to pefume, or not...

In reading more about the gloves of the period, I keep coming across the reference to perfumed gloves, so I'm inclined to perfume my gloves. The question is, do I want to make my own perfume, or purchase something?

I'm the first to admit I am not a perfume person, strong perfumes are a problem for me. SO do I want to spend the money on the supplies for something I'll use this once, or purchase something already made that will work?

I do have a recipe for perfuming gloves from period, or near period anyway. It calls for several ingredients that I'm not sure that I can get, and whether I will even like the result. I've done a bit of reading on the net regarding perfumes. There was a lead to fragrances/oils that are available in the soap making section of Michaels/Hobby Lobby. Those fragrance/oils are available at about 3-4 dollars each. I checked at Sun Harvest next door because I had purchased clove oil years ago there. Clove oil was one of the oils I needed and IIRC it was expensive, but I needed to confirm. They didn't have any of the oils there, but they did have a line of perfumes /oils that my granddaughter and I had to check out. I was particularly interested in one, called "Oriental Musk". It wasn't bad, but not exactly what I needed. I added a trace of "Arabian Rose" and there was a perfume that I think would evoke the right sense, well, maybe, I need a touch of cinnamon or cloves, but otherwise, I think that mix is about right. So, do I purchase the 8 dollar a bottle scents (needing two bottles, for a total of 16 dollars) and an additional 4 dollars for the spice oils. That's another twenty dollars to add to the project. Which, I don't really need, but really, the double the cost on two of the scents isn't that bad. I need to see if I can check out the rose scents in the soap department, maybe I can use just the one scent from Sun Harvest. I have been pretty frugal on this case, compared to other years, so I don't feel too bad on the extra spendature. I am also hoping that HL has their 40% coupon this weekend, so I can get some of the scents for a lot less, so the scent from Sun Harvest won't add up too much.

well, now that the sinus headache is mostly worn down, though not gone, I think I'll embroider, maybe play with the glove pattern. I just have the fourchettes left on those, so maybe that's where I'll play tonight and embroider tomorrow while waiting on a sewing session with friends...