Storing and organising raw materials for perfumery

[@zalzalahbuttsaab]

It's surprising how much it mirrors my own journey. Regarding colours, I have odour-colour synaesthesia, so my labels bear the colour that I can detect when I smell an ingredient, along with the CYMK, RGB and HSB codes.

[@sammacer]

Interesting!

[@bensake5590]

Must be the Jesus who gives the CYMK code information 🤔

[@kg20008]

This is super helpful. I was literally trying to figure a way to organize my supplies last night. I also pulled the trigger on more materials. Do you find yourself buying from multiple sellers? Finding everything in one spot seems hard haha. An idea for the wooden stands: you can countersink multiple bottle sizes. That way any bottle will fit, or at least common sizes.

[@sammacer]

Nice idea with the bottle racks, thank you! In terms of sellers, I currently get most of my stuff from Pell Wall and if they don't have what I want I try something else - they normally have everything I want though. I don't buy new materials very often though.

[@mateusmiadaira3178]

Great and helpful video as always, Sam! Thanks a lot!

[@sammacer]

No problem

[@aarond9563]

This is so impressive Sam! Thank you!

[@jameshicks7125]

I just reached the 50+ ingredients point and these are exactly what I bought.

[@sammacer]

Fantastic!

[@AbdullahScents]

Hi......One question : if i have a formula ... do i have to mix the materials together and keep them for a while before adding alcohol ? Or i can directly add alcohol without waiting?

[@sammacer]

You can do either way. They may smell slightly different but often this is negligible.

[@AbdullahScents]

Thanks

[@mariamroshna1593]

really great ideas . thanks so much

[@cigartrend]

where to get that tall amber glass which was inside the a4 plastic box looks nice than the normal amber bottle ..

[@sammacer]

I used to sell them on my store but I stopped since they kept arriving smashed from the manufacturer. They also didn’t have the best seal and fell over easily. I recommend to use different bottles, the ones I sell now are superior quality.

[@bkscents7050]

YESSSSS. Loved this vid

[@sammacer]

Thanks a lot dude

[@dhruvmini01]

@@sammacer Y'all posted super similar videos on the same day!

[@sammacer]

@@dhruvmini01 Yeah haha such a co-incidence, I had been planning this video for 3 weeks lol, the first time the footage got corrupted and I had to re-make it R.I.P. I think it's good though, hopefully they will give each other views.

[@erich1394]

I'm officially going to drill holes in some scrap wood from the garage sometime this week and use that. Do you find that you need special storage for aldehydes and other really intense chemicals / does anything get through that box? Thanks again for this wonderful channel.

[@sammacer]

Fantastic idea and thank you. I think that double boxing usually works for anything very strong

[@crowdedtombs]

Great video! Are you concerned with the bottles in the plastic bins cross-contaminating?

[@sammacer]

No because the bottles are sealed; they will only cross-contaminate if the liquids come into contact with each other.

[@rebirthofthecool5619]

Those really useful boxes are not sealed though?

[@sammacer]

They aren’t fully airtight, but two layers of them does a very good job in my experience

[@carlosromero3270]

Good video Man Un saludo desde México 🇲🇽✌️

[@sammacer]

Gracias!

[@FZKM]

Sam how you wash yiur bottles?

[@sammacer]

You can use hot soapy water or if you want them cleaner, use acetone or ethanol

[@mohamedali-xg2me]

Great vid. Thanks sam

[@sammacer]

Thanks

[@wib6044]

Great tips. Thanks

[@Ciliyas3D]

how can i know when my materials are not good anymore?

[@sammacer]

Usually you would know by realising they smell different from when you first bought them

[@Ciliyas3D]

@@sammacer thanks for the answer i just have one more question, when i get my materials it never says what the expiration date is how long they can be kept?

[@Devonellah]

Very cool :)

[@aasimanarwala4972]

How many materials do you have? And which are yours favorite?

[@sammacer]

I probably have about 200 though I haven't counted. My favorites are something like: oakwood, triplal, cassis base, cis-3-hexenol, labdanum but some others also come to mind :)

[@superaak]

Luckily two videos on same topic.

[@Max865-]

It’s called a perfume organ