Thread: When making scents what's the difference between cologne, eau de purfum, and perfume?

So I know the difference between them in scent strength but I'm not exactly sure what the difference would be when making them. Is it more alchohol? More time? Both? Something else?

Also, does the quality of the alcohol you use have any affect on the scent? For instance, if I were to make a bay rum, would using my nice tasting Pusser's rum make it smell different than Captain Morgan or Bacardi? Or for something else vodka based, would a Grey Goose cologne smell better or stronger than a Smirnoff?

Honestly, Perfume goes in a fancy little bottle and is bought by women and the scent is female orientated as opposed to Cologne which is male orientated and comes in a more manly bottle. To me that's the difference. I used to think perfume is way stronger but I've smelled some perfumes that are more subtle and some colognes that are over the top.

As far as alcohol goes the scent is based on the product so use the one that smells the best to you. If you can't tell the difference buy the cheapest.

for bay rum.. it's all about scent.. so use the rum that has the scent you enjoy.. i like sailor jerry's...

for unscented vodka.. i'd go with the cheap stuff.. kamchatka or whatever it's called.. save the goose for drinking straight and the schmirnoff for ****tails.

Sorry this is off topic but I couldn't resist this. Hey bigspendur.....NIAGRA FALLS !!!!...slowwwly I turned...step by step...inch by inch ha ha..gotta love the 3 stooges !! Sorry, But y'know , I bet spiced rum could make a nice Bayrum and as for other scents, a very clean Vodka would probably be good. Or look up a supplier for cologne manufacturing and see what they use for alcohol?

Cool, so I'll use what smells best. I wonder what a citrus flavored vodka would do?

Also, my question about what, in the production process, makes a cologne/perfume stronger still hasn't been answered.

Originally Posted by GaiusValeriusPulcher

Also, my question about what, in the production process, makes a cologne/perfume stronger still hasn't been answered.

Let me google that for you

Originally Posted by whitebar

Let me google that for you

If google had answered my question I wouldn't have made this post. I already know how to make cologne, I just don't know what aspect of the process makes it stronger/weaker.

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Sorry this is off topic but I couldn't resist this. Hey bigspendur.....NIAGRA FALLS !!!!...slowwwly I turned...step by step...inch by inch ha ha..gotta love the 3 stooges !! Sorry, But y'know , I bet spiced rum could make a nice Bayrum and as for other scents, a very clean Vodka would probably be good. Or look up a supplier for cologne manufacturing and see what they use for alcohol?

Actually an old Vaudeville routine later used by the Stooges and made famous by Abbott and Costello. Instead of Niagra Falls they originally used Poca Mo

Originally Posted by GaiusValeriusPulcher

If google had answered my question I wouldn't have made this post. I already know how to make cologne, I just don't know what aspect of the process makes it stronger/weaker. But thanks anyways for being a total douchebag and damaging my faith in SRP as a reliable community.

Wow! My answer to your question was actually an honest attempt to answer your query. Sorry it got you so worked up.

One of the links offered by Google states the following: "The longer a homemade perfume sits, the stronger will be its fragrance. Some people let the perfume sit for as many as six days."

I'm really not interested in further research on this myself but I thought it would point you in the right direction.

More essential oil = stronger.
Less essential oil = not so strong.