Anyone ever try to make your own.....

[toddsmith7378]

Yeah, I know .....this is a bit obsessive, but here's my logic......I'm already obsessive about this hobby and have found my way to places like SCS, Mama bear, and Ogallala who I believe all are original formulas.

So I figure I'm a pretty creative dude and can try my luck with some essential oils and some everclear with the best of them........I can hear the chuckles from here, but the expense of just one very high end cologne is also an exercise in hilarity.

So anyways, I got some various oils and started to get creative.....not the best idea.....as my first batch of stank was pretty nasty. I decided to only combine a couple of oils in mixtures like they present on basenotes.....pretty good results, but I'm still in the dark largely and operating on my own.

Anyone out there try this, if so I'd love to hear some proven formulas from some dude's.

 

[Sue]

For a start, type " how to make cologne " in search. Read everything you can and watch You Tube links.

Read the websites of reputable sellers of EO and FO; they will usually suggest typical blends. Many FO's are wonderful too, don't discount them. Purchase dipstick ml. vials, disposable plastic pipettes and blotter papers; most importantly keep good notes and label your vials with waterproof labels and label blotter papers as you use them.

Start with the basic notes and try the suggested mixes in labelled vials and then test them by using just a drop or two on perfume blotter paper. Smell the blotter papers frequently over a couple of weeks as the fragrance blend morphs.

After a period of time when you smell a blend, you will think ... I like this but it needs some XXXX. Keep the original and add what is missing to a few drops in a second tube so you can go back to square one if the choice is wrong. If you need 1.5 drops of something, dilute w/1=1 carrier oil to cut it.

Gradually the different scents contained in a fragrance will be predominate when you concentrate on the scent. Not all, of course but your knowledge will grow over time. Don't expect miracles overnight; either with yourself or the time involved. It's a long process. When your nose gets overwhelmed, smell fresh coffee beans and walking away works.

When you find a blend you like, mix two drops of your blend with 4-6 drops of carrier oil and put a dab on your wrist. Try it over a couple days smelling it every hour as it will change.

After time and trialing and the mix passes, then you have to think of a name.

Good luck ~ The world always needs more great fragrances!

Sue

 

[StylinLA]

If it interests you, it could be pretty cool. It would fun to create your own scent and be able to take credit for it. As Sue said, you should put in some research time online.

My sense is, it's not as easy as it seems. You may start with some pretty basic and linear kind of scents. Whenever I wear Versace L'Homme, I am blown away by the sheer number of notes in that scent and how they work in harmony with each other.

I think that most big time perfumers are pretty close to being chemists. If they're not truly "official" PhD chemists, they're probably sort of "savant" chemists within in the world of perfume and the various synthetics and natural elements used in that industry.

But I think if you've got some common sense, patience and interest you could have some fun. I think one of our members, Dullah, has a fair amount of experience with this.

 

[Chuck Norris]

I love this. I've definitely tinkered with EOs myself. I eventually came back to the conclusion that some designer fragrances are masterpieces that i can't compete with. However, in the experimenting process you learn to recognize individual notes very clearly, and you learn your preferences with single notes. This allows you to decide which frags you might like based on their ingredients. Bonus: you might also someday be able to wax pretentious on some forum websites

 

[Featherweight]

It's something I've considered doing myself, but there are some warnings. Various essential oils, when used without certain cohesion agents, can caused skin irritation.

 

[Razdict]

No, but if you want to avoid the EO photosensitive reactions and such you can use synthetics like most of the perfume industry these days.

Try The Perfumer's Apprentice. You can probably get anything you want. Excepting Alice of course.

 

[toddsmith7378]

Wow..thanks. Some real knowledgeable help here. Thanks. Just checked the Perfumer's apprentice and that looked pretty informative also....

The mixes are smelling better, but I can certainly see this is an art that will require some significant experience to get even moderately good at. Still lot's of fun, however I'm not going out in my wafty creations just yet.

 

[satanas]

Hello to everyone on the forum.

I like to mix Geranium and Ylang Ylang pure essential oils with water.

I place a drop of each in my palm, add a little water, rub into my palms, and apply.
Works great, the aroma is very pleasant, and it is also good for you.
Sometimes I like just the Geranium oil alone with the water.

Although I will admit I also like Clubman, Kananga water, and Florida water, but at least three or four times a week I will use the essential oils.


Quick intro:
I have been DE shaving since around '58, or '59.
Always been a Gillette man, probably will die a Gillette man.

My current favorite razor is the 1940's era Gillette Tech, and I like using carbon steel blades with it.
I used to love the Gillette blue blades, but the prices I see for them is outrageous, so I now have to use Treet carbon blades.

Once again, hello to the forum.

 

[kprincehouse]

Welcome to B&B, Satanas!

 

[Tyronious]

I think about the same thing all the time, I just never got started.

Let me know how you're doing, it might finally inspire me to finally get started on my own.