Your videos on YT are one of the few really valuable materials on creating perfumes. I can learn handfuls from you. You speak my language and it speaks to me. You don't go over the perfume pyramid for an hour by drawing some confusing pictures on the blackboard as I can see on other videos from some other folks that say they are experts. Just the very facts. And above all, you do not hide your recipes, thoughts and experiences that are invaluable. I would also like to thank you for valuable links, especially providing a sheet in Google Sheets that makes perfumery work so much easier. You are a great example of how to do something for the community without crushing the viewers with your own products, courses, etc. Thank you!
I really love your videos. Because of these videos I have decided to get into perfuming myself. I'm so new to the craft that I haven't even made anything yet as I'm still waiting for my equipment to arrive from Amazon. I have a question for you. How do you know which raw materials to pre-dilute and by what percentage? Is it standard practice to pre-dilute everything? Please keep the videos coming as I find them incredibly informative and I will be looking to them to help guide me on my path!
@@bkscents7050 oh okay could you imagine doing the same for a summer fragrance ? maybe something like aventus or sauvage? :) long lasting and good projection
So happy I found your vids. I've been trying to reproduce a discontinued toilet drop by Aesop and I couldn't get the punch the original has. It turned out to be your use of synthetics or concentrates to enhance other similar scents that popped that lightbulb over my head. It was those last 2 or 3 notes that I was ignoring on the ingredient list that make it pop. Thank you for the knowledge and inspiration.
I love your videos and want to get into DIY perfumery. I don't quite understand the math you're using. Could you explain what your saying when you say 2% of the total blend. What is the 100%? is it a total weight your getting from the scale? I'd love to have a video about how you're doing the math.
Hi, isn’t needed any fixer oil in the mixed like glycerin or propireglycol (or something like that)? I heard that something like a 7% of it needed to be added to achieve longevity. Is that correct? Thanks 🙏
Ooh I love amber perfumes. Il Profumum Roma Ambra Aurea is one of my absolute favorites. And Ormonde Jayne Ambre Royal or Royal Elixir which is the extrait version. I became crazy for Ambers after I got a decant of Tom Fords Amber Absolute a few yrs ago. I knew if I liked that one so much that there had to be better ambers out there. I was particularly looking for a nice amber rose perfume . I found many. I absolutely love discovering new perfumes and seeing my taste grow and appreciate unique and unusual perfumes. I used to say “oh I hate Ouds they stink like poop”’ but then I found some perfumes with beautiful smelling Ouds. I used to say I’ll never like tobacco or leather in any perfume . But I found some beautiful tobacco scents and leathers too. I never say I don’t like something coz u never know. I also found out that I love resins, balsams, ambergris and labdanum. When I first smelt a few of the Areej Le Dore perfumes I thought ewww nasty perfumes, how can anyone like those perfumes. But I got some samples and took my time to get to know each one and found the ones I really liked and grew to love then grew to love so much so that i bought back up bottles so Im never without the perfumes. So I went from eww nasty perfume to wow I really love and can appreciate the beauty and work that went into each perfume. I still don’t like the fecal Ouds. That I just can’t understand anyone liking. Why would anyone want to smell like poop. I remember one day I was in NYC on an escalator going up and I was right behind a few Indian women in traditional Indian clothes and I’ll never forget that the woman right in front of me smelled like she pooped herself. I kinda felt sorry for her. Thinking that she just couldn’t hold it . Til an Indian friend told me what I smelt was Oud . And that in India it’s the women who wear the Ouds and men wear rose and floral scents. Wow I never knew. You learn something every day...So I still can’t understand why any woman would want to smell like poop. Well to each his own just don’t come near me. Coz if u smell like poop I will call u out on it . Nobody should be offending other ppl on purpose. It’s just rude. Lol
i'm following your videos closely. i't s interesting that you stress out the fact of combining EOs with synthetics. someone complained somewhere in other video that his perfumes smelled like cheap hippie aromatherapy due to only using EOs 😂. thanks a lot for your thorough and in-depth content. my very first batch of essences is already on its way!
he said in a previous video that he uses google sheets to set out his formulations, so i'd think any spreadsheet software would help you out with that!
Great video. Question: Let's say you're happy with this formula and you decide to make a concentrate. Are all your oils/synthetics at 100%? Or do you create your final concentrate with the pre-diluted materials? For example you added karmawood @ 10% in your trial. When you make a final concentrate, will that karmawood be added at full 100%? Thanks.
my 'prediluted' materials are just for making small trial batches. Once im happy with a formula that i consider as done, ill make a large batch of the same formula using nothing but 100% raw (undiluted) materials so that batch is 100% full strength and i can use that to make many bottles of perfumes are what ever concentration (EDT, EDP, Parfum, etc) i want with it.
@@bkscents7050 Hai Sir, i am ardi from indonesia.. i realy realy need u. Pls help me. I have EO bargamot, basil, sweet orange, lavender, ylangylang, coffe, jasmine, cardamom, cinnamon, sandalwood, cedarwood, lemongrass, and than too i have accord oud absolute, isolate musk phantolid, pure isolate linalool 97, accord leathry woody, sandalore sandal pentanol, accord aldehydic vetiverol earthy grassy, accord amber, accord oriantalicque, isolates ambrafuran methyldodecahydronapthopuran sclareol, and accord peony pretty. What i can i do with that material Sir. I always wrong sir. Can u gift 1 etc formula with my material sir. Pliss help me. I realy need u help me sir
When you pre-dilute some of the scents, what do you dilute them with and how do you decide to what percentage to dilute them? Thanks for wonderful videos
I just dilute them in ethyl alcohol. Trying to find the right dilution ratio is tricky though. I usually start with 10%, and try it in a few blends....and if I find it’s still too strong, I have to decide if I should take it down to 5%, or 1%. I even have some materials down to 0.1%. Another cool trick is to also find demo formulas of that material from IFF, Givaudan, Firmenich....and see how much they are using it in their demo blends. Then take an general average of usage, and determine what would be an appropriate dilution level to get to those some average usage results.
Nice Job man great informative and entertaining video. 👍 Does the Designer Brands uses the same Fragrance oils for making their perfumes or does they somethink like better quality.?
Hello, thank you for your generosity in sharing your knowledge with us. I'm a chemist and I really like the fragrance universe! Sorry if it is inconvenient but the previous dilution of the oils is done in ethanol or a neutral oily base?
I think we'd be best friends. I love fragrances, but so many videos only use essential oils which smell too homemade. I think it is important to use synthetics alongside natural oils. I have an amazing fragrance that all of my friends love. The only problem is I have to wear it in the Winter time because it seems to attract bees. I think it is the Auralva that attracts them. Before you started talking about ISO Super E, I knew you were going to say ISO Super E. Would love to test out some of your fragrances.
Hey I loved your video. Very informative and educational for a DIY enthusiast like me. I haven't had good luck with weighing scales. Would you mind sharing with me what kind of scale is yours?
Where do you recommend buying fragrance raw materials from? I have tried to male a few formulas after viewing your videos and think I need to get better raw materials to male my fragrances smell better/closer to what I want from them. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the great work
You're becoming my go to for learning. Thank you for your excellent tutorials. I purchased some undenatured organic 200% ethanol but it has an alcohol smell. Would Iff be the place to go for non smelling purfumer's alcohol? Or another site. I'd prefer one company to buy from; just easier at this point of beginning. Thanks, Rafael.
Good information How much use/percentage perfume ingredient For example: Essential oil Ingredients/chemicals Fixative Alcohol One more question I mixed essential oil and alcohol but the oil comes on top of the alcohol what is the reason? Pls advice
Hello! I am new to your channel, but WOW are your videos helpful! One question though, as everywhere I look I get mixed reviews/answers. I noticed that you just add perfumer's alcohol after mixing your oils. A lot of other places I've looked say to add distilled water and/or glycerine to make the perfumes last longer. What's your take on this? Do you recommend adding these ingredients or staying away from them?
when you say 2.5% of the perfume, do you mean the 20% of total fragrance within a perfume excluding the alcohol or the whole perfume including the alcohol? when you make a perfume ( not experimenting) to use, do you still use diluted or undiluted fragrance?
Hey there i was really amazed by your video,iwant to make aperfume but i live in ethiopia where there is no raw material so could you help how am i going to get the materials
If you are using say 20% naturals how long do you wait for the blend to mature to know what to adjust? Or can you tell right after blending? Also the amber accord you made same question. I see there are a lot of naturals.
As with all materials both natural or chemical....I always wait 48 hours to let the blend settle in. Sometimes you can wait just 24 hours and notice a difference... But after the 48 hours mark is when I know it's settled enough to make good evaluations if something need sto be adjusted
@@bkscents7050 From now on before I comment I'm going to watch until the end!! Haha thanks for these videos as a new perfumer starting just 4 months ago they are really top notch and have helped a lot. Are you on instagram?
Be completely honest how good are this perfumes you make? Is it like anything near what u can actually buy or is it better? Almost the same? I wanna know if its worth starting! Thanks bro!
Who cares how well (or not) my perfumes are. If you are interested in getting into Perfumery.....don't let someone else's success (or not) let it be the deciding factor. If you love smelling good, and like to be creative....it's a fun thing to get into. And if you get into it and find that's it's too hard or not interesting enough....then simply move on with your life and give yourself credit for at least trying.
Its a lot of math calculations in the formula to upscale to a larger batch of a finished product. But all in all, if your formula is finished and written out by a percentage of each material, its very easy to calculate what you will need to get a larger end result.
Hi I'm new to your channel and I'm tryn' to gather every information I can get to make perfumery a new hobby. I was wondering if perfumers are using a standard formula when it comes to multiplying the volume of the blended fragrance from10ml to 100ml? I'm quite confused when it comes to the math of it.
hey sir, thanks a lot for this video, founding this channel really helps, you are true one of a kind, a true teacher, teling us the recipe and why you choose certain ingredients was really teaching and usefull ! thanks , but i still confuse about the alkohol 1,2 gr to make it EDP concentration 15%, how is that calculation ? also, which one of this ingredients is the fixative ? sorry for the bad english, cheers from indonesia ,
I keep them for a few weeks. And if after a few weeks I still decide it's not worth pursuing...I dump it in a large spray bottle (along with other failed trials) and make a room spray with it all, lol
Hi, can I ask where you got your coffee absolute from? I've tried using natural coffee essential oils and co2 extracts and none of them were alcohol soluble because apparently they all have the same physical properties of a carrier oil.
Is making a fragranc oil any different than making one in an alcohol solution? If you are going for an EDP fragrance oil, would you do the same thing, but just use carrier oil instead of alcohol?
My coffee abs and cocoa abs doesn't mix with the ethanol for some reason it stays separate and just sinks to the bottom. Any reason why this is happening
So i understand from this video that you diluted the oils twice, once as a predilution and another time when you added alcohol to make it an EDP, But doesn't this make the perfume weak ? I used to think that an EDP is 20% of raw oils and 80% alcohol
It doesn't make it weak.....as long as you do the math along the way. Some materials I use at 50% diluted.....some are at 10%....some at 1%. But even if the trail batch is weak, if you enjoy the outcome you can always do the math and reformulate it with raw materials.
I was interested in making ALL natural perfumes with mainly essential oils. I've since noticed that due to the volatility, the life span is short lived. Are their aromatic chemicals that are derived from a natural source? I have Iso E Super, Hedione, & Timbersilk just because I want my scents to last longer, but are they ok to use when you want scents that are more natural vs so many icky chemicals?
There are many aroma chemicals that derived from natural sources. Many AC's like a-pinene & b-pinene, methylanthranilate, cis-3-hexenol, linalool, cinnamyl aldehyde, eugenol, citral, benzaldehyde.....all are found naturally in fruits, flowers or trees....the list can go on and on.....
You need to know which naturals to use. There are many that last hours e.g. oud (real oud), sandalwood, fossil amber, resins etc. You need to build a good base. You also have long lasting florals. Citruses are highly volatile so they don’t last long but some last longer than others e.g. mandarin lasts long. You can also create an illusion of a long lasting top note e.g. pairing mandarin or yuzu with osmanthus. It’s about studying the raw materials. The more you know the easier it becomes to make long lasting naturals. Hermitage Oils and Eden Botanicals have a huge range of naturals and their quality is at the pinnacle.
Believe it or not, Ambroxan is derived from a natural source (clary sage oil). Ambrettolide musk can be from a natural source as well. Both will add longevity and diffusion in the basenotes. Also, most suppliers will indicate when an AC is derived from natural sources since it increases the price (and the market viability). For Ambrettolide, there are two versions, synthetic and natural, so make sure you get the "natural" one. It's also more expensive :)
Most synthetics are very safe and naturally derived from things in nature. And more so, because you aren’t applying them neat to the skin, they’re even more safe being diluted in alcohol. The ones that can be a little more concerning are Polycyclic Musks. These are usually the chemicals that you hear about causing hormonal disruptions and such. But again, these are to be diluted in the concentrate and then further diluted in the alcohol, so they are perfectly safe!
Have you arrived at these material proportions and percentages of the total blend by just experimenting originally or did you have a template of sorts that you worked to? The clincal maths element confuses me?! Cheers sir
Everything is by experimenting, and many many many different trial batches and tests. Its not uncommon to work and rework a formula 30-50 times until you feel its coming together into something nice. Some profession perfumers who work for Versace, Dior, etc claim it may even take them 80-100 trials before they come up with a formula they feel is good.
Hi, I had a question. If I want to make a 30ml perfume of 20% concentration. am I correct in syaing that I have to add 5g of concentrate and 25g alcohol. to get a 30ml of 20%concetrate? right
This is hard to answer, because you are comparing weight (grams) to volume (ml). If you did 5g concentrate and 25g alcohol....that would give you 30g (weight) at 16.67% perfume concentrate. 30g doesn't necessarily mean it's 30ml....weight and volume are different beasts. If you want a 20% concentrate perfume, your best bet is to make up 6.25g of raw material to 25g alcohol.. this will give you 20% and you'll have 31.25g total perfume. It's best to have a little extra than not enough to fill the bottle, because weight(g) doesn't necessarily convert to volume(ml) in the end.
I have a question. do you have the result in your mind in your imagination before you start, or is it more like step by step and see where it will lead you to? how much of the final scent result do you have in your imagination before you start. in other words, an example: did Oliver Polge have a clear vision of spicebomb before he started ? or was he perhaps suprised himself what the resulting scent smells like? are there lucky "accidents" as well?
How can i buy this raw materials to make a perfume as a beginner or make a video about that from where you buy this materials and what u need as a beginner
Hi, how long after making perfume can you sell it? Do you have to wait and macerate it for a month, eight weeks or more? How do I get rid of the strong alcohol scent from perfume so that it doesn’t smell like cheap perfume? Also, what kind of coloring is great for perfume? Water Soluble? If you can, which I would be so grateful, can you point me in the direction of where to buy the coloring for perfume? Is Nondenatured Ethanol better than Denatured Ethanol? Thanks.
The coloring I use is FD&C dyes. It's safe, commerical and easy to obtain. All you need is a red, blue and a yellow bottle...and you can make up so many colors with that
@@bkscents7050 OMG, thank you so so much for responding, I appreciate it. Real quickly, what perfumers alcohol is better? Denatured Alcohol or Nondenatured Ethanol? How can I correctly add distilled water without it getting cloudy? What ingredients should I add to make the water, ethanol and distilled water blend together? I am new to this, sorry for so much questions. Thank you again.
I use SDA-40B alcohol. That's pretty much the standard for alcohol fragrances. If you buy it at 190 proof, there is no need to add water to it...as it already has water added. If you buy the 200 proof, you can add water to it (as long as it's distilled and purified) at the final stage of bottling.
It's a VERY substantive and noticable material that should be used in low doses. It's a good woody-amber material, but it means a bit dirty spicy inan Oud facet kinda way compared to all the other woody amber materials. It's a tough material to use and doesn't work for all scenario's...but I find it's best to use around 5 or 6 parts per thousand or less In a formula as a starting point.
After letting this sit for the remainder of the day, i think i may leave the nutmeg alone to 0.5% of the overall concentrate blend. But instead, ..reduce the Sweet Basil from 0.5% to 0.35% to the overall concentrate mixture. About to mix the new batch now, so i have this new variation batch to compare with the batch mixed from the video. ill keep you posted here.
So the AB test sat for almost 48 hours and was sniffed by myself and others. The favorite was: Keeping the Nutmeg at the original formula (1.14% of the concentrate), but reducing the Basil from 0.5% to 0.39% of the total concentrate. Lowering the basil allowed the orange(s) to breathe a bit more, and was the preferred formula.
If you are referring to cleaning the beakers, pipettes and glass bottles.....I have a video on "top 5 Perfumery hacks" that talks about my own cleaning solution that I use (rubbing alcohol and degreaser)
You have no idea how much this video helps me and motivates me as a beginner perfumer. Please do more of these!
The you should check out my latest video i uploaded last night! Another formulation demo! :)
Your videos on YT are one of the few really valuable materials on creating perfumes. I can learn handfuls from you. You speak my language and it speaks to me. You don't go over the perfume pyramid for an hour by drawing some confusing pictures on the blackboard as I can see on other videos from some other folks that say they are experts. Just the very facts. And above all, you do not hide your recipes, thoughts and experiences that are invaluable. I would also like to thank you for valuable links, especially providing a sheet in Google Sheets that makes perfumery work so much easier. You are a great example of how to do something for the community without crushing the viewers with your own products, courses, etc. Thank you!
This makes me happy to see 😃
I really love your videos. Because of these videos I have decided to get into perfuming myself. I'm so new to the craft that I haven't even made anything yet as I'm still waiting for my equipment to arrive from Amazon. I have a question for you. How do you know which raw materials to pre-dilute and by what percentage? Is it standard practice to pre-dilute everything? Please keep the videos coming as I find them incredibly informative and I will be looking to them to help guide me on my path!
wow i think you are the first one doing this
thank you !
There are a few others, ... but there are very few of us indeed 😁
@@bkscents7050 oh okay
could you imagine doing the same for a summer fragrance ?
maybe something like aventus or sauvage? :) long lasting and good projection
More of these pls! Great content !!!
More fragrance mixing, you got it ! 😬👍
So happy I found your vids. I've been trying to reproduce a discontinued toilet drop by Aesop and I couldn't get the punch the original has. It turned out to be your use of synthetics or concentrates to enhance other similar scents that popped that lightbulb over my head. It was those last 2 or 3 notes that I was ignoring on the ingredient list that make it pop. Thank you for the knowledge and inspiration.
Toilet drop? Sounds lovely
Creative, charming and handsome - a really nice blend 😘
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I love your videos and want to get into DIY perfumery. I don't quite understand the math you're using. Could you explain what your saying when you say 2% of the total blend. What is the 100%? is it a total weight your getting from the scale? I'd love to have a video about how you're doing the math.
This was really neat to watch, thanks for doing this 👍🏼
Really enjoy these videos! No whiskey this time? 😆
HAHAAH, it was like 2pm in the afternoon....i didnt dare...
Hi, isn’t needed any fixer oil in the mixed like glycerin or propireglycol (or something like that)? I heard that something like a 7% of it needed to be added to achieve longevity. Is that correct? Thanks 🙏
Do you have videos on how to work out the concentrations of the perfume? 15% 20% 25% etc.
Ooh I love amber perfumes. Il Profumum Roma Ambra Aurea is one of my absolute favorites. And Ormonde Jayne Ambre Royal or Royal Elixir which is the extrait version. I became crazy for Ambers after I got a decant of Tom Fords Amber Absolute a few yrs ago. I knew if I liked that one so much that there had to be better ambers out there. I was particularly looking for a nice amber rose perfume . I found many. I absolutely love discovering new perfumes and seeing my taste grow and appreciate unique and unusual perfumes. I used to say “oh I hate Ouds they stink like poop”’ but then I found some perfumes with beautiful smelling Ouds. I used to say I’ll never like tobacco or leather in any perfume . But I found some beautiful tobacco scents and leathers too. I never say I don’t like something coz u never know. I also found out that I love resins, balsams, ambergris and labdanum. When I first smelt a few of the Areej Le Dore perfumes I thought ewww nasty perfumes, how can anyone like those perfumes. But I got some samples and took my time to get to know each one and found the ones I really liked and grew to love then grew to love so much so that i bought back up bottles so Im never without the perfumes. So I went from eww nasty perfume to wow I really love and can appreciate the beauty and work that went into each perfume. I still don’t like the fecal Ouds. That I just can’t understand anyone liking. Why would anyone want to smell like poop.
I remember one day I was in NYC on an escalator going up and I was right behind a few Indian women in traditional Indian clothes and I’ll never forget that the woman right in front of me smelled like she pooped herself. I kinda felt sorry for her. Thinking that she just couldn’t hold it . Til an Indian friend told me what I smelt was Oud . And that in India it’s the women who wear the Ouds and men wear rose and floral scents. Wow I never knew. You learn something every day...So I still can’t understand why any woman would want to smell like poop. Well to each his own just don’t come near me. Coz if u smell like poop I will call u out on it . Nobody should be offending other ppl on purpose. It’s just rude. Lol
This formula looks amazing! Many more components than I have. Would you consider selling a bottle within the US?
i'm following your videos closely. i't s interesting that you stress out the fact of combining EOs with synthetics. someone complained somewhere in other video that his perfumes smelled like cheap hippie aromatherapy due to only using EOs 😂. thanks a lot for your thorough and in-depth content. my very first batch of essences is already on its way!
These videos you're putting out is extremely helpful. What app do you use to build out your formula or did you come up with your own spreadsheet?
he said in a previous video that he uses google sheets to set out his formulations, so i'd think any spreadsheet software would help you out with that!
Excellent sir
You make so much sense brother,, thanks
Great video. Question: Let's say you're happy with this formula and you decide to make a concentrate. Are all your oils/synthetics at 100%? Or do you create your final concentrate with the pre-diluted materials? For example you added karmawood @ 10% in your trial. When you make a final concentrate, will that karmawood be added at full 100%? Thanks.
my 'prediluted' materials are just for making small trial batches. Once im happy with a formula that i consider as done, ill make a large batch of the same formula using nothing but 100% raw (undiluted) materials so that batch is 100% full strength and i can use that to make many bottles of perfumes are what ever concentration (EDT, EDP, Parfum, etc) i want with it.
@@bkscents7050 totally makes sense. Thanks!
@@bkscents7050 Hai Sir, i am ardi from indonesia.. i realy realy need u. Pls help me. I have EO bargamot, basil, sweet orange, lavender, ylangylang, coffe, jasmine, cardamom, cinnamon, sandalwood, cedarwood, lemongrass, and than too i have accord oud absolute, isolate musk phantolid, pure isolate linalool 97, accord leathry woody, sandalore sandal pentanol, accord aldehydic vetiverol earthy grassy, accord amber, accord oriantalicque, isolates ambrafuran methyldodecahydronapthopuran sclareol, and accord peony pretty. What i can i do with that material Sir. I always wrong sir. Can u gift 1 etc formula with my material sir. Pliss help me. I realy need u help me sir
When you pre-dilute some of the scents, what do you dilute them with and how do you decide to what percentage to dilute them? Thanks for wonderful videos
I just dilute them in ethyl alcohol. Trying to find the right dilution ratio is tricky though. I usually start with 10%, and try it in a few blends....and if I find it’s still too strong, I have to decide if I should take it down to 5%, or 1%. I even have some materials down to 0.1%.
Another cool trick is to also find demo formulas of that material from IFF, Givaudan, Firmenich....and see how much they are using it in their demo blends. Then take an general average of usage, and determine what would be an appropriate dilution level to get to those some average usage results.
@@bkscents7050 that was very helpful. Thank you so much!!!
Nice Job man great informative and entertaining video. 👍
Does the Designer Brands uses the same Fragrance oils for making their perfumes or does they somethink like better quality.?
1:59 is exaltolide total the same as macrolide supra?
Really enjoy watching your vids! Knowledgeable👌🏻 Can i ask what do you usually use to dilute your essential oils/extracts/synthetics?
I use standard ethyl alcohol (200 proof sda-40b) to dilute things
Hello, thank you for your generosity in sharing your knowledge with us. I'm a chemist and I really like the fragrance universe! Sorry if it is inconvenient but the previous dilution of the oils is done in ethanol or a neutral oily base?
It's ethanol (Ethyl alcohol)
I think we'd be best friends. I love fragrances, but so many videos only use essential oils which smell too homemade. I think it is important to use synthetics alongside natural oils. I have an amazing fragrance that all of my friends love. The only problem is I have to wear it in the Winter time because it seems to attract bees. I think it is the Auralva that attracts them. Before you started talking about ISO Super E, I knew you were going to say ISO Super E. Would love to test out some of your fragrances.
Butyl Phenyl Acetate very effective in OUD blends, makes synthetic agarwood glorious 😁
Hey I loved your video. Very informative and educational for a DIY enthusiast like me. I haven't had good luck with weighing scales. Would you mind sharing with me what kind of scale is yours?
Mines a 300g scale with readability of 0.000g. it's made by a company called US Solid and they sell for around $100
Where do you recommend buying fragrance raw materials from? I have tried to male a few formulas after viewing your videos and think I need to get better raw materials to male my fragrances smell better/closer to what I want from them. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the great work
Nice video ❤
You're becoming my go to for learning. Thank you for your excellent tutorials. I purchased some undenatured organic 200% ethanol but it has an alcohol smell. Would Iff be the place to go for non smelling purfumer's alcohol? Or another site. I'd prefer one company to buy from; just easier at this point of beginning. Thanks, Rafael.
These are my 2 spots to get it:
www.saveonscents.com/product_info.php?products_id=3572
shop.perfumersapprentice.com/p-9064-base-de-parfum.aspx
Good information
How much use/percentage perfume ingredient
For example:
Essential oil
Ingredients/chemicals
Fixative
Alcohol
One more question I mixed essential oil and alcohol but the oil comes on top of the alcohol what is the reason?
Pls advice
Love the video! What company would you recommend purchasing ISO E SUPER from?
perfumersapprentice.com is the most common place to get it in the USA
I am going to make this my new hobby. thanks for these Infos and tutorials
Hi, how are you? Can i ask, is that all oil perfumes? You didn't put some waters, fixative and alcohol?
Hello! I am new to your channel, but WOW are your videos helpful! One question though, as everywhere I look I get mixed reviews/answers. I noticed that you just add perfumer's alcohol after mixing your oils. A lot of other places I've looked say to add distilled water and/or glycerine to make the perfumes last longer. What's your take on this? Do you recommend adding these ingredients or staying away from them?
Hi, great video. Thank you. I just want to ask, do you add distilled water on your mixture? Why or why not?
Awesome!!
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@@bkscents7050 amber is my favorite too! So glad to have discovered your channel as I contemplate making my first supply purchase 😁
If you like amber....check out "ambranum" from Firmenich. Perfumer Shoot House sells it.....and it's freaking lovely
@@bkscents7050 I will!! Thank you 😁
yes I hhave a question, how about the performance of this blend? how will it get its longevity / projection and sillage?
when you say 2.5% of the perfume, do you mean the 20% of total fragrance within a perfume excluding the alcohol or the whole perfume including the alcohol?
when you make a perfume ( not experimenting) to use, do you still use diluted or undiluted fragrance?
Hello I am from PAKISTAN your video 👍👌👍👌👍👌👍👌👍👌👍 is very helpful thanks
Hey there i was really amazed by your video,iwant to make aperfume but i live in ethiopia where there is no raw material so could you help how am i going to get the materials
If you are using say 20% naturals how long do you wait for the blend to mature to know what to adjust? Or can you tell right after blending? Also the amber accord you made same question. I see there are a lot of naturals.
As with all materials both natural or chemical....I always wait 48 hours to let the blend settle in. Sometimes you can wait just 24 hours and notice a difference... But after the 48 hours mark is when I know it's settled enough to make good evaluations if something need sto be adjusted
@@bkscents7050 From now on before I comment I'm going to watch until the end!! Haha thanks for these videos as a new perfumer starting just 4 months ago they are really top notch and have helped a lot. Are you on instagram?
Hi sir, I love what u do.
Pls refer to books on musk.
Thank u, sir
i can't smell but look very cool,,,, can we add ethyl alcohol in this perfume and which quantity?
Be completely honest how good are this perfumes you make? Is it like anything near what u can actually buy or is it better? Almost the same? I wanna know if its worth starting! Thanks bro!
Who cares how well (or not) my perfumes are. If you are interested in getting into Perfumery.....don't let someone else's success (or not) let it be the deciding factor. If you love smelling good, and like to be creative....it's a fun thing to get into. And if you get into it and find that's it's too hard or not interesting enough....then simply move on with your life and give yourself credit for at least trying.
How do you go from the little blend to an actual 100 mL bottle of fragrance? Do you just simply take the little blend you made and mix it with water?
Its a lot of math calculations in the formula to upscale to a larger batch of a finished product. But all in all, if your formula is finished and written out by a percentage of each material, its very easy to calculate what you will need to get a larger end result.
Nutmeg is dominates, doesn't it? Also, do you have this for sale? I'd like to try it now that I've seen how you made it.
Hi I'm new to your channel and I'm tryn' to gather every information I can get to make perfumery a new hobby.
I was wondering if perfumers are using a standard formula when it comes to multiplying the volume of the blended fragrance from10ml to 100ml? I'm quite confused when it comes to the math of it.
hey sir, thanks a lot for this video, founding this channel really helps, you are true one of a kind, a true teacher, teling us the recipe and why you choose certain ingredients was really teaching and usefull ! thanks , but i still confuse about the alkohol 1,2 gr to make it EDP concentration 15%, how is that calculation ? also, which one of this ingredients is the fixative ? sorry for the bad english, cheers from indonesia ,
hey i got the answer from your other video here : ruclips.net/video/qCLM6PXWpNw/видео.html&ab_channel=BKScents , thanks again
Helo sir ...how can i mix resinoid such as benzoin, labdanum etc in perfume compound.. because resinoids are not mix with alcohol..plz help sir
Really thank you for helping us
I have a question what do you do with the different trials you made store them or throw them?
I keep them for a few weeks. And if after a few weeks I still decide it's not worth pursuing...I dump it in a large spray bottle (along with other failed trials) and make a room spray with it all, lol
You put different kinds of scent, is that okay until you reach 100% of them. Its like you're experimenting your own scent?
Hi, can I ask where you got your coffee absolute from? I've tried using natural coffee essential oils and co2 extracts and none of them were alcohol soluble because apparently they all have the same physical properties of a carrier oil.
I get mine from Liberty Nautral. Dilute them down to 10% in ethyl alcohol and it will be fine
@@bkscents7050 Thank you!
Is making a fragranc oil any different than making one in an alcohol solution? If you are going for an EDP fragrance oil, would you do the same thing, but just use carrier oil instead of alcohol?
what to do when you don't like the smell?can you add some fragrances later?even though I already have it mixed with alcohol?
How do you calculate the % in total concentrate for each ingredient since they are of different concentrations. Thanks.
I'm curious too!
You should watch my video on the "perfume material calculator"....it does all the math for you
@@bkscents7050 Thank you so much! You are irreplaceable!
My coffee abs and cocoa abs doesn't mix with the ethanol for some reason it stays separate and just sinks to the bottom. Any reason why this is happening
I want to hang out and make fragrances with you.
So i understand from this video that you diluted the oils twice, once as a predilution and another time when you added alcohol to make it an EDP, But doesn't this make the perfume weak ? I used to think that an EDP is 20% of raw oils and 80% alcohol
It doesn't make it weak.....as long as you do the math along the way. Some materials I use at 50% diluted.....some are at 10%....some at 1%. But even if the trail batch is weak, if you enjoy the outcome you can always do the math and reformulate it with raw materials.
Hello bro, can u give me suggestion, what kind of alcohol best for perfume. Ethanol, ethil alcohol, or IPA?
I was interested in making ALL natural perfumes with mainly essential oils. I've since noticed that due to the volatility, the life span is short lived. Are their aromatic chemicals that are derived from a natural source? I have Iso E Super, Hedione, & Timbersilk just because I want my scents to last longer, but are they ok to use when you want scents that are more natural vs so many icky chemicals?
There are many aroma chemicals that derived from natural sources. Many AC's like a-pinene & b-pinene, methylanthranilate, cis-3-hexenol, linalool, cinnamyl aldehyde, eugenol, citral, benzaldehyde.....all are found naturally in fruits, flowers or trees....the list can go on and on.....
@@bkscents7050 Ok...thank you so much! :)
You need to know which naturals to use. There are many that last hours e.g. oud (real oud), sandalwood, fossil amber, resins etc. You need to build a good base. You also have long lasting florals. Citruses are highly volatile so they don’t last long but some last longer than others e.g. mandarin lasts long. You can also create an illusion of a long lasting top note e.g. pairing mandarin or yuzu with osmanthus. It’s about studying the raw materials. The more you know the easier it becomes to make long lasting naturals. Hermitage Oils and Eden Botanicals have a huge range of naturals and their quality is at the pinnacle.
Believe it or not, Ambroxan is derived from a natural source (clary sage oil). Ambrettolide musk can be from a natural source as well. Both will add longevity and diffusion in the basenotes. Also, most suppliers will indicate when an AC is derived from natural sources since it increases the price (and the market viability). For Ambrettolide, there are two versions, synthetic and natural, so make sure you get the "natural" one. It's also more expensive :)
Most synthetics are very safe and naturally derived from things in nature. And more so, because you aren’t applying them neat to the skin, they’re even more safe being diluted in alcohol. The ones that can be a little more concerning are Polycyclic Musks. These are usually the chemicals that you hear about causing hormonal disruptions and such. But again, these are to be diluted in the concentrate and then further diluted in the alcohol, so they are perfectly safe!
how does drops comes into percentages, like how you calculate it
Hi I'm new to this my dream scent to recreate is Abercrombie and Fitch fierce with my own little twist to it can you make a formulation video on it
Have you arrived at these material proportions and percentages of the total blend by just experimenting originally or did you have a template of sorts that you worked to? The clincal maths element confuses me?! Cheers sir
Everything is by experimenting, and many many many different trial batches and tests. Its not uncommon to work and rework a formula 30-50 times until you feel its coming together into something nice. Some profession perfumers who work for Versace, Dior, etc claim it may even take them 80-100 trials before they come up with a formula they feel is good.
Do you have a video on how to make the red amber accord?
Hi What fixatives are you using?
Hi, I had a question. If I want to make a 30ml perfume of 20% concentration. am I correct in syaing that I have to add 5g of concentrate and 25g alcohol. to get a 30ml of 20%concetrate? right
This is hard to answer, because you are comparing weight (grams) to volume (ml). If you did 5g concentrate and 25g alcohol....that would give you 30g (weight) at 16.67% perfume concentrate. 30g doesn't necessarily mean it's 30ml....weight and volume are different beasts.
If you want a 20% concentrate perfume, your best bet is to make up 6.25g of raw material to 25g alcohol.. this will give you 20% and you'll have 31.25g total perfume. It's best to have a little extra than not enough to fill the bottle, because weight(g) doesn't necessarily convert to volume(ml) in the end.
@@bkscents7050 cool, thank you for your help!
I have a question. do you have the result in your mind in your imagination before you start, or is it more like step by step and see where it will lead you to? how much of the final scent result do you have in your imagination before you start. in other words, an example: did Oliver Polge have a clear vision of spicebomb before he started ? or was he perhaps suprised himself what the resulting scent smells like? are there lucky "accidents" as well?
Thanks
Do you have videos about using anamalic tinctur
Werevm do you get your perfumers alcohol?
nice video,
can you tell me how to get rid of ethanol smell ?
What kind of ethyl are you using? 200 proof SDA-40B is pretty much odorless
95%?
How can i buy this raw materials to make a perfume as a beginner or make a video about that from where you buy this materials and what u need as a beginner
Nice
And here was I thinking making perfumes could save me money 😂
Hahahahha..... nope. It's costly to learn this, but creatively fulfilling
Did you make a video on your Red Amber accord. For some reason i can't find it. Please help
Please disregard it as I found it
Hi, how long after making perfume can you sell it? Do you have to wait and macerate it for a month, eight weeks or more? How do I get rid of the strong alcohol scent from perfume so that it doesn’t smell like cheap perfume? Also, what kind of coloring is great for perfume? Water Soluble? If you can, which I would be so grateful, can you point me in the direction of where to buy the coloring for perfume? Is Nondenatured Ethanol better than Denatured Ethanol? Thanks.
The coloring I use is FD&C dyes. It's safe, commerical and easy to obtain. All you need is a red, blue and a yellow bottle...and you can make up so many colors with that
@@bkscents7050 OMG, thank you so so much for responding, I appreciate it. Real quickly, what perfumers alcohol is better? Denatured Alcohol or Nondenatured Ethanol? How can I correctly add distilled water without it getting cloudy? What ingredients should I add to make the water, ethanol and distilled water blend together? I am new to this, sorry for so much questions. Thank you again.
I use SDA-40B alcohol. That's pretty much the standard for alcohol fragrances. If you buy it at 190 proof, there is no need to add water to it...as it already has water added. If you buy the 200 proof, you can add water to it (as long as it's distilled and purified) at the final stage of bottling.
@@bkscents7050 Ok thank you.
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Are you Bkkorn on Basenotes?
I was, yes. But I don't go on there anymore
How many ml is this going to be for?
Is there a group on WhatsApp to talk.about perfume? I am a French beginner
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Please help "from were one should buy aroma chemicals/oils?" best website which has mostly all and has good quality as well
What is the EXALTOLIDE TOTAL pre diluted with?
I pre dilute everything in ethyl alcohol, mostly because i know my intended purpose of the finished product is going to be an alcoholic perfume spray.
@@bkscents7050 Gracias Senor ))
What do you use to dilute your ingredients? 👋
Ethyl Alcohol. 200 proof SDA-40B
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Can you put some light on ambrocenide
It's a VERY substantive and noticable material that should be used in low doses. It's a good woody-amber material, but it means a bit dirty spicy inan Oud facet kinda way compared to all the other woody amber materials. It's a tough material to use and doesn't work for all scenario's...but I find it's best to use around 5 or 6 parts per thousand or less In a formula as a starting point.
Don't forget to tell us the jackpot ratio for the nutmeg ! :D
After letting this sit for the remainder of the day, i think i may leave the nutmeg alone to 0.5% of the overall concentrate blend. But instead, ..reduce the Sweet Basil from 0.5% to 0.35% to the overall concentrate mixture.
About to mix the new batch now, so i have this new variation batch to compare with the batch mixed from the video. ill keep you posted here.
@@bkscents7050 But it hasn't been 48hrs yet ! ;)
@@contrebande_co yes, but now ill have 2 scent variations to compare to side by side in the next 24/48 hours (AB TEST) ;)
@@bkscents7050 Just by mentioning AB testing, there are tons of Google Ads videos in the "up next" of this video now, ha !
So the AB test sat for almost 48 hours and was sniffed by myself and others. The favorite was:
Keeping the Nutmeg at the original formula (1.14% of the concentrate), but reducing the Basil from 0.5% to 0.39% of the total concentrate. Lowering the basil allowed the orange(s) to breathe a bit more, and was the preferred formula.
Hi Brother I cannot understand your English Because I am from India So Please give perfumes names in description
hi sir, it will be better if u write farmula on the screen
Can anyone type ingredients name and percentage. Am new will be helpful
How do you clean your materials after to remove all the smell?
If you are referring to cleaning the beakers, pipettes and glass bottles.....I have a video on "top 5 Perfumery hacks" that talks about my own cleaning solution that I use (rubbing alcohol and degreaser)
@@bkscents7050 thanks so much!
How can one contact you?
Sorry bud, but I keep my personal contact info private
Can you please change the music background, sounds too generic
That’s way too many ingredients.
nahhhh. A typical designer frag usually has like 20-25 materials minimum.