Scentsations: Create Botanical Scents And Perfumes

Extract, Blend, and Craft Your Signature Scents, Scented Products And Perfume For Beginners

What you'll learn

Extract scents from botanicals using oils and alcohols

Understand how to achieve a desired scent intensity

Create scented products from scented oils and alcohols

Create perfumes from scented oils and alcohols

Formulate perfume blends using a structured approach

Understand perfumery notes (top, middle and base notes)

Recognise and apply scent vocabulary

Recognise fragrance families

Able to troubleshoot common perfumery mistakes

Requirements

Absolute beginners welcome! A curiosity and willingness to learn how to make natural perfumes is key.

Once you are ready to apply the lessons, basic perfume making equipment such as essential oils; diluents such as alcohol and carrier oils; as well as bottles, etc. will be needed

A computer or a printer may be required for downloadable resources

Description

Create your own signature fragrances. Make your own scented products and perfumes. In this course "Scentsations: Create Botanical Scents and Scented Products", we start with unlocking natural fragrances through oils and alcohols. This comprehensive course, full of hands-on practical projects, is an easy and accessible gateway for beginners like you into the world of scent-making.At the end of this course, you will learnBotanical Scent Extraction: Learn the art of extracting fragrances from plants. Explore various extraction methods and unleash the pure essence of nature.Perfume Crafting: Dive into the world of perfume creation. Understand fragrance notes, blending techniques, and design your unique signature scents.Scented Products: Expand your skills to craft scented products for your home such as room sprays and reed diffusers, or beauty products such as lip balms and lotions. Turn your scents into delightful gifts or a thriving business.Creative Expression: Dump mass-produced, generic scents that don't reflect your individuality. Use scents as a form of artistic expression. Develop your olfactory senses and design fragrances that resonate with your signature style.Here are some highlights of the course:Scent extraction: How to extract scents from scratch, such as botanical ingredients, through tincturing, immersion and macerationProduct crafting: How to use scented oils and alcohols as base to create home and body productsScent literacy: How to describe scents for better communication and recording of aroma profilesPerfume Making: How to create fragrances with natural oil and alcohol extracts and essential oilsPerfumery fundamentals: Understand fragrance families, blending techniques, different types of perfumery ingredients, fragrance notes, fragrance blends formulas and recipesSafety and Allergen Considerations: Learn to create scented products and perfumes that are safe and allergen-conscious, appealing to a wider audience.Each section comes with its own PDF handouts and helpful exercises. There are over 30 pages of PDF guides related to scent extraction techniques, scented product making and perfume creation. These include:How To Create Scented AlcoholsHow To Create Scented OilsCreate A Perfume With Scented AlcoholCreate A Perfume With Scented OilRecharging LogAroma Profile TemplatesPerfume Formulation Sheet (Two Versions)Top Middle Base Notes List and Scent Profiles (>170 listed!)Perfume Blend Combinations (More than 10!)Sign up for this scented journey of diving into olfactory self-expression and creativity. Elevate yourself from an absolute beginner into a true scent savant.See you in the course!Joy

Overview

Section 1: Welcome to Scensations: Learn To Create Natural Scents And Scented Products

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Course Navigation

Lecture 3 A Scented Journey

Lecture 4 Why Create Botanical Scents and Scented Products?

Section 2: Scents From Scratch (Create Scented Alcohol)

Lecture 5 Scents From Scratch Section Overview (Alcohol-based)

Lecture 6 A Primer To Making Scented Alcohol

Lecture 7 Before You Decide On The Flowers To Pick: Know These Tips

Lecture 8 Soliflore Cold Extraction Of Scent From Red Frangipani

Lecture 9 Filtering and Recharging Red Frangipani For Greater Scent Intensity

Lecture 10 Bottling Of Red Frangipani Scented Alcohol

Lecture 11 Multifloral Cold Extraction Of Scent From White Flowers

Lecture 12 Filter Anyway: When You Don’t Have Fresh Flowers For a Recharge

Lecture 13 Recharging 'White Flowers' For Greater Scent Intensity

Lecture 14 Bottling The Final Recharge Of 'White Flowers'

Lecture 15 The Number One Factor For Successful Cold Extraction With Fresh Ingredients

Lecture 16 How To Extract Scents From Spices

Lecture 17 Design A Room Spray With Floral Scented-Alcohol Extract

Section 3: Scents From Scratch (Create Scented Oils)

Lecture 18 Scents From Scratch Section Overview (Oil-based)

Lecture 19 A Primer To Making Scented Oils

Lecture 20 Meet Our Star Ingredient Pandan Plant

Lecture 21 Process of Cold Oil Infusion With Pandan

Lecture 22 Coffee Infused Sweet Almond Oil

Lecture 23 Solubility of Natural Ingredients in Oil

Lecture 24 Steps On Making A Reed Diffuser With Scented Oils

Lecture 25 Choice Of Carrier Oils For A Reed Diffuser

Lecture 26 Finding A Scent Combination For A Reed Diffuser

Lecture 27 Bottles to use for a Reed Diffuser

Lecture 28 Assembling the Reed Diffuser Components

Lecture 29 More Product Possibilities With Scented Oils

Section 4: Foundations of Perfume-Making

Lecture 30 Section Overview of Perfume-Making

Lecture 31 Evolution Of Perfume

Lecture 32 An Introduction To Fragrance Ingredients

Lecture 33 Get To Know Fragrance Families

Lecture 34 Recording And Applying Scent Vocabulary

Lecture 35 Learning To Smell Across Scent Categories

Lecture 36 Learning To Smell Within A Scent Category

Lecture 37 An Introduction To Top, Middle, and Base Notes

Lecture 38 Fragrance construction Using Top, Middle, and Base Notes

Lecture 39 How to Choose Fragrance Notes For Blending

Lecture 40 Should I Choose An Oil or Alcohol Diluent?

Lecture 41 Should I Pre-Dilute My Ingredients Or Not?

Lecture 42 Perfume Concentration

Lecture 43 Tips On Sourcing Quality Supplies

Lecture 44 Tools and Equipment Needed

Lecture 45 Cleaning and Safety

Lecture 46 Perfume Making Mise En Place

Section 5: Making Alcohol-Based Natural Perfumes

Lecture 47 Make An Alcohol-Based Perfume (Section Overview)

Lecture 48 Finding A Scent Combination

Lecture 49 Assembling An Alcohol-Based Perfume

Section 6: Making Oil-Based Natural Perfumes

Lecture 50 Making Oil-Based Natural Perfumes (Section Overview)

Lecture 51 Conceptualizing Your Scent Formulations

Lecture 52 Two More Ways Of Testing Out Your Scent Combination

Lecture 53 Getting Your Oil Based Perfume Materials Ready

Lecture 54 Creating Your Oil Based Perfume

Section 7: Overcoming Roadblocks And Challenges In Your DIY Scent-Making Journey

Lecture 55 Starter DIY Perfume Blends

Lecture 56 How To Make DIY Perfume Last Longer

Lecture 57 DIY Perfume Troubleshooting and Tips

Lecture 58 Congratulations! Your Next Steps

Section 8: Bonus Lecture

Lecture 59 Bonus Lecture

Beginners to scent-making with preferences of working with essential oils, oils and alcohol