For a really awesome gift for someone who likes perfume, give them the materials to make their very own perfume-blending kit! To do this, package several essential oils that blend well together in
5/8 dram or
1 dram vials (some oils that might be good to include in a basic blending kit include: cedarwood, cinnamon, clove, clary sage, fir, fennel, frankincense, geranium, grapefruit, lavender, lemon, orange, pine, patchouli, peppermint, rose (or rosewood/bois de rose), sandalwood, spearmint, spruce, vetiver, vanilla absolute (vanilla can be hard to find...one good source is Creer Lab Aromatology, an affiliated company of Young Living—phone 1-801-418-8870), or ylang ylang). Include a few empty
glass containers to create their blends in. Include grated beeswax and jojoba oil, as well as this recipe to make a solid perfume. You may also want to include materials and instructions to make a simple alcohol-less roll-on perfume. To make this, mix about 25 drops of essential oil with 75 drops of jojoba oil. Pour mixture in a
1/6 oz. roll-on vial and allow to sit for 2-3 days before using to allow the mixture time to meld together. You may also wish to include materials and instructions to make a
simple room spray. The book
500 Formulas for Aromatherapy contains some excellent blend suggestions to get you started blending, and the book
Reference Guide for Essential Oils also includes a section on blending in the front, as well as suggestions for most single oils of other oils that blend well with it.