Perfumery Basics: Visualize, Plan & Approach Your Fragrance Blend

[@david-Davidson]

This type of advice is surprisingly rare in perfume making, Ive bought some books, reads days worth of forums, but this is the most cohesive and practical advice I've heard, thanks a tonne.

[@bkscents7050]

Makes sense though, right?

[@david-Davidson]

@@bkscents7050 totally, it's a very structured way of making the mix. Ive also produce electronic music for many years so the concept of just getting a drum pattern, melody, and bass progression going, then once that's done you can come at it and fill it up, add varriations, and new sounds, then finally finishing with level mixing, and EQs, and all the compression etc. Great analogy, It didn't go missed on me.

[@bkscents7050]

Ah ha! A fellow musician! I also used to track, mix, master music back in the day too. When you said "eq, compression" ....you took me back to my days :)

[@carinapearson9040]

I agree! I've been looking everywhere and this is one of the first resources that has actually helped me. Thank you!

[@bkscents7050]

@@carinapearson9040 : ) thank you!

[@TheMindfulJourney-gr9bl]

Please continue making more videos, they are some of the most helpful online. What a gem!

[@Admarkinteractive]

Hi, one of the very rare content that touches the tiny step by step fragrance design. Well presented and much appreciated.

[@donnypodcast]

So, crazy. Your videos are so high-quality that I just assumed you were getting 10's of thousands of views on them. At the time that I'm watching this, there are only 391 views. IMO, keep up the good work because this channel is high-quality and will grow. I don't know if you've already made a video for it, but I would like to see a video that focuses on how to choose a blender for different themes. I'm foggy on the idea of using blenders, how to choose one, and whether or not one is needed. I'm pretty sure blenders will differ depending on different themes. It would be great to get an idea of how I would choose a blender.

[@marieballesteros3309]

Thanks for all your amazingly helpful videos!! Would recommend to anyone that is new to perfumery to watch them all!

[@boganparanthaman6491]

Great video BK!

[@alz4424]

Thank you so much. This helps a lot. I have seen tons of videos, read lots of books, been on forums, they have all helped but this one have given me a clear picture of how to turn concept into the real thing. You made it very easy to understand

[@bkscents7050]

😃😁😁😁

[@david-Davidson]

Lol damn I'm basically made the same comment, it's true - there's no info like this out there...

[@Mzaros1]

Equalize or balance the accords ..this is the question .. the mastery so difficult to master ... BK, could you make a video with a practical example? do you know how important you are to us apprentices? My immense gratitude, to you! Sorry for my bad english. I'm from Brazil!

[@alejandrodamiangomez4914]

excelentes explicaciones, de lo mejor de youtube, gracias, desde argentina

[@alissac6161]

GREAT vid!! Such logical steps for planning your first perfume-- Thanks BK!

[@vanillinchillin743]

Thank u for the basics videos!

[@shreeflavour1]

Very special & super high performance very friendly knowledge

[@cezardecosta]

Thanks for sharing your process BK! Nice to see you here :)

[@bkscents7050]

Thank you! 😁

[@313jbr]

Thank you buddy. You r doing a 👏

[@30myles01]

Very clear and concise , learning a lot here:)

[@Bigshoots86]

Learning how to do this would require an in depth knowledge and the inventory to get it done

[@david-Davidson]

Lol the first batch of ACs I bought were all base notes, and high impact, I had no idea what I was trying to do just recreate a "leather wood base" but it's almost useless without understanding how the main player will react with a top note... I'm coming at things differently now...

[@pankocreamriotersalaazar5771]

My question is; when blending and creating a blend or perfume am I just using the oils? Or am I using the dilutions? And then if I’m using the dilutions, how do I know what percentage of oils there is? I’m horrible at math 😅 I watched a video on roja creating and blending and he does it neat. So I’ve been trying it that way

[@bkscents7050]

You can certainly blend using them 'neat'...but your gonna blow through your materials quite fast this way and need a much much larger trial batch size to dose properly and accurately. Especially if your not happy with your blend from the first 1 to 2 takes, and you make 10-20 revisions on it trying to make it perfect...you can imagine how much materials you will blow through if you only used the materials "neat". I think its best to use your materials "diluted" for tinkering and trial batches...and once you are satisfied, you can recreate that formula again using only raw/neat materials (Sorry, but you'll have to do some math to figure it out, converting diluted materials to 100% neat materials)

[@kajolgolchha1326]

Learned something new by watching your videos u worked hard to teach us and share ur knowledge. For more basics and more detail about each oil, absolute, musk is there any perfumery book to refer. If there pls refer me. 😇

[@goodimoh7157]

Really really helpful, thank you. Love your videos

[@bkscents7050]

Thank you so much 😁

[@goodimoh7157]

@@bkscents7050 I am trying to start my own perfume house and have been "DIYing" for 3 years. It's great to see people making the world of perfumery accessible and open. You are doing a great job x

[@seanmunderloh3438]

Do you ever work on individual scent “bubbles” as their own accords before balancing them in the end, and then making further modifications?

[@bkscents7050]

Sometimes. Doing it this way all you are doing is making a pre-made base. I have a lot of pre made bases, this way I don't have to pull out many materials to recreate the same "accord" for a formula.

[@shalinithiyagarajan3288]

Can I use this as a guideline to make my own Fragrance oils for candles?

[@jankucera8505]

Perfect guide

[@juelraj3901]

Hey your videos are great! I am trying to visualize a pineapple grapefruit top with a woody musky base. I am stuck on what the heart notes should be. Any suggestions?

[@bkscents7050]

What kinda frag you going for? Mens? Women's? Summer time? Winter time?

[@juelraj3901]

@@bkscents7050 Oh sorry. Just realized I haven't given much information! Yes a men's one. I wanted one that's all year round if it's possible but mainly wanted it fresh and clean. I like the Mancera Cedrat Boise vibe

[@bkscents7050]

Hmmmm.... Id try either lavender or neroli to connect the fruity citrus top the the mids.....and then play with Muget or Geranium in the mids and see what that smells like. These are staple classic clean men's notes that work for any genre. Once you get these working in your favor, then start playing with smaller things like ginger, cardimom, pepper, etc....and dose them REAL low, but just enough to give it something different

[@juelraj3901]

@@bkscents7050 Thanks sounds like a good idea. I will give that a try. Will let you know how I get on!

[@mohammedamaan2694]

Which ingredients are modifiers blenders or fillers. Please name some.

[@bkscents7050]

To me....blenders and fillers and really low order type materials. The ones where you can add a lot of and it doesn't change the fragrance that much. Some of these types can be Iso E Super, Hedione, Florol/florosa, benzyl salicylate, linalool, etc....

[@rishashyamjha]

Sir can you please give me biscuit perfume formula

[@adriansumner1412]

Do you ever add colour to your finished product?

[@bkscents7050]

Sometimes....if I use alot of synthetics and the final perfume is almost clear white, I'll add a dye to it to give it some color

[@adriansumner1412]

@@bkscents7050 Okay, I'm thinking of masking a colour in most cases tends to be a amber colour of course. Gets a little tricky especially with a colour preference in mind.

[@bkscents7050]

Trying to mask a amber color due to alot of natural materials in it....is very hard. At best...you can only make it darker, or take the color shade into a more red or orange ....but once it's already a deep amber color, it's hard to alter it

[@aapp776]

I'm just curious why the opening is so suspenseful..