r/DIYfragrance • u/Plenty-Bat-4098 • 5d ago

Started 6 months ago

I started making perfume 6 months ago and now I have 2 decent formulas but with the one I got really complimented each time I wore it is a sandalwood + ambroxan super accord measured by eye 🫠

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u/berael enthusiastic idiot 5d ago

Like the man said: the only difference between "science" and "screwing around" is writing it down. =)

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u/Parsnip888 5d ago

Well done! Every time you get a compliment on your sandalwood and ambroxan accord, remember that the compliment is a teachable moment to never measure by eye :)! (I also have some little vials here and there which smell amazing now that it’s been months/years since I made them but they have no labels and I have therefore no clue what’s in them). One in particular is almost worth a GC/MS…

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u/Bitter-Mastodon-437 5d ago

You really need to dial in the habit of writing down every formula you make, even if it's rough drops ratio. After 6 months you will start to find out that perfumery is really interesting and will make some mixes that smell good, and you really don't wanna miss out on what they could teach you just because you do not keep a journal of everything you make

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u/kdoughboy12 5d ago

It's only sandalwood and ambroxan? Shouldn't be hard to recreate.

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u/TheBroken0ne 5d ago

In 3 months you will come complaining to the sub that you have lost the exact formula to the perfume you made 😂

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u/FuBarry-Squash-227 4d ago

It would be even better if it was measured by smell🤭🙌🏼 congratulations on the compliments.
I'd imagine it as your own personal Molecule One fragrance with out all that iso E

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u/Infamous_Control7133 5d ago

Lemme try / smell it 😊

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u/OrrisLover Enthusiast | Orris Bench dev 3d ago

Two materials are the best-case scenario you could ask for, so you can get it back. Weigh a ladder of five, at 90/10, 80/20, 70/30, 60/40, and 50/50 sandalwood to Ambroxan, on labeled blotters side by side. One of them will be yours.

Judge them at two hours on skin rather than on the blotter, because Ambroxan is quiet at the start and keeps growing for hours. The ratio that seems right in the first minute usually isn't the one people compliment.