I finally have some more time to work on my perfumes again. Last months I spent a lot of my time working on my Yahoo group, I love doing that and I love to help people, but there was no time left to work on my perfumes anymore. I decided to slow down a bit with the work on the group and spend time on what I love to do most; perfume making.
I worked on my perfume Velvet Blossom, a perfume based on delicate white flowers with Magnolia and Lily of the Valley combined with Mai rose and Sambac Jasmine. A perfume inspired by my sister in law, who loves delicate white flowers. I wanted the perfume to smell delicate white floral, with a bright fresh opening and a velvet smooth end. The result was really close to what I had in mind, but I want to soften the top notes a bit more and accentuate the white petal like floral notes and bring the lily of the valley a bit more towards the top notes. I added some Cyclamen aldehyde to bring out the lilly of the valley a bit more, also a bit more Mayol added to the perfume gave a more petal like result. To smooth the top notes, I added a bit more Ambrettolide, a wonderful warm smelling musk with a touch of fruitiness, which appears in the base notes but also smooth the top notes at the same time. I didn't change much, only adding a bit more or less of the materials that I've used already. The only new thing that I added is a touch of Cyclamen aldehyde, which works real nice in this fragrance. I'm really happy with the result. Now I have to mature it for a while to see if it's really better than the last one. In the mean time I will work some more on my 'fruity/chypre' fragrance, more about that later....
Sunday, December 09, 2007
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6 comments:
Ahhh, the cyclamen !
One of my favorite notes, for a watery-coolness without the dreaded Calone.
Hope you're enjoying your time with the fragrant beauties !
Dikke kus -
Lieve Chaya,
I didn't know it was one of your favorite notes. It works real nice in this fragrance. I will send you a sample as soon as it has matured.
Dikke kus terug
Do you sell your perfumes? I was wondering how much this lily of the valley scent is. do you reccomend any lily of the valley oil from any certain place? Thanks
No, I don't sell my perfumes yet, but I will in the future. I don't know a perfume based only on lily of the valley, which I can recommend. But a lot of perfumes have notes of lilly of the valley, like Miss Dior for example. There is no essential oil of lily of the valley.
Hi,
Velvet Blossom sounds wonderful!
I love all of the white flowers... lily of the valley, magnolia, jasmine, gardenia, etc. If you ever sell it, let me know.
I have collected perfumes my whole life, been to Grasse, and am obssessed with fragrances.
Johanna
Hi Johanna,
Me too, I just love the smell of white flowers. I will let you know when I start selling my fragrances.
Fragrant greetings
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