Author: Booth, Nancy M.

Brand: Storey Publishing, LLC

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 176

Release Date: 11-01-1997

Details: Product Description Discover the joys of crafting your own unique and personal perfumes. Nancy Booth shows you how to pinpoint your fragrance preferences and design personalized products for both body and home. Learn how to use herbs, essential oils, natural plant extracts, and alcohol to create one-of-a-kind perfumes, sprays, colognes, and potpourris that not only smell great, but are free of harsh chemicals. With helpful tips on storing, packaging, and even marketing your products, you’ll be inspired to explore the aromatic world of homemade fragrance.  From Library Journal We live in a world surrounded by scents, some pleasant and some not always to our liking. Homemade natural scents can provide a pleasing alternative to commercial products. Booth, a teacher of perfumery, provides recipes for perfumes and other scented items using mainly essential oils, spices, herbs, and fruit extracts. A description of perfume ingredients and correct use of scents is included. Practical line drawings typical of this publisher accompany the text. A good selection for crafts collections. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. From the Back Cover Discover Your Signature Scent and Craft Truly Personal Perfumes at Home! Just take the quick "personal scent profile" quiz in this book to pinpoint your fragrance preferences, then create perfumes, splashes, and colognes that are uniquely you! Professional perfumer Nancy Booth provides step-by-step, illustrated instructions for making personal blends -- and creating your favorite perfumes -- using herbs, essential oils, fragrance oils, and alcohol. With Perfumes, Splashes & Colognes you'll learn how to: *Craft personal fragrances for the entire family * Make fragrant mixtures for the home, including potpourris and burning perfumes * Care for, store, and apply your homemade fragrances * Package your creations as attractive gifts About the Author Nancy M. Booth is the author of Perfumes, Splashes & Colognes. She has been selling dried herbs, potpourri, fragrance, essential oils and other similar items internationally since 1980. Booth teaches classes in perfumery and lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Package Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches

Languages: English