Mix perfume with essential oil patchouli

What you need:

• 2 glass bottles for the delicate fragrance:
• 10 milliliters of ethanol
• 15 drops of iris
• 15 drops of jasmine
• 10 drops of patchouli
• for the heavy scent:
• 10 milliliters of jojoba oil
• 10 drops of patchouli
• 8 drops of sandalwood
• 4 drops of ylang
• 4 drops of rose oil
• 4 drops of jasmine

Mixing your own perfume is something special. Mixing itself is not that difficult. The correct composition of the essential oils used, however, requires a little practice, as not every fragrance works harmoniously with everyone. So that nothing goes wrong, you will find two recipes for a perfume with patchouli each.

Patchouli - woody and distinctive

• About 30 to 50 kilograms of leaves of the patchouli plant are needed to produce one kilogram of patchouli oil. Patchouli has been used as a base note in perfume production for centuries.
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• The aroma of patchouli is unmistakable and reminds you of damp, mossy forest floor. The scent is heavy and sticky, woody and at the same time balsamic-sweet. It is part of many men's perfumes. Patchouli becomes more valuable with age. The scent evaporates very slowly. This is why you can use it to make soap.
• A perfume is mixed with a top note, a heart note and a base note. You will notice the top note first. It dissipates very quickly. The heart note stays longer on the skin. You perceive this as the centerpiece of the fragrance. Finally, the base note comes into play. Patchouli forms the base note of your perfume when you use it for mixing. The scent stays on the skin the longest. Its aroma varies depending on the texture of your skin.

Mix perfume with essential oils - this is how it works

You can mix alcoholic or oil-based perfumes. Oil-based perfumes last longer than alcohol-based perfumes.

1. To prepare, add the specified amount of ethanol or oil to a small vial.
2. Then add the essential oils.
3. Shake the mixture well.
4. Let this sit in a cool place for about two weeks. In between, you should shake the bottle every now and then.

Two recipes for perfume with patchouli

• Mix 10 milliliters of ethanol with 15 drops of iris, 15 drops of jasmine and finally 10 drops of patchouli. The result smells romantic and delicate.
• For a perfume with a heavy note, mix the following essential oils in 10 milliliters of high-quality jojoba oil Oils: 10 drops of patchouli, 8 drops of sandalwood, 4 drops of ylang, 4 drops of rose oil and 4 drops Jasmine.
• Fill your perfume with patchouli in a beautiful bottle. In addition to your nose, your eyes will also enjoy it.
• If you want to compose your own fragrance for a perfume, do not use more than 35 drops of essential oil per 10 milliliters of vegetable oil or alcohol. Mixing is not that difficult. Finding the right composition is an exciting and creative task.