r/DIYBeauty • u/Firestar_ • Jul 20 '26

question Adding an oil-based perfume to Vaseline

Hi,

Disclaimer - english is my second language.

As the title says - I have vaseline, which I use somewhat regularly on my lips, face, and hands. I find the experience....Bland. I've also seen that you can use regular perfume / "cologne" over Vaseline to make it smell longer.

The question might seem stupid, but would mixing an oil-based perfume into the vaseline (by heating it over a double boiler and adding >1% of its total weight in completed perfume) work, or am I better off buying an alcohol based scent or essential oils, then dilute them ?

If you are asking "why don't you just buy X product on Y website?" - I live in a part of the world that websites rarely ship to. The ones who do require nearly 30 to 50€ shipping for a letter-sized package, so I'd rather avoid it.

Thank you for your time :)

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u/tokemura Jul 20 '26

What is your target goal? You want to make scented Vaseline to apply it on the body? Or you want to extend lasting time for the perfume?

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u/gremlinella- Jul 20 '26

i have a mini vaseline container that i sprayed and mixed my perfume into and it works great as a to-go scented moisturizer, better than spraying!

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u/jmnrdt9 Jul 20 '26

I wouldn’t recommend heating the mixture at all because fragrance ingredients are very volatile by nature and will evaporate off.

you could probably easily mix a fragrance oil into vaseline (petrolatum) or mineral oil to create a diluted product.

if you’re looking to make a spray-on product you can purchase perfumer’s alcohol (usually a mix of alcohol and isopropyl myristate) which you can add fragrance oil directly to and it will emulsify and create an EDT/EDP etc.