Adding seasonal ingredients to your do-it-yourself essential oil perfumes is perhaps one of the most effective and enjoyable ways of capturing the ever-changing moods of nature with one’s scent collection. Every new season tends to have its signature smell, which makes it possible for artisans to create perfumes that capitalize on these shifts and give them an inspiration to blend natural fragrances. This guide will help you understand the concept of using the season’s ingredients and how you can move onto creating signature fragrances that will highlight the most of nature during the different seasons in a year.
Why Use Seasonal Ingredients in Your Self-Made Perfumes?
Choosing to make self-made environmentally friendly perfumes using only seasonal ingredients has many advantages which include the following:
Improved Scent Quality: Seasonal smells don’t have the fake undertones that’s often the case with out-of-season smells. Instead, the scents are fresher and more natural thanks to the fact that they are seasonal.
Environmental Protection: Utilizing seasonal ingredients is economically logical since they are usually grown locally thus utilized seasonal ingredients are more sustainable.
Nostalgic thoughts: Each season has a distinct scent, and it can evoke feelings that are unique to that particular season which can help bring people closer to our own planet.
While these combinations are effective techniques for producing mellow and enchanting fragrances, they are ideal in distinct seasons, similar to how different seasons have diverse atmospheres and environments. Therefore, let us look at how to determine the best ingredients to use for each season and prepare essential oil-based DIY perfumes for self use.
Summer: Bright Citrus and Fresh Herbs
Summer fragrances are bold and strong, with notes that resemble the heat of the days and the coolness of the breeze. The perfumes of this season usually have fresh herbs and citrus oils to provide refreshing cool blends suitable for hot weather. Thus the summer scents comprise of:
Lemon: A warming and sharp essential oil that forms the top note in summer perfumes.
Peppermint: As the name suggests, peppermint adds a savory mint element into the scent making it cooler.
Grapefruit: It is a kind of citrusy perfume that is sweet, fruity, and moderately sour that rekindles the spirit.
Rosemary: Increasing the complexity of summer scents, rosemary is an herbal essence that has a woody fragrance.
DIY Tip: Lemon, peppermint, and grapefruit essential oils can be mixed together with a hint of rosemary for added effect when mixed with fractionated coconut oil. This is the best blend during summers as it is both refreshing and taxi French summer.
Autumn: Warm Spices and Earthy Woods.
This decade was active in the creation of perfumes only at the end of the year due to the cold weather where the leaves would fall and colors change. Countries began to feel spices in the warm air with this season. Other cultures, however, incorporated more woody and spicy scents which are also from this region suggesting that September perfumes often feature ingredients like Cinnamon or Saffron. They also use Cedarwood or Patchouli to create the softer base. The ingredients that became popular for the autumn season are as follows:
Cinnamon: Used widely as a warm and spicy essential oil in many perfume blends to add thickness.
Clove: Bitter and slightly sweet, clove essential oil is often blended into the fall season due to its appeal.
Cedar wood: A warm scent that gives woody tones to fragrances specifically perfect in the autumn.
Patchouli: Commonly provide a deep warm scent that adds class.
DIY Tip: To create a sweet autumn scent use a mix of vanilla, cinnamon, clove oil, cedarwood, and patchouli all combined in a Jojoba oil base. This will emit all perceivable scents of autumn.
Winter: In the mouth, sweet vanillas and rich resins.
As a rule, winter perfumes are thick, sweet and sometimes spicy since it is considered to be the season for luxuries. The winter season accentuates the desire for heavy perfumes, thus the usage of deep and bass essential oils suits the weathers. The following are some components of a winter perfume:
Frankincense: A deep, woody- scent oil that is also incredibly calming and stabilizing
Myrrh: Often referred to as the ‘liquid gold’, it works so well for winter fragrances because of its warm and pristine look.
Vanilla: It rounds off the blend which dominates in winter fragrances with its sweetness.
Ginger: An essential oil with a punchy flavor that adds some heat and a tinge of sweetness.
Do It yourself: For all these elements combine flavors in a base of argan oil and make your perfect winter perfume. This blend is ideal for winter days because it creates a warm and soothing aroma.
Instructions on how to use seasonal ingredients for DIY perfume
Seasonal ingredients can easily be incorporated into the DIY essential oils perfume. Below are some of the do-it-yourself essential oils tips.
Incorporate a Top Note: This would help in incorporating a zoning technique whereby zones such as summer and winter but in this instance, it is noted that summertime it would be ideal to incorporate citrus oils while winter spices and dense oils would provide a good scent in a winter blend.
Consider Alteration of Temperature: The colder months generally allow deeper perfume application as compared to warmer months where the general recommendation is to apply lighter scents; citrus and herbal scents.
Delve into Mixing: Consider combining distinct seasonal perfumes when blending homemade perfumes. For instance, use a warm spring floral perfume in the autumn and consider using autumn spices scented autumn.
Protect Infused Oils: To ensure potency, seasonal essential oils should be infused on select dark glass bottles and stored away from heat and light.
Conclusion
The use of seasonal perfume materials is quite effective as it adds a sense of celebrating nature and links the fragrance to the seasons. No matter if it is a spring fragrance composed of light, flower notes or a heavy, monotonic winter scent, seasonal fragrances can always be made using the seasonal fragrances found in HBNO’s collection of shellac and essential oils.
Play around with the seasons and see how each one shapes your approach to making perfumes. With the right materials for each season, one can be able to create a range of signature perfumes, which will blend perfectly with the prevailing season.
