We all love perfumes and essential oils, making a homemade perfume of lemon, flowers or cinnamon is something we can learn from home and with few ingredients.
If you didn’t know about the world of homemade perfumes and oils, it’s your time, you’ve come to the right place.
If you didn’t know about the world of homemade perfumes and oils, it’s your time, you’ve come to the right place.
The ingredients for making perfumes or air fresheners are as follows:
- Pure alcohol without any smell.
- A little water.
- Essential oils of your choice.
- A dark glass container.
In general, for any homemade perfume or air freshener, three essential oils are required. If you’ve ever wondered how to make perfumes with essential oils, it’s the same procedure for a homemade perfume.
The main essential oil is the most important as it is the one that will give the first impression of the perfume, even if it is the scent that lasts the least time when used.
For the main oil, a citrus aroma is recommended, be it lemon, orange or grapefruit. The second oil is considered the core aroma. Floral scents are used for this. Finally, the third oil should be light because it is the one that will stay on the skin the longest.
It should be noted that the quantities of each product vary depending on the amount you want. What you need to understand is that the second and third oils are placed in double quantity before the first.
For the preparation, you must dilute the alcohol with a little water, then add the amount of each oil you have chosen, mix the ingredients in the jar you chose and that’s it. Let the perfume or air freshener sit for three days, then freeze and filter it.
How to Make Original Essential Oils
There are three simple ways to make essential oils from home. Imagine that the procedure is like making a homemade perfume with flowers.
The first method is to choose the oil of your preference, it can be olive oil, almond oil, sunflower oil and even coconut oil. The oil will depend on your preferences in terms of the properties you want to reflect in the essential oil.
Then you’ll need some kind of flower that will give the essential oil its scent. The flower or branch you choose also depends on the benefits you want to reflect in your oil.
Now all that’s left is to find a glass container where you can place the oil along with the flowers you’ve selected. Once we have gathered the ingredients, close the pot and store it in a place totally isolated from sunlight for three months. After this time, you can use the oil.
If you are a little more anxious than the rest, you can place your oil bottle in a double boiler for 10 minutes and it will cause the same effect. You can also leave the container for 40 days near a window where sunlight enters but doesn’t fall directly on the container.
Ingredients and recipe to prepare homemade perfume with flowers and plants
To prepare a very easy perfume recipe with flowers and plants, you will need the following:
- A container.
- A gauze.
- Flowers of your choice (we recommend roses and daisies).
- Water.
What you need to do with these ingredients is, place the cheesecloth on top of the container. Then, on top of the cheesecloth, place the flowers and try to get everything into the container, but leaving the corners of the gauze outside of it. Once everything is ready, place water on top of the flowers.
The combination of flowers is your preference. One caveat is that you should place more flowers than water. The flowers need to be fresh so that your perfume lasts longer.
You’re going to let the flowers stay with the water in the container for 24 hours. After this time, you are going to grab the gauze and squeeze the water that remains on the flowers. The water that remains in the container is left to simmer until it is consumed by a tablespoon and that’s it.
