(04-17-2015 6:11 PM)leon333 Wrote:  im thinking of making my own colognes using essential oils.i found a dead simple recipe somewhere on the net for homemade perfume.all you need is vodka and EO.fill up the atomizer with vodka,and add essential oils of choice around 15-20% and let it sit for a month.anyone tried this method with good results?

(04-19-2015 9:26 PM)kimosabe Wrote:  Water-based cologne? Subscribed for updates.

(04-19-2015 9:36 PM)phero hacker Wrote:  Sorry you're right, you need Glyceryl Caprylate and Coco Glycoside to make it mix. You can also use witch hazel as well apparently. but yeah there is a "bridge".

(05-19-2015 8:13 AM)leon333 Wrote:  works beautifully! dead simple without nasty chemicals.all you need is vodka and throw in your essential oils of choice and let it sit for 2 weeks and you're ready to roll..i sprayed it on top of my mones apps and it hit hard and fast,just like regular colognes..and essential oils smell so real and so good

(05-20-2015 7:40 AM)leon333 Wrote:  TFS scents are mostly essential oils,some are synthetic..i use 14% of EO.4ml of essential oils in a 30 ml bottle,and fill it up with vodka

(06-14-2015 5:31 PM)Snoopyace Wrote:  What I would do (because I was using Love Potion cover scents) I would roll on the scent and then add the phero over the scent. Worked great for me!

(06-07-2015 11:36 AM)SuperJoy Wrote:  Why vodka? Do you smell like booze? What can be used instead of vodka, perfumers alcohol?

(06-15-2015 1:08 AM)Cornfed Wrote:  Vodka has very little scent other than the scent of alcohol itself, with both methyl and ethyl alcohol smelling the same. Since vodka is fairly cheap, it works well and evaporates just as quickly as perfumers alcohol. I use it in my cologne making, and for general cleaning.

(06-15-2015 9:10 AM)SuperJoy Wrote:  Is price the main reason not to use everclear... or pure Ethanol alcohol? Was thinking of using this...

Sorry but EO is essential oils, right?

(06-15-2015 5:45 PM)ShadowX114 Wrote:  For the Canadians, since we don't have everclear, you can get an alternative brand that contains 94%. In Quebec, we have this: http://www.saq.com/page/en/saqcom/alcohol/global-94-/90076

(06-15-2015 10:06 PM)phero hacker Wrote:  http://www.newdirectionsaromatics.com/ is where I go, but not in the USA. You can try these guys if you have a store nearby (they won't post ethanol as it's dangerous) or contact them to find out about how to access perfumers alcohol or similar.

(06-16-2015 1:56 AM)phero hacker Wrote:  Did you trip out on the Absinthe or just get

(06-16-2015 2:30 AM)Cornfed Wrote:  Although off-topic, I'll answer it quickly here.

(06-15-2015 2:44 PM)Cornfed Wrote:  The main reason to not use Everclear is that it's not available in every state. Some states have legal limits on drinking alcohol percentages. If you have Everclear, you can use it. Those who can't get it can use vodka.

(07-04-2015 3:29 PM)SuperJoy Wrote:  I tried mixing everclear with EOs with success. Not sure the ratio tho... one OZ everclear to 20ish drops of EO.

Quote:SteveO
When I make a master batch I leave out enough SD40B (perfumers alcohol) so that for every ten ml I need to add either .5 mL of fragrance or additional alcohol. That's already been done with your ACE. However adding a good quality essential oil is still possible.

Now adding actual cologne that's not concentrated you won't be doing much to it as cologne is already diluted to 20% fragrance in alcohol. Adding that same cologne as a concentrated oil would be perfect. Hence why I recommend EO or oils. Its not going to really throw off any ratios enough to notice a difference for the casual user so everything should be fine. You'd have to be a nut like me to notice anything.

You can now obtain the fragrances in 3mL dropper bottles. I use .5mL to fragrance a 10 mL bottle and about .65 for the 15 mL bottles. One 3mL dropper can make a 30 mL bottle of cologne full strength if that's what you choose to do.

From another user
I think the best option is to add an oil based frangrance (much stronger). I think about 1ml per 10ml of product will give a good scent/product ratio.


From book
The most prevalent solvent used in the manufacturing of perfumes is Ethanol


pheromoneXS AndrostANONE is available in 10 ml or 30 ml bottles as multiple different concentrations which you can select from 12.5 mcg per spray up to 500 mcg per spray. Bottles come with Perfumers Alcohol (SD40B) as diluent time set with 10% Dipropylene Glycol (DPG) (my note: so why is DPG added? What's its purpose??)

another source
You can start by acquiring a small collection of perfume ingredients, either fragrance oils or natural essential oils.
You can dilute these ingredients to 1% (take 1 part (start with drops) ingredient and dilute it in 99 parts carrier

(07-07-2015 1:53 AM)moe Wrote:  I think that's a good idea. A thread regrouping all the essential info would be better

M.

(07-06-2015 8:29 PM)ShadowX114 Wrote:  So I'm assuming we don't need any kind of dipropylene glycol (DPG), Propylene glycol (PG) or vegetable glycerin (VG) ?

Is the scent lasting longer than a commercial cologne? What about sillage?

(07-06-2015 8:29 PM)ShadowX114 Wrote:  Since we are writing a bit here and a bit in the other thread called "How do I make my own cologne?" , I'm thinking of creating a 3rd thread as a merge; for a cleaner, clutter-free information. What do you guys think? I don't know how to call it though.....(The "Create your own cologne thread") ?
Then we discuss the 2 different ways of creating our own scents:
1) How to make a cologne from essential oil/fragrance oil
2) How to scent an unscented pheromone (e.g Glace/Corpo that come unscented by default or if we bought unscented products from PXS)