Before starting, you must know all the scents associated with the essential oil.
This will enable you to pick the right scent you want.
- Earthy: musk, vetiver, patchouli
- Floral: ylang-ylang, violet, rose, neroli, jasmine, geranium
- Fruity: orange, mandarin, lime, lemongrass, lemon, grapefruit, bergamot
- Herbal: rosemary, peppermint, lavender, clary sage, chamomile, basil, angelica
- Spicy: nutmeg, juniper, ginger, coriander, clove, cinnamon, cardamom, black pepper
- Woodsy: sandalwood, pine, cypress, cedarwood, cassia Now that you know the basic materials and oils, start creating fragrances with the many all-natural recipes in this article. You will soon be able to start experimenting with new scents. Have fun!
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Sweet Floral Fragrance
Ingredients
Essential oil: Ylang – 3 drops
Essential oil: Patchouli – 2 drops
Essential oil: Sweet Orange – 2 drops
Alcohol (high-proof grain, like vodka) – 0.5 fluid ounce
Directions
1. Take a clean glass jar and pour alcohol in it.
2. With a dropper add essential oils. Make sure to clean the dropper with rubbing alcohol before switching to the next essential oil.
3. Stir the mixture and pour it in a glass bottle.
4. Let it stay for –4 weeks, shaking it occasionally.
Exotic Blend Fragrance
Ingredients
Essential oil: Bergamot (bergaptene-free) – 3 drops
Essential oil: Palmarosa – 2 drops
Essential oil: Rose – 3 drops
Essential oil: Sandalwood – 4 drops
Alcohol (high-proof grain, like vodka) – 0.5 fluid ounce
Directions
1. Pour alcohol in a clean glass jar.
2. Start adding essential oils with a dropper, making sure the dropper is dipped in rubbing alcohol first to make it clean before switching to the next essential oil.
3. Stir well
4. Pour it in a glass bottle.
5. Set it aside for 2–6 weeks, shaking it occasionally.
Spicy Hot Fragrance
Ingredients
Essential oil: Bergamot (bergaptene-free) – 11 drops
Essential oil: Bay – 8 drops
Essential oil: Vetiver – 3 drops
Essential oil: Neroli – 2 drops Water – 3 fluid ounces
Alcohol (high proof grain like vodka) – 1 fluid ounce
Directions
1. In a clean glass jar, pour alcohol.
2. With a dropper add all essential oils. Make sure to clean the dropper with rubbing alcohol before switching to the next essential oil.
3. Stir the mixture.
4. Pour it in a glass bottle.
5. Let it stay for 2–5 weeks (shake it occasionally).
Floral Rich Fragrance
Ingredients
Essential oil: Jasmine – 2 drops
Essential oil: Bergamot (bergaptene-free) – 6 drops
Essential oil: Sandalwood– 3 drops
Essential oil: Vanilla – 5 drops
Essential oil: Rose– 2 drops Light Carrier oil (like apricot kernel, sweet almond or grapeseed) – 0.5 fluid ounce
Directions
1. Take a clean glass jar and pour carrier oil in it.
2. Start adding essential oils with a dropper, making sure the dropper is dipped in rubbing alcohol first to make it clean before switching to the next essential oil.
3. Pour the mixture in a glass bottle all the while stirring it well.
4. Let it sit for 3 days mixing it occasionally.
Sweet and Fresh Blend Fragrance
Ingredients
Essential oil: Vanilla – 10 drops
Essential oil: Peppermint – 2 drops
Essential oil: Lavender – 9 drops Light Carrier oil (like apricot kernel, sweet almond or grapeseed) – 0.5 fluid ounce
Directions
1. Take a clean glass jar and pour in the carrier oil.
2. Start adding essential oils with a dropper, making sure the dropper is dipped in rubbing alcohol first to make it clean before switching to the next essential oil.
3. Stir well.
4. Pour it in a glass bottle.
5. Set it aside for 3 days, occasionally mixing it.
Musk Fragrance
Ingredients
Essential oil: Vanilla – 10 drops
Essential oil: Cedarwood – 7 drops
Essential oil: Myrrh – 7 drops
Essential oil: Frankincense – 9 drops
Essential oil: Patchouli – 9 drops Light Carrier oil (like apricot kernel, sweet almond or grapeseed) – 1 fluid ounce
Directions
1. Pour carrier oil in a clean glass jar.
2. With a dropper, add all the essential oils all the while cleaning the dropper with rubbing alcohol before switching to next oil.
3. Stir well and add in a glass bottle.
4. Let it sit for at least 3 days, occasionally mixing it.
5. This blend can be used as a separate fragrance or in place of a musk oil for other perfume blends.
Woodland Fragrance
Ingredients
Essential oil: Bergamot (bergaptene-free) – 1 drops
Essential oil: Cedarwood – 2 drops
Essential oil: Fir Needle – 2 drops
Essential oil: Vetiver – 1 drops
Essential oil: Spruce – 4 drops Water – 3 fluid ounces
Jojoba oil – 1 tsp
Directions
1. Add all essential oils with a dropper in a glass jar. Make sure to clean the dropper with rubbing alcohol before switching to the next essential oil.
2. Mix the oils evenly.
3. Add Jojoba oil in the mixture.
4. Stir the mixture.
5. Pour it in a glass bottle.
6. Add more drops of essential oil if a stronger scent is required.
Cucumber and Aloe Blend
Ingredients
Cucumber – 1
Lemon Juice – ½ Lemon
Aloe Vera gel – 1 tsp
Rosewater – 1 tbsp
Directions
1. Peel and cut cucumber in tiny pieces. Put the pieces in a blender and blend for 1 minute.
2. Strain the lemon juice with a napkin or cheesecloth into a glass jar to remove the entire lemon seeds and residue.
3. Add the rest of the ingredients in the glass jar and mix. You can use a blender to mix the mixture.
4. Add distilled water as needed to dilute the mixture.
5. Pour it in a glass bottle.
6. Store in your fridge.
Tropical Blend Fragrance
Ingredients
Distilled water – 1 fluid ounce
Vanilla extract – 1 tsp Alcohol – 1 tsp
Vegetable glycerin – 1 tbsp
Coconut oil – 0.5 fluid ounces
Essential oil: Grapefruit – 5 drops
Essential oil: Neroli – 15 drops
Directions
1. Pour distilled water in a glass jar.
2. Mix together alcohol and vanilla extract then add the mixture in water.
3. Add vegetable glycerin slowly, immediately followed by coconut oil.
4. With a dropper, add all the essential oils all the while cleaning the dropper with rubbing alcohol before switching to next oil.
5. Mix well.
6. Pour it in a glass bottle and let it sit for 1 day.
7. Always shake well before every use.
Vanilla Lavender Fragrance
Ingredients
Vanilla extract – 10 drops
Alcohol – ½ cup
Vegetable glycerin – 2 tbsp
Coconut oil – 0.5 fluid ounces
Essential oil: Lavender – 15 drops
Dried Lavender flowers – 1 cup
Vanilla beans – 2 whole
Directions
1. Cut open vanilla beans and place them in a glass jar with lavender flowers.
2. Add alcohol and cover the lid of the jar.
3. Let the mixture sit for 7 days.
4. Strain lavender flowers and vanilla beans from the mixture.
5. Add vanilla extract, glycerin and lavender essential oil in the mixture. Let it sit for 4-6 weeks.
6. Once more, strain the mixture and pour it in a glass bottle.
Midnight Garden Fragrance
Ingredients
Essential oil: Cedarwood – 6 drops
Essential oil: Clove – 15 drops
Essential oil: Lavender – 9 drops
Distilled water – 2.5 tbsp
Alcohol – 3 fluid ounces
Jojoba oil – 1 fluid ounce
Directions
1. In a glass jar, pour jojoba oil.
2. Start adding essential oils with a dropper, making sure the dropper is dipped in rubbing alcohol first to make it clean before switching to the next essential oil.
3. Add alcohol. Cover the lid of the jar and shake well.
4. Let the jar sit for 2–6 weeks,. mixing occasionally.
5. Add distilled water and shake well.
6. Pour the mixture in a glass bottle.
