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Every woman needs her personal fragrance wardrobe.. To fit her
mood. To blend in with the nuances in her personality.
Getting ready for some romance?
You could go for a heady fragrance or one that is feminine, rose
based. Incidentally, rose and
jasmine are the classic floral scents for romance.
In a carefree mood?
Go for something fresh. Citrusy. A
fragrance that is fruity, especially one with notes of
grapefruit or orange or neroli would be wonderful for that
optimistic outlook.
Perfume is all about your individual taste. My cousin loves
patchouli but that smell makes me want to throw up.
The trick is to get something you simply adore which smells
great to other people too. The easiest way out is to buy a brand name
perfume off the shelves. But would that mean someone else
would probably be wearing the same scent as you?
If that is your concern, you need not worry too much. That same
fragrance smells different on different people as the day
progresses. The fragrance mixes with the oils your skin produce
and the end result is something that is subtly, uniquely
yours.
If you do want to mix your own fragrance, go ahead.
When I was in my teens, my pals would mix their own fragrance by
mixing 2 or more of their favourite perfumes. That could turn
out to be a hit, or a total waste of good perfume if the result
stinks.
The other way is to mix your own fragrance from essential oils.
Each essential oil provides a note in the complete
fragrance.
A beautiful fragrance consists of at least 3 notes. A top note,
a middle note and a base note.
The top note evaporates the most quickly. Meaning, your first
whiff of the fragrance would be the top note. Mints and Citrus
scents like grapefruit and lemon are top notes. It is also the
first note to disappear, meaning as the day progresses, the top
note would have evaporated off, which lets the fragrance
develop, showing off the other notes.
The middle note forms the body of the fragrance. That means, for
most of the day, this is the note that dominates the fragrance.
Lavender, tea tree, geranium and nutmeg are some examples of
middle notes.
The base notes are the most lasting parts of the fragrance. Long
after the fragrance has faded, the base notes remain. These
would be the woody and the musky scents like musk, sandalwood
and vetiver.
Some scents are complete perfumes by themselves. Rose for
example is made of hundreds of components. It can be used as the
top note, body and even the base note in a fragrance. I used to
keep a tiny bottle of Rose Otto. Very expensive stuff but a
single drop goes a long way. 1 drop of that in 5 ml of jojoba
oil lasted me for a very long time as a personal perfume that
was also therapeutic. It was also a complete perfume on its
own.
Experiment with different scents, diluting them in a massage
oil, to create your personal fragrance
For starters, you could put 1 teaspoon of sweet almond oil or a
carrier oil into a small bottle, add 1 drop of essential oil for
the top note, 1 drop for the middle note and 1 drop for the base
note and see how it goes.
Have fun!
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