How to Make a Natural Fruit Perfume

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Everyone loves smelling good, but not everyone loves the undisclosed chemical ingredients found in popular fragrances. If store-bought perfumes give you allergies or headaches, you can easily make your own all-natural perfumes to wear at any time.

Method 1
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Making an All-Natural Orange Spice Perfume

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  1. For this recipe, you will need the following items: 1 organic cinnamon stick, 25 organic cardamom pods, 15 organic cloves, 1 organic vanilla bean, 1 fresh organic orange peel (zest only) and 8 ounces of vodka.
    • Cut the vanilla bean into small pieces using a sharp knife.
    • Zest the orange peel by rubbing the peel over a cheese grater. When you reach the white portion of the rind, stop grating and move on to another portion of the peel. [1]
  2. Using a mortar and pestle, crush the cinnamon stick, cardamom pods and cloves until they have reached a fine powder. Use your hand to cover the spices so they don't ricochet out of the mortar and onto the floor. [2]
    • When the spices are fairly crushed, stir the pestle around the spices to crush them into an even finer powder.
    • If you prefer not to use your hand, you can also cover the mortar with a wet paper towel to prevent spillage.
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  3. Combine the crushed spices, vanilla bean pieces, orange peel zest and alcohol in a glass mason jar. Cap the jar and shake the jar before storing the jar in a cool, dark place.
    • Shake the jar once or twice a day to resettle the ingredients.
    • Allow the jar to sit for between 2 – 6 weeks.
  4. After 2-6 weeks, strain the mixture either in a colander or by using a teapot strainer. Pour the perfume mixture into a glass bottle with a top, and apply the mixture to the inside of your wrists and behind your ears.
    • In addition to smelling good, this perfume should help alleviate stress, mental fatigue and tension.
    • For a stronger smelling perfume, add additional spices.
    • When incorporating a cinnamon scent, always conduct a patch test. Apply a small amount of the diluted mixture to your skin and wait 24–48 hours to check for any adverse reactions like redness, itching, or burning. This helps ensure that the product is safe for your skin type.
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Making a Natural Fruit Perfume Using Essential Oils

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  1. For this recipe, you will need the following items: a 5 ml roll on bottle, your carrier oil of choice, sweet orange essential oil, mandarin essential oil, neroli essential oil and cedarwood atlas essential oil.
    • Carrier oils help stop essential oils from evaporating too early. Your carrier oil can consist of olive oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, grapeseed oil or almond oil.
    • Essential oils can be purchased online or in some grocery stores.
  2. In a small bottle, combine 2 drops sweet orange essential oil, 3 drops mandarin essential oil, 3 drops neroli essential oil and 2 drops cedarwood atlas essential oil.
    • After all the essential oils are combined, swirl the mixture around in the bottle to mix them up.
    • Add three drops of the essential oil mixture to the 5 ml roller bottle. The rest of the mixture can be discarded, or saved for later use.
  3. Fill the remainder of the roller bottle with your carrier oil of choice. Put the lid on the roller bottle and roll the bottle between your hands to further mix the perfume.
    • Grapeseed oil is the preferred carrier oil for this particular recipe.
    • Coconut oil is also a safe option for this recipe.
  4. Citrus oils have the potential to make your skin hyper-sensitive to the sun. Make sure you are wearing sunscreen before you go outside.
    • To be safe, apply a small amount of perfume only to your wrists and behind your ears.
    • If you are using an essential oil for the first time, check for allergies. Combine a few drops of the essential oil to a teaspoon of carrier oil and dab a little of the mixture on your skin. If you are allergic, you may experience redness or bumps.
    • Pregnant people and children should not wear this perfume.
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Making a Fruit Perfume Using a Tincture

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  1. A tincture is an herbal preparation in which the oils of a plant are extracted into a solvent. To create your own tincture, take fresh, frozen or dried elderberries and remove the stems. [3]
    • Take a quart jar with a tight fitting lid and fill it 2/3 of the way full of the elderberries.
    • Fill the rest of the jar with Everclear grain alcohol and store the mixture in a cool, dry place. Shake the mixture several times a week and wait 6 weeks for the mixture to extract.
    • After 6 weeks, drain the mixture and store it in a glass bottle. Keep the bottle in a cool, dark place and your tincture will last for years to come.
  2. In a small glass vial, combine 3 drops of the tincture with 3 drops of mandarin essential oil, 3 drops lime essential oil and 3 drops grapefruit essential oil. [4]
    • For a fuller aroma, add 3 drops of vanilla essential oil as well.
    • 3 drops is the recommended amount for this recipe, but you can increase or decrease the amount of each essential oil, depending on your own personal preferences.
  3. Fill the rest of the glass vial with your carrier oil of choice. Shake or roll the vial to stir the perfume. If you don't have a carrier oil, you can also experiment with carrier alcohols. [5]
    • Carrier alcohols include other high proof alcohols, like Bacardi 151 rum.
    • You can also use vinegar or rubbing alcohol as a carrier alcohol.
  4. Apply drops of the perfume behind your ears and on the backs of your wrists. Feel free to play around with the recipe until you find a scent that works for you. [6]
    • For a stronger citrus scent, increase the amount of essential oils you use.
    • For a more berry-filled scent, add more of your tincture to your mixture.
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    Get your liquid ingredient and your berries together in a jar. Leave that until you get the right strength of the aroma -- you will probably have to leave it for a couple of weeks.
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    Around age 12 is average, but talk to your parents first.
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    You can use scented spray, perfume or lotion. This works on old and new slime. Be sure to mix the slime and scent together so it smells and adds a texture. Be aware that slime is not for eating and keep out of reach of young children if the slime or scent is toxic.
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      1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_haXA3G1p0
      2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUPNL814ywg
      3. ↑ https://deeprootsathome.com/its-elderberry-time-making-cough-syrup-and-tincture/
      4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VubU5b4myLY
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