Using Pre Diluted materials And a Fractionated Coconut oil question

Hi! Can anyone tell me if fractionated coconut oil will dissolve in ethanol, or perfumers alcohol? Will it dissolve in DPG? Can you use DgG as a perfume spray, same as alcohol?

I ask the above because I have considered buying some of the more expensive absolutes and oils, like rose, sandalwood, etc. in 10% dilutions and the seller uses fractionated coconut oil for diluting them.

My other concern in using pre-diluted materials is how they will work when it comes time to make my final fragrance concentrate before adding alcohol to get perfume, cologne, etc.

It is my understanding, and I could be wrong on this, that if I only use materials that are already diluted to 10%, and use that as my final concentrate,and then dilute it to get desired perfume strength, then the highest perfume strength I could possibly reach is EDT or Cologne. Now, if I make my test formulas from diluted materials, figure the actual percent of those materials on the formula and the mix my concentrate accordingly with undiluted materials, I should be able to dilute with alcohol to make any type of perfume concentration.

I set this all up for you just to ask, if I only have 10% Dilution of, say Rose Otto, how would I treat this in my final, not test, fragrance concentrations. Will I need to make adjustments somehow or will the oil have a strong enough scent to be ok? The same goes for pre-diluted 1% of things that are REALLY strong, like civet.

I really need this info mostly for rare florals, woods and super strong aroma chemicals. Are the florals and woods, like sandalwood, strong enough to hold up even when used diluted?


I hope this makes sense...thanks for any insight you have to give.

Hi David, thank you. They only reason I am diluting first is so I dont waste a bunch of my material experimenting. I am a hobbyist, And a beginner at that, so I can't afford to buy new stuff all the time. I wouldn't pre-dilute my entire stock, just a bit to play with. Any final formulations would be made from the pure stock I keep aside. But, some materials are so costly, that if I can work with them in dilutions, it would help financially and yet still enable me to use some beautiful naturals. I am saddened that so many perfumes have been reformulated due to high cost materials, as they seem to lose a bit of their richness in the process. For me, so far, I haven't smelled any synthetic sandalwood that comes close to the real thing, but then i havent sampled any aroma chemicals yet. I just ordered some sandaxol, so I will see soon if it is a nice replacement.

David, fortunately I haven't bought them yet. I wanted to check here first. I will probably buy the size I can afford in full strength and then dilute with alcohol as needed. A bit more expensive at first, but more options in the long run! Thanks again for your reply.

Chris,
Thank you! I just ordered a kit that came with IPM. Are there disadvantages to using IPM instead of ethanol? If not, that may be a better choice given the financials. I am weighing all my options at this point, before spending too much.