Aromatic liquid water, eau de toilette makes your daily routine smell good adding a touch of luxe. Imagine rising early mornings, starting the day with a routine of skin pampering, getting with the choicest fragrance and aromatic oils that allure your senses and set you in a good mood. Do you know it is different than cologne and perfume?

So, what’s the difference? Cologne is masculine is a myth. The major difference between a cologne and an eau de toilette is the concentration of fragrance, it is less in cologne. The lasting time is less in cologne compared to perfume and eau de toilette.

Cologne was created in the 14th century with citric oils, spices, and herbs. Perfume has more concentration of fragrance compared to toilette. It is a French culture to start the day with grooming rituals with the use of a toilette. An eau de parfum is a luxury fragrance, has more concentration of fragrant oils, and is expensive. An eau de parfum has a higher concentration of fragrant oils compared to an eau de toilette.

Toilette is the aromatic water, a fragrance that is worn when getting ready in the morning. Eau de parfum is an evening perfume and can be worn for various occasions. Toilette can be used by men and women.

Eau De Toilette – How To Wear

It is applied to skin directly after a bath. Chest, neck, wrist, lower jaw, forearm, inner elbow are the areas to apply it. As the body heat is released, it is diffused with the scent to make it last longer. This is a light scent, for better results apply it on top of body lotion or petroleum jelly.

Check the reaction on your skin before you buy them as they react differently to different types of skin. You can use it with body mist and is a great option used for hot seasons as it it has huge notes and a light base.

Eau De Toilette – Which One Is Right For You?

Since this is perfume in French and has 100% fragrant oils and extracts without dilution, make a pick consciously. Fragrance ‘notes’ is a term used for ‘scents’ and each perfume has different fragrant notes. Choose a citrus-based fragrance for work, and floral for evenings. Men can choose a fragrance with spicy notes like pine and musk.

Eau De Toilette DIY Recipes

DIY eau de toilette is interesting to create at the comfort of your home and get a customized perfume of your choice. Perfumed alcohol is available online, which is one of the base ingredients used to make perfume. You can also use vodka if perfumed alcohol is not available.

Use fragrant coconut oil as a base if you want a natural scent but this is not ideal for a spray perfume. Perfumer’s alcohol is an ideal base ingredient because of its evaporative properties. It mixes well with essential oils, dilutes their concentration, and extends the staying power of the scent.

A perfumer’s alcohol is pure alcohol and is not drinkable. It is specifically made for making perfumes, hand sanitizers, glass cleaners, etc. It is best to buy a perfumer’s alcohol that contains more than 95% ethanol. Rubbing alcohol is not recommended to be used as a base as it might not be suitable for sensitive skin.

Eau De Toilette General Recipe

Choose from the humongous aromas in essential oils and make your signature scent. With the right measure and blend of essential oils with perfumed alcohol or vodka, you can enjoy creating a perfume with the fragrance of your choice.

Ingredients

• 25ml – 30ml spray bottle (new)
• Apron and gloves
• A measuring beaker with markings up to 30ml
• Tissues to clean the spills
• 23.5 ml perfumed alcohol
• 35 drops total essential oils of your choice

Pour perfumed alcohol in a measuring beaker. Choose 4-5 essential oils of your choice. Ensure the total drops used is 35 drops. You can decide how many drops each for every essential oil you use. Place these drops and collect the solution in a perfume bottle. You can also use distilled water to dilute the solution further. Blend all the mixes and shake well.

Keep it aside for 3-4 hours before you start using it. For summer spray, you could use cedarwood, geranium, bergamot between 10-12 drops each. Choose the concentration of the drops depending on the fragrance you want to dominate in the blend.

For florals choose lavender, lemongrass, sandalwood, rose, jasmine, or any other floral essential oil. For a stronger smell use spices, herbs, and orange, ylang-ylang, or any other citric or musk flavored essential oil and choose the blend between 10-12 drops or less depending on how strong you like it.

Eau De Toilette DIY Recipe For Men

For a stronger scent make the total drops to 58 for creating men’s cologne. When experimenting with scents, keep a notebook handy so you make a note of the ingredients and the measures when creating the best eau de cologne for men.

Ingredients

• 230 ml Ethanol alcohol or vodka
• 12-15 drops bergamot essential oil
• 14 drops frankincense or cedarwood essential oil
• 8 drops orange and lemon essential oil each
• 7 drops lavender or lilac essential oil
• 5 drops Neroli
• 10 ml orange flower water or distilled water
• 1 funnel
• 1 jug for mixing
• 1 glass bottle

Pour ethanol or vodka and all the essential oils and mix well in a jug. Pour it in the glass bottle with a funnel and put a tight cap on it. Store it for 4-5 days for all the fragrances to blend in.

Add orange flower water or distilled water and cap it tightly. Keep it out of direct sunlight for at least 2 weeks. Shake the mixture lightly daily once until 2 weeks. After 3 weeks apply it on the wrist, nape of the neck, and inner elbow.

You could use whiskey as well as it has high alcohol content, grain alcohol, gin, or bourbon to create a fragrance of your choice.

Eau De Toilette DIY Recipes With Vodka Base

Use vodka with floral or citrus essential oils and distilled water to create an exotic fragrance of your choice. Denatured alcohol is not easy to find so you can use Vodka as a fixative and a base with essential oils.

Eau De Toilette Floral Fragrance

Ingredients

• 15 ml vodka
• 3-5 drops rose or jasmine essential oil
• 3 drops bergamot essential oil
• 5 drops lavender essential oil
• 4 drops sandalwood oil
• 1 glass bottle
• Oil dropper

Mix all essential oils in a bottle with the dropper. Close the bottle and mix all the essential oils by shaking it. Add vodka and shake it again. Store it in a cool place away from direct sunlight for 1-2 weeks. Shake once every day for 2 weeks before use.

Eau De Toilette Citrus Fragrance

Ingredients

• 5 drops lavender and neroli essential oil each
• 12 – 15 drops bergamot essential oil
• 3 drops orange essential oil
• 2 tsp orange flower water
• 4 drops cedarwood essential oil
• 10 drops lemon essential oil
• 4 drops vanilla essential oil
• 15 tbsp. vodka
• 1.5 tbsp. distilled water
• 1 glass bottle
• 1 oil dropper

Mix all essential oils in the bottle shake well to blend them. Add vodka shake again, and add distilled water. Put the cap and store it in a cool place for 48 hours to blend in. You can let it settle for one week and shake it occasionally before use.

Eau De Toilette Fruity Fragrance

Ingredients

• 10 drops pink peony fragrance oil
• 10 drops lime fragrance oil
• 5 drops sandalwood vanilla fragrance oil
• 10 drops bergamot essential oil
• 5 drops neroli essential oil
• 5 drops peach fragrance oil
• 5 tsp vodka
• 1/2 tsp distilled water
• 1 glass bottle

Pour vodka and all essential oils in the glass bottle and mix well. Stir well, and add distilled water. Shake well again and store in a cool place for 3 weeks shaking it occasionally. Use a spray or perfume bottle to transfer the perfume.

Eau De Toilette Woody Fragrance

Ingredients

• 5 drops cedarwood or amber essential oil
• 2 drops frankincense essential oil
• 10 drops lemon essential oil
• 5 drops neroli essential oil
• 10 drops grapeseed essential oil
• 5 drops cypress or sweet clove essential oil
• 5 drops of sunflower fragrance oil
• 5 tsp vodka
• 1/2 tsp distilled water
• 1 jug for mixing
• 1 glass bottle
• 1 oil dropper

Mix vodka and essential oil in a jug and shake it well. Add distilled water and shake it again. Pour it in a glass bottle and store it in a cool place for 2-3 weeks. Shake occasionally in 3 weeks before you start using. You can create a complex aroma base using synthetic fragrance oils but check for skin sensitivity before you start experimenting.

Spices, herbs, fruit, floral, woody, and mixed blend of fragrant, essential, or synthetic fragrant oils can be used with a variety of base and fixtures. If you are keen on creating a signature scent you have to explore these options. To create a simple perfume, these are the easiest DIY eau de toilette recipes to go with.

Conclusion

This is a piece of essential information to get started if you want to create a signature perfume with natural ingredients. Start with exploring essential oils, perfume base, and other ingredients that your senses fall in love with and are skin-friendly, and the world is your oyster!