Most of us have a special liking to perfumes. These fragrant liquids make us smell good.

But perfumes are very expensive. And some people are sensitive to these liquids because of the presence of various chemical preservatives in them.

These problems can be solved by preparing perfumes of your choice at home. Homemade perfumes cost you less than the ones that are available in the market. After much experience you will be able to prepare your own fragrant liquid that really suits you. All you need is a range of few oils and distilled water to prepare them. People who are sensitive to the chemicals may find these homemade perfumes useful as they are completely made of natural products.

Homemade Perfumes can be prepared either with essential oils or with fragrance oils. Essential oils are extracted from the natural sources and are in general very costly. And most of them are sensitive to these oils. So you can stick to them after gaining much experience in the blending processes. People who are sensitive to these oils can continue using fragrance oils. Fragrance oils are a mixture of natural and chemical components. You can easily afford these at much lower costs.

The quality of the perfume mostly depends on the blending techniques. To make a perfect perfume, one has to acquire the art of blending all the ingredients effectively. This can be achieved with practice

Few of the famous recipes to prepare homemade perfumes are given below.

Orient Nights Perfume Recipe:

• Add 4 drops of musk essential/fragrance oil to 4 drops of sandalwood essential/fragrance oil.
• Also add 3 drops of frankincense essential/fragrance oil and 2 teaspoons jojoba oil to them.
• Blend all the ingredients.
• After blending shake the mixture before pouring into a glass bottle. Generally prefer colored glass bottles to store these perfumes.
• Let this mixture settle for about 12 hours in a cool dark place.

Simple homemade perfume:

• Collect a cup of fresh flowers and chop them.
• Take a bowl and place a cheese cloth on it.
• Place these chopped flowers on the cheese cloth.
• Then add about 2 cups of water to it.
• Set aside for about 12 hours.
• Then, extract the scented water into the bowl by squeezing the cheese cloth.
• Boil this scented water on a very low flame until a small amount of the liquid is left.
• Cool it and store it in a colored glass bottle.
• Repeat this procedure until a generous amount of liquid is collected.
• This liquid can be stored for about a month.

Flower essence perfumes:

• Take about 50 ml of ethyl alcohol and add 12 drops of lemon essential oil/fragrance oil.
• Also add 2 drops of Sage essential oil/fragrance oil, 30 drops of rosemary essential oil/fragrance oil, 2 drops of mint essential oil/fragrance oil, 5 drops of neroil essential oil/fragrance oil and 5 drops of rose essential oil to it.
• Blend all of them.
• After blending, pour this mixture into a colored glass bottle.
• Set it aside undisturbed for about 10 hours in a cool dark place.
• This perfume has a shelf life period of 30 days.

Solid Perfumes:

• Melt 2 tablespoons of beeswax pellets or grated beeswax on a low flame. You can also use a water bath to melt it.
• Then add 1/4 teaspoon of stearic acid, 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon of sweet almond oil, 1/4 teaspoon of emulsifying wax and 2 tablespoons of distilled water to it without removing from the flame.
• Let all the ingredients melt completely.
• Make sure to stir continuously. This helps in even blending.
• Then add 1 to 2 teaspoons of essential oil/fragrance oil. Continue stirring to blend them all.
• Then pour this blended mixture into a small jar.
• Do not microwave any of the ingredients.

Homemade perfume with lavender fragrance:

• Take a dark colored airtight glass bottle and fill it with two cups of distilled water.
• Add four tablespoons of ethyl alcohol to it.
• Also add ten drops of bergamot essential oil and ten drops of lavender essential oil to it.
• Blend them all by shaking the bottle.
• Set it aside for 48 hours in a cool dark place.
• Shake once again before testing the perfume after 48 hours.