🌸 How is perfume made?

Perfume is made from pretty flowers 🌸, fruits 🍊, and sometimes even tree bark! People collect these nice-smelling things and mix them with special liquids to make the perfume smell good.

First, they pick the flowers or fruits. Then, they soak them in water or oil to get the smell out. After that, they mix everything together to make the perfume!

Perfume is made by extracting scents from natural materials like flowers 🌹, fruits 🍋, spices, or even wood. Here's how it works:

1. Collecting: Flowers or other materials are picked at the right time to capture their best smell.
2. Extracting: The scents are taken out using methods like steam distillation (using hot steam) or soaking in oils.
3. Mixing: The extracted oils are blended with alcohol and water to create the final perfume.

Perfumes can have different layers of smells, like top notes (first smell) and base notes (long-lasting smell).

Perfume making is a fascinating blend of art and science. Here’s a detailed breakdown:

1. Sourcing Ingredients

Perfumers use natural sources (flowers 🌺, citrus fruits 🍊, spices, woods) and synthetic compounds (created in labs). Some rare ingredients, like ambergris (from whales), are highly valued.

2. Extraction Methods

• Steam Distillation: Steam passes through plant material, carrying aromatic oils, which are then condensed.
• Solvent Extraction: Flowers are soaked in solvents like ethanol to dissolve fragrant compounds.
• Expression: Used for citrus peels—oils are mechanically pressed out.

3. Blending and Aging

The extracted oils are mixed with alcohol (usually ethanol) and water. The mixture ages for months to develop its full scent profile. Perfumes have three note layers:

• Top Notes: Light, evaporate quickly (e.g., citrus).
• Middle Notes: Heart of the perfume (e.g., floral).
• Base Notes: Deep, long-lasting (e.g., vanilla, musk).