​More often than not, purchasing a gift can be so tempting rather than personalizing one due to the tempting appeal of convenience.
However, personalizing a gift could mean something special to your mother, it could also help to satisfy her love for fragrance and concurrently showing your sincerity to her through this gift!

​Perfume creation can include the individual’s personality as well, making the gift more memorable and more meaningful as compared to the other gifts.
Furthermore, everyone has their own unique set of personality traits and likewise, every loving mother. Hence, perfume formulation can be varied, having thousands of different unique creations, each unique and different.
In this perfume workshop, the provided personality quiz will guide you to fit the perfume based on your mother’s personality, giving the creation a personal touch to the gift – unique and unlike the other gifts.

Lifestyle of mothers shows a lot in how they would prefer their perfumes as well. A mom who likes to lead the high life where she often visits fancy restaurants could prefer a perfume with elegance and sophistication as compared to a mom who leads an active and sporty lifestyle.
On the other hand, a mom who stays at home and take care of the house could like a cleaner, milder and simple scent as compared to other moms. Therefore, looking at your mother’s lifestyle could give you an insight on what fragrance your mother would prefer.

​This is also a very important factor in perfume selection and creation. If we are purchasing or personalizing a perfume for someone else, we have to first recognize and know what the other’s likes and dislikes are in scents.
Whenever, in doubt stick to safer options. Go for perfume strength that has mild to moderate fragrance intensity. A safe choice for perfume profiles be musk, vanilla, florals or fragrances with tones of aqua.

If you would like to grab this chance to gift a special gift to your mother this Mother’s Day, do not hesitate to sign up for a class to help you through this!
To book a class or for more information, head down to the links below:
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
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Are you aware of what you have in your perfumes? There may be exotic ingredients you have never even fathom could be sourced into fragrance ingredient, synergizing and disguised seamlessly in your perfume!
So here is my list of to-know unique perfume ingredient that helps to shed light regarding the source of these ingredients.

Source – Sperm Whale
Ambergris is a waxy material expelled out from the sperm whale’s stomach due to indigestion of hardy ingested food and can be found floating on the oceans.
Due to it scarcity value, if you have ever found this lying around on the ocean, depending on its size, it can be sold up to millions of dollars!
In addition, it is also very likely that the ambergris ingredient found in perfumes to be produced synthetically and thus, become more affordable.

Scent Character
The fragrance profile of ambergris is often described to be aquatic with nuances of musk.

Source – Prickly Pear
Prickly pear is a species of cactus that can be found native to America and has been introduced to countries such as Mexico, Florida and eastern country region. It is also a popular and common succulent plant in typical households as well. 

​Scent Character 
Cactus perfume scent has a perfect combination of grassy green notes and watery juiciness.

Source – Beaver
This fragrance ingredient is extracted from the beaver’s genital glands and its scent is so commonly found around us that caught many of us unaware.
The answer is Vanilla! Not only in perfumes, but castoreum are also used as flavourings in our desserts and snacks!
Fortunately, fear not, majority of vanilla flavouring and perfumery ingredients sold in the market are synthetically made!
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Scent Character
Castoreum smells just like vanilla have good complementary traits with characteristic leather scented perfumes.

Source – Sturgeon Fish
Ever tried the expensive but highly nutritious delicacy, Caviar? Then how about trying out a caviar scented perfume?
Caviar ingredient can be sourced from the sturgeon fish eggs and is often found in Men’s colognes.

​Scent Character
Similar to its taste, caviar scent also carries a salty and savoury fragrance.

Source – Musk Deer
Extracted from the glands of musk deer, this scent must be diluted first to be used in perfumes as its concentrated form holds a powerful scent and is unpleasant to many.
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Scent Character
Many has the impression that musk smells animalic, but musk actually smells like clean laundry, carrying a very soothing scent.

Join us in your perfume making journey and make yourself your very own unique and exotic perfume with our wide variety of fragrance oils for you to choose from!
To book a class or for more information, head down to the links below now!
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
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Attraction towards a perfume can happen upon the first sight, or more accurately, first sniff! However, love at first sniff is not a good reference for most perfumes, as no matter how good the scent was perceived, it will smell different when applied on your skin and as compared to when it is sprayed on perfume strips!
Therefore, before you judge how suited you are to a perfume, let’s find out more about what chemistry reaction perfume can have on our body and how it can influence the perfume profile and character of your perfume.

Different skin types will have different chemistry on your body. Let’s discuss the differences between dry, normal, oily and combination skin types.
For people who has dry skin, the perfume will evaporate fastest on your skin. This is because the skin does not have sufficient sebum or oil to confine the scent. A good solution is to apply unscented lotion or creams on your skin, allowing the fragrances of the perfumes to adhere to your lotion and creams you have applied.
On the other hand, people with normal skin type may have an easier time trapping the perfume on their skin, as their body generates more oil than people with dry skins.
Likewise, it is also similar for people with oily and combination skin types. Hence, perfumes can last longer on the people who has these skin types as compared to people who has drier skins.
The lasting perfume power on these skin type can be most distinctly differentiated while using Eau De Toilettes (EDT) or colognes (EDC). EDT and EDC have the least concentration as compared to other perfumes and thus, can easily test the long-lastingness of a perfume within a short amount of time.

​You may also have also heard or experienced how our perspiration can affect the perfume character. Different people will also have different body odour and are often influenced by our diet, lifestyle, culture and climate as well.
Some may not have expected this, but certain fragrances do complement us when mixed with perspiration. Scents capable of this include fragrances from citrus and fresh category such as oranges, grapefruit and cut-grass scent.
However, fragrances such as wood and musk do not complement our skin and are more suited to use to enhance elegance and sophistication in mild and less intense activities.

​Have you heard before this phrase, “We are what we eat”? As mentioned before, our diet and lifestyle can affect the body chemistry interaction we have when in contact with perfumes.
The body odour exuded from a vegetarian, and a person who eats mainly meat, can fascinatingly produce varying scent due to their diet differences. Mysteriously, a person who frequently eats spicy food can also undertake a spicier body odour. Likewise, a person under regular medication, can smell differently from before they started eating those medications.

​Do you believe that we all exude pheromones? Some says that our pheromones are released at the erogenous sites in our bodies such as our necks. The different amount and erogenous is claimed to be contribute to the contrasting body scent each individual may have.
Despite the need for more intensive research to prove its credibility, some products are also marketed in such a way to attract customers who believed in the effects of pheromones.

Not only can perfume personalization help you create a perfume best suited to your skin type, but also your lifestyle, you can also craft own to your own personality and preference as well!
There is no reason not to try out this experience, find out more and book now at the following websites!
Perfume Workshop General links:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com
 
Team building:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/perfume-team-building-singapore.html
 
Bridal Showers:
https://www.perfumeworkshop.com/goodman-perfume-workshop.html
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