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Category: Fragrance Flavors Subcategory: Fragrance Flavors Tip: Smell and Taste the Flavor! Flavors have everything to do with fragrances. If you enjoy certain flavors, more than likely you will also like the fragrances they have. This is the major reason a sense of smell is so closely related to our taste. Flavor is the savory taste that you add to aromatic products to impart tang, zest, gusto, or whatever effects you are trying to reach. It is virtually the "essence" of the element. It is the essential treatment and basis of Aromatherapy. Flavors are seasonings like salt and pepper and ketchup and mustard. They can be plants, herbs, flowers, spices, or fruit. Without them, the essence of the ingredients is missing. Here are examples of great combinations of flavors and fragrances that when combined, create great seasonings, flavors and fragrances. Vanilla and CinnamonLemon and pepperlavender and MandarinApple and CinnamonCoconut and RumRose and ChamomileOrange and PinePeaches and CreamThese are just a few of the more popular fragrance combinations. By understanding what flavors and fragrances perfectly mix together, you can begin to create your own wonderful blends of perfumes, candles, potpourri and other scent-sations. Tip: Beauty Water Recipe Here is a homemade fragranced face mask to use for those with a shiny complexion. 1 egg white 1 tablespoon of honey or glycerin 1 ½ teaspoons of witch hazel 2 drops of lemon essential oil 2 drops of lavender essential oil 2 drops of thyme essential oil Mix all ingredients together and put in a clean container. Keep in the refrigerator to stay fresh. Before going to bed, pour a teaspoon on a cotton ball and rub over face and neck, letting it dry. Then in the morning, repeat the process again. Continuous use of this beauty water will give your skin a fresh, glowing complexion. Tip: Flower Waters (Hydrosols) Also known as hydrosols, hydroflorates or distillates, flower water is a fragrant product from direct steam distillation of whole plant materials. Flower water is deeper in scent production because it is derived directly from steam. Unlike essential oils, which are added to water, flower water is steam distilled. They are sold very inexpensively and sold as deodorants, facial splashes, air fresheners' skin applications and for spa use during massages. Flower waters are moisturizing, refreshing, and fragrant with essential oils added. Because flower water has less concentration, it is used for people with sensitive skin. Mountain Rose Herbs sells an entire line of hydrosols, which have been distilled in improved stainless steel cookers and processed through certified organic methods.
Tip: Fragrance Blends Here is a short list of perfume blends, with a list of flavors and fragrances on blending, for just the right scents. Fragrance Blends Fresh lemon and other citrus blends well with lavender, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, fir, pine, spruce. Spicy nutmeg blends well with citrus, allspice, clove, cinnamon, and cardamom, lavender, and rose. Minty peppermint blends with wintergreen, eucalyptus, citrus, patchouli, jasmine, and rose. Flowery rose blends well with citrus, patchouli, neroli, jasmine, chamomile, geranium, clove, and cinnamon. Flavorful vanilla blends with cinnamon, rose, clove, nutmeg, allspice, and citrus. The licorice flavor of Anise blends with citrus, cinnamon, chamomile. Earthy Cedarwood blends with patchouli, spruce, fir, and pine. Flower Chamomile blends well with bergamot, clary sage, rose, and lavender. Flowery Geranium blend with citrus, lavender, cinnamon, clove, jasmine, and mint. Sweet Jasmine blends well with geranium, chamomile, patchouli, cinnamon, clove, and citrus. For more variations, check out Craft Central Station online, which shows a complete list of the various fragrance blends that you can create. Tip: Fragrance, Nuts & Such... Different types of nuts leaves a salty or sweet smell to fragrances, and they also carry a lot of medicinal benefits to them. Peanuts have a light, nutty aroma to them, very oily to the skin and are used mostly for massage blends. The peanut's medicinal benefit is to help those who are arthritic. Sweet almonds are great for aromatic blends because they leave a sweet and nutty aroma. The texture of almonds is slightly oily and helps to keep skin moist. Macadamia Nuts are more fragrant than almonds and carry a sweet, rich, nutty aroma. Pecans hold a very light aroma with a somewhat thick substance to it. Hazelnuts have a sweet, distinctive smell and are good for oily skin. Sesame seeds are sweet, nutty and carry an overpowering aromatic scent Tip: Fruity and Fragrant Skin Refreshers Make yourself some fruity and fragrant skin helpers with: Mix some 3 drops of essential oils of lavender, 1 drop each of lemon balm, and a essential herb (try basil oil, chamomile, marjoram, and 1 cup of distilled water together for a light, lemony spritzer to spray on your face and body for a refreshing and relaxing mist. Spritzers: To hydrate and clean skin pores, create a refreshing skin toner. Mix 1 cup of witch hazel, ¼ cup white vinegar and ¼ tsp mint extract. Toss in a couple of fresh peppermint leaves. Using a cotton ball, dab your face gently and apply the moisturizer. Tip: Learning to Blend Perfume Flavors Perfume is easier to make then most people know. However, it's important that you read over the process carefully. Perfume is made with these basic ingredients: essential oils,
aroma chemicals, and animal products, types of alcohol and water if needed. Practice blending different scent formulas to create the exact fragrance you want. Here are some basic formulas: Tender Mercies 2 drops of Lavender Oil 4 drops Carnation Oil 3 drops of Juniper Oil 2 drops of Jasmine Oil 3 drops of Ylang-Ylang Or Sultan's Pleasure 2 drops of Patchouli 2 drops of Lavender 3 drops of Ylang-Ylang 1 drop of Jasmine 2 ½ oz of Perfumer's Alcohol or Vodka (you must have permit for use of vodka read Scent Preparation). 2 tablespoons of Distilled or Spring Water (add more water if needed) Mix your choice of essential oil formula and add to alcohol, stirring very slowly at first. Let mixture stand for 48 hours, then add 2 tablespoons of distilled or spring water. Stir well. Let mixture stand another 48 hours or four to six weeks curing time for stronger perfume. It is up to you how strong you want your perfume to be. If the formula is too strong, you can always add more water to dilute it. Then let your perfume mature or cure, like a fine wine. When it is ready, pour though a coffee filter to remove any sediments out of your final product. Choose a strong attractive bottle and strain the perfume in it. Tip: Tips On Experimenting With Flavors & Fragrances. When you are cooking, you slowly add in seasonings to get the desired taste. This the same way fragrances are produced. You can start by learning how to combine flavors. Buy a large mixture of dry, unscented potpourri from the store. You can go to the crafts section at your local retail store or online to a potpourri/candle store. Purchase some fragrant oils like rosemary, chamomile, sandalwood, spruce, musk, etc. Also buy some flavorings like vanilla, coconut, buttered rum, grape, peach, orange, etc. Divide the pile of potpourri into five (5) sections. Experiment with the flavorings, spices and fruit by using an eyedropper to blend scents onto the potpourri. ATry your hand at mixing your favorite oils and seasonings. Count the drops of oil and flavors that you use and write the mixture down. Every formula that you create produces a particular fragrance and will come into use as you create perfume and candles. Tip: Types of Perfume Blends The right mixture of ingredients can include many different blends and produce many different perfumes. Each one unique and naturalistic in character. Amber A warm sweet sensuous blend. Animal animal blends are essential oils in today's perfume fragrances. They have fixative properties. Aquatic Fresh, natural, and enduring. It ejects the theme of waterfalls, or an ocean and even the wind. Aromatic Perfect for men's fragrances, this fragrance blends lavender, rosemary and armoise together for a virile and strengthening quality. Balsamic Woodsy and sweet with benjamin, balsam tolu, and vanilla expressed within. This fragrance holds an oriental connection. Floral Sweet-smelling savor of flowers including Lily of the Valley, tuberose and ylang ylang. Fruity Popular blend in today's culture. Most of the fragrance is synthetic with a melon, apple and peach overtone. Green Today's society is into the natural, intrinsic components of green, which is taken from
galbanum, a natural substance. Herbaceous Marjoram, basil, and mint are the blended ingredients here. Specifically used in men's fragrances. Hesperide Group of citrus oils and orange flower products created by cold expression of the various fruit peels such as orange, lemon, tangerines, and bergamot. Giving fragrance a burst of freshness and appeal. Iris As beautiful as the flower itself is the aroma of Iris saturated with violet and orris note blends. Leather An old redolence marked by natural and synthetic notes, has a smoky, tar-like smell merged with chypres. Moss Outdoorsy, rich odor from nature itself with oak moss as the essential element of the chypres. Musk - Distilled in alcohol, this long-lasting tincture is synthetic today, but originally came from fawns. Spices A wide range of spices linger in this blend, warm, inviting with splashes of floral. Tobacco Woodsy, sweet and honey-laced aroma adds to this rich fragrance. Wood an influence of the Virginia cedar, Galac wood, patchouli, sandalwood, pine, and vetiver is part of this natural scent. Tip: Using Herbs, Spices, Plants and Fruits Together As you explore aromatherapy, you will see many other flavors combined with fragrances to develop delicious, alluring, and fragrant products. Here is a variation of flavors used quite often in producing aromatic products. The list contains essential oils, herbs, spices and fruits: Black pepper oil, Cardamom, Cassia oil, Cinnamon bark oil, Cocoa, Coffee, Coriander oil, Eucalyptus oil, Ginger oil, Grapefruit, Honey, Juniperberry, Lemon, Lime, Natural Cocoa Butter, Nutmeg, Avocado, Vanilla, Peppermint, Pineapple, Raspberry, Strawberry, Blueberry and Tropical Fruit. Don't be afraid to combine seasonings with fruit, plants, trees, flowers and other herbs. Perfume blends are made from a mixture of plants, herbs, flowers and spices. By mixing in flowers and herbs you add more fragrance to your mixture. Flowers and plants to add include: Lemon balm, rose, pine, geranium, jasmine, evening primrose, sunflower, chamomile and more.