first drop to genius

I had decided earlier on to do a post on definition of perfumery terms in response to a friend's question on what is fleuressence but that will have to wait because this message is very important; I made my first perfume!

Yes I did!

I  was really nervous after  I had completed the"mix"  I  had wondered if the outcome would smell so bad I'd have to soak my lab in  air freshener to rid it of the stench I would have unleashed. 

I like dark, deep , mysterious  and sensual perfumes  so, that was what I went for.

No,  I didn't get a dark mysterious perfume but I did achieve the sensuous with what I now call musk arrogance .... Yes, I have named my first perfume.

I started with oak moss, added drops of wood, musk, rose fleuressence and completed with  vanilla but the musk in between  has drawn them all in to create this powdery, sweet but strong sensuous scent that has an eternal sillage. It's been on my skin for hours and I can still smell it.

Of course I had to put it on my skin!  For one second, I had this  irrational fear that it would be so corrosive, my skin would burn.

Fortunately, my bravery and curiosity compounded by a tinge of  vain arrogance or call it optimism in my creation quickly dispelled the fear.

Besides who else would be my guinea pig? Definitely not my husband who still can't enjoy the beauty in a musk scent.

The first thing  he said when I put my wrist to his nose was " isn't this that awful perfume your friend gave you?"  I would have bit his  nose off if he didn't quickly add, "it smells better now" just before I told  him I made it.

He has potential, that husband of mine. Musk arrogance does share that sweet powdery scent with Les Nereides'  fleur poudree de musc without the preceding faecal top note.

 Anyway if  I am to judge by the tingly sensation on wrist, I'd say I still have a lot of work to do, no one wants to wear a perfume that lasts forever but burns a hole on the wrist. I'll  let you know  if my wrist survives the day.

 I also have to figure out how to make the juice all bright and shiny like the commercial ones.

 For now,  I am basking   in the warm sensuous glow of musk arrogance. 

Enjoy your week!

Male musk deer secretes a substance called musk which attracts its female. The deer is endangered because humans love that musky scent. I believe animals have the right to life just like we do. Thus no animal was hurt in the production of musk arrogance.