Scent of The Day

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My DIY 40% essential oil EDP - I'm a retired herbalist and aromatherapist and have gone well past simple frags now.

The Dragon calls it Charlie because that was my pet lizard in Egypt yonks ago - it's deffo not a cheap tweenie girl 80's lab-made chemical cocktail smell though haha !

Most EDP's are at 15% - 20% V.o.C's by vol - I like very bold frags like when I lived in Egypt.

I wanted a Middle East scent that was more like an attar in performance - there is no alcohol in these - the base is organic Japanese Camellia oil.

So this lasts 3 showers on skin and many weeks on clothes and garments.

This has 5% St. John's Wort essential oil in it, 5% very high strength CBD oil in it plus Osmanthus which is literally peachy, Heliotrope, Tuberose, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, Jasmine Absolute, 3 types of Sandalwood, 5 types of Cedar and Juniper, 3 types of oud, Egyptian Amber, Orange Blossom, Lemongrass, Lilac, Leather, Salvia Divinorum and Opoponax, Elemi and Benzoin - but it's balanced - obviously massively floral but all the base notes are powerhouses individually - together they really sing.


These are 50 ml bottles and the ingredients outlay alone could buy quite a good Eau de Parfum or aftershave in a nice box.

The CBD, Sacred Sage and Hypericum perforatum are all massive anti-depressants as are the esoteric florals alone.
All the molecules go right through the skin into the general circulation - literally a skin tonic.

Also these are safe on my skin and can be used in my fan-driven bluetooth app smart hotel waterless diffuser with elan - Was only twenty quid all inc from ali - is nearly silent , does not need filling or charging for 3-4 months and the same one on the bay or big river site is 3-4 times the cost - scandalous.

I did these sorts of therapeutic aromas decades ago but didn't have the sophisticated delivery systems of today.

I can't wait to unpack my still and do 6-7 stage rectification at 95%+ because I can make much more powerful concoctions from my plants and herbs - in the last few years I've only done pill-rolling and liquid extracts for my regulars but they are nowhere near as good as the fruits from the still haha !

The Western perfumery books I have are aimed at Americans and Europeans - I want to translate the Persian and Arabic perfumery books with OCR software because the philosophy and raison d'etre is totally different and Centuries older plus I'd like to find some ancient Greek and Egyptian writings on perfume I can get translated.

It is not a rabbit hole - it is a black hole - I spent £300 on frag ingredients last night - naughty but nice haha !
 
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It hasn't got a name - it's just a very base noted herby wood mix.

I like allsorts of woody stuff in general ; erm was a joiner years ago and did a bit of carving etc.

This one has Cypress, different types of Sandalwood, Cedar, Honoki, Palo Santo, Lemon Blossom, Tulsi Holy Basil and a few drops of Vietnamese Nha Trang oud in it.

The constituents are a bit of a pinch but so, so worth it - lately after years of employing Perfumers/Formulators Alcohol I switched to a good bioethanol because I didn't want the Isopropyl Myristate or the Dipropylene Glycol in it and it's very clean with little to no odour.

With the very high concentration - 35%+ of arboreal essential oils it doesn't need Witch Hazel or Glycerine in it as an emollient either.

With better quality essential oils that I use that are truly organic, native plants distilled without petrochemicals like Hexane and they are from much more mature plants than the norm that have had the time to grow long roots and absorb more trace elements, vitamins and minerals plus get more chemically and hormonaly active with insect and animal predation and weather and changing ground-water - they are like grass-fed beef, raw unpasteurised milk, a good real ale, an aged vintage Camembert or a decades old vintage Bordeaux - they have much more depth, layers of different notes and complex synergistic integrity.

I have had a few compliments wearing this and two requests for the same mix last weekend - I didn't take notes so it'll have to be my best guess approximation - well it's an art and a science - that's why I love it haha !

I've been making perfume and medicines with a still since 1980 - but still learning everyday - it's a huge subject like Computers or languages.
 
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