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How to Organize Your Perfume Materials
Stop losing track of bottles. A simple system for naming, labeling, and tracking your raw materials.
Scent Inventory 15. Mai 2026 3 Min. Lesezeit
The problem
After 50+ materials, spreadsheets break down. You have neat 10% dilutions, the original purchase, a re-buy from a different supplier, and three half-empty sample vials. Which one did you actually use in last month''s formula?
A simple system
- One name per material — pick a canonical name and stick to it
- One entry per material, many batches — each purchase or dilution is a batch
- Label everything with material, batch type (pure / dilution %), and date
What to track per material
- Canonical name and CAS number
- Category (top / heart / base, or chemical family)
- IFRA Category 4 limit (auto-filled from CAS in Scent Inventory)
- Notes on character and use
What to track per batch
- Source (supplier or parent dilution)
- Concentration
- Amount remaining
- Cost per gram
This separation keeps formulas portable across batches and makes cost tracking actually accurate.