KB12 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) I've been researching how to make roll on perfume oil, and I'm a little confused. I am wanting to use FCO or jojoba oil, maybe a mixture of both, for my carrier oil. I also want to use fragrance oil and not EO. What percentage of carrier oil and what percentage of FO should I use? I've read various opinions on this and would love some clarification. Also, is there a cure time? I've read 1 week to 1 month. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Edited March 16, 2016 by KB12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becky Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 It depends on the fragrance; it should give you a percentage amount safe for skin as opposed to candles. You obviously want a skin safe FO. It can vary, but I load mine up by about 25%! LOL I know, it's probably way too much... No cure time necessary, just add to the bottle and shake shake shake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 You really need the IFRA certificate and essential oil for each fragrance to know what usage level is safe. Essentially you are trapping fragrance directly on the skin. Category 4 applies to perfumes. Some eo, like litsea cubeba, will cause ugly skin rashes if used too high. And too high in that case is above. 0.7%. That calculates to 0.105g in an entire roller ball perfume applicator. So, a drop in th bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becky Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I just realized I am using wayyyyy too much FO....I'm gonna have to scale back...lol I stay away from straight EO's in perfume due to exactly what Tall said...some people can even be prone to having miscarriages, seizures, photosensitivity, etc. Scary stuff! I stick with just skin safe FO's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 9 hours ago, Becky said: I just realized I am using wayyyyy too much FO....I'm gonna have to scale back...lol I stay away from straight EO's in perfume due to exactly what Tall said...some people can even be prone to having miscarriages, seizures, photosensitivity, etc. Scary stuff! I stick with just skin safe FO's. Not necessarily. if your IFRA cert lists a higher rate, then you should be AOK. Also, you can use fixatives to help a scent linger longer. This one from creating perfume is one example: http://www.creatingperfume.com/GlucamP-20humectant.aspx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becky Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Thanks, TallTayl!!!! What an awesome site!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 17 minutes ago, Becky said: Thanks, TallTayl!!!! What an awesome site!!! If you like perfume, ThePerfumersApprentice.com is a must-read too. Those two places are where I find many of my single note aroma chemicals along with several accords (blends). Also so check out AuraCacia.com and EdenBotanicals.com http://www.edenbotanicals.com/eden-botanicals-blog/fixatives-and-their-function-in-natural-perfumery/ https://www.auracacia.com/auracacia/aclearn/ar_perfumes.html And a primer for creating essential oil blends https://www.achs.edu/nature-perfume-making-essential-oils 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB12 Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 Thank you for all of the above information. I was pouring candles and I fell absolutely in love with Nature's Garden Rosewood & Musk fragrance. On their site, it says that the maximum use for perfume is 5% but on the IFRA page, for category 4, it says 30%. Do you know why this would be so drastically different? Is curing really not necessary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faerywren Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I make loads of roll on perfumes. If you are using a single fragrance oil they smell great right out of the gate. When you are blending, that's when you want to cure for a day or so to let the different scents marry and develop. When I find a blend I like, I usually make a larger batch of it, so the oils have mixed together over time and there is no waiting involved. I use fractionated coconut oil, jojoba and vitamin E. Also, the supplier should have the % listed for perfume and I'd go with that. With a leave on product like roll on, always err on the side of caution. Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB12 Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 Thank you! It does help! How much of each carrier oil and vitamin e do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faerywren Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I use 10ml roll on bottles and make them one at a time. It depends on what fragrance I'm using (which usually takes up 1-3ml of the bottle). 2ml jojoba and 5-7ml FCO. 1 vitamin e capsule per bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB12 Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) Thank you! For this particular FO I would like to start with 10%. Would I take 10% of the amount of carrier oil that I use to get how much fragrance oil to use? In the scenario that you posted above, it would be 10% of 7ml. Or, would I take 10% of the size of the container? In this case, 10% of 10ml? When I do candles I take 8% of the amount of wax I use. I have a container that can hold 8 oz of wax, so I take 8% of 8 oz to find out how much FO to add. Since this is going directly onto skin, I want to make sure that my math is correct! Edited March 21, 2016 by KB12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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