PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY BODY PERFUME

PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY BODY PERFUME

ABSTRACT

Perfume can be defined as any mixture of pleasantly odours substances incorporated in a suitable solvent. In other words, perfume is the term applied to a conventionally strong alcoholic solution of odourants, as apposed to such water solutions as toilet water and eases. The act of perfume production is known as perfumery and a perfumer is the person who practice it. This perfume was produced from local raw materials to compete with perfume produced from synthetic raw materials as well as those imported from abroad. In the production, different perfume oils were used. Ethyl alcohol was introduced as a vehicle and castor oil was used to act as a fixative. The essential oils were poured into a flat bottomed flask, and was stirred slowly until complete dispersal was achieved. The mixture was left for. 48 hours and then water was added to reduce concentration. Then the mixture was left for three weeks to mature. A purified perfume was gotten after the local raw materials were subjected various processing conditions. Nine different types of perfume brand were formulated using the various perfume oil provided. The cost of producing perfume using local raw materials was cheaper than producing it using synthetic raw materials as well as those imported. Comparing the standard of the result of the perfumed produced with the market standard it was discovered that there was a slight difference between the qualities between local raw materials and the market standard. This project was done to make our country aware of their natural resources and to harness our natural endowment to produce adequate and reliable perfumes that would complete prodigiously with synthetic perfumes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction                                                                            1

CHAPTER TWO

Literature review                                                                                 5

1. Brief description of perfumes.                                                5
2. Historical background of perfumes                            5
3. The role of perfumes                                                   7
4. Perfume creation                                                                     9
5. Uses, application and general

importance of perfume.                                                           18

1. Raw materials for a perfume                                       21
2. Reactions in perfume and products                            26
3. General methods of isolating essential oils.                31
4. Formulation procedures of perfumes                          40

CHAPTER THREE

Experimental procedure                                                                      45

1. Raw materials used                                                     45
2. Equipment and general process description                45
3. Extraction procedure                                                  47
4. Perfume compounding/formulation                            49

PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY BODY PERFUME