Solid Perfumes

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I have been making solid perfumes

for years. Really, they are easier than you think. LOL

 

The trick is to produce a finally

product that is solid at room temperature but has an extremely low melt point

so that it becomes liquid soon after wearing. They usually always need wax in them

to firm them up so they don’t run. I make several that I put in my

pentacle poison rings for sale.  Basically you need a fat base (oils or butter

fat), wax for thickener (you need a little paraffin, not just straight beeswax),

and your perfume. It helps immensely to use a resinous agent also. Not only

does it hold scent longer, but it gives you the correct consistency so much

easier (although the resin process involved is longer).

 

So, having said all that, here we go

with a generic solid perfume recipe.

 

Start with a half ounce of carrier

oil or fat (or a blend of). Over heat; liquefy the fats and add about 1/8 ounce

of your chosen resin (frankincense if you don’t want much smell from the

resin, the frankincense will basically blend into the background and be pretty

inconspicuous, copal for the lighter scents, dragon’s blood if you want

that smell in it, amber works well in the golden form, but has a distinctive

scent, red amber doesn’t work). Heat slowly and stir with something

wooden or ceramic (no plastic or metal please) until it is nice and combined.

Add your wax, add 1/8 ounce of paraffin and ½ ounce of beeswax to start. Melt

and combine well. Remove from heat and begin stirring your arm off as it cools.

After about a minute you will be able to see if it needs more wax (to thicken

it). If it does, return to heat and add more wax. You may up the paraffin a

little bit, but not too much. Again, remove from heat and stir until you think

you cant stir anymore. When it gets to the stage where it is the consistency of

petroleum jelly you add your eos. Have them blended before hand of course,

because all you can do is shoot a dropper or so in there before it moves on to

the next stage.

 

Soon it will get to the stage where

you can not stir. Instead use your spoon or stick to sort of need the ball of

perfume. When it gets cool enough you will need to knead it with your fingers.

Put some cornstarch on your hands before touching the ball!! Knead until nice

and smooth. If the perfume is for sale or will be stored for a long time, you

will probably want to knead in an extra couple of drops of your eo blend. Just

make a little well, drop it in and close it up and roil around in the palm of

your hand a while until it is blended. This last bit is sort of like a top

scent, it is strong, but will wear off if the perfume is not closed up for a

while. It is the scent you added while stirring that lasts.

 

Store at room temp in a tin or

airtight container. If you are loading it into a ring, it heat the ring a bit

and put a few beads of beeswax in it first (same goes for tins etc, I imagine).

Then press the perfume in. This helps it to stick in there, instead of just

falling back out.

 

I use wax seal stamps to put a

design on the top of my perfumes when I am done. Just warm the stamp in hot tap

water. It is a very nice touchJ

 

I suggest you play with the formula

without any scent for a while to get used to the pattern of it. You can always

melt it down and add the eo to it, or more wax or fat or whatever. Always melt

resin into oil or liquid fat first, before adding it to the re-melted perfume.

Otherwise it can crystallize in the perfume and you will get chunks. This is

also why you stir your arm off during the cooling, to avoid the crystals. You

can omit the resin, but getting the correct ratio is much trickier.

 

 

 

Blessings,

Soseneda

 

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[Guest guest]

Thank you so much-

I did check out Twining Vines, I am anxious to see it completed,

but having built some web sites I know well it is a work in

progress.

((Hugs))

Janet

 

 

I have been making solid

perfumes for years. Really, they are easier than you think. LOL

 

 

 

The trick is to produce a finally product that is

solid at room temperature but has an extremely low melt point so that it

becomes liquid soon after wearing. They usually always need wax in them

to firm them up so they don t run. I make several that I put in my

pentacle poison rings for sale. Basically you need a fat base (oils

or butter fat), wax for thickener (you need a little paraffin, not just

straight beeswax), and your perfume. It helps immensely to use a resinous

agent also. Not only does it hold scent longer, but it gives you the

correct consistency so much easier (although the resin process involved

is longer).

 

 

 

So, having said all that, here we go with a generic

solid perfume recipe.

 

 

 

Start with a half ounce of carrier oil or fat (or a

blend of). Over heat; liquefy the fats and add about 1/8 ounce of your

chosen resin (frankincense if you don t want much smell from the resin,

the frankincense will basically blend into the background and be pretty

inconspicuous, copal for the lighter scents, dragon s blood if you want

that smell in it, amber works well in the golden form, but has a

distinctive scent, red amber doesn t work). Heat slowly and stir with

something wooden or ceramic (no plastic or metal please) until it is nice

and combined. Add your wax, add 1/8 ounce of paraffin and ½ ounce of

beeswax to start. Melt and combine well. Remove from heat and begin

stirring your arm off as it cools. After about a minute you will be able

to see if it needs more wax (to thicken it). If it does, return to heat

and add more wax. You may up the paraffin a little bit, but not too much.

Again, remove from heat and stir until you think you cant stir anymore.

When it gets to the stage where it is the consistency of petroleum jelly

you add your eos. Have them blended before hand of course, because all

you can do is shoot a dropper or so in there before it moves on to the

next stage.

 

 

 

Soon it will get to the stage where you can not stir.

Instead use your spoon or stick to sort of need the ball of perfume. When

it gets cool enough you will need to knead it with your fingers. Put some

cornstarch on your hands before touching the ball!! Knead until nice and

smooth. If the perfume is for sale or will be stored for a long time, you

will probably want to knead in an extra couple of drops of your eo blend.

Just make a little well, drop it in and close it up and roil around in

the palm of your hand a while until it is blended. This last bit is sort

of like a top scent, it is strong, but will wear off if the perfume is

not closed up for a while. It is the scent you added while stirring that

lasts.

 

 

 

Store at room temp in a tin or airtight container. If

you are loading it into a ring, it heat the ring a bit and put a few

beads of beeswax in it first (same goes for tins etc, I imagine). Then

press the perfume in. This helps it to stick in there, instead of just

falling back out.

 

 

 

I use wax seal stamps to put a design on the top of my

perfumes when I am done. Just warm the stamp in hot tap water. It is a

very nice touchJ

 

 

 

I suggest you play with the formula without any scent

for a while to get used to the pattern of it. You can always melt it down

and add the eo to it, or more wax or fat or whatever. Always melt resin

into oil or liquid fat first, before adding it to the re-melted perfume.

Otherwise it can crystallize in the perfume and you will get chunks. This

is also why you stir your arm off during the cooling, to avoid the

crystals. You can omit the resin, but getting the correct ratio is much

trickier.

 

 

 

Blessings,

Soseneda

 

Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

ICQ# 47264444

AIM: SosenedaA

: Soseneda_Arianrhod

 

Looking for herbs and other witchy supplies?

Many wonderful handmade items from Twining Vines available at The Town

Market

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