Perfumery Workspace - Are you organized?

A brief video of a quick re-organization I did to my workspace to increase workflow and to find my materials quicker and easier.
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[@bantumother2656]

THANK YOU 😄😄 Excellently organized, I will follow your examples. I love to label everything, but this is even better then my set-up. thanks Brian.

[@sammacer]

Snap! I literally recorded a video about the same topic yesterday. Great to see your new setup, I hope the new improvements work out well for you. It looks good to me!

[@bkscents7050]

Can’t wait to see your vid!

[@fragfanatic5147]

You have neatly organized workplace which is really so important. A lot of takeaways for me from your presentation here. Thank you

[@LucasBorioMakeUp]

Sometimes, messy is order. I feel you, you! maybe's just part of how your creative process works... with a little mess to it.

[@BlainsTube]

I don't mix consistently enough to dedicate a specific area just to tinkering. Your layout is head & shoulders above what I've got going on. I too have been caught in the time trap of hunting down a material that I know I have. It's frustrating, but I think eventually my frustration will motivate me to better organization. Thank you for the tour of your workspace.

[@raysanty4270]

Great! I recently discovered those rounded labels for bottles and they are great. I also found small colored dots that I add on top of the circular stickers to differentiate top (blue), middle (green) and bottom (red).

[@bkscents7050]

The color coded dots seem like a fantastic idea. I have like 20 different colored sharpie markers that I think I'm going to incorporate to the sticker labels......I just haven't figured out a color coding system yet

[@carlosromero3270]

Eres el mejor!!! Un saludo desde México.

[@laurenbray8314]

I like how you set it all up especially the materials organized by type on the rack so you can still see them all. Being able to see all my materials organized and laid out helps with my creative process. I like to get those round sticker labels but in the ultra tiny colored version and color code top, middle, and base notes on the bottles. But I'm pretty obsessive so its probably unnecessary for most lol.

[@bkscents7050]

The little round stickers I also got on amazon. And they do sell them in a huge array of colors too!

[@mybad4101]

Im the most messy of all, haha. I have samples all over the place. Some of them about 7 years old.

[@AromiErotici]

It's smart to be organized in a way that makes sense TO YOU. Nice job on revamping your workspace.

[@bkscents7050]

Thanks Dave! I ended up ditching the dumb cardboard boxes and went with large black plastic bin trays, cause the cardboard boxes just started to bother me the more I looked at them, lol

[@AromiErotici]

@@bkscents7050 Yep, I completely understand. Stuff like that distracts me real bad. I tinker with materials and have quite a bit, but not as much as you do. I keep everything separated by Top, Heart and Base and I don't pre-dilute except Aldehydes. That excludes the pre-diluted materials purchased that way already. Like you, I group my top, heart and base notes in categories of ( e.g. ) "Green, "Herbaceous", Citrus, etc.....I also got tired of going through plastic pipettes, so I bought a boatload of 30ml. Boston Bottles with droppers and keep a "dedicated" bottle that's labeled for each oil. This allows me to just put the dropper back in the bottle and not worry about cleaning it after each use.

[@bkscents7050]

Watch out for those dropper top style bottles. They are not very air tight and I noticed in the summertime when it gets hot in my place....the materials inside were evaporating away.

[@AromiErotici]

@@bkscents7050 No doubt. I don't use the Boston Bottles to "hold" materials. I use them for their glass dropper inside. Each Boston bottle is "dedicated" to a specific material and their respective glass droppers never see another material other than what it's specified for. The bottles themselves just house the droppers for me. It's actually cheaper to use glass pipettes in this way than buy separate glass pipettes.

[@laurenbray8314]

I think I was looking at that same work table you have on Amazon yesterday for my own set up. Decent quality, size and price.

[@bkscents7050]

I forget the name of it, but yes it’s on amazon. The 55” table for like $100. It’s a bit wobbly, (shakes side to side when I’m writing), but it gets the job done

[@superaak]

Good idea, labeling on top.

[@bkscents7050]

It was the most logical way if I was going to store things in drawers and looking down on them. I couldn’t stand how I used to have to pick up each bottle to read the side of the label. Now I don’t even have to pick them up, it’s all written on the tops!

[@dhperfumes3524]

My layout is actually quiet similar and it works really well. You'll find the labelling will transform how you work. I also use coloured labels which helps find stuff faster. Where are you storing your accord samples that are maturating?

[@laurenbray8314]

Same here, I like the color coded labels.

[@bkscents7050]

I store them in one of the drawers below the desk

[@bkscents7050]

I have colored sharpie markers......hmmmmmm...I may try this out

[@abdulrazakdhaga444]

Have you tried Escada Casual friday (discontinued) ? Is there any replacement of that fragrance

[@FaRMaXiMuS]

Amazing! 2:18 - Are you using a spectrometer? Or what kind of Jedi sword is shown in the far left corner of the table?

[@ArcturusAndromeda]

Dude - are those light sabers? 😆

[@bkscents7050]

Lol....they sure are.

[@ArcturusAndromeda]

@@bkscents7050 Awesome.

[@lioneldiaz2766]

Is there any alternative for perfumist alcohol? I'm trying hard to get the one you use but in Argentina it seems to be a secret or an alien stuff. Thank you for the high quality material you share!

[@chirayugoyal9150]

Hi BK.. i have a few questions for you.. 1. Organising chemicals as per families is better or to just have them arranged alphabetically ? 2. As you always back up your synthetics with Naturals, do you have a prest ratio between the 2 you try to achieve ? as in 30 - 70 or 50-50 ?

[@maharhir]

Hey! Can you please let me know where you get the aroma chemical percentage info's from?

[@nestor6355]

Hi! How do you deal with the smell? I don't know if my bottles are low quality, but I have to store everything in tupperware containers and ziploc baggies, and it's a nuisance!

[@caseyw1050]

Great fundamental video! I also have lightsabers in my workspace😂 Are you on social media? How can the folks like me connect with you?

[@JONICOSS]

Quick question, by Dye you mean use normal candle dye? Never even knew you could do that with perfume.

[@wib6044]

Hey off topic, but do you ever have leakage issues with bottle crimping? Are the atomizers higher quality with this design, opposed to screw top?

[@bkscents7050]

It depends....it's hit or miss with leakage with crimped sprayers. The only leakage I've ever had was coming from the actual sprayer push down button, not around the crimped edges. So it's gonna vary depending on what type of quality you buy and from whom. I see some big houses now are starting to have screw tops though....but maybe they are doing it for cost factors (cheaper).

[@bloodforlife508]

Hey I was wondering about labeling your perfumes and copy writing.. for example you make a sent and you don't want it to be copied .. but in the labeling u have to put the ingredients so how do you get around the

[@bkscents7050]

The labeling on the perfume boxes and bottom of the bottle only list the ingredients that are possible allergens, and doesn't list the entirety of the perfume.

[@bloodforlife508]

@@bkscents7050 how do you get you perfume to protect have more on an out ward of cent trail or bubble so to speak .. where can I get bottles for my finish products love you channel by the way .... wuts and acord

[@FZKM]

Hey BK ....just to ask u how do u wash ur bottles and pipetts

[@bkscents7050]

I soak them in normal rubbing alcohol (70%) for a few hours, and then wash in normal soap and water after.

[@na3kh461]

Thanks for sharing, Couple things Do you have link to the balance you have because you been using for long time and until did not expressed any dis- satisfaction with I like to buy one like. I never used dye in my formulas Some links for the dyes you have thank. I learn lots from you Now I am getting better in my formulation

[@bkscents7050]

ussolid.com/300-x-0-001g-analytical-balance-1-mg-digital-lab-precision-scale.html m.naturesgardencandles.com/quick-order-da-bomb-soap-dyes

[@na3kh461]

Thanks for the help

[@wib6044]

I bought same one off Amazon, after his basics video. It works great and is sensitive! The oil from my finger prints was throwing off the calibrating weight. I even have to turn off AC because the air from vent will throw off measurements.

[@bkscents7050]

Exactly! I can't even run a ceiling fan near it! Lol

[@JayMannStuff]

What's the stuff on the bottom of the shelf to the right of your desk?

[@bkscents7050]

That’s where I store all my perfume bottles, glass Boston round bottles, and caps

[@laurenbray8314]

@@bkscents7050 Where do you buy your caps? I find that a lot of the sellers have them way overpriced.

[@bkscents7050]

I buy my caps at libertynatural.com. They sell them for like $0.15 cents each, and their Boston round glass bottles are cheap too. Or even better yet, amazon also sells cheap 15ml bottles with poly cone caps....144 bottles/caps for like $45. www.amazon.com/dp/B07GX7TFQT

[@dhruvmini01]

Yo, link to those cardboard boxes? Just kidding. Thanks for the video!

[@bkscents7050]

Lol....the link would point to a trash dump

[@dhruvmini01]

@@bkscents7050 omw to the recycling plant 🏃🏾‍♂️ Definitely do need to buy some labeling material for my bottles. Sharpie is definitely rubbing off.

[@bkscents7050]

Now I'm all self conscious about the boxes, lol. I just ordered some black shelf bins to hold the materials in now....

[@dhruvmini01]

@@bkscents7050 Oh no! Didn't mean to do that. I think those boxes do plenty enough! I keep most of my odds and ends in different boxes since I still own lots of fragrances and ship stuff out often. My diluted materials are currently in a carboard box. However I did manage to retrofit a tin box with impact foam to hold all my 4ml samples. Currently saving money for a scale before I buy shelves or a cabinet for storage.