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How to make your favourite perfume travel-friendly

8/1/2025

Translation: Katherine Martin

Keen to take your signature scent with you on holiday? Want to find enough space for it in your handbag during the day? No worries! This easy solution means you won’t have to lug an extravagant glass bottle around with you. All you need is a little Vaseline.

If you’re unwilling to give up your signature scent on holiday, you have three possible solutions. A) Pack a heavy glass bottle (this option sucks!) B) Buy a travel-sized one (what, and spend even more money?) C) Get a mini spray bottle and fill it with some of the original perfume. With this in mind, option C seems like the most sensible, right? Wrong. These refillable atomisers and I have always struggled to get along. Sometimes, nothing comes out of the bottle. Other times, the spray head gets stuck or perfume leaks into my bag.

With a little Vaseline, you’ll be able to take your perfume anywhere.
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Thanks to TikTok, I now know that there’s a fourth option: make your own travel-sized perfume in solid form.

Here’s what you need to make it work:**

Your favourite perfume
A toothpick
A bowl of hot water
A small tub of ordinary Vaseline (preferably the lip one, as it’s particularly small)

Lip balms

Vaseline DUPLIKAT Original

Lip balm, 177.26 ml

What you’ll need to do

Place the closed tub of Vaseline upright in the bowl of hot water for five to ten minutes. After that, take off the lid and use the toothpick to mix the softened Vaseline. Then, spray some of your perfume inside. Spray more if you prefer a strong scent, less if you like it subtle. I went for eight to ten sprays when I tried it, so I guess I like my perfume to be on the stronger side. Once this step’s complete, grab the toothpick again and mix it all together.

Add your perfume to the Vaseline...
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...and mix well. — Add your perfume to the Vaseline...
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Wipe off the edges of the plastic container with a cloth or cotton bud if necessary, then put the lid back on and pop the Vaseline in the fridge until it firms up again.

The stick-on labels on the front and back of the container are super easy to remove.
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If you’re happy to put in a little extra work, you can take off the Vaseline labels and replace them with your own or decorate the tub with stickers. This is useful if you’re making several tubs containing different fragrances. Not only will the mini pots look good, but you’ll also be able to tell them apart.

Unleash your creative juices when decorating the tubs.
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You’ll now easily be able to fit your perfume into your handbag, topping up your scent at any time without spraying it and overpowering the people around you. The best part? If combined with Vaseline, perfume stays on the skin for an especially long time. This is because the fragrance molecules adhere better to the Vaseline’s greasy layer.

Ta-da, my travel-friendly perfume’s good to go.
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Subtle application: just rub a little of the scent on your wrist or neck.
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Natalie Hemengül

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As a massive Disney fan, I see the world through rose-tinted glasses. I worship series from the 90s and consider mermaids a religion. When I’m not dancing in glitter rain, I’m either hanging out at pyjama parties or sitting at my make-up table. P.S. I love you, bacon, garlic and onions.

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