All-Natural Perfume Making: Fragrances to Lift Your Mind, Body, and Spirit

Master your own custom perfume blends with ingredients to benefit your mind, body, and emotions in All-Natural Perfume Making .

Just like magic, turn  botanical herbs, flowers, and essential oils into wonderful-smelling, healthy, and sustainable perfumes . In All-Natural Perfume Making , author and herbalist Kristen Schuhmann guides beginning perfumers in the art and techniques of crafting oil-based, alcohol-based, and solid perfumes . Learn the history and traditional benefits  of certain scents as you create your own unique blends from a variety of plant-based ingredients.

In addition to smelling good, natural scents can be a powerful self-care tool to benefit mental and emotional health . Feeling anxious? A blend of vanilla, lavender, cedarwood, and neroli can help relax frazzled nerves. Have a big test coming up? Boost your brain power with rosemary, sweet orange, and peppermint. Once you've grasped the techniques in All-Natural Perfume Making , the possibilities are endless as you mix, layer, and experiment with natural scents .

Perfect for the beginner who wants to create their own signature scents without the use of harsh chemicals, this book provides a solid base on the philosophy and methods of crafting all-natural fragrances that not only smell fantastic but can add to your well-being.