types of flower oils, one drop should do. You may have to experiment to find the perfect combination of oils for you. Some people like it strong, while others want the scent to be barely noticeable.
Step 5
Stir in the other ingredients. Mix the citrus-based oil, such as tangerine oil, in with the flower oil along with the jojoba oil, the vanilla extract and, if you want it, some drops of vitamin E extract.
Step 6
Pour the mixture into a bottle. Because it is oil-based, this will last longer than the other perfume, especially if you use the vitamin E extract and if you keep the lid on tightly.
Step 7
Sample the perfume before you wear it in public. You may want to smell it after it has been sitting quietly for a few hours to make sure you like the scent. If it's too strong, or not strong enough, you can modify it.
Article and Image source : eHow
Perfume Atomizer
Sunday, November 23, 2008
How to Make Essential Oils (Perfume Atomizer)
Perfume Atomizer
Essential oils can be quite expensive to buy so I though I would cover how you can make many of them at home.
Firstly, what is an essential oil? The formal definition for essential oil is that it is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid that contains volatile aromatic compounds from flowers and plants. In pure layman's terms it's the concentrated smelly stuff from flowers!
Most essential oils are made commercially by distillation. In this process the raw plant material, which can be in the form of flowers, bark, leaves, stems, roots or seeds, is placed on a rack above the water in a still. When the water is heated, the steam passes through the flowers vaporizing the complex volatile compounds. These vapors then pass through a cooling coil and condense back into liquid form. The essential oil itself then forms a film on the top of the liquid. It is then separated by skimming. The remaining water underneath the oil is a product known as a hydrosol and is often sold in this form as rose water or lavender water.
Unless you live in West Virginia and have a cousin with a still this probably isn't a practical method to use at home. Luckily distillation is a fairly modern method of producing essential oils so we have some more traditional alternatives for making our own fragrance oils.
Enfleurage is the process of placing flower petals or similar plant material onto trays of odourless vegetable oils which will absorb the flower's volatile essential oils. You can use a variation of the technique to make your own essential oils. Although this doesn't produce oils as concentrated as you can purchase, this is fairly easy to do at home given the raw materials.
You can use a variety of vegetable oils in this process including olive oil, sweet almond oil or refined jojoba oil.
How to make essential oils:
You will need:
Half a cup of oil
Four cups of tightly packed flowers (see instructions)
A wide-mouth jar such as a mason jar
A wooden mallet or similarA zipping plastic bag
Some cheesecloth for filtering
You will need four cups of flowers picked over the course of a week for the best results.
Put one cup of the flowers into the plastic bag and expel as much of the air as you can before sealing. Bruise the flowers in the bag with a wooden mallet. The idea behind putting them in a plastic bag first to cut down on the mess and to avoid losing any of the material. Don't bash them to a pulp, this isn't necessary, just hit the bag a dozen times gently.
Mix the flower material with the oil well and place it into the jar. Seal the jar and put it into a warm place for about 48 hours. A sunny window ledge or a warm spot in the kitchen is fine. The warmer the spot, the less time they need to be left but don't overdo the warming or you may damage the oils.
Filter the mixture through the cheesecloth and return the oil to the jar. Discard the filtered flower material.
Take the next cup of flowers and repeat the bruising process. Mix this batch with the oil from step one and leave in a warm place for another 48 hours or so.
Repeat twice more with the next two cups of flowers.After the final straining, transfer the oil to a storage bottle and keep in a cool, dark place. Colored bottles are ideal for storage. This will keep for up to a year.
This whole process to make your own essential oil will take a week or so so isn't as quick as the distillation process but of course doesn't involve the expense of building or buying a still.
Perfume Atomizer
Essential oils can be quite expensive to buy so I though I would cover how you can make many of them at home.
Firstly, what is an essential oil? The formal definition for essential oil is that it is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid that contains volatile aromatic compounds from flowers and plants. In pure layman's terms it's the concentrated smelly stuff from flowers!
Most essential oils are made commercially by distillation. In this process the raw plant material, which can be in the form of flowers, bark, leaves, stems, roots or seeds, is placed on a rack above the water in a still. When the water is heated, the steam passes through the flowers vaporizing the complex volatile compounds. These vapors then pass through a cooling coil and condense back into liquid form. The essential oil itself then forms a film on the top of the liquid. It is then separated by skimming. The remaining water underneath the oil is a product known as a hydrosol and is often sold in this form as rose water or lavender water.
Unless you live in West Virginia and have a cousin with a still this probably isn't a practical method to use at home. Luckily distillation is a fairly modern method of producing essential oils so we have some more traditional alternatives for making our own fragrance oils.
Enfleurage is the process of placing flower petals or similar plant material onto trays of odourless vegetable oils which will absorb the flower's volatile essential oils. You can use a variation of the technique to make your own essential oils. Although this doesn't produce oils as concentrated as you can purchase, this is fairly easy to do at home given the raw materials.
You can use a variety of vegetable oils in this process including olive oil, sweet almond oil or refined jojoba oil.
How to make essential oils:
You will need:
Half a cup of oil
Four cups of tightly packed flowers (see instructions)
A wide-mouth jar such as a mason jar
A wooden mallet or similarA zipping plastic bag
Some cheesecloth for filtering
You will need four cups of flowers picked over the course of a week for the best results.
Put one cup of the flowers into the plastic bag and expel as much of the air as you can before sealing. Bruise the flowers in the bag with a wooden mallet. The idea behind putting them in a plastic bag first to cut down on the mess and to avoid losing any of the material. Don't bash them to a pulp, this isn't necessary, just hit the bag a dozen times gently.
Mix the flower material with the oil well and place it into the jar. Seal the jar and put it into a warm place for about 48 hours. A sunny window ledge or a warm spot in the kitchen is fine. The warmer the spot, the less time they need to be left but don't overdo the warming or you may damage the oils.
Filter the mixture through the cheesecloth and return the oil to the jar. Discard the filtered flower material.
Take the next cup of flowers and repeat the bruising process. Mix this batch with the oil from step one and leave in a warm place for another 48 hours or so.
Repeat twice more with the next two cups of flowers.After the final straining, transfer the oil to a storage bottle and keep in a cool, dark place. Colored bottles are ideal for storage. This will keep for up to a year.
This whole process to make your own essential oil will take a week or so so isn't as quick as the distillation process but of course doesn't involve the expense of building or buying a still.
Perfume Atomizer
Monday, November 17, 2008
How to Make a Natural Perfume (Perfume Atomizer)
Perfume Atomizer
- Use the basic formula of 15% to 30% essential oil, 70% to 80% of pure grain alcohol, such as vodka, and 5% of distilled or bottled spring water to make perfume. Essential oil can be replaced with fragrance oil for a cheaper quality and price perfume. Fragrance oils however are not natural and do not make a natural perfume. Essential oil can easily be found in a craft store or health food store. Craft store 'essential oils' are most often not natural either, but are fine if being all natural does not matter to you. Store your perfume in a small glass or plastic container. You can buy a container with a sprayer at almost any local craft store. You might also be able to find vintage perfume bottles at thrift stores or flea markets.
- Note that you will have to play around with the oils to create the perfect scent. To start, try mixing ¼ cup of straight vodka with 5 drops of an essential fragrance or oil of your choice. Depending on how strong you want the perfume, you can let the mixture stand for as little as 48 hours all the way to a month. The longer it stands, the stronger it will be. After your perfume has sat for your preferred time, add 2 tablespoons of the diluted water. If the perfume is too strong for you, you can add more water to get your desired scent strength. To make your scent last longer, add a tablespoon of glycerin to your perfume mixture. Glycerin is a neutral, colorless, thick liquid. It can be found anywhere soap making supplies are found. When added to water and alcohol, glycerin remains liquid and helps the other ingredients dissolve faster and better.
- Remind yourself that when you are ready to start combining fragrance/essential oils for a scent that is completely unique, understand that there are three different notes in scented oil. The first is base notes, which will stay longest on your skin. Base notes include oils such as vanilla, cinnamon, and sandalwood. The second of the notes are middle notes, which add to the scent for a while, but not as long as the base notes. These oils include lemon-grass, geranium, neroli, and ylang-ylang. The last of the notes are the top notes which do what they say, they top off the scent. The top notes do not last as long as the other two notes, but add to the scent significantly. The top notes include oils such as rose, lavender, jasmine, bergamot, and orchard. When making a perfume of more than one scent, add the base note oil first. Follow the base note with the middle note oil, and finish with the top note oil.
Perfume Atomizer
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Choosing A Perfume (Perfume Atomizer)
Perfume Atomizer
The choice of fragrances and scents seems to grow wider every day, as manufacturers fight for our attention and try ever harder to distinguish their offerings from the competition. With such a selection to choose from, how does one even begin to know where to start when it comes to buying perfume?
Broadly speaking, all perfumes fall into one of six different categories based on their dominant top notes. Different categories will suit different people or occasions.
Earthy or woody type perfumes evoke smells of the forest, and are usually very refreshing. They often tend to appeal to the older generation, and may make ideal gifts.
Oriental fragrances use strong spicy scents, and are ideal for special social occasions, but be cautious giving them to anyone you don’t know well – these intense perfumes can be a very personal choice.
The so-called “greens” are much lighter than the orientals, and are well suited to more casual wear. Because they make a less dramatic assault on the nose, they are also safer to give as gifts!
Modern “oceanic” fragrances are becoming more and more popular, particularly among younger people who appreciate the intense but often quite unusual scents, which instantly bring to mind seaside scenes. Naturally these are an excellent choice in the warmer months when thoughts turn to holidays.
Spicy fruity perfumes are also a good warm-weather choice, and can be a good all-round choice for the woman who wants to wear something with some traditional base-notes but is a little different to the classic floral scents.
Finally, those classic floral fragrances are suitable for almost everyone and any occasion. But be wary of cheaper brands; this most feminine of all the main groups works best when the ingredients used are of high quality, and that means less expensive brands can smell exactly that.
Ultimately, choosing a fragrance is a very personal choice, and many women prefer to stick with what they know and buy the same thing year after year. But by trying different fragrances from the same group as your favourite smell, you may just discover a new gem.
by: Sara Blackmoore
Perfume Atomizer
The choice of fragrances and scents seems to grow wider every day, as manufacturers fight for our attention and try ever harder to distinguish their offerings from the competition. With such a selection to choose from, how does one even begin to know where to start when it comes to buying perfume?
Broadly speaking, all perfumes fall into one of six different categories based on their dominant top notes. Different categories will suit different people or occasions.
Earthy or woody type perfumes evoke smells of the forest, and are usually very refreshing. They often tend to appeal to the older generation, and may make ideal gifts.
Oriental fragrances use strong spicy scents, and are ideal for special social occasions, but be cautious giving them to anyone you don’t know well – these intense perfumes can be a very personal choice.
The so-called “greens” are much lighter than the orientals, and are well suited to more casual wear. Because they make a less dramatic assault on the nose, they are also safer to give as gifts!
Modern “oceanic” fragrances are becoming more and more popular, particularly among younger people who appreciate the intense but often quite unusual scents, which instantly bring to mind seaside scenes. Naturally these are an excellent choice in the warmer months when thoughts turn to holidays.
Spicy fruity perfumes are also a good warm-weather choice, and can be a good all-round choice for the woman who wants to wear something with some traditional base-notes but is a little different to the classic floral scents.
Finally, those classic floral fragrances are suitable for almost everyone and any occasion. But be wary of cheaper brands; this most feminine of all the main groups works best when the ingredients used are of high quality, and that means less expensive brands can smell exactly that.
Ultimately, choosing a fragrance is a very personal choice, and many women prefer to stick with what they know and buy the same thing year after year. But by trying different fragrances from the same group as your favourite smell, you may just discover a new gem.
by: Sara Blackmoore
Perfume Atomizer
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Taking a Closer Look at Perfumes (Perfume Atomizer)
Perfume Atomizer
If you are interested in making your own perfume for personal use or for a small business, it is first important to understand the difference in terminology. For instance, perfume and perfume oils are two different things. Our modern, store bought perfumes traces its beginnings to perfume oils.
Back in the olden times, perhaps as far back as ancient Egypt, perfume oils per given as special gifts to royalty. Now, with our mass market mentality and lifestyle, perfume oils have degraded down to what we know as perfume which we can buy at perfume counters in our favorite shops and department stores.
The basic difference between the two is in the strength and concentration of scent. Perfume oils are highly concentrated and will yield a purer fragrance that will last much longer than its modern counterpart. This makes perfume oils much more valuable and expensive than regular perfumes.
The reason why commercially available perfumes are not concentrated is because the perfume oils are mixed with alcohol to dilute the mixture. Some perfumes however use other body oils as carriers to maintain that long lasting fragrant effect. This particular information is important to note so that when you make your own perfume, you can be guided as to what type of substance would be preferable to mix with the perfume oil to be able to suit your needs.
For instance, if you will be using the perfume for personal consumption, you might not want to scrimp on yourself do away with carrier substances altogether. However, do take note that in some cases, individuals find that they develop allergic reactions to the high concentrations of essential oils so it is prudent to use just a little on your skin. After all, a little is all you need.
Perfume oils, because of its concentration and merits may fetch a higher price than regular perfume. If you are making your own perfume for a small business, you might decide to make the right blend of perfume oil and carrier substance without compromising too much purity of the perfume oil. This will help you gain an edge over other perfumes and aid you in making a profit.
When you make your own perfume, it is important to test your product first on a lot of different types of people using different types of formulations as control. You see, perfume oils and its perfume version may smell differently on the same person. As you know, scents react differently on different body chemistries so not one scent will smell exactly the same on different people. This part of the production procedure is important only if you intent to sell your own perfume commercially. Otherwise, it is quite easy to figure out the right scents for you personal use with a few personal tests.
Another things to test and experiment on, is the blend of different perfume oils to create unique fragrances. The right fragrance of course is the scent that's right for you. To find the right blend, you will have to do some experimenting. Once you get knowledgeable about the different properties and scents of the different perfume oils, you can easily figure out which types of scents go well together and produce a wonderful fragrance.
Last you will need to think of packaging. Whether the perfume will be for personal or commercial use, you need to make sure to use the right packaging that won't compromise your product.
Perfume Atomizer
If you are interested in making your own perfume for personal use or for a small business, it is first important to understand the difference in terminology. For instance, perfume and perfume oils are two different things. Our modern, store bought perfumes traces its beginnings to perfume oils.
Back in the olden times, perhaps as far back as ancient Egypt, perfume oils per given as special gifts to royalty. Now, with our mass market mentality and lifestyle, perfume oils have degraded down to what we know as perfume which we can buy at perfume counters in our favorite shops and department stores.
The basic difference between the two is in the strength and concentration of scent. Perfume oils are highly concentrated and will yield a purer fragrance that will last much longer than its modern counterpart. This makes perfume oils much more valuable and expensive than regular perfumes.
The reason why commercially available perfumes are not concentrated is because the perfume oils are mixed with alcohol to dilute the mixture. Some perfumes however use other body oils as carriers to maintain that long lasting fragrant effect. This particular information is important to note so that when you make your own perfume, you can be guided as to what type of substance would be preferable to mix with the perfume oil to be able to suit your needs.
For instance, if you will be using the perfume for personal consumption, you might not want to scrimp on yourself do away with carrier substances altogether. However, do take note that in some cases, individuals find that they develop allergic reactions to the high concentrations of essential oils so it is prudent to use just a little on your skin. After all, a little is all you need.
Perfume oils, because of its concentration and merits may fetch a higher price than regular perfume. If you are making your own perfume for a small business, you might decide to make the right blend of perfume oil and carrier substance without compromising too much purity of the perfume oil. This will help you gain an edge over other perfumes and aid you in making a profit.
When you make your own perfume, it is important to test your product first on a lot of different types of people using different types of formulations as control. You see, perfume oils and its perfume version may smell differently on the same person. As you know, scents react differently on different body chemistries so not one scent will smell exactly the same on different people. This part of the production procedure is important only if you intent to sell your own perfume commercially. Otherwise, it is quite easy to figure out the right scents for you personal use with a few personal tests.
Another things to test and experiment on, is the blend of different perfume oils to create unique fragrances. The right fragrance of course is the scent that's right for you. To find the right blend, you will have to do some experimenting. Once you get knowledgeable about the different properties and scents of the different perfume oils, you can easily figure out which types of scents go well together and produce a wonderful fragrance.
Last you will need to think of packaging. Whether the perfume will be for personal or commercial use, you need to make sure to use the right packaging that won't compromise your product.
Perfume Atomizer
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The tricks behind the perfect choice of perfume (Perfume Atomizer)
Perfume Atomizer
A girl or a man passes you by and you hardly gave notice. But as they walk away, a scent so captivating is left behind. You can't resist it and turned you head back. "Who is that," you will ask yourself.
Such are the effects of perfumes. But don't go immediately and buy yourself a set of perfumes. There are a couple of things that you need to consider. Perfumes are as complicated as dresses, shoes and accessories.
You need to get something that compliments your whole character. Check out the various scents and try to determine if they define who you are. Some of the themes or scents available in the market include don't havets of perfumes. head back. "Who is that," you will ask yourself.
Chypre fragrances which gives off a woody, floral, and mossy base and citrus base scents which comprises of fruity fragrances like grapefruit , lemon, or tangerine. Another set of scents are floral which seems to be one of the most popular at present.
Also available are Oriental or amber types. These perfumes give off aromas like musk, vanilla, spice, animal scents and combination of flowers and woods.
One of the best tip in buying a perfume is to relax and don't be hasty. If a new scent came out on the shelves don't go rushing in. Take your time. See, or rather smell, if the perfume is really something that you would like. In trying on some perfume, make sure that you apply just a little on the back of each hand. Then go around your normal business. Eat at the mall or go shopping with friends or companion.
After a while, smell the perfumes on your hand. If you still like the scent then by all means consider buying it. The reason behind this little experiment is that perfumes change over time when applied to your body. Body chemistry differs to each person too. So what might smell good on your friend might not be that great on you. Also, what smell great on you now might not be that good after an hour or two.
Perfumes are made of layers. The first one is the scent you smell after you apply the perfume immediately. This layer gives off the first impressions but fades rather quickly. The middle layer of a perfume consists of the smell of the perfume as it mellows or reacts to your skin or body chemistry.
You can smell this layer in thirty minutes or so after applying the perfume. The final layer is the base and contains the richer scents. It is the main theme of the perfume and it will blend with the middle layer. This smell usually manifests after more than thirty minutes of applying the perfume.
Once the perfume have reached this layer, only then can you really determine if the scent is something that you would like or something that would compliment your character.
If you find out that current market or commercial perfumes don't match your personality, you could always try to make your own perfumes. There are a lot of ways to make your own. You could do some experimentation with perfume oils or essential oils.
You might also find the pursuit as an interesting hobby and might get hooked at the almost endless possibilities of scents or fragrances. The commercial perfumes are made form synthetic chemicals which give off quite different scents from natural essential oils. But to make your own perfume also means to create a scent that is only yours and yours alone.
Perfume Atomizer
A girl or a man passes you by and you hardly gave notice. But as they walk away, a scent so captivating is left behind. You can't resist it and turned you head back. "Who is that," you will ask yourself.
Such are the effects of perfumes. But don't go immediately and buy yourself a set of perfumes. There are a couple of things that you need to consider. Perfumes are as complicated as dresses, shoes and accessories.
You need to get something that compliments your whole character. Check out the various scents and try to determine if they define who you are. Some of the themes or scents available in the market include don't havets of perfumes. head back. "Who is that," you will ask yourself.
Chypre fragrances which gives off a woody, floral, and mossy base and citrus base scents which comprises of fruity fragrances like grapefruit , lemon, or tangerine. Another set of scents are floral which seems to be one of the most popular at present.
Also available are Oriental or amber types. These perfumes give off aromas like musk, vanilla, spice, animal scents and combination of flowers and woods.
One of the best tip in buying a perfume is to relax and don't be hasty. If a new scent came out on the shelves don't go rushing in. Take your time. See, or rather smell, if the perfume is really something that you would like. In trying on some perfume, make sure that you apply just a little on the back of each hand. Then go around your normal business. Eat at the mall or go shopping with friends or companion.
After a while, smell the perfumes on your hand. If you still like the scent then by all means consider buying it. The reason behind this little experiment is that perfumes change over time when applied to your body. Body chemistry differs to each person too. So what might smell good on your friend might not be that great on you. Also, what smell great on you now might not be that good after an hour or two.
Perfumes are made of layers. The first one is the scent you smell after you apply the perfume immediately. This layer gives off the first impressions but fades rather quickly. The middle layer of a perfume consists of the smell of the perfume as it mellows or reacts to your skin or body chemistry.
You can smell this layer in thirty minutes or so after applying the perfume. The final layer is the base and contains the richer scents. It is the main theme of the perfume and it will blend with the middle layer. This smell usually manifests after more than thirty minutes of applying the perfume.
Once the perfume have reached this layer, only then can you really determine if the scent is something that you would like or something that would compliment your character.
If you find out that current market or commercial perfumes don't match your personality, you could always try to make your own perfumes. There are a lot of ways to make your own. You could do some experimentation with perfume oils or essential oils.
You might also find the pursuit as an interesting hobby and might get hooked at the almost endless possibilities of scents or fragrances. The commercial perfumes are made form synthetic chemicals which give off quite different scents from natural essential oils. But to make your own perfume also means to create a scent that is only yours and yours alone.
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How to Make Perfume (Perfume Atomizer)
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One of the things teens and adults need to feel and smell good when going out is perfume. There are various brands in the market bought local and foreign that are worth buying but those who don’t have enough dough can try experimenting and making up a concoction at home.
The first thing the individual should do is get the important ingredients to make this work. This is normally made up water, essential oils and pure grain alcohol better known as vodka.
There are various types of perfumes in the market. There is the perfume or body splash, cologne, the Eau De Cologne and the Eau de Toilette that are made from plant and animal oils.
Homemade perfumes essentially come from plant oils. These are not that expensive and can be purchased from various stores. When all the materials are ready, it is time to go to work.
An important thing that the person has to know that there are 3 types of notes when it comes to making perfumes. There are the base, middle and top notes. These vary depending on how long the scent will last on the skin.
Base notes could last up to 8 hours or more on the body. Perfume companies normally use cedar wood, cinnamon patchouli, sandalwood and vanilla in making a product. Some examples of middle notes are bottle nut meg, geranium, neroli and ylang-ylang. The essential oils to create top notes are bergamot and lavender.
The different notes will never work without another type of note known as the bridge note. This will help blend the various scents together making the whole thing work. Some examples of bridge notes are litsea cubeba, lavender and lemongrass.
Is it possible to use all the three notes to make a perfume? The answer is yes. The individual can drop a few amounts of each into the test tube so these will mix together. The person should smell it to check on it and if everything is going well, this is the time that two ounces of vodka are also placed inside.
Smelling the product is not the best way to check if it is working. A small amount must be applied to the skin to make sure it does not have any adverse reaction.
The drops placed from the essential oils and the vodka won't even reach halfway point of the test tube. If the smell is still good, this should be stored in a cool place for 48 hours before this is mixed with water and then letting it come out through a coffee filter.
The finished perfume is then placed in a small plastic bottle with a sprayer on top. Some prefer to use a dark colored container so that the contents will last longer before it is time once again to produce a new batch.
The rule of thumb for perfumes is that the longer it is stored, the stronger is the smell. So, it is the choice of the individual whether to make the concoction last for an hour or longer.
The process of producing the right scent takes a lot of patience. Sometimes, putting more one type of note can change everything and the individual will have to start over. The same thing also happen with companies trying to produce new products for the consumer so the person shouldn’t worry since everyone is in the same boat.
Perfume Atomizer
One of the things teens and adults need to feel and smell good when going out is perfume. There are various brands in the market bought local and foreign that are worth buying but those who don’t have enough dough can try experimenting and making up a concoction at home.
The first thing the individual should do is get the important ingredients to make this work. This is normally made up water, essential oils and pure grain alcohol better known as vodka.
There are various types of perfumes in the market. There is the perfume or body splash, cologne, the Eau De Cologne and the Eau de Toilette that are made from plant and animal oils.
Homemade perfumes essentially come from plant oils. These are not that expensive and can be purchased from various stores. When all the materials are ready, it is time to go to work.
An important thing that the person has to know that there are 3 types of notes when it comes to making perfumes. There are the base, middle and top notes. These vary depending on how long the scent will last on the skin.
Base notes could last up to 8 hours or more on the body. Perfume companies normally use cedar wood, cinnamon patchouli, sandalwood and vanilla in making a product. Some examples of middle notes are bottle nut meg, geranium, neroli and ylang-ylang. The essential oils to create top notes are bergamot and lavender.
The different notes will never work without another type of note known as the bridge note. This will help blend the various scents together making the whole thing work. Some examples of bridge notes are litsea cubeba, lavender and lemongrass.
Is it possible to use all the three notes to make a perfume? The answer is yes. The individual can drop a few amounts of each into the test tube so these will mix together. The person should smell it to check on it and if everything is going well, this is the time that two ounces of vodka are also placed inside.
Smelling the product is not the best way to check if it is working. A small amount must be applied to the skin to make sure it does not have any adverse reaction.
The drops placed from the essential oils and the vodka won't even reach halfway point of the test tube. If the smell is still good, this should be stored in a cool place for 48 hours before this is mixed with water and then letting it come out through a coffee filter.
The finished perfume is then placed in a small plastic bottle with a sprayer on top. Some prefer to use a dark colored container so that the contents will last longer before it is time once again to produce a new batch.
The rule of thumb for perfumes is that the longer it is stored, the stronger is the smell. So, it is the choice of the individual whether to make the concoction last for an hour or longer.
The process of producing the right scent takes a lot of patience. Sometimes, putting more one type of note can change everything and the individual will have to start over. The same thing also happen with companies trying to produce new products for the consumer so the person shouldn’t worry since everyone is in the same boat.
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
The Perfume Atomizer
Perfume Atomizer
What is Perfume Atomizer
Perfume in some anatomy or other has been about back age-old times. The Mesopotamians and Egyptians, Greeks and Romans all-powerful their bodies with perfumed oils and ointments. And in order to accumulate their products fresh they bare containers to abundance them. Archaeological excavations have unearthed ceramics and alabaster containers in Egyptian tombs and admirable bowl and glass containers from around the Mediterranean.
Perfume bottles have always been as arresting as the perfume they contained and assorted styles have been created over the years. Murano and Venetian glass makers started making admirable perfume bottles in the 16th and 17th centuries and the British baffled apply and ceramics in the 18th. During the 19th Century, with the appearance of mass production, alone fabricated perfume bottles were replaced with a highly designed but uniformly produced containers.
Initially, the big perfume makers did not have atomizers on their bottles but instead had some sort of cork or glass plug or stopper. The glass stopper could be used as a "dabber". To place the perfume on the body.
Perfume atomizers have always been an odd mix of elegance and chemistry lab utilitarianism. The graceful scent bottles of old were produced in a variety of shapes and sizes and a variety of materials including m crystal, cut glass, porcelain and enamel, with delicate filigree, or gold, silver, and jewel accents, paired with Bunsen burner-like tops connected to small rubber turkey baster-like rubber bulbs. When the bulbs were squeezed, they sent a fine mist of perfume through the nozzle of the Bunsen burner-like top.
The Perfume Atomizer Today
While the perfume atomizer of today has sacrificed elegance for convenience, it remains an essential part of a woman’s travel kit. Resembling an extra large tube of lipstick when closed, the modern perfume atomizer, with its top removed has a spray nozzle cap like those on spray mousse cans. The cap can be unscrewed so that perfume can be poured into the base through a small funnel included with the perfume atomizer. Most of these atomizers hold between one and two ounces of perfume, which should be enough to last for two to four weeks of travel.
The perfume atomizer is ideal for storing perfume, because it does not have to be opened once it is filled, and keeps evaporation to a minimum. It also allows the user to spray a fine mist of perfume into the air and simply step through it, achieving an even distribution of perfume over her body instead of having it concentrated at the pulse points. And it’s a great way to turn a signature body scent into a signature air freshener!
Perfume Atomizer
What is Perfume Atomizer
Perfume in some anatomy or other has been about back age-old times. The Mesopotamians and Egyptians, Greeks and Romans all-powerful their bodies with perfumed oils and ointments. And in order to accumulate their products fresh they bare containers to abundance them. Archaeological excavations have unearthed ceramics and alabaster containers in Egyptian tombs and admirable bowl and glass containers from around the Mediterranean.
Perfume bottles have always been as arresting as the perfume they contained and assorted styles have been created over the years. Murano and Venetian glass makers started making admirable perfume bottles in the 16th and 17th centuries and the British baffled apply and ceramics in the 18th. During the 19th Century, with the appearance of mass production, alone fabricated perfume bottles were replaced with a highly designed but uniformly produced containers.
Initially, the big perfume makers did not have atomizers on their bottles but instead had some sort of cork or glass plug or stopper. The glass stopper could be used as a "dabber". To place the perfume on the body.
Perfume atomizers have always been an odd mix of elegance and chemistry lab utilitarianism. The graceful scent bottles of old were produced in a variety of shapes and sizes and a variety of materials including m crystal, cut glass, porcelain and enamel, with delicate filigree, or gold, silver, and jewel accents, paired with Bunsen burner-like tops connected to small rubber turkey baster-like rubber bulbs. When the bulbs were squeezed, they sent a fine mist of perfume through the nozzle of the Bunsen burner-like top.
The Perfume Atomizer Today
While the perfume atomizer of today has sacrificed elegance for convenience, it remains an essential part of a woman’s travel kit. Resembling an extra large tube of lipstick when closed, the modern perfume atomizer, with its top removed has a spray nozzle cap like those on spray mousse cans. The cap can be unscrewed so that perfume can be poured into the base through a small funnel included with the perfume atomizer. Most of these atomizers hold between one and two ounces of perfume, which should be enough to last for two to four weeks of travel.
The perfume atomizer is ideal for storing perfume, because it does not have to be opened once it is filled, and keeps evaporation to a minimum. It also allows the user to spray a fine mist of perfume into the air and simply step through it, achieving an even distribution of perfume over her body instead of having it concentrated at the pulse points. And it’s a great way to turn a signature body scent into a signature air freshener!
Perfume Atomizer
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