This is an aftershave recipe that I found online ages ago (can't remember where at the moment) and made for a friend, and have since had a repeat request for it (always a good sign). I christened it "North" and it has a woody, slightly smoky smell.
I made it up in a mini spray bottle from Boots (75ml) and it contains:
- 40ml denatured ethanol (you can also use 100% proof vodka)
- 7.5ml water
- 7.5ml essential oils
The essential oils are made up from:
- 24 drops sandalwood
- 18 drops cedarwood
- 18 drops juniper
- 12 drops frankincense
- 12 drops myrrh
- 6 drops black pepper
- 6 drops pine
It's meant to have 3 - 6 weeks to "mature" while the essential oils get to know each other.
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Mmmm, a very nice combinatiön of essential oils & booze! Well done :-).
ReplyDeleteI'll spend new year's day concocting "North." It will B a pleasure indeed.
Perhaps obtaining naming-copywright on North, may stop a large cosmetic organisation snapping up your name.
U could share the recipe in europe, in exchange for many herbal treatments used today (that could be shared on this site).
If this site accessed old-continent treatments, your scent could also be called "Norde" (North).... or am I thinking globally again?
Anyway, I'm a new member. I look forward to sharing my hobby of creating tinctures, oils, infusions, etc, with like-mined people.
May everyone enjoy a prosperous and peaceful New Year.
Kind regards, Ana
Hi Ana, thanks for your comments. This is a really nice scent. The one thing I'm still not happy with is that the perfume & aftershave I've made doesn't stay on as long as commercial ones. I wonder if it needs some kind of "fixing" ingredient. Another one to research at some point! I'd be interested to hear how you get on, and if you set up a blog or site let me know so that I can come and have a look! Warm regards, Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteHi Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteI made my own blend of perfume from essential oils. I love it - my daughter says it smells like Fenjal.
Like you, I tried the blend in oil and I liked the way it made your skin glow at the same time. The perfume was long lasting.
Then I tried using vodka as the mixer. The resinous oil - Benzoin - tends to 'glob'. It disperses when I shake the bottle but soon reforms. When I first it sprayed it on my skin, it came out ORANGE! My daughter packed up laughing but I don't care and I wear it regardless. Then I saw a recipe for Glace perfume so I made that. The recipe is:
Glace de Perfum
An excellent carrier for scent, this formula is rich, yet sinks right into the skin, leaving NO greasy after-feel.
Ingredients List
Beeswax, white or yellow 5 grams
Carnauba wax 4 grams
Fractionated Coconut Oil 50 g
Mango butter 5 grams
20-25 drops essential oil or fragrance blend
Vitamin E , natural, 10 drops
I used cocoa butter instead of mango butter as I don't have mango butter. You just put ingredients in your bain marie and melt. When it has all melted tog., put your oils in and pot up. It sets fairly quickly. I used about 60 drops all told (20 - 25 was not enough for me) but, compared to the whiff of Lush's solid perfumes, mine erred on the tame side!
Take care
Lynne aka Ariadne (too many aliases!)