Discover Your SignaturePerfume

Every woman needs her
personal fragrance
wardrobe.. To fit her mood.
To blend in with the
nuances in her personality.
Getting ready for some
romance?
You could go for a heady
fragrance or one that is
feminine, rose based.
Incidentally, rose and
jasmine are the classic floral
scents for romance.
In a carefree mood?
Go for something fresh.
Citrusy.
A fragrance that is fruity,
especially one with notes of
grapefruit or orange or
neroli would be wonderful
for that optimistic outlook.
Perfume is all about your
individual taste. My cousin
loves patchouli but
that smell makes me want to
throw up.
The trick is to get something
you simply adore which
smells great to other
people too. The easiest way
out is to buy a brand
name perfume off the
shelves. But would that
mean someone else would
probably be wearing the
same scent as you?
If that is your concern, you
need not worry too much.
That same fragrance
smells different on different
people as the day
progresses. The fragrance
mixes
with the oils your skin
produce and the end result
is something that is subtly,
uniquely yours.
If you do want to mix your
own fragrance, go ahead.
When I was in my teens, my
pals would mix their own
fragrance by mixing 2 or
more of their favourite
perfumes. That could turn
out to be a hit, or a total
waste of good perfume if
the result stinks.
The other way is to mix
your own fragrance from
essential oils. Each
essential oil provides a note
in the complete fragrance.
A beautiful fragrance
consists of at least 3 notes.
A top note, a middle note
and a base note.
The top note evaporates the
most quickly. Meaning, your
first whiff of the
fragrance would be the top
note. Mints and Citrus scents
like grapefruit and
lemon are top notes. It is
also the first note to
disappear, meaning as the
day
progresses, the top note
would have evaporated off,
which lets the fragrance
develop, showing off the
other notes.
The middle note forms the
body of the fragrance. That
means, for most of the
day, this is the note that
dominates the fragrance.
Lavender, tea tree, geranium
and nutmeg are some
examples of middle notes.
The base notes are the most
lasting parts of the
fragrance. Long after the
fragrance has faded, the
base notes remain. These
would be the woody and
the
musky scents like musk,
sandalwood and vetiver.
Some scents are complete
perfumes by themselves.
Rose for example is made
of
hundreds of components. It
can be used as the top
note, body and even the
base
note in a fragrance. I used
to keep a tiny bottle of
Rose Otto. Very expensive
stuff but a single drop goes
a long way. 1 drop of that in
5 ml of jojoba oil
lasted me for a very long
time as a personal perfume
that was also therapeutic.
It was also a complete
perfume on its own.
Experiment with different
scents, diluting them in a
massage oil, to create
your personal fragrance
For starters, you could put 1
teaspoon of sweet almond
oil or a carrier oil
into a small bottle, add 1
drop of essential oil for the
top note, 1 drop for
the middle note and 1 drop
for the base note and see
how it goes.
Have fun!