Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Sora Nalani <sora_nalani@...> wrote: > I am very new to the perfume thing and thought I would start easy with > only a couple of scents to blend to kind of get the hang of it all. I'm completely new to perfumery - hopefully the old guard will be along soon... > I want to use ylang ylang and palmarosa and one other essential oil. > I was hoping to get a few suggestions on what would round that out a > bit and blend well. I am making a solid perfume out it all. I use this more for soaping, but this blend suggester is handy: http://www.rainbowmeadow.com/infocenter/calc_eoblend/blendselect.php It gives out several ideas: Legato Blend Bergamot-Palmarosa-Ylang Ylang Complete Garnet Blend Lavender 40/42-Orange, Sweet-Palmarosa-Ylang Ylang Complete Angel Kiss Blend Lavender 40/42-Palmarosa-Sage, Clary-Ylang Ylang Complete Taign Blend Cistus-incense-Geranium, Rose-Palmarosa. Patchouli. Rosewood. Ylang Ylang Complete Maybe you can use those as a jumping-off point? Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 --- Sora Nalani <sora_nalani@...> wrote: > I am very new to the perfume thing and thought I > would start easy with > only a couple of scents to blend to kind of get the > hang of it all. > > I want to use ylang ylang and palmarosa and one > other essential oil. > I was hoping to get a few suggestions on what would > round that out a > bit and blend well. I am making a solid perfume out > it all. > > Thanks! > > Sora ************************************************** Hi Sora Ylang and palmarosa are both heart/middle notes. You might want to consider adding a base note and top note to that blend. Then you will have a vertical accord, and you can observe how the odor changes and evolves as the top dries down, and then the middle. -Patty __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 --- Sora Nalani <sora_nalani@...> wrote: > I am very new to the perfume thing and thought I > would start easy with > only a couple of scents to blend to kind of get the > hang of it all. > > I want to use ylang ylang and palmarosa and one > other essential oil. > I was hoping to get a few suggestions on what would > round that out a > bit and blend well. I am making a solid perfume out > it all. > > Thanks! > > Sora > > Hi Sora, Ayala gave you some really great suggestions earlier and I think you may have missed the post so I copied them for you here: (These are from Ayala) All white florals, and in fact all florals pretty much - particularly: Jasmine Tuberose Rose Neroli Fruity and herbal notes, i.e.: Geranium bourbon Davana Lavender Woody notes: Rosewood Sandalwood Balsamic (vanilla like) notes: Vanilla absolute Vanilla CO2 Benzoin Peru Balsam Tonka Absolute If I were to choose just one of these for your blend, it would be one of the base notes, probably vanilla or sandalwood. But what you would be making is more of a vertical accord than a perfume because it would not really include enough notes to express the complexity of a true perfume. You may not be very happy with the end result. I think that if I were you, I would play around with several of the choices Ayala suggested but in very small amounts before making an actual solid perfume. Try some different simple accords and see what smells really beautiful to you. Also try different proportions. When you find something really nice, then make it into a solid perfume. Also, Ayala didn't include a lot of topnotes so I would add some citrusy notes to play with such as bergamot, bitter orange, clementine... Just have some fun with it! __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 > > Legato Blend Bergamot-Palmarosa-Ylang Ylang Complete > > Garnet Blend Lavender 40/42-Orange, Sweet-Palmarosa-Ylang Ylang > Complete > > Angel Kiss Blend Lavender 40/42-Palmarosa-Sage, Clary-Ylang Ylang > Complete > > Taign Blend Cistus-incense-Geranium, Rose-Palmarosa. Patchouli. > Rosewood. Ylang Ylang Complete > > Maybe you can use those as a jumping-off point? > > Lara Thanks! I had considered Bergamot, and now I think I will try those in small amounts as was suggested by others and see what I can come up with! Sora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 - > Hi Sora, > Ayala gave you some really great suggestions earlier > and I think you may have missed the post so I copied > them for you here: > > > If I were to choose just one of these for your blend, > it would be one of the base notes, probably vanilla or > sandalwood. But what you would be making is more of a > vertical accord than a perfume because it would not > really include enough notes to express the complexity > of a true perfume. You may not be very happy with the > end result. I think that if I were you, I would play > around with several of the choices Ayala suggested but > in very small amounts before making an actual solid > perfume. Try some different simple accords and see > what smells really beautiful to you. Also try > different proportions. When you find something really > nice, then make it into a solid perfume. Also, Ayala > didn't include a lot of topnotes so I would add some > citrusy notes to play with such as bergamot, bitter > orange, clementine... Great suggestions! I will definately play around and add a few things in there and see where it takes me...in small amounts of course. I wanted to start small, rather than get completely overwhelmed by the whole process. Thanks for pointing out that other post, there were lots of great ideas in there and I will be taking them with me when I go to get some essential oils Sora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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