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Basic Homemade Perfume Recipe

1 cup water
1 cup fresh chopped flower blossoms
Directions:
In a bowl place a cheesecloth where the edges are hanging over the bowl. Fill with 1 cup of flower blossoms of your choice. Pour water over the flowers until they are completely covered. Cover and let sit overnight. The next day using the edges of cheesecloth pull it out of the bowl and gently squeeze the scented water into a small pot. Simmer the water until about 1 teaspoon is left. Cool and place into a small bottle. Making perfume this way has a shelf life of about 1 month.

Some suggestions for flowers: Lavender, Lilac, Orange Blossoms or even Honeysuckle. Anything that is highly fragrant works best.

Homemade Orient Nights Perfume

4 drops sandalwood essential/fragrance oil
4 drops musk essential/fragrance oil
3 drops frankincense essential/fragrance oil
2 teaspoons jojoba oil
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients together, shake well. Place in a dark color bottle. Then allow the perfume to settle for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry area.

Whispering Rain Perfume

2 cups distilled water
3 tablespoons vodka or *Ethyl Alcohol
5 drops sandalwood essential/fragrance oil
10 drops bergamot essential/fragrance oil
10 drops cassis essential/fragrance oil
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients together, shake well. Place in a dark bottle. Then allow the perfume to settle for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry area.
*(available at drug stores, do not use rubbing alcohol because it will ruin the scent of the perfume.)

Falling Stars Perfume

2 cups distilled water
3 tablespoons vodka or *Ethyl Alcohol
5 drops lavender essential/fragrance oil
10 drops chamomile essential/fragrance oil
10 drops valerian essential oil
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients together, shake well. Place in a dark color bottle. Then allow the perfume to settle for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry area.

Enchanted Scent

2 cups distilled water
3 tablespoons vodka or (Ethyl Alcohol which you can find at just about any pharmacy). Do not use rubbing alcohol as it will ruin the scent.
5 drops everlasting essential/fragrance oil
10 drops peony essential/fragrance oil
10 drops sandalwood essential/fragrance oil
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients together, shake well. Place in a dark color bottle. Then allow the perfume to settle for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry area

Amaze

2 cups distilled water
3 tablespoons vodka or *Ethyl Alcohol
5 drops hypericum perforatum essential oil (St.John's wort)
10 drops cypress essential/fragrance oil
10 drops rosemary essential/fragrance oil
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients together, shake well. Place in a dark bottle. Then allow the perfume to settle for at least 12 hours. Store in a cool dry area.

Misty Passions

3 drops passionflower essential/fragrance oil
2 drops ylang ylang essential/fragrance oil
3 drops neroli essential/fragrance oil
1/2 pt (300ml) 70 percent alcohol or vodka
Directions:
Pour the alcohol into a dark bottle or jar. Add the oils and shake well. Leave for 1 week.

Homemade Hungary Flower Water

2 oz Ethyl alcohol (50ml)
Mixed with the following :
30 dr Rosemary Essential Oil
12 dr Lemon Essential Oil
5 dr Rose Essential Oil
5 dr Neroil Essential Oil
2 dr Sage Essential Oil
2 dr Mint Essential Oil

Store in a screw-top bottle and shake before use.

Lavendar Water

2 cups lavender flowers
2 pints distilled water -- boiling
2 tablespoons vodka

Put the lavender flowers into a flameproof container, pour on the boiling water, and stir well. Cover and leave to infuse for about 48 hours, stirring occasionally.
Strain the liquid through a non-metallic strainer pressing the flowers against the sides to extract the maximum fragrance. Stir in the alcohol, pour into bottles, cover, and label.

Homemade Ancient Egyptian Scent

1. Prepare chips of fragrant wood (and leave them to macerate) in wine.
2. Strain through a sieve.
3. Melt a quantity of fat in a vessel. Add sweet herbs (and the liquid of the wood chips). Keep a (slow but) steady heat and stir continuously. Cool, skim off the fat and set aside.
4. Grind herbs and spices carefully.
5. Mix herbs and spices with the fat and shape into little cakes (Leave covered overnight).
6. Place the cakes in a broad pot, (Pour water over and) boil gently, stirring all the time.
7. (Leave to cool and skim off the scented fat). Store in earthenware pots.