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Perfume Making Blog
Recipes, ratios and material notes for people who make perfume at home. Start with the beginner guides if you are new, or read a free sample of the full guide.
Aroma Chemicals List: 40 Synthetic Perfumery Materials Explained
A perfumer’s list of 40 synthetic aroma chemicals — Iso E Super, Hedione, Ambroxan, musks, aldehydes — with odour, note position and how beginners use them.
Read the article →How to Make Perfume Oil at Home: Roll-On Recipe & Ratios
Make a roll-on perfume oil at home: which carrier oil to use, the concentrate-to-oil ratio, a 10 ml worked recipe, maceration time and safety basics.
Read the article →Parfum vs EDP vs EDT vs Cologne: Perfume Concentration Chart
What Parfum, Eau de Parfum, Eau de Toilette and Eau de Cologne really mean: typical oil percentages, longevity, and how to mix each strength at home.
Read the article →What Is Cologne Made Of? Cologne Ingredients List & Simple Formula
Cologne is mostly alcohol plus 2–5% fragrance oil: bergamot, lemon, neroli, lavender and modern aroma chemicals. The full ingredients list, plus a formula to try.
Read the article →How to Make Solid Perfume: Beeswax Balm Recipe for Beginners
A simple solid perfume recipe with beeswax and jojoba: exact weights, how much fragrance to add, vegan wax swaps, and fixes for grainy or weak balms.
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Where to Start
These articles answer narrow, practical questions. They build on four longer guides that cover the foundations, so if a post assumes something you have not met yet, it is explained in one of these:
- Perfume ingredients list: 50+ essential oils, aroma chemicals and naturals grouped by note tier, with what each one smells like.
- Perfume notes explained: how top, heart and base notes behave on skin and how to balance them in a formula.
- How to make perfume at home: equipment, the fragrance pyramid and a step-by-step first blend.
- Perfume dilution guide: the maths for concentrate percentages, working stocks and batch sizes.
Every recipe here is written by weight, not drops, because drop size changes with the material and the pipette. A 0.01 g scale is enough to follow along.