I am a lover of essential oils, a passion which I speak about being able to discover new fragrances and concoct my own, creating blends. But with this hobby comes the challenge of something no budget hobbyist likes to admit: how to store all of those wonderful scent samples. If you’re like me, you love collecting the world of fragrance, and knowing that your samples have integrity is important. In this blog, I will share the best practices for storing perfume samples tips on organizing your samples, and how products from HBNO can help you grow a collection. Alright, then, let’s start this aromatic adventure along together!
The Joy of Collecting Essential Oil Fragrance Samples
It’s great to collect essential oil samples. Whether you’re a floral person, an out-and-proud zesty citrus, or a grounded woodsy enthusiast, all of our sample packs give you a taste of the world of fragrance possibilities. The first time I got HBNO essential oils, I remember. I became enthralled by their purity and variety, and that became my beginning interest in fragrance blending and collecting.
However as my collection began to grow, I quickly concluded that I needed a proper method of storing and organizing my samples to ensure that my samples didn’t degrade and keep their quality intact.
The Importance of Proper Storage
Before we delve into storage tips, let’s discuss why proper storage is so crucial for your essential oil samples:
- Preservation of Scent: Sensitivity to light, heat, and air exposure can mean that essential oils degrade in time. Correct storage will help retain these flavors.
- Longevity: Oils can stay properly stored and last for years so you can save your treasured scents to revisit again and again that you have gathered throughout the year.
- Ease of Access: An organized collection enables you to immediately seek out the fragrance you want to blend with and enjoy your blending process much more.
Tips for Storing Essential Oil Fragrance Samples
1. Choose the Right Containers
To best protect your samples first, you have to choose the right containers. Using dark glass bottles is also my advice as they would keep supplying your oils away from dangerous sun rays. HBNO’s amber glass bottles are what I’ve learned to make my go-to. Not only do these look good on my shelf but they also keep the beauty of the oils inside. For samples, 5ml or 10ml bottles work very well.
2. Label Everything
The thing about storing perfume samples is organization. I found that labeling every bottle with the fragrance name, type of oil, and date acquired makes all the difference. It makes it easier to keep track of my collection and to use older samples first so I don’t have to throw them away. This is perfect for labeling stickers!
3. Store in a Cool, Dark Place
Keep your essential oils in a dark and cool place to keep the quality of them pleasing to you. My collection is stored in a cabinet away from rays of sunlight or from temperature fluctuations. My HBNO oils are each protected, and easily within reach whenever I need them in a new blend, on a specially allocated shelf.
4. Keep Samples Upright
Storing your essential oil samples is important, especially making sure that bottles are kept upright. That prevents the oils from leaking, and lessens the exposure to air, which can cause oxidation. I have a spice rack to put my oils, and neatly as well as organize them. Not only does it take up less space, but it is also so easy to admire my collection!
5. Fragrance Organizer
This can be good news for people with bigger collections of fragrances, as investing in a fragrance organizer can truly be a game changer. There’s no shortage of stylish options out there that can hold a bunch of things while keeping our samples safe. Recently I’ve gotten myself an organizer, and it’s just the thing that makes my favorite scents on display without wool, and soul spoiling, separate from the rest of my collection.
6. Avoid Contaminants
Here’s another tip that helps you handle your fragrance samples more easily — always make sure that your hands and tools are also clean! So when contamination sets in, your oils can become contaminated leading to undesirable changes in scent. I always keep a bottle of rubbing alcohol to clean my droppers and tools before using them. This simple step has saved me from mishaps on a few scents!
7. Periodic Checks
I have a collection and I like to go through it regularly, every few months, to look for signs of degradation. I sniff all these samples to make sure the scent has held up. I take note if it looks a bit cloudy or smells a bit off if it’s from HBNO so that I can either pop it or if I’m repurchasing, take a note of when.
8. Share with Friends
Part of the joy of being a fragrance collector is sharing your passion for smell with friends and family. I’ve enjoyed organizing little fragrance parties where everyone gets to sniff a lot of oils from my collection. They encourage discussions about what we smell and we explore new scents together.
Personal Experience: A Journey of Discovery
There was one summer though that I remember vividly when I brought my collection of oils to my friend’s gathering. I spent hours of my life putting together a selection of HBNO fragrances I loved so anyone could have them. But I had been too excited to properly store my oils in a cooler bag. Some samples were affected by hot weather by the time I got to the event. Lesson learned: We always want to be mindful of temperature and exposure when shipping your precious oils!
Not only did this experience teach me about the importance of storage but also taught me how to spread my collection with friends ahead of time. I always make sure to store my oils correctly and am ready for any fragrance-sharing opportunity now!
Conclusion: Embrace Your Passion for Fragrance Collecting
Essential oil fragrance samples don’t have to be difficult to store. These tips help ensure that your collection stays organized, doesn’t get damaged, and that you have a good experience as you build your collection using the high-quality products from HBNO. And remember, the beauty of fragrance collecting isn’t just about the scents, but about the memories and events they bring.
Gather your samples, label your bottles, and get in the craft spirit, creating a beautiful display that you adore essential oils. Until next time, happy collecting, and enjoy your scent journey as much (or more!) as mine was!
