I do love to break open the ol’ essential oil drawer and have a play! Any of these blends can be further diluted with more alcohol if you want to make an "eau de toilette" instead of a full strength perfume. I also have found that essential oil strength can vary quite a bit between brands and even between batches from the same brand, so if you try any of these recipes your perfume may smell a bit different than mine do. But that individuality is part of the fun! Feel free to play around by adding less of certain oils or omitting some entirely to come up with your own unique creations 💐
Love this! Make sure you carefully check the oils you are using though as certain ones can have contraindications, such as Bergamot oil which can cause sun photosensitivity, lavendar can be irritating to skin if used directly on the skin etc. Always good to check each oil before using it as perfume (which I now see you've briefly touched upon in your video!).
Glad that I found your channel. I perpetually feel at least a century "behind the times"; I live in a 1920s home, in a historical neighborhood, and I resist so much of the 21st century lifestyle. Nice to be among a few other people who may also feel as if they were shifted into the wrong era!
There is one I made that my grandmother loves, because she said it smells like her mother's homemade tea. Verdant Tea (Named after my great grandmother's floral May Tea): I use small bottles and I use Grapeseed as the base carrier, because I break out with alcohol/water for a room spray Honey [10 drops] Lemon [3 drops] Sweet Orange [3 drops] Bergamot [5 drops] Vetiver [7 drops] Mint [2 drops] It has to sit for three weeks somewhere for the best results.
i've beebb in search of ~~My Scent ~~ (a smell or group of smells i could use for every other product i use, mainly fragrance hair care and laundry since they are the thiks you smell first when meeting someone and i'd like to curate a cohesive vibe) for the past year and a half. every perfume i thought of ended up to strong, musky or old lady smelling or somehow just didn't smell quite like me. last year i tried a mist (a limited edition by Rituals') that is listed as a white lily and peach blossom scented, since i already have white lily scented prodcts i know that the fresh punch vivid yet somewhat unfamiliar scent (somehow round bright yellowish orange to coral if it can help anyone) i've been looking for is the peach blossom. turns out, peach blossom is quite hard to find in products in belgium so i'm gonna check if i can find peach blossom essential oil
I nearly tried a Victorian "peach blossom" perfume but I didn't quite have the required oils! Theirs was a blend of tuberose, orange blossom, lemon, peru balsam and almond (I didn't have the tuberose or anything close enough to sub in). I don't know if there is an actual peach blossom essential oil, as I've never come across it.
I suppose you could dilute it with a base oil, like sweet almond or something like that, but I imagine the alcohol is so it dries on the skin, would keep it fresher longer, and keeps the oils mixed in well. Saying that, I do have a bottle with a few drops of lavender just in water, which I use to spritz my skin and pillow at night, especially when it's hot or I'm just not sleeping well, as it is relaxing, and that works OK. I just shake well before using.
Yes, an oil base is an option. I would recommend using more oil than alcohol, just because usually when using an oil base there is more of the product applied to the skin (as opposed to the fine mist with an alcohol based perfume), so the concentrations as listed might be too much. You can always add more essential oils if you find it too weak or more base oil if it's too strong. (And as I mentioned in the video, always use caution with citrus oils as they can cause the skin to become photosensitive). Another historical option is to make a perfumed powder. You just mix the essential oils well into a starch such as arrowroot starch, using something like a mortar and pestle. Then you can either use it as a body powder or sprinkle into the sachets to use in your closet/drawers (this scents the clothing instead of your skin, which is a better option for the citrus oil perfumes which can cause photosensitivity when used in the sun). I haven't experimented with this enough yet to give you exact starch-to-essential oil ratios, but there will be a video on this topic coming to my channel likely later this summer :)
@@TheLongHairedFlapper I love the scented powder idea! You actually reminded me of sachets I had growing up, I completely forgot about them. What a lovely idea, thank you! And thank you very much for your detailed response. I appreciate the suggestions.
I've looked into selling my homemade concoctions before, but the regulations around selling such products are much more of a headache that I want to tackle at the moment. So, I just share the recipes instead :)
I buy most of mine from Voyageur Soap & Candle or Windy Point Soap as I'm in Canada, but I used to buy all the time from Mountain Rose Herbs before the shipping regulations changed. (They had really great oils but they stopped shipping essential oils across the border.) As mentioned Amazon is a good source, and Humblebee & Me has a good online supplier list on her website which is divided by country: www.humblebeeandme.com/resources/
Sure! I've used vanilla extract in perfume before and it worked out well. The scent ratios may not be quite the same, but it's hard to go wrong with vanilla so I'm sure it would still be nice if not exactly the same final perfume.
It can be hard to find a good one, and some artificial vanilla fragrances are frequently labeled as "natural vanilla essential oil" making it even more difficult. Voyageur Soap and Candle makes my favourite natural vanilla oil. You can try looking for a "vanilla absolute" oil as well. Despite "essential oils" and "absolute oils" technically being different due to their extraction methods, I find the two terms are often used interchangeably on labels (mine from Voyageur says it's an "vanilla absolute essential oil" for example).
I do love to break open the ol’ essential oil drawer and have a play! Any of these blends can be further diluted with more alcohol if you want to make an "eau de toilette" instead of a full strength perfume. I also have found that essential oil strength can vary quite a bit between brands and even between batches from the same brand, so if you try any of these recipes your perfume may smell a bit different than mine do. But that individuality is part of the fun! Feel free to play around by adding less of certain oils or omitting some entirely to come up with your own unique creations 💐
Love this! Make sure you carefully check the oils you are using though as certain ones can have contraindications, such as Bergamot oil which can cause sun photosensitivity, lavendar can be irritating to skin if used directly on the skin etc. Always good to check each oil before using it as perfume (which I now see you've briefly touched upon in your video!).
I love this! Please make more for the seasons!
You have such a cheery smile! 😁XXX
Thanks! 🙂
I love honeysuckle and orange blossom scents for spring. 💕
This was just lovely and very interesting! Thank you, such an enjoyable watch.
Honeysuckle and orange blossom sound lovely for spring!
What a lovely topic idea! I'm happy to see more historical perfume recipes together with your pioneering notes and tips!
Glad that I found your channel. I perpetually feel at least a century "behind the times"; I live in a 1920s home, in a historical neighborhood, and I resist so much of the 21st century lifestyle. Nice to be among a few other people who may also feel as if they were shifted into the wrong era!
So great to find natural perfumes I can make without artificial fragrance 😌
There is one I made that my grandmother loves, because she said it smells like her mother's homemade tea.
Verdant Tea (Named after my great grandmother's floral May Tea): I use small bottles and I use Grapeseed as the base carrier, because I break out with alcohol/water for a room spray
Honey [10 drops]
Lemon [3 drops]
Sweet Orange [3 drops]
Bergamot [5 drops]
Vetiver [7 drops]
Mint [2 drops]
It has to sit for three weeks somewhere for the best results.
my favourite perfumes are those which reminds something of the East like Egypt or India to be exact or the simple perfume of cotton powder
Just when I was wanting to look into this! Thank you for making a video on it :)
Very cool!
i've beebb in search of ~~My Scent ~~ (a smell or group of smells i could use for every other product i use, mainly fragrance hair care and laundry since they are the thiks you smell first when meeting someone and i'd like to curate a cohesive vibe) for the past year and a half. every perfume i thought of ended up to strong, musky or old lady smelling or somehow just didn't smell quite like me. last year i tried a mist (a limited edition by Rituals') that is listed as a white lily and peach blossom scented, since i already have white lily scented prodcts i know that the fresh punch vivid yet somewhat unfamiliar scent (somehow round bright yellowish orange to coral if it can help anyone) i've been looking for is the peach blossom. turns out, peach blossom is quite hard to find in products in belgium so i'm gonna check if i can find peach blossom essential oil
I nearly tried a Victorian "peach blossom" perfume but I didn't quite have the required oils! Theirs was a blend of tuberose, orange blossom, lemon, peru balsam and almond (I didn't have the tuberose or anything close enough to sub in). I don't know if there is an actual peach blossom essential oil, as I've never come across it.
Do you think there might be a way to use these without the alchohol?
I suppose you could dilute it with a base oil, like sweet almond or something like that, but I imagine the alcohol is so it dries on the skin, would keep it fresher longer, and keeps the oils mixed in well. Saying that, I do have a bottle with a few drops of lavender just in water, which I use to spritz my skin and pillow at night, especially when it's hot or I'm just not sleeping well, as it is relaxing, and that works OK. I just shake well before using.
Yes, an oil base is an option. I would recommend using more oil than alcohol, just because usually when using an oil base there is more of the product applied to the skin (as opposed to the fine mist with an alcohol based perfume), so the concentrations as listed might be too much. You can always add more essential oils if you find it too weak or more base oil if it's too strong. (And as I mentioned in the video, always use caution with citrus oils as they can cause the skin to become photosensitive).
Another historical option is to make a perfumed powder. You just mix the essential oils well into a starch such as arrowroot starch, using something like a mortar and pestle. Then you can either use it as a body powder or sprinkle into the sachets to use in your closet/drawers (this scents the clothing instead of your skin, which is a better option for the citrus oil perfumes which can cause photosensitivity when used in the sun). I haven't experimented with this enough yet to give you exact starch-to-essential oil ratios, but there will be a video on this topic coming to my channel likely later this summer :)
@@TheLongHairedFlapper I love the scented powder idea! You actually reminded me of sachets I had growing up, I completely forgot about them. What a lovely idea, thank you! And thank you very much for your detailed response. I appreciate the suggestions.
Do you sell them ?
I've looked into selling my homemade concoctions before, but the regulations around selling such products are much more of a headache that I want to tackle at the moment. So, I just share the recipes instead :)
I would love to make some of these wonderful scents but I don't know where to find essential oils! Might you provide a link or suggestion ?
Natural food stores and Amazon has many many kinds of essential oils.
@@CandidLy1 My town is small with no natural food stores but I do have access to Amazon! Thank you so much for replying to my question! 💗
I buy most of mine from Voyageur Soap & Candle or Windy Point Soap as I'm in Canada, but I used to buy all the time from Mountain Rose Herbs before the shipping regulations changed. (They had really great oils but they stopped shipping essential oils across the border.) As mentioned Amazon is a good source, and Humblebee & Me has a good online supplier list on her website which is divided by country: www.humblebeeandme.com/resources/
Can I ask where you got/how you made the hat? I suddenly require one 😁1:23
I knit it from a pattern in an antique copy of Needlecraft Magazine (the July 1922 issue) 🙂
@@TheLongHairedFlapper thank you!
I'm super broke. Could I use vanilla extract in lieu of the vanilla essential oil and alcohol base, since its basically vanilla alcohol?
Sure! I've used vanilla extract in perfume before and it worked out well. The scent ratios may not be quite the same, but it's hard to go wrong with vanilla so I'm sure it would still be nice if not exactly the same final perfume.
I find vanilla essential oils hard to well find. I recently found a Warm vanilla essential oil, but I think it's yucky and really strong 😕
It can be hard to find a good one, and some artificial vanilla fragrances are frequently labeled as "natural vanilla essential oil" making it even more difficult. Voyageur Soap and Candle makes my favourite natural vanilla oil. You can try looking for a "vanilla absolute" oil as well. Despite "essential oils" and "absolute oils" technically being different due to their extraction methods, I find the two terms are often used interchangeably on labels (mine from Voyageur says it's an "vanilla absolute essential oil" for example).
Most modern perfumes make me cough and hurt.
Me too :( A lot of perfumes do not contain healthy ingredients! It's pretty common for people to have bad reactions to them.
So I’m assuming the first perfume was from the 1860’s?
The recipes I tried in this video are from 1920, 1893, & 1902, but alcohol-based perfume dates from centuries before that.
@@TheLongHairedFlapperOh, ok.
I would love to try and make them for next spring.