Solid perfume is one of my new favorite beauty discoveries. I bought a small one a while ago for my green beauty basket and loved how it smelled. Since I gave that one away, I thought it would be fun to make my own and play around with different scents.
And you can keep it in your purse! Because who remembers to put on perfume in the morning? And if you do, the smell is gone in no time. Solid perfumes are super portable and you can touch up anytime. Funny story, my perfume bottles have become toys for the kids – they LOVE to douse themselves while playing dress up. You can smell them coming a mile away.
Solid perfumes are honestly a game-changer, IMO. First, they’re much more travel-friendly than their traditional counterparts—you don’t have to worry about them breaking if they’re packed in your check-in bag, nor do you have to worry about them being taken away by TSA because they’re no longer considered liquid.
They’re also alcohol-free, unlike regular perfumes. Alcohol can be super irritating to skin—in comparison, the base of this solid perfume is almond oil and beeswax, two super skin-friendly ingredients!
You’ll also find that solid perfumes last way longer—and I don’t just mean how the scent lingers. Because solid perfumes are quite concentrated to use and you have full control over what you use, you won’t go through it as quickly as regular perfume.
TBH, it’s way too easy to accidentally spray perfume everywhere, wasting product and potentially annoying others with it wafting around. So if that’s not reason enough to try solid perfume, I don’t know what is! However, if you’re already here, you probably already want to make some perfume—so let’s run through the recipe.
DIY Solid Perfume
To make your own solid perfume, first combine a small amount (about 2 teaspoons) of almond oil with your essential oils. My favorites scent combinations were orange with a bit of clove and peppermint with lavender. Add just a drop or two of each essential oil at a time until you have a scent you like.
Then melt a small chunk of beeswax (you can get small pieces at most health food stores) in a small glass dish in the microwave. Add the oil mixture and stir to combine. Then pour into a small container and let it sit to harden.
Bonus! Add a small amount of shimmery powder or eye shadow to give your perfume a bit of sparkle. Make sure to do this before letting your perfume sit to harden, though!
Like with all perfumes, make sure to take advantage of your pulse points. These are the parts of your body where your pulse is close to the surface, and this helps to make scents stronger and last for longer. Pulse points include your neck and inside of your wrists—the perfect places to add a little dab of your new bespoke perfume.
Have you ever made solid perfume? What scents do you love?
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Hi! Definetly I’ll try this one. But, how long this perfume will stay good?
What amounts of beeswax do you use? And instead of using almond oil, are you able to use coconut oil?
Hi, thank you for sharing the recipe and tips. How long this perfume will stay good? Will it turns bad?
oh, I love solid perfume, and I have a lot of different ways to take it with me. also I’ve make some locket charms with it. my favourite essential oils are lavender, orange, vanilla, jasmine and sandal wood. and I experiment with creating different mixes using reciepes of famous fragrances. this month I’ve been working with Tom Ford fragrance “Tuscan Leather”.
you have the same name as me.
Will this turn to liquid in warm climates? I want to try this, but I live in FL and I don’t want a mess.
Can you use coconut oil instead of the almond oil?
I have been researching and reading about making natural products because I want to eliminate as many chemical products in my home as possible. I’m looking forward to making a vanilla clove body oil, a recipe I found online.
Hi, thanks for the tutorial but can u make a solid perfume out of bodysprays you have as well?
Avon sold solid perfume many years ago but stopped when the trend was no longer popular. Thanks to you, I can make my own! Bless you!! You can also purchase popular designer perfume oils from haywardenterprises.com and add them to your beeswax.
Avon sold solid perfume several years ago but stopped when trend was no longer popular. Thanks to you I can make my own! Bless you!
Love the solid perfume ideas going to give this a try me and a lot of my friends
Go to a day hospice as we have cancer I teach them crafts so this idea is great
Keep them coming as these things help us to keep going
superb ideas…i would definately like to try it….
Where did you get the little container??
They came from Whole Foods, in the body care section. Hope that helps!
instead of essence can we put our own perfume ????
I bet you could! The scent might not be as strong – or last as long – but you could try it!
I have recently bought some mango butter and imagine that it would make great perfume-ish moisture kick!
Gotta try…
And as always, thanks for sharing, it’s fantastic to get proof of something I haven’t tried yet;)
Can you make this with coconut oil instead of beeswax I wonder?
I love solid perfumes….!
the only thing about coconut oil is that it doesn’t stay solid at warmer temps – so I’m afraid it might liquify if it heats up!
But almond oil is always liquid…so…
I am almost sure that it won’t turn liquid unless it’s getting hotter than 50°C/125 F. Just add a bit more beeswax and it should work out.
What a fun idea! I’ve never even owned solid perfume.