Dior, chanel, Jane Doe. You too can become a perfume make at home if you have an entrepreneurial spirit and a little know how. The techniques involved in perfume making are age old and quite simple.
What is required above all is the desire to learn the art how to discrimate between different scents. To make perfume you must be prepared to make yourself an expert in smell. This is the crucial thing in becoming a perfume entrepreneur. Your nose is the most important piece of equipment and you already have it. All you have to do is train it.
A perfume maker needs to be conscious of smell. Most of us go about without thinking about smell. If we a notice particularly bad smell we are revolted. If we catch a really beautiful smell we are delighted. But we seldom think about the more subtle smells that surround us all day.
Begin by thinking about smell. This is the first step in training your nose to discern smells. If you want to make perfume you must learn to smell. Learn what a lemon smells like. Compare it to an orange. Sniff different spices. Try to distinguish between them.
Go outside or into another room and sniff the air. Close your eyes and concentrate. What can you smell? Think like a perfume maker. Count how many smells you can discern.
It is no good doing that in a room where you have been sitting for several hours. Time is important in perfume. Your nose becomes habituated to smells. All the receptors in your nostrils are filled up with the molecules that make up the smells in that room. Whether it is the cat on the sofa or the vase of flowers on the dresser, your nose stops smelling them.
Even if you walk through a field of gorgeous flowers your nose will become accustomed to the smells after a time. The molecules of essential oils will still be in the air but you will not be able to discern them. This is an imprtant thing to understand in perfume.
We’ve all had the experience of walking into our homes after being away and suddenly becoming aware of the smells, whether pleasant or unpleasant, that we usually don’t notice. A perfume maker needs to refresh their nose. If you spend all day mixing a batch of perfume you will stop smelling it.
A perfume must have a range of essential oils if it is to have a continuing effect. This is what we mean when we talk about the notes in a perfume. Some notes, usually the flowery ones, will be discerned at once. Other notes in the perfume, usually the woody ones, will only be discerned more gradually. A balanced perfume that has fresh, floral and woody notes will give a lasting effect.
The essential oils are what we smell in a perfume. Essential oils are volatile substances that vaporise in the air. They are sensitive to heat and light. So in the preparation of a perfume and its storage we must protect them from both or they will be lost.
If you are making perfume on a small scale then the equipment needed is very simple. Jars, bowls and funnels are all that you need. As you progress to making perfume on a commercial scale you may need a more elaborate set up but the prcinples are the same. Remember always that your aim in making perfume is purity. You must protect your perfume from contamination to get a perfect product that will delight you and your customers.
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