What To Do If…

You love your blend but it’s just not right. Maybe it has too much of a citrus edge. Or it’s too sweet. Too frilly. Too… whatever. Here are some tips on how to fix this before dumping your creation.

Citrus Edge
If your fragrance is so full of citrus and fruit it almost smells over-ripe, cut out that edge with Egyptian Musk or Sandalwood. This will fix the problem and you probably won’t even be able to smell much Egyptian Musk or Sandalwood (depending on how much you choose to add). Add one drop and smell. Keep adding one drop at a time until your fragrance is just ripe enough for you.

Too Sweet
We love those sweet flowers and fruits like Violet, Freesia, Green Apple, Guava Fruit, and Honeydew Melon. But put them all together and sometimes they’re tooooo sweet! You have several options for resolving this. Egyptian Musk and/or Sandalwood will pull some of the sweetness out without affecting your overall fragrance much at all. There are other options that will pull sweetness out but also change your fragrance quite a bit at the same time. If you feel any of these will change your particular fragrance for the good, try them out: Vanilla, Chamomile, Hawaiian Rain, Asian Spice, Bergamot, Fig, China Musk, Myrrh, Oakmoss.

Too Powdery
Citrus scents do the best job of combating too much powder in a scent. Here they are: Lemon, Grapefruit, Lime, Mandarin, Basil, Verbena, Bergamot. Although not citrus scents, the following will also help if your nose thinks they will be good additions to your blend: Juniper, Green Apple, Guava Fruit, Pear, White Tea, Cedarwood, Pine.

Too Musky
Is this possible? A fragrance can be too musky? If you say so! Simply add more of the other non-musk scents you already have in the blend. Add them slowly so you can stop when it’s just right.

Too Dark and Spicy
Mixing some of our darkest, deepest scents with Florals, Fruities, and Leafies can create some very beautiful fragrance blends. But when that darkness takes over, the easiest way to combat it is with more of the other non-spicy scents you already have in the blend. If that’s not what you’re looking for, Egyptian Musk and/or Sandalwood can help bring up some of that heavy darkness without dramatically changing the other great scents in your blend.


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