Lemon, rosemary, lavender, pine... Which essential oil to choose? Your own nose will give you the best advice. We will naturally like the smell that our body needs to smell. When we are distracted, the scent of lavender can calm us down. When we are not in a good mood, the pleasant, fresh smell of an orange pleases us. When tired, you can gravitate towards rosemary…
Plant essential oils can be used as an active ingredient in cosmetics in addition to the notorious drip into an aroma lamp. For example, rosemary promotes hair growth, mint improves blood circulation, and nutmeg helps regulate the production of sebum. With the help of fat or alcohol, we can also produce charming perfumes.
Personally, I like to use essential oils in a way that I put a few drops on a cotton ball, put it in a closet or close it in a pocket in a purse, and the result is a beautiful fragrance that lasts for several days every time I open the closet or purse.
Even essential oils don't smell forever
Citrus fragrances are generally considered to evaporate quickly, those that can smell intensely for a long time include, for example, patchouli, ylang ylang, or cedar wood.
Everything has its time
Especially if you have experience in the production of perfumes, you know that the resulting mixture smells different immediately after production and differently after a few weeks. Essential oils simply need to mature, and after a few weeks they can change their original scent for the better.
Tip for making a fresh perfume:
10 ml base for perfume production
10 drops of citronella
4 drops of lemon balm
3 drops of rosewood
Put 10 ml of perfume base in a glass bottle, gradually add the above plant essential oils. Let the resulting mixture sit for at least a month so that all the components are well combined.
For the Ekokoza.cz website
Jana Burešová
