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September 30, 2009

Scents to Soothe your Taste

Filed under: Lifestyle — Tags: basil, bergamot, black pepper, calming scent, cedarwood, Christian Dior’s Diorella, clove, Dior, energizing scent, essential oils, feeling, fragrances, ginger, grapefruit, Guerlain, honeysuckle, ime, inspired, jasmine, juniper, lavender, lemon, mint, Oils, peach, personalized, pettigrain, romantic scent, scents, smell, warming scent, Yardley — claban @ 7:21 am

perfume Oil 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.

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Combining Scents

Filed under: Lifestyle — Tags: activities, base notes, basil, benzoin, bergamot, black pepper, cedar, chamomile, essential oils, fragrances, frankincense, ginger, grapefruit, heart notes, ilang-ilang, jasmine, juniper, lime, marjoram, may chang, mint, moods, musk, neroli, oil, orange, orange blossom, ose, Patchouli, perfumes, romantic fragrant, rosemary, rosewood, sage, scents, unique scents, vanilla, Yardley linear scents — claban @ 6:52 am

aromatherapy-for-better-living-482x402 Perfumes 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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August 29, 2009

Steps in Making Personalized Perfume

Filed under: Lifestyle — Tags: fragrances, perfumes, personalized, procedures, replicate.rosewood, scents, sprays — claban @ 12:17 pm

33770 Why spend forty to ninety dollars for a perfume if you can make your own for only twenty dollars? We don’t need to be a very skilled artisan just to come up with best scents. All we have to do is to find happiness in doing it. These are all easy steps that can give fun not only for sales but on the appreciation you will receive from others. All it takes is a bit of thought and patience.

This is one of the best ways on how to prepare and make a perfume. A pure grain alcohol or vodka is on the top of the list ingredients together with bottled water and five essential oils. The first step is to mix a quarter of vodka and five drops of oil. If it’s for a short term or just an experiment, you can check it out after forty eight to seventy two hours. However if it’s on a long term basis, it is advisable to keep it for three to four weeks. After leaving it for a certain period of time, add two table spoons of water and one spoonful of glycerin.(You can inquire a chemist for this) After doing it so, you can bottle it up and can already be distributed as a personalized gift.

It is indeed very satisfying making something out of discovery. It is the state of fulfillment that makes this activity worthwhile and to look something forward to. This might be a step for a new career path.

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August 21, 2009

Choosing a Perfume

Filed under: Lifestyle — Tags: amber, body spray, budget, colognes, cream perfumes, eau de toilette, fragrance, liquid perfume roll-ons, perfume, perfume industry, perfume sticks, personality, pure perfum, scents, smell, sparyas, tuberose — claban @ 9:33 pm

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Perfume industry is making a large name in the market. It is a fact that all of us want to smell good. It is a necessity for everyone to look good and presentable. With these reasons, it is really a huge boom for perfume makers to be making big marks not just in the local sales but most especially in the competitive global market.

A person fragrance totally defines his or her personality. It gives him a distinctive scent that makes a person unique from others. Sometimes a person’s perfume depicts his or her mood on a certain period of time. So, buying perfume is not just by spraying or putting it on but more on the persona’s perception and disposition in life.

Perfumes come from thousands and even millions of variety. There are eau de parfum, eau de toilette, perfume sticks, body spray, liquid perfume roll-ons, cream perfumes, pure perfume and more.

Department stores will give you more options and sometimes it is not even on the price that you have to decide but on the certain impressions or moods that you want to express. It is more on the happiness and contentment that will make you want to buy a certain brand. When you want to portray a light notion, a citrus fragrance is the right choice. Relaying a stronger and more profound impression, it is more appropriate to wear a stronger scent similar to tuberose or amber.

Another reason of buying and choosing a perfume is depending on the event or place it will be used, the time of the day and weather conditions. The perfume worn in the morning should be different at night. An everyday-cologne should not be used on an evening affair. Perfumes should match with the occasion and activities of a person.

Others would have a problem in buying perfumes. They will complain that their budget is not enough for the scents that they like. There are really branded and expensive perfumes that would really go well with your character. It also gives a longer lasting fragrance. However, we should also consider that people have different everyday affairs and an expensive perfume will not be suitable on an activity such as a morning marathon. There are lots of alternatives for classy perfumes that will match the budget. All we have to do is to look in the department stores those that offer discounts. There are also boutiques that sell cheaper perfumes. Cheaper perfumes give a wider array to choose from different fragrances. It provides more options to choose from depending on the occasion.

Wearing perfumes do not depend on how expensive or cheap or how branded it is. It is more on how you match it with the activity. May it strong or subtle, heavy or light, floral or musky, what is essential is it boosts out the character inside of you. It makes you more comfortable and feels good about you.

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