Thread: So I made my own aftershave, Im very impressed

Originally Posted by str8fencer

Fun experiment that, good job.

What you made, essentially, is a Bay Rum, exept you omitted the Bay leaves. Bay leaves has a spicy herbal sort of odor, and it lasts for a long time. If you try adding a bit of that into the mix, it should improve both the longevity and the complexity of the fragrance. The Bay leaves you want are from the West Indian bay tree, Pimenta racemosa, not the ones commonly used in cooking. Also, essential oils from woods will further increase the longevity, for instance, cedarwood, sandalwood or vetiver would all be fine in there.

I wrote an article a while back, take a look if you will for some more ideas: Home made aftershave - howto and ideas

Best of luck

In fact, your article was one of my main sources of information. It inspired me to go ahead and do it. I couldnt put so much attention on the essential oils because I wanted to keep it as simple as possible. Anyway I liked the results, and I will continue experimenting

I've been looking to make homemade Bay Rum, but I've been having problems locating bay leaf (pimenta racemosa) for a good price.

I'll try your recipe. I'll let you know how it turns out in about a month, thanks.

Originally Posted by henryconchile

I've been looking to make homemade Bay Rum, but I've been having problems locating bay leaf (pimenta racemosa) for a .

Think this would work?
Amazon.com: AURA CACIA Essential Oil Bay (pimenta racemosa) 0.5 OZ: Beauty

Home made aftershave, that sound like a nice little project to try out:-)

Originally Posted by Rockit

Think this would work?
Amazon.com: AURA CACIA Essential Oil Bay (pimenta racemosa) 0.5 OZ: Beauty

Thanks for the link, but I'm looking for the actual leaf in dry form. It is very expensive at the online sites that I found.

That is a very interesting recipe. Going to have to try it soon. Thanks for sharing!

Interresting stuff!

I might want to try something like that soon. i'm thinking about a french canadian aftershave "à la coureur des bois".
Of course the base alcoohol would be De Kuyper gin with Geneva, some burdock roots extract and pine.

All are an anti-inflammatory and would help the razor bumps.

Thanks for sharing and great post str8fencer!