Making your own perfumes

[Jeana]

I want to make a few perfumes for myself. Heaven knows I have enough FO and EO to make many cool scents. I was wondering what the best base is for perfumes. I see some people use perfumers alcohol - how is this different from regular? Some use natural oils - jojoba, sao ..... And others use witch hazel. I like the idea of the oil but that means I can't get any on my clothes. Plus I have so many oils and butters I make already.

I would love to hear what base you guys prefer and why. Thanks:)

[sawyer's moon]

I personally don't care for the ones made with perfumers alcohol...I always smell the alcohol (even though its supposed to evaporate away).

I like cyclo with some FCO when doing fos and jojoba when doing eos (don't know why other than trying to keep it more natural with the eos).

HTH! Jen

[Smacky]

What Jen said above, and then depending on how I want to package,or the specific end product, the AquaEm or Caprol Micro Express is another alternative.

[Jeana]

What Jen said above, and then depending on how I want to package,or the specific end product, the AquaEm or Caprol Micro Express is another alternative.

What are these two items? I haven't heard of them yet.

[donna4909]

Caprol Micro Express:

http://www.lotioncrafter.com/store/Caprol-Micro-Express-CME-pr-16192.html

AquaEm:

http://theherbarie.com/AquaEm-pr-74.html

[Jeana]

Thanks, those look really interesting. And they are both natural products, according to the discriptions.