What to know When Blending Oils

When you first begin choosing your own blends of essential oils it is important to familiarise yourself with both individual oils scents and combined scents. Many oils smell very different when mixed with another and even though they appear unpleasant on their own, when blended with other scents they can create beautiful aromas. Similarly, pleasant smelling oils can take on quite unpleasant smelling characteristics if mixed with the wrong oil. 

Keep a notebook to hand when experimenting with blending so you can record what works and what does not. 

Start with a limit of 5 to 10 drops of oil in total and use a mixture of top, middle and base notes. Do not waste your oils by making sample blends using too many drops as this can lead to expensive mistakes. Once you find a blend you like you can begin to experiment further but it will save a lot of waste in the interim. Once you have settled on a particular blend, test it out with different dilution mediums. 
All carrier oils contain their own scents and characteristics, some stronger than others, so if you are using oil as a dilution agent you must ensure you find one that compliments your essential oil blend. Initially, use a basic essential oil ratio of 30:50:20 to get you started, this can then be adapted as you become more experienced. This equates to 30% top note oils, 50% middle note oils and 20% base note oils. 
e.g. 
1oz of perfume = 30ml = 600 drops 

If you make a 10ml oil based Eau de Parfum you will need a scent blend between 10 – 20%. For this example I will be using a 20% blend. This equates to 1 part essential oil blend (2ml) and 4 parts carrier oil (8ml). 

There are 20 drops of essential oil per 1ml so for a 20% blend of 10ml I will need 40 drops of oil. 30% = 12 drops of top notes 50% = 20 drops of middle notes 20% = 8 drops of base notes These are then blended together and added to the 8ml of carrier oil.

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