| Amongst the perfumistas decanting from the | | | | decanting the perfume. |
| large 50ml or 100ml bottles that perfumes tend | | | | The first step will be to ensure that you have all |
| to be purchased in is a fairly common occurrence. | | | | of the necessary supplies. Empty bottles can be |
| But why would anyone want to decant perfumes, | | | | purchased easily online and typically come in three |
| and if they do how would they go about doing it? | | | | styles: spray bottles, roll-on's and splash bottles. |
| There are a variety of reasons that someone | | | | Everyone will have their own style preference but |
| might want to decant their perfume into a smaller | | | | with roll-on bottles you will need to be particularly |
| container. One of the most common (and most | | | | wary of dust and dead skin getting into the |
| useful) reasons is to create a 'travel-size' version | | | | perfume and spoiling it. Bottles come in a wide |
| of your favourite scent that you can take on | | | | range of sizes depending on your needs and if |
| holiday with you, or simply throw in your handbag | | | | you intend to use smaller bottles (and even bigger |
| to have available when you need it. Alongside this | | | | bottles depending how steady your hands are) |
| reason many perfume fans like to swap samples | | | | you will likely want to purchase a funnel; stainless |
| of perfumes with one another. By decanting a | | | | steel is preferable as it won't retain any traces of |
| few millilitres they are able to give fellow perfume | | | | the scent allowing you to reuse it. You may also |
| fans enough to try the perfume out for a few | | | | want to use pipettes or syringes if you are |
| days and decide whether or not they like it. | | | | planning on decanting into very small vials or |
| Additionally many perfume collectors have a huge | | | | atomisers. |
| selection, and they would rather not have to buy | | | | Once you have all of the supplies the actual |
| a full size bottle of each fragrance. These people | | | | decanting process is fairly straightforward. I you |
| are able to split bottles by decanting some into | | | | are decanting from a splash bottle you will be able |
| separate vials or atomisers. | | | | to simply pour the perfume straight between the |
| Now that you are aware of some of the reasons | | | | two bottles. If you are decanting from a spray |
| for decanting perfume you're probably realising | | | | bottle however you might be able to unscrew the |
| how useful it can be and thinking you should be | | | | top but otherwise you will just have to get the |
| doing that as well. So what will you need to get | | | | nozzle as close to the receiving bottle as possible |
| started, and how would you go about actually | | | | and spray the perfume straight in. |