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The short version
Scent + Art is a small fragrance house in Warren, Michigan, making perfume-making kits that let people compose their own scent in an evening and wear it that weekend. Founded by Yousuf, a perfume collector who spent months testing hundreds of combinations to build a six-oil palette a complete beginner could not get wrong.
Fast facts
- Company: Scent Plus Art LLC
- Founded by: Yousuf, founder
- Based in: Warren, Michigan — hand-assembled and shipped in-house
- Flagship product: The Signature Collection perfume making kit, $39.99
- Also sells: The Bar — hand-poured 5ml decants of designer and niche fragrances
- Website: scentplusart.com
- Social: @scentandart (Instagram, TikTok)
The Signature Collection — what's in the box
$39.99 · ships free within the United States · 30-day guarantee, opened or not
- Six cosmetic-grade fragrance oils: Citrus, Sugar, Calm, Woods, Clean, Salt
- Three 10ml frosted glass spray bottles with silver collars
- 50ml cosmetic-grade perfumer's alcohol
- A precision glass dropper
- Four tested recipe cards with exact drop ratios
- Arrives in a rigid gift box with foam insert — gift-ready, no wrapping needed
Most people finish their first blend in under 20 minutes. The blend then rests for 24–48 hours — perfumers call it macerating — and comes out balanced and ready to wear. One kit fills all three bottles with enough material left over to experiment beyond the recipes.
What makes it different
Fragrance oils, not essential oils. This is the distinction most DIY kits get wrong. Essential oils are plant extracts — lovely, but volatile, inconsistent batch to batch, often photosensitizing, and frequently gone from skin within an hour. Fragrance oils are complete compositions built for alcohol-based perfume: more stable on skin, longer-lasting, and predictable when blended. It's the difference between a kit that makes aromatherapy and a kit that makes perfume you'd actually wear out.
Built so beginners can't fail. The six oils were chosen specifically to work in any combination, so an improvised blend still smells composed. The recipe cards give exact drop counts for anyone who'd rather follow instructions the first time.
Quotes you can use
“Perfume is like collecting memories. Each bottle tells a story and connects you to a moment. I wanted to give people that same thing, except they make it themselves.” — Yousuf, founder, Scent + Art
“Most DIY perfume kits hand you essential oils and hope for the best. Those are aromatherapy ingredients, not perfume ingredients. If you want something you'd actually wear to dinner, you need fragrance oils and a proper alcohol base — so that's what we put in the box.” — Yousuf, founder, Scent + Art
“I spent months testing hundreds of combinations to get to six oils. Six is enough for hundreds of blends, and few enough that a beginner isn't paralysed on their first try.” — Yousuf, founder, Scent + Art
Images
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- What's included — annotated kit contents (2048 × 2048)
- Gift-ready packaging (2048 × 2048)
- Lifestyle — blending at home (1856 × 2304)
- Kit flat lay — full contents (1024 × 1024)
Good story angles
- Gifts for the person who already has everything — a gift they make rather than receive
- Experience gifts under $50 — an activity and a keepsake in one box
- At-home date night — two people, one table, two scents made together
- Small-business and made-in-Michigan roundups — hand-assembled in Warren, MI
- Fragrance explainer — the fragrance-oil vs essential-oil distinction, note pyramids, why blends need to rest
Press contact
Yousuf, founder
myousuf@scentplusart.com
Samples available for review on request.