Mandy Aftel. Scents and Sensibilities. Can be found second hand. This book is solid perfumes (beeswax and jojoba). Website is
www.aftelier.com
Have been making solid perfume for one year. It’s fun, rewarding, and have learned a lot about essential oils. To make small batches, one can use an electric coffee cup warmer plate and a small glass borosilicate beaker of 40 or 60 ml. Beeswax melts at a lower temperature so the coffee cup warmer plate is perfect. Ingredients will not burn and they melt slowly. No stove required. To my surprise the solid perfumes I’ve made have improved in scent over time. Edenbotanicals have excellent suggestions for what might go well with other essential oils. Also the small batches can be easily made with sample sizes. Caution. Use a small open top borosilicate beaker with the pouring edge. As the heated mixture is poured it cools off and sometimes the beaker needs to go back on the coffee cup warmer plate. I have discovered an affinity for violet leaf eo, tobacco eo, black current, and balsam fir as well as some fairly esoteric eo types. Made coffee solid perfume for grand daughter. It’s nearly identical to making lip balms. I order the $2 and $3 sample sizes to mix into less expensive eo’s like lavender, orange, palmarosa, etc. the Mandy Aftel book scents and sensibilities is worth every penny. Solid perfume goes nicely in smaller lip balm containers. Hope this is helpful. Oh if you don’t like scent just remelt with other eo. One time I added 12ish grams solid perfume of eo beeswax and jojoba oil to a soap. This was the point at which I had my first soap on a stick! As more experienced soap makers know…beeswax needs higher soap temp!