PERFUME MAKING PROCESS

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
By Group 10

Members: Abdulbashet, Alino, Caluyo, Datuman, Mohsein, & Salazar.

Ingredients:
● Ethyl alcohol (60ml)
● Essential oils - Vanilla extract, Berries extract and Ylang Ylang extract ( 25 drops)
● Distilled water, USP (30 ml)
● Carrier oil (Coconut oil) (14ml)
● Glycerine (5drops)

Laboratory equipments to be used in perfume making:

● Preferred perfume bottle
● Erlenmeyer flask
● Graduated cylinder
● Glass dropper
● Funnel
● Stirring rod
● Aluminum foil or wrapping paper if you are using clear glass bottles

STEP 1:
● Sterilize the bottles and the other equipment to be used, especially if you are
reusing bottles. They need to be clean and sterile.

STEP 2:

● Add ethyl alcohol into the erlenmeyer flask.

STEP 3:
● Add the carrier oil and the essential oil to the erlenmeyer flask and swirl.
 ○ Note : In adding the essential oil, it should drop one at a time, swirl and
smell and add another drop until you reach the desired smell and record
how many drops.
○ In perfumes the fragrance can be divided into three different notes depending on
when they arise.

Top note: The initial scent when you put the perfume on, then disappears, they
include; lemon, orange, grapefruit, lime, bergamot, spearmint, peppermint and
others.

Middle note: This scent appears just after the top note disappears. Scents like;
coriander, palmarosa, marjoram, basil, rosemary, rose geranium, petitgrain,
lavender and others.

Base note: This appears after the middle note and is the base of the perfume, they
include; patchouli, vetiver, frankincense, cedarwood, sandalwood and others.

When you are mixing your perfume start by adding your base notes, then middle
then your top notes.

STEP 4:

● Allow 2 days to six weeks for scent to develop. The mixture should be covered and
allowed to sit in a cool dark room.

STEP 5:

● Add the distilled water and the Glycerine.

STEP 6:

● Pour the perfume into your bottle, use a funnel if you need to. If you are using
clear bottles, you will need to cover them with aluminum foil or wrapping paper
(your fragrance needs to be protected from the light or it will go off).
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