This is the exact formula and ingredients to make your own perfume
Have you always wanted to learn how to make your own perfume? It’s seriously easier than you think. Last week I got to attend a seminar conducted by Eunice Inc.’s RJ Lopena Jr. where he shared his formula and process of making perfume. I was astounded by how simple it is - for some reason I’ve always thought it’s more complicated and fussy to mix everything together! It’s certainly not, and I want to try to do it myself soon.
These are some of Eunice’s raw materials specifically for making sunscreen
But wait, who is RJ Lopena Jr. and what is Eunice Inc.? I got to interview him last year actually! He’s a perfumer who trained in Grasse, France, but his passion for fragrances didn’t just come out of nowhere. He is the son of the amazing Carole Lopena, who founded Eunice Inc., one of the biggest cosmetic raw material suppliers in the Philippines. Mrs. Lopena is the CEO of Eunice Inc., and RJ is the Vice President for Marketing.
One of Eunice Inc.’s initiatives is to help SMEs start and grow their businesses, and they do this by holding seminars to teach about formulation and industry regulations. And of course, the raw materials can be purchased directly from them as well. There are different types of formulation seminars such as sunscreen and after sun spray, but for today let’s discuss fragrance.
Last week, I learned how to make perfumes from RJ! First off, let’s see the different concentrations of perfume.
Perfume has 20-30% concentration of perfume oil, while Eau de Perfume has 15-20% concentration. An Eau de Toilette has 5-15% and Eau de Cologne has 2-4% only. Eau Fraiche is a less common perfume type as it only has 1-3% concentration, which means that it’s quite light and doesn’t last long.
Take these percentages into consideration when making perfumes. The more fragrance oil there is, the stronger and more long-wearing a perfume is.
And now, for the actual formula for an Eau de Toilette!
Formula for making perfume
All these ingredients - Denatured Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Fragrance Oil, Muscol, Reaqua P20, and Deionized Water can all be purchased from Eunice. The “%w/w” just means the percentage weight of the ingredient in the batch you’re making. For example, you’re making one liter of perfume. That means 70% of it must be Denatured Alcohol, or 70% of 1000ml. That would be 700ml. For the Fragrance Oil of your choice, it says 15%, so 15% of 1000ml is 150ml.
So let’s simplify this formula for a 1000ml batch:
Denatured Alcohol - 700ml
Propylene Glycol - 30ml
Fragrance Oil - 150ml
Muscol - 10ml
Reaqua P20 - 30ml
Deionized Water - 80ml
TOTAL = 1000ml
If you want to increase your Fragrance Oil content to the level of a Perfume at 20%, then you can tweak the formula to lessen Denatured Alcohol to 650ml (65%) and make the Fragrance Oil 20ml (20%) instead.
Important note: there is new government regulation about the distribution of Denatured Alcohol, so to purchase it, you need to get a BIR permit and present it to Eunice.
When making perfume, prepare and measure out the ingredients first. Then you can proceed to the mixing. Here’s the process:
It’s super easy!
Just mix the Fragrance Oil, Muscol, Reaqua P20, and Propylene Glycol together.
Then, add this first mix to the Denature Alcohol slowly while stirring continuously to that it will dissolve properly.
Slowly add the Deionized Water while still stirring everything together. Let the perfume sit for a few hours to “cure” and you’re done! You have your very own perfume.
Ideally you use glass containers and glass or metal mixing tools here, but plastic is fine too if you’re just making small batches for yourself. Eunice also sells bottles by the way so you can have beautiful packaging too!
If you want to get started on your perfume making journey, contact Eunice on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/EuniceIncPH/ and send a message to order your materials. Let me know by the way if you want to see more content like this!
