A basic perfume oil recipe only requires two ingredients: a base carrier oil and an essential oil. Choosing the right carrier oil and essential oil or essential oil combinations in your recipe will create a perfume with a unique and lasting aroma. Use this recipe to create multiple aromas that suit your tastes and always perform a patch test of the perfume on a small area of skin before you begin using it.
Materials
The base oil in the perfume recipe will safely dilute and carry the essential oil for skin applications and reduce essential oil evaporation rates; the essential oil(s) is the source of the perfume's aroma. Base oils and essential oils may be available in local health food stores or purchased through Internet retailers.
Choose a base carrier oil that is organic and cold or expeller pressed. Jojoba oil is a stable unscented oil, which is frequently used as a carrier oil in cosmetic recipes (see Reference 3), but you may also want to consider sweet almond oil, apricot kernel oil, camelina oil, grapeseed oil, hazelnut oil or pomegranate seed oil.
The essential oil you choose will determine how long the aroma from the perfume stays on your skin. Sharp and strong top note oils such as bergamot have a high evaporation rate while mild middle note essential oils such as hyssop have a medium evaporation rate; sensuous and relaxing base note essential oils such as rose oil have the lowest evaporation rate. If you are interested in adding more than one essential oil in your perfume recipe, try creating a blend from all three notes to harmonize the aroma (see Reference 2). Always use therapeutic grade essential oils in your perfume recipe.
Use small glass dishes to mix your carrier oil and essential oil together as essential oils may damage plastic materials. You will also need a dark blue or amber glass bottle with a tight rubber lid (e.g., small glass medicine dropper) to store your perfume.
Create the Recipe
Perfume oil recipes should be mixed in small batches as most carrier oils only last for approximately 6 months once they are purchased. In a small glass dish, add the essential oils to 25 ml of carrier oil. Add the essential oils slowly until you have added about 5 ml of essential oils (1 ml is equal to 20 drops of essential oil) (see Reference 1). Mix the oils well with a metal or glass utensil and then pour the perfume into a glass container. Leave the perfume oil in a cool dark place for at least 1 week, and shake the perfume bottle each time before you apply the perfume oil.
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