tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219920172857167151.post8524703482011939487..comments2024-03-12T03:58:24.292+00:00Comments on apotheblogary: Scent up NorthElizabeth Marshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06363134597242305894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219920172857167151.post-40342824793511576952009-06-29T19:40:56.166+01:002009-06-29T19:40:56.166+01:00Hi Elizabeth
I made my own blend of perfume from e...Hi Elizabeth<br />I made my own blend of perfume from essential oils. I love it - my daughter says it smells like Fenjal.<br />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. <br /><br />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:<br />Glace de Perfum <br />An excellent carrier for scent, this formula is rich, yet sinks right into the skin, leaving NO greasy after-feel. <br />Ingredients List <br />Beeswax, white or yellow 5 grams<br />Carnauba wax 4 grams<br />Fractionated Coconut Oil 50 g<br />Mango butter 5 grams<br />20-25 drops essential oil or fragrance blend<br />Vitamin E , natural, 10 drops <br /><br />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!<br /><br />Take care<br />Lynne aka Ariadne (too many aliases!)50think30https://www.blogger.com/profile/14155927808818540246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219920172857167151.post-19616870792392021332009-01-05T22:35:00.000+00:002009-01-05T22:35:00.000+00:00Hi Ana, thanks for your comments. This is a really...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, ElizabethElizabeth Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06363134597242305894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219920172857167151.post-2929429783469801962009-01-01T00:56:00.000+00:002009-01-01T00:56:00.000+00:00Mmmm, a very nice combinatiƶn of essential oils &a...Mmmm, a very nice combinatiƶn of essential oils & booze! Well done :-). <BR/><BR/>I'll spend new year's day concocting "North." It will B a pleasure indeed.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps obtaining naming-copywright on North, may stop a large cosmetic organisation snapping up your name. <BR/><BR/>U could share the recipe in europe, in exchange for many herbal treatments used today (that could be shared on this site). <BR/><BR/>If this site accessed old-continent treatments, your scent could also be called "Norde" (North).... or am I thinking globally again?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm a new member. I look forward to sharing my hobby of creating tinctures, oils, infusions, etc, with like-mined people.<BR/><BR/>May everyone enjoy a prosperous and peaceful New Year. <BR/><BR/>Kind regards, AnaAnastasia711https://www.blogger.com/profile/10047767637310623408noreply@blogger.com