How To Make Your OWN Perfume

Why is it that women love perfume as much as men
love cars? There are some researchers who believe
that a woman’s reason for loving perfume is because
of the pheromones their bodies produce. Often,
certain scents or perfumes trigger the increase of
how much pheromone a woman’s body will produce.
While a perfume will help in increasing the
production of a woman’s pheromone levels, they are
also liked by women because of the attention they
get from a member of the opposite sex or even from
another woman.
In studies carried out, nearly 80% of all women
will make a perfume purchase at least once each
year.
Many women will tell you that the reason they
purchase a particular perfume for themselves is
that it makes them smell great and they seem to
feel better about themselves. It also makes them
feel a little bit more feminine.
Not only does smelling great make a woman feel good
about herself, but it will make her feel attractive
also.
In this book, we will be looking at ways of how to
make your own perfume so that you can produce a
scent which is particular to you, and unlike any of
those that you can buy either in store or over the
internet.
Chapter 2 – The History of
Perfumery
People’s use of scents, aromas and fragrances has
been used for many centuries, and when and why
people started to prepare and use them seems lost
to us. However, over the years, evidence has been
found through archeological findings, as well as
texts written by our ancestors, that has shown just
how aromas were being used. In the very early
civilizations, scented flowers and herbs were used
by people to worship the Gods, and when burned,
some of these plants would release strong aromas.
Such scented fires became part of many religious
rituals. In fact, you will find that many
religions still use scented fires today.
Both the Assyrian’s and Egyptians used scented
oils. Because of this, the demand for the raw
materials needed to produce both fragrances and
remedies led to the discovering of new ways of
extracting scents from the plants they used. Such
techniques as pressing, decoction, pulverization
and maceration were developed and mastered by both
the Assyrian’s and the Egyptians. They even made
attempts at trying to produce essential oils by
distillation.
Slowly, the use of perfumes spread to Greece, where
not only were they used in religious ceremonies,
but also for personal purposes as well. When the
Romans saw what the Greeks were doing, they began
to use fragrances even more lavishly. There are
many manuscripts around describing the herbs which
they brought from all over the world to produce the
fragrances they used.
However, as the Roman Empire fell, so the use of
aromas for personal use began to decline. However,
during the Middle Ages, perfumes again were being
used only in churches in Europe for religious
ceremonies and to cover the stench caused by the
many diseases which abounded at this time.
Then when trade with the Orient was reestablished
at the beginning of the 13th Century, exotic
flowers, herbs and spices became more readily
available around Europe. Venice quickly became the
center of the perfume trade. It was not long
before perfumery soon spread to other European
countries. The perfume trade then developed even
further, as those returning from the crusades
reintroduced perfume for personal use.
However by the late 18th Century, the synthetic
material fragrance was being produced, and this was
the beginning of perfumery in the modern age. Thus
with the introduction of synthetics, perfumes would
no longer be exclusively used by the rich and
famous. Also, because synthetics were now being
used to produce perfumes, they could now be made on
a much larger scale, although naturals were still
also being used to help soften the synthetics.
Today, natural products still remain a very
important part of the production of perfumes in
modern formulations.
But today, more and more people are turning away
from the industrial techniques of producing
perfume, and preferring to make it themselves
instead. But for many people making their own
perfumes, not only is it easy to do, but it is also
a great source of pleasure and fun for them.
Chapter 3 – What Can Perfume
Be Made From?
Any perfume you buy or make yourself is a chemical
compound made from fragrant oils, aroma blends,
fixatives and solvents, which produce a pleasant or
attractive smell. Primarily women use perfume in
order to smell nice if they are attending a special
event, or to help attract a mate.
The composition of ...