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Converting perfume oil to alcohol based spray

post #1 of 7
6/12/06 at 4:49am
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Hi all,
I have got some perfume oil which I want to covert into alcohol based spray. I have got access to 99.9% ethanol. I am wondering how can I do this. What should be the ratio of perfume oil to alchol? Ans what percentage of acohol should be there?
S
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post #2 of 7
6/12/06 at 11:13am
10% for edt oil 90% alc
15% for edp
20% for parfum

play with the numbers, you must let them sit together for a few weeks as well, or ewlse they will smell too strongly of alcohol at first
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post #3 of 7
6/13/06 at 2:05am
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Thanks mate. I have inherited a lot of 1ml perfume oil like this on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5596706445
So, to make EDT to 1ml of perfume oil , I add 9ml of pure alcohol, and leave it for a week?
For EDP, for 1.5 ml of perfume oil, I add 8.5ml of alcohol.
Though, I had diluted 1:5 to make perfume but it stays very close to skin? To get sillage do I have to increase alcohol content to EDT level? With high alcohol, will it last long?
Thanks for your much needed help.
S
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post #4 of 7
6/13/06 at 11:49am
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Originally Posted by saurya_s

Thanks mate. I have inherited Â*a lot of 1ml perfume oil like this on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5596706445
So, to make EDT to 1ml of perfume oil , I add 9ml of pure alcohol, and leave it Â*for a week?
For EDP, for 1.5 ml of perfume oil, I add 8.5ml of alcohol.
Though, I had diluted 1:5 to make perfume but it stays very close to skin? To get sillage do I have to increase alcohol content to EDT level? With high alcohol, will it last long?
Thanks for your much needed help.
S

sillage is not neccesarily dependant on concentration, it mostly something inherent in the chemical composition of the oil itself, I suggest trying a few mixes first, your oils may not be pure, they may be 35% as this is generally the industry standard for huile parfumee, so try a lower alcohol mix first and see what happens, add more alcohol if needed. it would probably be a good idea to grab some glycerine too and add it at maybe 5-10% of total. this will help the longetivity
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post #5 of 7
12/20/07 at 4:41am
Interesting , I have many of these that I'll get started on as well ,, Any others here that have recently converted succesfully ?
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post #6 of 7
2/28/12 at 2:08pm
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sillage is not neccesarily dependant on concentration, it mostly something inherent in the chemical composition of the oil itself, I suggest trying a few mixes first, your oils may not be pure, they may be 35% as this is generally the industry standard for huile parfumee, so try a lower alcohol mix first and see what happens, add more alcohol if needed. it would probably be a good idea to grab some glycerine too and add it at maybe 5-10% of total. this will help the longetivity

Great tips! Especially the glycerine. I tried it and it really does help extend the scent.
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post #7 of 7
2/28/12 at 2:09pm
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Originally Posted by czesc View Post

sillage is not neccesarily dependant on concentration, it mostly something inherent in the chemical composition of the oil itself, I suggest trying a few mixes first, your oils may not be pure, they may be 35% as this is generally the industry standard for huile parfumee, so try a lower alcohol mix first and see what happens, add more alcohol if needed. it would probably be a good idea to grab some glycerine too and add it at maybe 5-10% of total. this will help the longetivity

Great tips! Especially the glycerin. I tried it and it really does help extend the scent.
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