Create your perfume in 7 steps.

choose

Shop ingredients from the top, heart and base note collections. You’ll want between 5 and 10 notes for your final blend, so get enough to play around. Each bottle holds enough fragrance to use 6 times!

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Grab a Blending Kit if you're just getting started. It's got everything you need to get blending quick.

Includes one pack of blotters, test vials, a measuring cylinder, one perfume bottle and perfume alcohol.

smell

Label one blotter for each note, then group them by Top, Heart, and Base note.

Use the built-in dropper to place one drop of fragrance on the blank end of each blotter (one note per strip).

Let dry for a few moments, then smell each blotter individually to familiarize yourself with your notes.

PERFUME 101

select

Select three notes - one from each group - that you'll want in your finished perfume. See what they smell like together by fanning out the blotters in one hand and waving them under your nose.

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(EXAMPLE TOP + HEART + BASE NOTE COMBINATIONS)

build

Build "accords" for each of your three selected notes by choosing more from each category. Tip: for a longer lasting fragrance, add more base notes.

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LEMON

VIOLET LEAF

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VETIVER

SWEET ORANGE

ROSE ABSOLUTE

SANDALWOOD

ROSEWOOD

COCOA ABSOLUTE

HELVETOLIDE

Evaluate your selections as you go by smelling the fanned out blotters until you’re ready to do a test blend.

test

Use the built-in droppers to blend your notes in an empty test vial, using no more than 6 drops per note. Use perfume alcohol as needed to make your blend a total of 60 drops.

Keep track of your proportions so you can replicate or adjust your formula until you're happy with it. 

blend

Scale up the proportions of your winning blend using the 10ml Measuring Cylinder: 6 drops = 1ml, 3 drops = .5ml

NOTE

It's recommended you use no more than 1ml of any given note in your 10ml perfume in order to avoid skin sensitization.

If your blend doesn't reach the 10ml mark, use your Perfume Alcohol to top off.

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