How to Mix Sample Perfume with Essential Oils to Create A Fragrance That is Perfectly You!!

I have a lot of tiny vials of sample perfumes. Personally I do not like using them in the dab-on format. I prefer the samples that have either a roller ball or spray mechanism.

So what do I do with all of these samples? I don't want to waste them, so I decided to get some essential oils from Shop Miss A, for about a dollar each, to mix with the sample scents to bring out the notes I want to enhance.

For example, I have a sample of Atelier Cologne in Oud Saphir:

   The printing on the tiny vial is so small, and unfortunately I can't make it any sharper. 


According to Fragrantica.com, the top notes are Pink Pepper, Ambrette (Musk Mallow) and Bergamot. The middle notes are Suede, Birch and Jasmine. Finally the base notes are Birch, Agarwood (Oud) and Vanilla. 

The notes I want to accentuate are the woody, floral and citrus notes. Along with Alcohol, I will mix Jojoba oil as a carrier oil, Gardenia, Lemongrass, Bergamot, and Cedarwood oils:


 
Gardenia will bring out the floral notes; the bergamot will bring out the citrus notes; the cedarwood will bring out the woody notes, while the lemongrass will add extra freshness to the mix. I have a small spray bottle to dispense my "franken fragrance" into, which is small enough so that the original sample can still shine through.

I can't wait to play fragrance sommelier and blend MY OWN Oud Saphir!

Do you have fragrance samples lingering in your house that you don't know what do with?



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