This type of advice is surprisingly rare in perfume making, Ive bought some books, reads days worth of forums, but this is the most cohesive and practical advice I've heard, thanks a tonne.
@@bkscents7050 totally, it's a very structured way of making the mix. Ive also produce electronic music for many years so the concept of just getting a drum pattern, melody, and bass progression going, then once that's done you can come at it and fill it up, add varriations, and new sounds, then finally finishing with level mixing, and EQs, and all the compression etc. Great analogy, It didn't go missed on me.
Ah ha! A fellow musician! I also used to track, mix, master music back in the day too. When you said "eq, compression" ....you took me back to my days :)
So, crazy. Your videos are so high-quality that I just assumed you were getting 10's of thousands of views on them. At the time that I'm watching this, there are only 391 views. IMO, keep up the good work because this channel is high-quality and will grow. I don't know if you've already made a video for it, but I would like to see a video that focuses on how to choose a blender for different themes. I'm foggy on the idea of using blenders, how to choose one, and whether or not one is needed. I'm pretty sure blenders will differ depending on different themes. It would be great to get an idea of how I would choose a blender.
Thank you so much. This helps a lot. I have seen tons of videos, read lots of books, been on forums, they have all helped but this one have given me a clear picture of how to turn concept into the real thing. You made it very easy to understand
Equalize or balance the accords ..this is the question .. the mastery so difficult to master ... BK, could you make a video with a practical example? do you know how important you are to us apprentices? My immense gratitude, to you! Sorry for my bad english. I'm from Brazil!
Lol the first batch of ACs I bought were all base notes, and high impact, I had no idea what I was trying to do just recreate a "leather wood base" but it's almost useless without understanding how the main player will react with a top note... I'm coming at things differently now...
Sometimes. Doing it this way all you are doing is making a pre-made base. I have a lot of pre made bases, this way I don't have to pull out many materials to recreate the same "accord" for a formula.
@@bkscents7050 I am trying to start my own perfume house and have been "DIYing" for 3 years. It's great to see people making the world of perfumery accessible and open. You are doing a great job x
Learned something new by watching your videos u worked hard to teach us and share ur knowledge. For more basics and more detail about each oil, absolute, musk is there any perfumery book to refer. If there pls refer me. 😇
My question is; when blending and creating a blend or perfume am I just using the oils? Or am I using the dilutions? And then if I’m using the dilutions, how do I know what percentage of oils there is? I’m horrible at math 😅 I watched a video on roja creating and blending and he does it neat. So I’ve been trying it that way
You can certainly blend using them 'neat'...but your gonna blow through your materials quite fast this way and need a much much larger trial batch size to dose properly and accurately. Especially if your not happy with your blend from the first 1 to 2 takes, and you make 10-20 revisions on it trying to make it perfect...you can imagine how much materials you will blow through if you only used the materials "neat". I think its best to use your materials "diluted" for tinkering and trial batches...and once you are satisfied, you can recreate that formula again using only raw/neat materials (Sorry, but you'll have to do some math to figure it out, converting diluted materials to 100% neat materials)
To me....blenders and fillers and really low order type materials. The ones where you can add a lot of and it doesn't change the fragrance that much. Some of these types can be Iso E Super, Hedione, Florol/florosa, benzyl salicylate, linalool, etc....
Hey your videos are great! I am trying to visualize a pineapple grapefruit top with a woody musky base. I am stuck on what the heart notes should be. Any suggestions?
@@bkscents7050 Oh sorry. Just realized I haven't given much information! Yes a men's one. I wanted one that's all year round if it's possible but mainly wanted it fresh and clean. I like the Mancera Cedrat Boise vibe
Hmmmm.... Id try either lavender or neroli to connect the fruity citrus top the the mids.....and then play with Muget or Geranium in the mids and see what that smells like. These are staple classic clean men's notes that work for any genre. Once you get these working in your favor, then start playing with smaller things like ginger, cardimom, pepper, etc....and dose them REAL low, but just enough to give it something different
@@bkscents7050 Okay, I'm thinking of masking a colour in most cases tends to be a amber colour of course. Gets a little tricky especially with a colour preference in mind.
Trying to mask a amber color due to alot of natural materials in it....is very hard. At best...you can only make it darker, or take the color shade into a more red or orange ....but once it's already a deep amber color, it's hard to alter it
