doctordial
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I want to try to make an aftershave using a oil with mint and lavender. I want it to smell masculine. Does anybody have any suggestions for what can make it smell masculine?
Considering making a aftershave.
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Many masculine fragrances have a woody base. Cedar, cypress, sandalwood would all work. As would vetiver.
Look at the scent profiles for aftershaves you enjoy and work from there.
Look at the scent profiles for aftershaves you enjoy and work from there.
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doctordial
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Got it.
You could use a masculine lavender splash type cologne for the basic fragrance and add a small amount of peppermint essential oil. Or, you could use a combination of peppermint and spearmint essential oils.
Peppermint essential oil naturally contains some menthol, and is pretty potent. You could add additional menthol to the mix if you wanted more.
Take a look at Puig Agua Lavanda, a classic Spanish scent. It is not expensive if you get it from a Spanish market. Usually $5-10 for a huge 750ml bottle. It is around 60% alcohol and is intended to be splashed on after bathing, so it starts off stronger and then tapers off for an hour or two. This is not a cologne where you just use a few drops, you are supposed to use it liberally!
Peppermint essential oil naturally contains some menthol, and is pretty potent. You could add additional menthol to the mix if you wanted more.
Take a look at Puig Agua Lavanda, a classic Spanish scent. It is not expensive if you get it from a Spanish market. Usually $5-10 for a huge 750ml bottle. It is around 60% alcohol and is intended to be splashed on after bathing, so it starts off stronger and then tapers off for an hour or two. This is not a cologne where you just use a few drops, you are supposed to use it liberally!
Oakmoss & lavender plus some mint should make for a very classic scent.
Correction: I checked the bottle and it is 71% alcohol! You could dilute it some with distilled water and maybe some witch hazel.
Remember to be careful with essential oils. You always want them to be fairly diluted before applying to the skin (depends on the oil but <2%). It is possible to develop a sensitivity to essential oils, which is like a rash or allergy. You really don't want that.
Joking aside, what is or isn't masculine is cultural. There's also sub categories of masculine. Musk scents are certainly considered masculine but a "classic" masculine for older men. It seems woods are also considered masculine, perhaps not as classic, especially when rounded out with something like, say, a citrus, though I wouldn't think citrus itself would be considered masculine on its own.
You know about scent triangles, I presume?
Gasoline. Turpentine. Sweat.
use essential oils, not fragrance oils.
To 'man' it up - maaaaany options, some of which may be Amber, Oakmoss, Cedar, Sandalwood, Tonka, Labdanum.
Do some homework on mixing frags, learn about EOs, absolutes, accords, notes, etc.
Learn about alcohol types. I used to use Everclear or Perfumer's Alcohol - SDA-40b.
To 'man' it up - maaaaany options, some of which may be Amber, Oakmoss, Cedar, Sandalwood, Tonka, Labdanum.
Do some homework on mixing frags, learn about EOs, absolutes, accords, notes, etc.
Learn about alcohol types. I used to use Everclear or Perfumer's Alcohol - SDA-40b.
Hoppe's No.9 Bore Cleaner
They used to make a car freshener with that scent.
I love turpentine. The idea of turpentine aftershave appeals to me more than it probably should.
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