FANTASY BRUNCH

September 30, 2009

Scents to Soothe your Taste

perfumeOil is the basic ingredient in making a perfume. As we all know, mixing different oils can create different smell and feeling. Here are some classifications of perfume that are suited on different types of occasions and activities.

Oils of lavender, bergamot and cedar wood are the best oils to describe a calming scent. For an energizing feeling, the most suited oils are lime, lemon, grapefruit, mint, and basil. A romantic touch is any oil of jasmine, lavender, and pettigrain. And warming moods are those of ginger, black pepper, clove and juniper.

Try researching the components of your favorite scent and you can start making your own style. Let us consider giving reverence to Christian Dior’s Diorella by mixing one drop each of lemon, honeysuckle and peach with two drops of a vetiver base note. Yardley, Dior or Guerlain are some of the thousand brands that we get inspiration from. It is a fact that there are scents that are certainly impossible to replicate. This is what we call the distinct smell.

While doing the researches of these make me feel fulfilled. I realized that I can make my own on which I can call it personalized and inspired and not a copy.

Combining Scents

aromatherapy-for-better-living-482x402Perfumes and different scents are not only a part of hygiene but it boosts more the personality of a person. One’s scent can describe a certain mood or a character of an individual. Here are some guidelines that will help us to appreciate fragrances and be inspired in combining different essential oils.

Yardley linear scents are a combination of note rose, lavender and sandal wood. It should have five drops of one of the mentioned oil. A complex scent is by combining two oils or all of the scents together. Putting these oils together can create an energizing, calm and romantic fragrant.
In making a complex scent, there are three categories that should be considered. These categories are called top notes, heart notes and base notes. Top notes are oils of orange, orange blossom, mint, lime, mint, lime, bergamot, sage, basil, ilang-ilang and grapefruit. On the other hand, heart notes are those of rose, jasmine, neroli, chamomile, ginger, juniper, marjoram, may chang, rosemary and rosewood. Patchouli, cedar, musk, vanilla, benzoin, black pepper, frankincense are all base notes.

It is just a matter of discovery. Trying and putting oils together will create varieties of unique scents that will enhance mood and style. So let us all glam up by wearing different fragrances everyday.

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