Turning A Hobby Into A Money Making Venture

Rabu, 11 November 2009 | | 0 komentar

Hobbies are considered to be one way of releasing tension from the body. The person will just have to choose one, enroll in a class and then learn everything there is to know so this can be done at home. Perfume making is considered to be a hobby. This is because it is very easy to make as long as the ingredients are available. The shelf life may not be that long compared to those produced by various manufacturers but it is a start of something that could be turned into a business. Here are two examples of perfumes that are easy to make. The first is called Falling Stars. The essential ingredients will be lavender, chamomile and valerian oil. Some vodka and distilled water should also be added to make it blend together. The second example is called Enchanted. For this concoction, the individual will be using everlasting, peony and sandalwood oil. After mixing the three, vodka and distilled water must also be added into the mixture. One perfume that teens and a lot of women love is called Misty Passions. For this fragrance, the person will be needing some passionflower, ylang-ylang and neroli oils. Just like the other two perfumes, vodka and distilled water are the last liquids needed that need to be mixed. It takes time for the essential oils, the alcohol and the water to settle. This should ideally be placed in a sealed container and stored in a cool place so the contents will not evaporate into the air. The settling time is 12 hours. Those who want to keep it longer can also do that because this will prolong the smell on the person. Before putting the liquid into a sprayer bottle, this should be filtered one last time so there won't be any foreign objects that will be getting into anyone's skin. In the three perfumes mentioned, the individual will notice that there are always three essential oils used. This is because each one acts as top, middle and base note, which serve as the basic foundation of any fragrance. The use of alcohol and water is important to be able to blend in the different smells that each oil has. Without it, the hobbyist will be unable to come up with the right formula that can sold to a customer. The last part of making the perfume is the packaging. Presentation is always important so the person should look around for suppliers that can give the sprayer at a reasonable price. Those starting out can have custom made stickers and then have this placed around the bottle. Those who have more capital can have a supplier come up with an original design to differentiate this product from others in the market. When everything is ready, the hobbyist can rent a small stall in the mall of have someone sell it. There is also the possibility of offering these perfumes online since a lot of people transact business over the web. It will take time to create brand awareness but when people spray on a sample and appreciate how it feels on the skin, the sales will start coming in. If business is doing well, the person may even quit the regular job to spend more time with this new endeavor.

Entrepreneurs and Companies Do The Same Things When Making Perfumes

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Entrepreneurs and Companies Do The Same Things When Making Perfumes Ever heard the line, "good things come in small packages?" It takes time to create the right scent so this can be placed in a bottle and sold to the public. This is the answer anyone in the industry will give when asked about the road to success in this business. Making your perfume is not that difficult to make. The entrepreneur can try this in the kitchen with a little knowledge of chemistry to distinguish one note from the other so the right amounts can be mixed together to get the right smell. The process is quite slow. After pouring a few drops of the base, it is time to put in the middle and top notes. Although beginners should distribute the three evenly, the biggest trick in creating a perfume is knowing which note should have a little more than the others. The person will also have to add a bridge note and a little alcohol to help it blend together. The container should be shaken then smelled until the right mixture has been found then stored in a cool and dry place for the next two days. Perfume makers have the option to store this for more than 48 hours to create a longer lasting smell. When this is taken out, water should be added and the contents should be filtered so only the liquid will be seen in the colored bottle. The technique of making homemade perfume is not that different to what large companies are doing. This is because research and development is first done in the lab and it is only when the concoction is approved that these are made in large numbers. The next phase will be the packaging. Entrepreneurs may not have a lot of capital can use small plastic bottles that comes with a sprayer on the top. Companies on the other hand may have a division to do this or hire a contractor to produce these in different shapes. When everything is ready, the marketing side of perfumes comes in. This is the make or break part of the business as the person and the company will soon find out if the market will accept it. The person will give free samples out to friends and hope these people would be interested to buy it. Those who are bold can even present this to some retailers that would like to add this to its inventory. Companies who have been doing this for years may have a product launching and offer these as giveaways with the hopes of good sales in the coming months. There will also be a flood of advertisements through the use of billboards, magazines and television. The approaches are different due to budget constraints but the objective is the same. This is to create a perfume that the consumer will appreciate and buy. There will be times that some of the perfumes will not perform just as well as the others. Obviously, there was something wrong so the entrepreneur and the company will have to go back to the kitchen or the lab and come up with another formula that will do much better than the previous one. Both should remember that it is with patience and perseverance that anyone can be successful.

Creating a Best Selling Perfume Is All About Branding

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For more than a century, people have been using perfume. This is perhaps because soap does not do much except cleanse the body so something else has to be used in order to smell good. Studies have shown that the demand for perfume has more than quadrupled through the years. This is because of new technology that makes it easier to mass-produce and the branding that goes with it. Branding from a marketing executive is very important. This is because the name that is given to the new concoction should reach out to the consumer. One of the most effective methods is by getting a celebrity to endorse it and then the rest is history. Another technique that delivers a heavy punch is the packaging. The shape of the container may take the form of a woman's body or something else that is more appealing. The manufacturers do not always come up with this and at times as a consumer group to help with the brainstorming. The success story of each perfume ever made was not always made with the help of a celebrity. Some companies relied on advertising to create brand awareness. This is done on television, through billboards and printouts in magazines. While in the store, sales reps offer free samples to customers and those who are hooked will end up buying it. These strategies should be utilized when making your own perfume line. There may be different ways of making it but in the end, the entrepreneur will still have to market it in order to make a profit. So, can someone come up with a perfume that does not smell so good and still perform well because of a celebrity endorsement? The answer is yes. The challenge will be getting someone important to do it because there are those who dont like the idea of promoting something that the person does not even believe in. The best thing to do will be to create a perfume that both the entrepreneur and the endorser can live with. The key to everything is the scent. It will take time to learn how to mix the base, middle and top with the right amount of bridge note but those who succeed may be able to make something that the market has not created. The perfume that the person has created may not be appealing to the young but may sell well with the older market or vice versa. A product test can be done to see where the cards fall so branding can focus on a targeted market. Eventually, the entrepreneur will be able to figure out the niche of the brand. The only way to get more loyal customers will be to create more variations that will also cater to people in other age groups. Making your own perfume will require a little knowledge of chemistry. This will take time but after a while, the person will finally be able to have the right formula. The knowledge needed may come from books or by going back to school. Those who may not have the knack for it may decide to hire someone else to take care of the legwork so the entrepreneur will be busy with the branding side of the business.