Re: Frustrated - Won't Give Up

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On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:02 AM, miraculousbeads1@... <

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> I recently made the most beautiful perfume ever with an enfleurage of

> sweet broom that I made myself. It definitely has the wow factor.

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> When I proceeded to make a bigger batch; it wasn't the same.

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> Margo

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To some extent this always happens Margo...when you go to larger quantites

you have to balance the ingredients to match the original scent, as it near

impossible to measure them exactly. the more complex the blend, the harder

it often is.

Also don't forget that you have to let the scent age and settle too..it

changes over a week or two as the ingredients interact with each other.

Ambrosia

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> I recently made the most beautiful perfume ever with an enfleurage of sweet

broom that I made myself. It definitely has the wow factor.

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> When I proceeded to make a bigger batch; it wasn't the same.

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> So, I very carefully made it again and noted each ingredient very carefully.

Each batch (12 in all) turned out the same.

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> Which each new batch I tried adding or substracting a drop or two of each

ingredient - still no cigar.

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> I am now on my 14th batch and am relying on my olfactory memory to come up

with the original scent. This is very difficult since the perfume I created is

an accord and does not smell like any one of the essential oils I used.

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> Has this ever happened to anyone?

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> Not giving up.

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> Margo

Dear Margo:

This is a common problem when someone uses the 'drop' method to

make perfume. Using uniform drops of diluted materials to create

your mods is fine - that's what I teach my students. Can you

imagine trying to get a drop of blond tobacco or labdanum,

undiluted, in a replicable amount from the stock bottle to the

mod bottle? Impossible.

When you have diluted bottles to work from, and you know the

exact dilution because you used a scale to weigh the original

aromatic and the alcohol, that's the good start. Then you need

to know the specific gravity of the aromatic. I created a

blending program that allows for the input of the diluted drops

and converts it to a weight. Let's say you have used 10 drops of

aromatic A. Enter it into the program, and you'll see how much

undiluted aromatic A you need to add to your compound. Actually,

the program handles all the aromatics from A to Z, and also gives

their cost.

See, aromatics all have different specific gravities. Even

though diluted for ease of formulation, the specific gravity

needs to be considered when making the final compound. Then you

weigh out the alcohol, stir, age and bottle. No matter if you're

making 1/8oz bottles or 1 liter bottles, the perfume will smell

consistently the same.

HTH.

Anya McCoy

http://AnyasGarden.com

http://NaturalPerfumers.com

http://PerfumeClasses.com

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Anya:

Thanks for your email.

I understand, however each additional small batch I made smells consistently the

same so this means my measurements are accurate.

 I'm trying to figure out if I added a drop or two of something else and didn't

note it.

I wish there was some kind of kizmo that measured the amount of each essential

oil in my perfume.

I am now on batch #14.  

www.miraculousbeads.com

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> Anya:

> Thanks for your email.

> I understand, however each additional small batch I made smells consistently

the same so this means my measurements are accurate.

> Â I'm trying to figure out if I added a drop or two of something else and

didn't note it.

> I wish there was some kind of kizmo that measured the amount of each essential

oil in my perfume.

> I am now on batch #14. Â

>

> www.miraculousbeads.com

Hi Margo:

I know your batches were consistently the same, but if you

inadvertently added too much of one or two very intense

aromatics, that could be the reason the elusive aromatic may be

" dampened " . Happens all the time.

Anya McCoy

http://AnyasGarden.com

http://NaturalPerfumers.com

http://PerfumeClasses.com

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Hmmmm.  Actually the original recipe did have an intense scent, which mellowed

after two days. Each subsequent batch I made all had the same intense scent but

didn't mellow. I am sure that I added something after I mixed the eo's with the

alcohol, but didn't make a note of it. I do this when I'm cooking, too. i add a

little something to give it that je ne sais quois.

Well, I have taken several breaks to relax my olfactory senses.  I even cried a

little

Hopefully, through my experimentation, I will eventually get the original scent

which I am loving more and more each time I sniff it.

Thanks, Anya, I really appreciate your input.

Best Regards,Margowww.miraculousbeads.com

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