How is Organic Perfume Made?
Before you begin to make your perfume you must decide what strength you want
to make, what type of perfume you would like and what sort of scent you
require. There are five different perfume strengths for feminine perfumes and
three main strengths for masculine scents.
Parfum (Perfume) and Cologne
Perfume and cologne are the strongest scented of the perfume types. They
contain between 15 – 40% of essential oils to 60 – 85% of dilution substance. As
such, these are also the most expensive to purchase, but this cost is dramatically
reduced when making it yourself at home.
Espirit de Parfum/Cologne
This is the least common strength of commercial perfumes but works well for
home manufacture. It is made up of between 15 – 30% of essential oils which
allows for the option of a lower cost perfume while still retaining a strong
aroma.
Eau de Parfum
This strength tends to be the most popular blend as it carries much of the
intensity of a full perfume but is light enough for day wear and strong enough
night wear. It uses between 10 – 20% essential oils.
Eau de Toilette
Using just 5 – 15% essential oil, this is a much lighter variety than Eau de
Parfum and works well as a daytime scent.
Eau de Cologne
This is a light masculine scent which is generally used for daytime or work in
place of the heavier scent of full Cologne. It is made using only 3 – 8% essential
oils, but as masculine scents tend to be fuller bodied than feminine scents it is
often equivalent to a feminine Eau de Toilette.
Eau Fraiche
Eau Fraiche is more of a lightly fragranced body spray than a perfume and is
typically made using water or a mix of oil/water or alcohol/water. They contain
only 1 – 3% essential oils.
