r/ScentSay

This is the official SOTD post for this sub. Post a scent that you're using or is the highlight of your day. This can be a fragrance, air freshener, detergent, soap, candle, oil, lotion, etc.

Whether you're going to church, Sunday brunch, just being lazy and recovering from the weekend, or catching up on chores/errands; which scent are you going with today and what are your plans?

Hello to all,

 

I need your advice. If I want to create a perfume that smels like basil and mint. The problem is that my expert perfumer said that it will smell like soap, which I do not want. So here is the ideea. Please advise.

I am trying to find a good formula for a basil based perfume where the basil itself is the star. I also want to add mint as a supporting aroma. Mint is destined only for support. It is not intended to be just a fresh frangrance but one that starts sunny but ends with depth and maybe some gravitas. You know, something that reminds you of church basil but with a sunny side. The issue is that mint is very recognizable and tends to cover everything. 

I am using Basil Eo, - linalool type- the main essence, spearmint, a tiny touch of peppermint, bergamot and a splash of lime for a fresh feeling, stemone for the crushed leaf effect, Linalool to add to the basil, Hedione for air diffusion,  Iso E super for structure or maybe Silkwood, Virginia Cedar wood plus a soft musk in the base.

 

I have been experimenting with ratios between Basil Eo, Linalool and Stemone to see if I cand get closer to the smell of real basil green leaves crushed between your fingers. I am not posting the exact percentages since it is a work in progress.

 

The idea behind it is to smell like basil with a mint facet. So my questin is what materils did you find useful in creating a basil accord that stand out? I am in love with basil, and always thought the is the scent of heaven.

This is the official SOTD post for this sub. Post a scent that you're using or is the highlight of your day. This can be a fragrance, air freshener, detergent, soap, candle, oil, lotion, etc.

Which fragrance are you wearing for a special occasion or night out this weekend? What are your plans? Come back to this post after and let us know if it got any compliments or remarks or even how well it performed if it's a new wear! 🙌

This is the official SOTW(Scent of the Week) post for this sub! Every Friday we want you to share a scent that was a highlight for you over the past week in the comments of this post. This can be a fragrance, candle, oil, lotion, air freshener, fabric softener, etc. Tell us why you chose it or what it means to you. Bonus points if you have a story or memory to go along with it! 🙌

Hello Scenties!

Today we are launching the October Challenge for the ScentSignal community. It's pretty simple: you earn points by being an active member of the community and doing things you would do anyway: logging SOTD, inviting friends, helping fix catalog errors you find.

The only difference is over the 3 final weeks of October the top 5 ScentSignal+ members with the most will win coupon codes to OlfactoryFactory. $75 for 1st, $45 for 2nd, and $25 for 3-5.

SOTD counts as 2x the points during this period as well. You can head over to: https://scentsignal.app/challenge?utm_source=banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=october_challenge_2026 and check it out.

As always let me know if the case of any questions you have. Good luck!!!!