How To Make Perfume

  • November 6, 2009
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You’ll be a breath of fresh air wearing your own custom-made fragrance.

You Will Need

  • A bowl
  • Cheesecloth
  • 1 c. chopped fragrant blossoms
  • 2 c. spring water
  • A plate
  • A saucepan
  • A tiny bottle
How To Make Perfume: Fit the cheesecloth inside the bowl

Step 1: Fit the cheesecloth inside the bowl

Fit the cheesecloth inside the bowl. Make sure it comes up over the edges.

How To Make Perfume: Add blossoms

Step 2: Add blossoms

Add blossoms. Honeysuckle, lilac, and lavender make great perfume fragrances.

How To Make Perfume: Pour water over blossoms

Step 3: Pour water over blossoms

Pour water over the blossoms. Make sure they get a good soaking.

How To Make Perfume: Place plate over bowl

Step 4: Place plate over bowl

Place the plate over the bowl. Keep it covered overnight.

How To Make Perfume: Pull out cheesecloth and blossoms

Step 5: Pull out cheesecloth and blossoms

Pull out the cheesecloth with the blossoms.

How To Make Perfume: Squeeze the bundle of blossoms

Step 6: Squeeze the bundle of blossoms

Squeeze the bundle of blossoms and collect the water in the saucepan.

How To Make Perfume: Simmer fragrant water

Step 7: Simmer fragrant water

Simmer the fragrant water, reducing it to one teaspoon. Cool the water.

Match your fragrance with your need. Scents such as lavender, for example, are often used for their calming effect.

How To Make Perfume: Pour water into the bottle

Step 8: Pour water into the bottle

Pour the teaspoon of water into the bottle. You’ve now created your own special fragrance – that will last for one month.

When asked what she wore to bed, Marilyn Monroe replied, “Chanel No. 5.”

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Comments (3)

shiny412

thanks for sharing. but i also think it is difficult to make, i prefer to buy from the internet. http://www.fragrancesvip.com

about 1 year ago by shiny412

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sarit

If you please try once at home. Not at all difficult. This is natural, safe, has no side effect in long run &; cheap. Ofcourse you could buy, but most of them are chemicals, artificially fragmented. It is a real fun making fragrance at home...................Sarit

about 1 year ago by sarit

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doglove

shes really ugly

about 1 year ago by doglove

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