Ditch the usual commercial-use perfumes and make your own chemical-free perfume with these amazing essential oil blends!
If you are familiar with essential oils, you know their many benefits. After all, after a long, tiring day, all you crave is some relaxation and calmness, and that is exactly what an essential oil in a diffuser can provide. But that is not all.
Did you know you can make your own DIY perfume with essential oil blends? Whether the answer is yes or no, in this article, we will look at how you can easily create perfume out of essential oils and what the different essential oil blends are that you can try to use.
What To Keep In Mind When Making A Perfume Out of Essential Oils?
You must have noticed how your regular perfume hints at different essences and fragrances. The same applies to a perfume made from essential oils. Essential oils can be divided into three main categories: top notes, middle notes, and base notes. We will explore each of those.
Top Notes for DIY Perfume
In simple words, the top notes of any perfume basically mark the “first impression” or the first smell that we get after application. There can certainly be exceptions, but generally, most perfumes consist of citrus-y or herb-y oils as top notes. The fact to note about top notes is that they evaporate quite quickly, often within half an hour of application. Top notes should compose 30% of a perfume’s composition.
If you are creating your own essential oil blend of perfumes, the best essential oils to use as top notes are orange, lemon, lime, tangerine, bergamot, spearmint, eucalyptus, clary sage, and grapefruit.
Middle Notes for DIY Perfume
Middle notes can rightfully be termed the heart of a perfume. They make an “appearance” as the top notes start wearing off. Middle notes mostly help mask any unpleasant odor that may be coming from base notes, as base notes start smelling better with time. Floral and spicier oils comprise the middle notes, constituting 50% of the perfume.
If you are looking for middle notes for your own perfume, you could choose from essential oils like- lavender, geranium, rose, nutmeg, coriander, cardamom, jasmine, ylang ylang.
Base Notes for DIY Perfume
While top notes make a perfume’s “first impression” and middle notes make up its heart, base notes showcase the perfume’s depth. Typically, base notes consist of earthy or woodsy essential oils and comprise the last 20% of a perfume’s composition.
When making a DIY perfume out of essential oils, the best notes to use are cedarwood, sandalwood, vetiver, patchouli, vanilla, and frankincense.
Supplies Needed To Make DIY Essential Oil Blend Perfume
Before you pick out your top, middle, and base notes, you will need supplies to start making your DIY essential oil perfume.
These are:
- A small funnel
- A small dropper
- A glass spray bottle or glass roll-on bottle. Go with 10ml capacity ones for each and buy them in bulk so you can experiment with different compositions before you invest in a larger perfume bottle to store your favorite perfume composition.
- Your choice of carrier oil (sweet almond oil, jojoba oil, avocado oil, apricot oil, grapeseed oil, mango seed oil, sunflower oil, and more)
How to Make Your Own Perfume With Essential Oils?
- First, choose your favorite essential oils, deciding which ones will serve as your top, middle, and base notes. If you’re following a specific recipe for your DIY essential oil perfume, select your oils based on that. To get a feel for how the combined scents will smell, try experimenting in a diffuser with 3 drops of your top note, 5 drops of the middle note, and 2 drops of the base note.
- Once you’ve selected your oils, add them to a glass bottle and swirl gently to mix. Next, fill the rest of the bottle with a carrier oil, which not only dilutes the essential oils to a safe concentration for skin application but also helps to evenly distribute the fragrance on your skin. Pour carefully to avoid any spills.
- Attach either a spray mechanism or a roller lid to your bottle, then give it a good shake. Let the perfume sit for at least 24 hours to allow the scents to fully blend.
- Before using your homemade perfume, give the bottle another shake and apply it as you would any perfume. Always conduct a patch test by applying a small amount on your skin and waiting 24 hours to check for any reactions, such as redness or irritation, to ensure it’s safe for regular use.
Make Your Own Perfume With These Essential Oil Blends
We have curated a list of essential oil blends specifically for you. These blends can help you tackle all your day-to-day concerns and also help you live a happier, healthier lifestyle, leading to overall well-being.
1) An essential oil perfume that helps you relax
Lavender is well-known for its relaxing properties. On a tiring day at work, all you really need is a relaxing essence to stay alert, focused, and calm. Here are some great blends you can try.
You can try a couple of mixes with lavender, such as lavender, rose, and geranium essential oils. You could also mix bergamot or palmarosa essential oils with lavender. Whichever blend you choose, ensure that you dilute the mix with a carrier oil such as jojoba or olive oil.
2) A perfume that keeps you energized
To stay energized and focused throughout a hard day, you need zesty, energizing scents. This is why you must use fresh, citrus-scented essential oils.
A perfectly balanced citrus essential oil blend perfume would include peppermint essential oil, eucalyptus, and tea tree essential oils diluted with your favorite carrier oil. You could also choose to include lemongrass essential oil in your mix.
3) A perfume with the perfect floral scents
Jasmine is quite a heady floral scent. If you want it as the heart of your perfume yet not with an overpowering essence, here is the perfect recipe blend for you.
In a glass bottle, mix in 5 drops of sweet orange essential oil, 2 drops of organic lime essential oil, 2 drops of each of jasmine absolute, and vanilla diluted with a carrier oil like jojoba oil for an unmistakable jasmine scent but with benefits of other oils too!
4) A perfume with an essence of rose
Yet another fragrant and positively intoxicating essential oil is rose essential oil. Check out this recipe to create your own rose perfume blend.
In a glass bottle, swirl in and mix 2 drops of rose absolute essential oil, 4 drops of sandalwood in jojoba oil, and lastly, 5 drops of bergamot. Let it meld for 24 hours, and then enjoy!
5) A perfume with an absolutely enchanting smell
Imagine the mix of heady jasmine and zesty citrus essential oils. Yes, they would be quite enchanting to smell, so here is a recipe for you!
In your glass roll-on or spray bottle, mix 4 drops of jasmine absolute essential oil and jojoba oil, 3 drops each of frankincense and sweet orange, and let them blend for at least 24 hours before you start using it.
6) A perfume with the lovely lavender
Lavender essential oil is one that almost everyone swears by, and for a good reason, too. In the hubbub of daily life, you truly need something to keep yourself calm, relaxed, and anxiety-free, and that is exactly what this oil blend helps you do-
All you need for this recipe is to mix in 4 drops of lavender essential oil, 4 drops of vanilla essential oil diluted with jojoba oil, and lastly, 2 drops of ylang-ylang oil.
7) A perfume with the most flirty floral scent
Love the sweet floral scents of essential oils? Well, this oil blend includes some of the most refreshing essential oils that relax you and rejuvenate you in your daily life. Here is the recipe you can follow:
Mix in 2 drops each of clary sage and vanilla essential oil diluted with jojoba oil, 3 drops of lavender and bergamot essential oils, and 1 drop of ylang-ylang to form this beautiful floral-scented perfume.
8) A perfume with an uplifting citrus scent
Citrus scents give you a mood boost, which means if you ever need something energizing after or even in the middle of a long, trying day, citrus-scented essential oils and perfumes can be your best friend.
Here is a particularly rejuvenating essential oil blend you can turn into a perfume. Take 5 drops of lemon essential oil, 3 drops of rosemary, and 2 drops of Neroli essential oil. You could also switch that out with 4 drops of sweet orange oil for a more potent citrus scent in your perfume.
9) The ultimate citrus bliss in a perfume
You can take our word for this one. This essential oil blend perfume has an absolutely heavenly aroma, and you will get compliments every time you wear it out! Excited for the recipe?
For the ultimate citrus bliss in a perfume, mix 2 drops of lemon essential oil, 3 drops of lime essential oil, and 5 drops of vanilla diluted with jojoba oil in a glass spray bottle. Keep a small bottle of this blend in your handbag so you never forget to apply it when you’re out!
10) A perfume with the perfect earthy blend
If you are not a fan of floral or citrus fragrances and prefer earthier scents, we have the perfect blend for you. The key ingredient is patchouli essential oil, which blends quite well with many other essential oils, like palmarosa!
For this essential oil blend perfume, you mix 3 drops each of patchouli and palmarosa essential oil, 1 drop of vetiver, 4 drops of cedarwood, and 1 drop of neroli essential oil in a glass bottle.
11) A perfume if you love spicier scent
As a fall lover, there’s a good chance you may be more attracted to spicier scents. Though we have the best spicy perfume blend for you, here’s a word of caution- go slow when you are using clove essential oil, as it can quickly overpower your perfume blend. You could try using a pipette when adding clove essential oil
For this perfume blend, follow this recipe. Add to your glass bottle 5 drops of bergamot essential oil, 1 drop of essential oil, 4 drops of sandalwood essential oil diluted with jojoba oil, and lastly, 2 drops of vanilla essential oil, also diluted with jojoba oil
12) A perfume that is the perfect blend of earthy and floral scents
Last but not least, we bring to you a perfume blend of the best floral and earthy scents that is almost like a mixture of sweet and spicy aromas! These types of aromas meld together extremely well.
For this perfume blend, you must mix 3 drops of patchouli essential oil, 2 drops of ylang ylang, and 5 drops of lavender essential oil. And, of course, don’t forget to add your favorite carrier oil as well!
Wrapping Up
Now that you have read through all of the awesome essential oil blends that you can use to make your own perfume at home, there are certain things you must keep in mind. As mentioned before, you must always ensure to do a patch test before working with essential oils and ensure no redness or irritation on your skin before you start using the essential oil perfume regularly.
Another important thing you must always remember is using carrier oils such as coconut oil, olive oil, jojoba oil and others to prevent any unwanted reactions on your skin that can happen if you directly apply an undiluted essential oil onto your skin.