Most people and brands are striving hard to create a unique fragrance. The main objective behind creating the unique fragrance is to create a pleasing signature scent. When it comes to blending two aromatic notes, there are so many important things that need to be considered while mixing.
1.Blending According to Note
If you are mixing two different scents based on the notes, then you should not select more than five oils from the three different note families. Some may recommend you to mix the notes in 1:1:1 (top: Middle: base). Some recommend 3:2:1 and some may suggest you add in 4:2:1.
When you mix the fragrance according to the notes, you will smell the top note first and it will disappear quickly. The middle note of the fragrance will become clear after some time. Finally, you will get acquainted with the final aroma.
The perfume scent does not just interact with the chemistry of your body, but it changes with time. The most important thing after blending the different notes is that you like this aromatic blend.
2.Long-Lasting Fragrance
The most important thing which you need to consider is that various base note essential oils like myrrh are mostly used in the blend for fixing purposes or to make the aromatic mix long-lasting. In perfume mixing, the fixed vegetable oil like jojoba wax is also used as a base for making the fragrance long-lasting.
3.Drop-By-Drop Blending
You can experiment with the note ratios to determine the best mix. But, the drop-by-drop blending technique is amazing because it offers an amazing approach to create a balanced perfume. This technique is quite simple and amazing.
You can store the blended fragrance in a stock bottle to make the spray, massage oil, rollerball, solid perfume, or whatever you want to have.
While adding each drop, you should maintain the record in a separate notebook. It is quite easy to forget what you have done while blending. With the help of a record in the notebook, you can easily regenerate the same fragrance again.
How To Mix Drop-by-Drop:
- Take a drop of the base oil and add one drop to the bottle. Now, smell the fragrance.
- After that, add a middle drop and mix it around. Again, smell the aroma and try to determine the differences.
- Now again add one more drop of the top note. Again, swirl the bottle, smell it and observe the changes. For instance, if you want to mix lavender rose essential oil, then you should add these two essential oils drop by drop.
- Now, go back and add one drop of each of the essential oils. You can also add two drops of each essential oil in the bottle as per your needs. After some time, you may observe that your sense of smell is confused and tired. We recommend you smell coffee beans to clear the olfactory.
- Once you have obtained the blend which you like, then close the cap of the bottle and keep it aside for a few days.
You should let your newly obtained perfume sit for some days. Sometimes, the aroma changes with time. It is one of the most difficult parts, but the results will be worthy. You should smell the perfume bottle many times in the next few days to find out how aroma changes.
Also, you can dip a cotton ball in the newly obtained fragrance and see how fragrance changes when it is exposed to air. Smelling the fragrance directly from the bottle may not give you the right sense of the blend’s aroma. If you are happy with the perfume, you can keep the stock of this type in different bottles.
4.Selecting an Oil Base
The Jojoba wax works efficiently when used as the oily perfume base. This oil is therapeutic for your skin and also improves the lifespan of the perfume. This type of oil does not have an odor. Also, you can consider using infused oil as a base, but you have to consider the aroma of the oil.
5.Dilutions
The perfume is applied only to a very small region of your skin. In case, the essential oil which you are using is skin-friendly, then you do not need to worry about any sensitive reaction. The concentration of the essential oil in the perfume is very low, approximately 10 to 50 percent, based on the perfume type.
Make sure you test the sensitivity and pay attention to the safety parameters while selecting the oil. It is very important to make sure that the perfume that you have created will not do any reactions.
Final Words:
Mixing two essential oils to create a unique fragrance is an amazing and fun-filled process. You have to follow the specific rules while mixing the essential oil. Make sure you achieve your objectives without any problem.
