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15 Tantalizing Essential Oil Perfume Recipes

ByMindy Benkert
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These simple essential oil perfume recipes all smell so good and are simple and easy to make! With all of these great options, you'll never have to spray chemicals on your body from those store-bought perfumes ever again! 

Since I can remember, I have struggled with scents and especially perfumes. Growing up I could only use one perfume and it smelled like Vanilla.

Everything else gave me a terrible headache.

If you've ever wondered why scents cause headaches, I wrote a whole post about that here. 

Thankfully I found essential oils and learned just how easy it was to make my own perfume. 

What I love most about making my own perfume is that I control everything that goes into it. It's such great peace of mind knowing that! 

homemade essential oil perfumes

Can you use an Essential Oil As Perfume?

You can, and this is why I love making my own perfumes. Essential oils offer a great scent that you can customize and mix and match to your likeness.

Some essential oils can be worn on their own as perfume, but most of the time I like to blend a few together to create a signature scent. 

The key to making a great essential oil perfume is to include a mix of top notes, middle notes and base notes. If that sounds a little daunting, I've created a very detailed post all about this here. 

You'll notice in these 15 essential oil perfume recipes that you can use different combinations and oils to create your perfect scent or spray. 

How to Make Essential Oil Perfume

While the basis for each recipe is pretty consistent, you'll notice that the number of essential oil drops added will vary. Pay close attention to this detail as it does matter!

These recipes are all perfected for you and all you literally have to do is follow along and recreate. How simple is that?!

The other key ingredients to making essential oil perfumes are carrier oil or base for your perfume. 

This can be:

I like to use jojoba oil because I know it will not clog my pores but you'll also find perfume recipes that use coconut oil, olive oil, almond oil, and more. 

How to Store Essential Oil Perfume

Once you make your DIY perfume recipes, you really do need to make certain that you have an awesome way to store them. 

Keeping them in a cool, dry place is key so that the scents of the essential oil stay strong for months to come. It's also a good idea to have a dark bottle for storage to keep the sunlight away as well. 

For my roll-on perfume recipe, I usually purchase cute roll-on bottles from Amazon, like these. 

I recently made some perfume spray and I used these adorable atomizer bottles from Amazon.

You can get really creative when choosing containers for solid perfume. You can use a slide tin, lip balm containers or even lockets. 

I also recommend checking out this post on How to Find Cheap Containers for Homemade Beauty Products. It will give you some great recommendations for storing your perfume easily and in a way that won't break the bank.

Essential Oil Perfume Recipes

Are you ready for all these essential oil perfume recipes? Here are 15 options that you're certainly going to love! 

15 Tantalizing Essential Oil Perfume Recipes

These 15 essential oil perfume recipes are simple and easy to make! Get ready to fall in love with the scents!

More blends and essential oil recipes to try: 

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Note: Originally published in April 2014, this article was checked for accuracy and updated January 20, 2020 by Mindy Benkert

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    1. They are each different depending on the different essential oils used. The citrusy scents seem to fade quicker than some of the others.

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  8. I would love to see something including rose essential oil. or something like eternity romance.

    1. I like rose and sweet orange or grapefruit. Today I mixed rose with sandalwood and geranium with orange and pine and it smells amazing. 🙂

  9. Been trying to come up with my own blend. Thus far I am Balsam Peru, Neroli and one drop Ylang Ylang.
    I love the ideas of Twilight Gypsy, Sensuously Deep and forest Faires... will have to try them.

    1. I love Neroli! You'll have to come back and share when you get your scent perfected! 🙂

  10. This is an amazing list of recipes, thank you so much for sharing! You have reignited my passion for perfume making again! Amazing, thank you 🙂

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  12. Where are instructions on how to make mt own essential oils. I can not find any in this web site. I am trying not to have to buy everything. The oils are expensive, and I am on a limited budget.

    1. I like to DIY but haven't tackled making my own essential oils. I prefer to leave that to the experts. 🙂 So you won't find that here, but I'm sure someone has tackled this. Good Luck!

      1. Thanks so much for this list of DIY perfumes!
        I will share this page with my doTerra customers and colleagues!:)

    2. Kay, to make your own essential oils you would need a still and lots of plant material. Actually cheaper to buy the oils! 🙂 Some online shops you can buy samples for a couple dollars each, especially helpful for more expensive oils.

        1. Hi Darlonda! You could definitely use these blends in a lotion. I would keep the dilution level lower if you're going to be using it on a large part of the body.

    2. I've been making men's scents. Here's a few I've been working on:

      Cedar, pine needle, orange

      Bergamont, lemongrass, lavender

      Sandalwood, clove, chamomile.

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  16. HI! I'm planning on making a perfume inspired by ancient Egypt using frankincense and myrrh. I'm still new to essential oils so I'm not sure what else to add to make it more of a woman's scent. Any ideas?

  17. I infuse some grain alcohol with vanilla beans for about 4 - 6 weeks. I then use it to create perfumes.... it's absolutely wonderful, worth the extra couple of $ and waiting time....

  18. Yes, some do. But as I said earlier even when they are using perfume grade oils, not therapuetic grade Most inexpensive perfumes are made strictly from synthetic manufactured fragrances!

      1. Thank you for the wonderful recipe ideas! I have some Amber essential oil and Palma Rosa essential oil. I like the smell but have no idea what to do with them. I can't even figure out where they fit on the "note" scale. Any info would be greatly appreciated!

        1. Hi Tara! I would just start playing around with the oils. Blend a few drops together and see if you like the combo. It doesn't have to be complicated. 🙂 Sometimes I just mix oils together and see what happens.

  21. Dear Mindy Benkert,

    I'd like to ask whether it's a good idea to make a perfume of
    only a top and base note: cedarwood and bergamot.

    Would it work?

    Thanks,
    Patrik Nusszer

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