It’s a well known fact that most people prefer smelling good to giving off unpleasant odors. This is one of the reasons why there is a great demand for perfumes as a regular part of most people’s daily hygiene. Perfumes come in different forms, fragrances, quality and price range. There are luxury perfumes from high end perfume brands, cheaper perfumes from more affordable perfumers; niche perfumes from independent perfumers and artisan crafters.

However, it is quite interesting that although a perfume might sell for a high price, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it is made with expensive ingredients. Also, the fact that a perfume sells for very little money doesn’t mean it is made with low quality ingredients.

While the perfume making process is basically the same for making perfumes in different price ranges, manufactures with lower overall production cost might be able to offer good quality fragrances at cheaper prices. Sometimes, all it comes down to is the profit margin applied to the finish product. A perfume that cost $2 to make might be sold for $10 by some affordable perfume brands, while a luxury brand might market the same product for $80. In such a situation packaging, marketing and branding are usually what makes the difference.

Ultimately, the perfumes people buy comes down to taste and affordability. As much as most of us like to be associated with luxury, some of us have champagne taste and beer budget.  Given that not everyone can afford to buy expensive luxury perfumes, many perfume manufacturers cater for the less expensive part of the market. There are beautiful perfumes for every taste and budget and they can be sourced from a wide range of outlets.  Cheap perfumes, designer perfumes, discounted perfumes and everything in between can be bought on the internet, at shopping malls, fragrance boutiques and other venues. Read the rest of this entry »»

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Perfume making is fun, exciting and addictive! Once you get reeled in, you’re hooked for lifed and sentenced to a scent filled, decadent existence.

For most men and women, perfumes are considered to be the perfect beauty accessory. Such people don’t need to have flashy cars or diamonds to feel good or attract attention; a few squirts of their choice perfume can simply do the trick. This is particularly so when we meet people, one of the first things we notice about them is how they smell; good or bad?

What’s more, buying perfumes to wear is still considered a luxury or treat by some people, especially if the fragrances they are buying are limited edition designer perfumes or exclusive niche type perfumes. Women in particular often buy perfumes as a means of pampering and indulging themselves. Moreover, while some people are quite happy to buy ready to wear scents made by designer perfume brands, others prefer to learn how to make perfume at home and create their own unique fragrances.

So, how does one go about creating a perfume?

The first step in making perfume is choosing the right perfume ingredients. This is very important because the quality of the ingredients will determine the quality and sometimes, the price tag of the finished perfume for those planning to sell their blend. The main ingredients used in making perfumes are aroma chemicals, essential oils and fragrance oils. They are added to a base; typically perfumers’ alcohol or an oil based carrier like fractionated coconut oil. The strength of the perfume is mainly dependent on the intensity, type and quality of the raw materials used.

One of the most lingering and persistent class of fragrant compounds used in the perfume making process is aroma chemicals. They are commonly and extensively used in most commercial perfumes. Some of the other long-lasting materials used to extend how long a scent last on the wearer’s body are obtained from animal sources. This type of materials include Ambergris; a waste product excreted by the Sperm Whale and Civet oil from the Civet cat.

Once upon a time, in the early days of perfumery natural musk obtained from the musk deer was highly used in perfume blends because of its persistence and long lasting effect in blends. The use of this product was phased out in the last 30 years because the musk deers were becoming extinct, since they had to be killed for their musk to be harvested. These days most perfumes only contain aroma chemicals, fragrance oils and essentials oils obtained from plants and flowers.

All in all, learning to make your own perfume can be quite easy. Great perfumes can be blended with minimal fuss and for a lot less than people pay for brand name designer perfumes. A simple perfume recipe containing the most basic of ingredients can create beautiful perfumes, and with access to the right ingredients and blending instructions, you can learn to make perfume very quickly.

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The perfume industry is a billion dollar enterprise that has brought fame and wealth to those who are able to conceptualize a truly memorable and unique fragrance.  It may be considered a luxury for some, but one cannot deny the fact that scents are such confidence boosters and mood enhancer. It is impossible for one to ignore or make light the significance and impact of perfumes in all our lives.

When purchasing any type of fragrance, one has to be aware not just of scents but also of concentration categories to determine if one is indeed getting value for money.  A perfume is mostly composed of fragrant materials added to a choice base or carrier.  The base can be perfumer’s alcohol or other neutral no-scented solvents like jojoba oil or coconut oil, just to name a few.

It is important for the consumer to understand concentration levels to determine just how potent and lasting a fragrance is once sprayed. Both Eau de Toilette and Eau de Parfum are the most common fragrance concentration levels used in the business.  Aside from that these two, there are several other types with varying levels of potency.

Eau de Parfum is the second highest level of fragrance concentration.  It is also known as Eau de Perfume or Millesime. Fragrances classified under this level have a concentration of anywhere between 10 to 20%, 15% being the most commonly used.

On the other hand, Eau de Toilettes have lower fragrance concentrations (around 5 to 12%; 10% being the average) and are the most common version sold in department stores for the brands they stock.  Also referred to as toilette water, perfumes classified at this level of concentration usually have high alcohol content and is considered a weak perfume because of its more diluted state.

Most toilette waters use floral notes as their principal scent and theme (florals are more frequently used than any other types of scents in creating a body splash fragrance and after bath or shower products).  As can be expected, an Eau de Toilette scent, due to its diluted nature, actually fades faster as compared to Eau de Parfum fragrances.

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Do you love perfumes and have always wondered how they are made? Well, you’re not alone. Perhaps you’ve even gone beyond that and have already dipped your toes in the waters of perfume making as a hobby and now wonder how you can make money from it.

If this describes you then you’ll be happy to know that it’s not an impossible objective, making perfumes to sell can be relatively easy. Your fun hobby might just be an ideal way to earn money working from home.

There has always been a lot of mystery around the art of perfume making. Most leading perfumers/perfume houses have trade secrets of how they compose their blends and where they source their raw materials from. Regardless of their efforts however, certain things can’t remain hidden forever, the secret always come out sooner or later.

There are several ways and methods of creating perfumes; some are quite complex and time consuming. Other methods are more straight forward and easy to learn; providing convenient short cuts that can help just anyone grasp the nitty-gritty of perfume blending in no time. All you need is the accurate, how to information from the right source and you’re good to go.

It’s certainly nice to know it’s reasonably simple to find out how to go about making your blends because there are some good guides out there to help you get started. Unfortunately, along with the good you always get the bad! There are a lot of so called ‘free perfume making tips’ floating about out there on the world wide web. Most of these are absolutely inaccurate and could end up making you frustrated and giving up. Don’t get discouraged though if that’s already happened to you, simple and effective perfume making techniques can be learnt fairly easily with access to the right information and good quality ingredients.
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The gorgeous fragrance of nature‘s abundance of flowers are superbly captured in quite a lot of floral perfumes these days. This is mainly due to the imagination and creativity of the skilled perfume makers that make them.

Many of these artisans are absolute perfectionists, who refuse to give up until they achieve their set goals of creating fabulous scents.  Some of the blends they come up with smell identical to the scents of various fresh flowers we are familiar with and other botanical odors like cut grass, herbs and leaves. They are also able to create other odors that do not smell like any recognizable or naturally occurring fragrance, but that smell divine all the same.

Most floral scents are actually created from aroma chemical molecules rather than natural essential oils. The fact that these perfumes are mostly created from man-made ingredients does not mean they are inferior or less beautiful because they are not made up with essential oils. As a matter of fact, it is not uncommon to find outstandingly floral perfumes that are made up with 100% odor molecules created in a chemistry lab.

Ultimately, the creation of masterpiece perfumes is usually down to the use of top quality perfume ingredients and the talents of creative perfumers and dedicated alchemists who are forever coming up with exceptional fragrance notes to titillate and entice our senses.
Here are some extra interesting information about floral perfumes:

Question 1 – What is the origin of floral perfumes?
Answer:  Floral perfumes are not new to the perfume industry; in fact they are perhaps the earliest perfume classification. In the early days of perfume making different types of flower blossoms were distilled or soaked in volatile solvents to extract their fragrant essences. The oils and distillates obtained during these processes were then mixed into different of bases such as oils and alcohol to dilute them and make them safe for application on the body.

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There is a saying that goes; if your job is doing something you like to do, it won’t feel like work.
Whatever it is that you are good at and love doing might just be a means of you earning a living somewhere down the line.  As such, it is makes sense when looking for a hobby to consider those that have the potential to make you some money in addition to the enjoyment it already you already get from it.

If you have a good look round you, you will see that there are many people engaging in jobs or businesses that are in keeping with their favorite past-time activities. This could be photography, writing, embroidery, making perfumes, amongst many other hobbies that make money.

One good way to make money from a hobby is learning how to make perfume at home.  Needless to say, the market for fragrance is massive and those involved in this business sector.  find it highly profitable. The main reason for this is no doubt due to the fact that perfume is a universally loved product that appeals to almost everybody.

If you are interested in making your own perfumes to sell, you will first need to figure out you the kinds of perfumes you want to create.  Since so many people are really into the “green movement” in recent years, you might decide to concentrate on perfumes that are one hundred percent natural.  On the other hand, you might opt for the conventional route and just make the regular type of perfumes that everyone is already familiar with.

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The answer, of course, is a resounding yes!
One should always believe in the adage that one truly gets what one pays for.  For instance, a perfume made with poor quality raw materials may cost less but also may be filled with harmful chemicals that might irritate one’s skin.

If you like to create your own perfume, always aim to use superior quality components as much as you can. If on the other hand you prefer to buy ready to wear perfumes, quality should still be considered. Although quality sometimes comes at a premium, there is still a common ground where it can still be obtained at reasonable cost.

Buying really cheap perfumes in order to save money can seem wise in the short term; however you may end up spending a lot more for dermatologist check-ups in the long run if it contains harmful materials.  Meaning that it’s actually a false economy and you would have saved nothing at all.

Another reason for using the best quality perfume ingredients to design fragrances is that scents made with these tend to last longer and produce better scent throw on the wearer’s body. If a perfume is too fleeting in its presence and requires constant spraying, then it’s not a well crafted blend. What’s more having to constantly buy more and more of the stuff because you keep running out of it can turn out to be a real pain and money drain.

Most perfumes, whether mass produced or custom made enhances an individual’s personal hygiene and adds some of allure to the wearer’s being.  So it’s wise to always pick one made with the best possible ingredients if buying a ready-made one.

If making your own perfume, the best tip to purchasing high-quality perfume ingredients in your blends is to simply source them from reputable and highly trusted industry suppliers. Get this right and you will be able to create some excellent fragrances on a consistent basis.

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Puttin’ on the spritz!

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Cute little spritzer you fill with your own perfume

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Almost everyone loves a natural perfume.  The aroma and the scent is enough to make one swoon.  It also has such a variety of uses.  In the olden days people used them to mask undesirable body odors; regular baths were not on the list of essential daily hygiene for a lot of people. Plus access to clean water was a luxury. Nowadays appealing scents have also become to society a way of enhancing one’s beauty.

It entices one’s sense of smell and can also attract potential mates.  It conveys sensuality and power; creates long lasting impressions; and is essential in uplifting one’s spirits.  Who has not at least associated a loved one or a particular memory with a specific scent?

With its ever growing popularity, one finds more people wanting to know learn more about perfume making and its formulation techniques.  Personalization of almost every item one owns is indeed a trend that shows no sign of stopping anytime soon.  Plus with a more personalized perfume, one can be sure that the scent is not too strong or is potent enough; blended to one’s specific preferences and tastes.  Heck! It’s not uncommon now to come across classified ads all over the World Wide Web offering perfume making courses in various locations around the world, usually at very high prices.

Some common perfume additives include natural perfume ingredients like essential oils extracted from specific plants and flowers.  There are also materials derived from animal by products. One of these is Ambergris a compound passed out by the spam whale after digesting its food. For those who are against the use of animal products of any sort, there is a perfect alternative in Labdanum, which is obtained from plants and produces an amber type fragrance note.

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Most scents are built on a theme, the most basic of which is either floral or fresh smelling. Additional notes known as highlights are then added to make the perfumes more balanced.  The top note is the first noticeable scent, but is also the one that evaporate the fastest.  The second type is known as the middle or heart note and the last type is the base note, which is the note that lingers the longest.

In the simplest sense, perfume making basically involves mixing together a number of fragrance notes which can be made up of aroma chemicals, fragrance oils or essential oils. The art is in the blending of the fragrance notes desired in the finished perfume, and knowing how much of what to add to the blend.  Adding a drop too many of a particular scent can completely alter the final product.

In order to produce a truly great fragrance, one must always ensure that nothing but the  ingredients are used to ensure the quality of the scent. People may wonder if this is important.

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Remy Baker is a perfume maker/entrepreneur and the author of Scent2Riches; Making Perfume From Home Guide. Remy loves everything about perfume making and enjoys showing others the tricks of the trade; especially how to make perfumes for less than $5

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Niche perfumery can be explained as small scale or specialized perfume making. They are often an alternative to mass produced fragrances. The aim of most niche perfume specialist is to offer different and unconventional blends, to meet the needs of clienteles who want who want that little bit extra or something different from the commercial perfumes that are generally available.

A lot of small scale perfumes making businesses are doing particularly well in the fragrance market place because of the unique services they offer for customers. They are able to tap into several very profitable niches that the big perfume houses are not really interested in. By offering unusual fragrances that the major perfume houses don’t make, some niche perfumers are raking in millions every year.

Some prefer to work with natural ingredients exclusively, using only the very best botanical essentials oils in their blends while others might choose to only make alcohol free perfumes. Perfume making is a versatile and interesting field that allows for endless creativity for a niche perfume maker.

These types of perfume makers are even more relevant nowadays with the current state of the global economy and people being careful with their money. People spend a lot more time seeking out exactly what they want rather than buying whatever’s handy and hoping it works.

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So how does one go about starting a niche perfume business?

Learning to appreciate scents and their characters is absolutely essential for any budding perfumer. Scents to a perfumer are like what colors means to an artist.  They provide an outlet for the expression of the perfumer’s creativity, emotions, style and spirit of adventure.

Anyone wanting to delve in to the world of fragrance making will need to spend some time familiarizing themselves with perfume ingredients and the perfume industry itself.

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