With other soliflores that do not involve top notes, such as a flower, most which are middle notes, the task is a little simpler when it comes to lasting power. The day after, I can still detect Lemon Verbena mixed with musks on the smelling strip. In the end, the perfume remains unmistakably Lemon Verbena, but 3 hours on a smelling strip and the Lemon Verbena scent is still going strong. In this case, the end result is a perfume containing 29 ingredients including Lemon Verbena, Lavender Absolute, Hedione, Eugenol, Bergamot, Dihydromyrcenol, Clary Sage Absolute, Oakmoss, Benzyl Acetate, and 20 others.
Lemon Verbena itself, a top note, would otherwise evaporate relatively quickly. So the challenge with a solifore such as Lemon Verbena is to create a perfume where the main note is immediately apparent, but it is complemented by other aroma-chemicals and essential oils that not only will accentuate the Verbena character, but will make it last by helping bridge top, heart and base notes. I have Lemon Verbena perfumes, such as Caswell Massey’s classic Verbena, in which the Lemon Verbena scent is gone within 10 minutes of putting it on, leading the way to musks and Oakmoss. Top notes are the most volatile of a perfume note, and the first you’ll notice in a perfume, which also means they evaporate relatively quickly leaving room for middle and base notes to come through. This is not easy when working with some herbals or citrus oils, many generally considered a top note. My aim was to create a perfume in which Lemon Verbena would be the main note, but one whose scent would also actually last. Recently I created a soliflore perfume based on Lemon Verbena. And the challenge of allowing that flower, that one focus, to shine through a small mound of aroma-chemicals and essential oils is a welcomed one. Rather that creating a perfume based on meadow flowers or summer woods, which could be all over the place, creating a perfume based on just one flower gives me a direct focus. When working with perfumery, I like the idea of sometimes creating soliflores. Either way, whatever goes into that perfume will ultimately have to smell of roses. And if the perfume is not an expensive one, the chances that it will contain actual Rose Absolute is almost null. So, a perfume based on a Rose flower will contain dozens of other ingredients other than Rose Absolute oil. Generally, a soliflore will contain many other scents in it, but all should complement the main note. Unfortunately, this could not be further from the truth. One would think a perfume based on one flower should be a relatively easy task. It is a perfume based on the Narcissus (Daffodil) flower.
A perfume such as Fleur de Narcisse, by L’Artisan Parfumeur is an example of a solfilore. The term soliflore can be loosely translated from the French as Single Flower. Soliflore, as I mentioned in my previous post about Violets, is a perfume based on one particular note. Never is this more so than when creating a soliflore perfume. I tend to think of perfume creation as ‘problem solving.’ I know that does not sound very creative or romantic, but ultimately when creating a perfume, what works with what is truly at the base (no perfumery pun intended) of it.
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The recipient can pick from any available perfume-making dates listed here and email orders to book the session with their booking code (all the details are on the voucher).The creation of a perfume is an amazing challenge. We can also add a handwritten personal note too. If you would like the voucher sent to the recipient's address please email orders with the address. We will mail a London Refinery branded gift card (in two working days) to the address on the order and will leave a blank space for you to add the name of the recipient. They will also receive a 10% discount off .uk to use one month after their class too. Note: Please let us know if attendees are pregnant, have any health conditions or allergies before when booking the class.Īttendees will take home their own perfume, making instructions and will be sent links of where to buy all the equipment and ingredients.
They will start by heating the ingredients, blending of the oils, and finish with pouring their solid perfume.Īttendees will take home a 15ml solid fragrance blend.
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They will then learn how to use the range of pure essential oils to blend into their natural solid perfume. They will then learn about the different fragrance families and what top, heart and base notes are. The workshops will last for about 2 hours and will be hosted by Lucy Heale, Founder of The London Refinery. Attendees will start with learning about how their sense of smell works and how fragrance affects our mood and emotions. Perfume Making Masterclass - Voucher (mailed)
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