Making Perfume

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Most people like or wear perfume. I am no exception. A couple of months ago we were able to choose which excursion we wanted to go on during one of the days of our Epic trip. There were plenty to choose from, biking in Victoria, a wine tour, a food tour, a ride in a sea plane, making perfume or going whale watching. Now, most of those are typical tourist attraction types of things to do. Not that there is anything wrong with them, but I opted for something unique-making perfume. And since I love history and we began with a little bit of the history, or back story to perfume itself, I knew that I choose wisely. The perfumer was from Dublin, Ireland, and being of Irish descent, that also agreed with me. The 2 plus hours reminded me of a chemistry class. She explained the differences between the top nowt, the heart note and the base note to a scent. There were 3 stations set up, one for each note. You were able to measure out the amounts of oil needed to make up each note. The vials must be shaken gently every few days, stored in a dark, cool place and then added to the large bottle of alcohol in 3 months time. July 21st I will have my own perfume. It was such a relaxing and fun experience. Of course I also wonder if this collection of bottles, all under 100 ml was what flagged them to pull me into secondary screening at the security check point at the airport. I will know more in July, when I smell it for the first time and see if it really is that great. ~Photo is mine