Roo at almost nine years old is wanting more from her toys, whilst she still loves the role-play aspect of some of her toys she wants to be challenged and to be able to let her creative juices flow. I’ve found that the different creative sets from Interplay are right up her street and offer her the chance to be challenged yet create something to show at the end of it.
Roo was recently sent over the FabLab – Invent-a-scent perfume set to see whether she could create her own set of perfumes whilst keeping her occupied without the aid of technology.
FabLab – Invent-a-scent perfume
The art of creating and blending perfumes goes back thousands of years. Archaeologists have discovered Perfume bottles in Cyprus that are over 4000 years old! Perfumes are therefore some of the earliest cosmetic products ever used.
Invent-a-scent uncovers some of the secrets of this ancient craft, supplying everything you need to create gorgeous designer perfumes that are fun to wear or give as gifts to friends and family.
This kit contains a variety of different fragrances allowing you to blend unique perfumes to match an individual’s personality, likes and interests.
Contents
- 5x Fragrances (Musk, Pink Flowers, Citrus, Green & Fruity)
- 5x Plastic pipettes
- 4x Gift bottes
- 1x Sheet of self adhesive labels
- 1x Pair of laboratory gloves
The principle of the FabLab Invent-a-scent is quite simple, there are three notes to most perfumes…
- Base note – Musk
- Heart note – Pink flowers
- Top note – Citrus, Green & Fruity
In order to start creating the perfect perfume you need to add at least one drop of the base and heart notes along with a top note. Experimenting on adding more drops of each note will give you a different fragrance and adding more than one top note will blend smells together to form new fragrances.
Boo Roo and Tigger Too’s thoughts…
Opening the FabLab Invent-a-scent perfume set Roo’s eyes lit up, taking in the different items included I could see her trying to work out how she would mix the fragrances together to create her very own perfume. After advising her to read through the instructions instead of jumping straight in she had a better understanding of the different notes within a perfume and how the smell of a perfume can change after 15-30 minutes.
Once she understood the principle of how to blend the notes together she set about seeing what she could create. Using the pipettes within the set she added one drop of the base, heart and one top note to begin with before getting more adventurous and adding additional top notes and/or more base and heart note drops.
Watching her sit and create the different perfumes, experimenting with the fragrances and making notes of which ones she liked best was wonderful to see. The first time she opened the set she happily sat there for nearly 3 hours and has subsequently been back to play with the set a number of times – she can’t wait to show it off to her friends on her next sleepover.
Price and Availability
The FabLab – Invent-a-scent perfume is priced at Β£12.99 and available direct from Interplay, Amazon and all other good toy retailers.
Take a look at what other people thought of the FabLab – Invent-a-scent perfume set:
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Giveaway
Boo Roo and Tigger Too have been lucky enough to have an additional Invent-a-scent perfume set offered as a giveaway prize to one lucky reader. To enter simply leave me a comment telling me what your favourite scent is, then complete the Gleam widget below:
FabLab Invest-a-scent perfume set
Disclosure: We received a FabLab – Invent-a-scent perfume FOC for the purpose of review
I like Vanilla scent
I love the smell of Jasmine, it’s gorgeous
Love the scent of Rose
I do enjoy the smell of Chocolate
I love a citrus scent!
Lavender – very relaxing
I like vanilla.
I like vanilla scents x
love vanilla x
freshly cut grass π
white musk is my favourite.
Vanilla and floral scents
i like coconut!
Vanilla is mine
I love the smell of cinnamon and rose, though not together
my fave is Coconut, it reminds me of holidays
Bergamot is my favourite scent
I like citrus scents
i like floral smells
I love vanilla and orange…. for some odd reason they remind me about Christmas when I was a child.
has to be vanilla x
Lavender is my favorite
Love spiced apple in the autumn time, also love lavender
Lavender, I had this to calm me through labour π
jasmine or sweet orange
I love the scent of cinnamon x
The smell of Lillies
My favourite scent is vanilla.x
I love clean scents like fresh linen and fabric softener ha ha x
I like the smell of lavender.
Citrus scents are one of my fave
It has to be rose – I’m slightly obsessed!
I love vanilla
Rose is my favourite scent
I love the smell of lavender π
I love floral scents xxx
Vanilla is my favourite scent
I love the smell of fresh roses. Reminds me of my Great gran.
Vanilla or coconut
I love the smell of rosemary
Has to be Fresh Linen
rosemary, be interesting to see if that could go in a perfume
lavender is so lovely x
I love anything smelling of cherry!!
my fave scent is peach
i love the smell of honeysuckle and jasmine π
I like musk π
anything with a hint of citrus, especially lemon.
I love a freshly baked bread scent mmm
I like the scent of sweet candy
I love the scent of basil.
Either cinnamon or vanilla.
I love the smell of cinnamon
I love the smell of Violets
I love the scent of Jasmine
i like coconut
I love lily of the valley
Vanilla is my favourite scent
My favourite is freesia
I’ve always had a real soft spot for Lavendar. x
I love laver
That is meant to say lavender
I love Bergamot.
Jasmine is lovely.
I like fruity smells like strawberry
anything floral, like rose
coconut x x x
Has to be fresh linen for me x
I love the scent of VANILLA
I love Fruity scents
White Musk I love it
I love the scent of Jasmine
cherry blossom is my fave scent
Lilacs are my fav scent
Smell of watermelon
i like Jasmine
Vanilla is my fav – I also love ‘candy’ type smells too π
I just love earthy smells. Nothing too overwhelming you see.
Freesia a beautiful scent, that has lots of memories for me
chanel no 5 thankyou
Oranges is my favourite scent
I love any citrus smell π
I love Miss Dior
I love Lavendar
i actually love the smell of roses and fresh flowers π
White musk is my favourite
My fav scent is blueberry
Fresh lillies is my favourite scent
Great review! Tilly had a similar set and really loved it, I was very interested to hear a bit about the art of perfumery – it’s something I’d love to have a spare minute to read up on myself #TriedTested
I love the smell of roses xx
I like scents with musk in x
baby powder, fresh washing, baking bread, coco butter, bluebells and melted chocolate . . . these are a few of my favourite scents!
The smell of cookies baking
Lavender is my favourite smell
euphoria by calvin klein
roses i like xx
Creosote! It’s a bit of an untapped market when it comes to perfumes though… π
HONEYUUCKLE IS MY FAVOURITE
Baking bread, Paloma, Lemon Verbena, Lavender… The list goes on when I begin to think about it.
Lavender so relaxing
Aqua da Parma perfume and after shave is my favourite
white musk x
i like fresh and fruity smells
I love fruity smells and also vanilla, me and my daughter would love playing this together
Lavender is my favourite scent
I love the smell of lavender
i love fruity smells something to remind me of summer
I love the fruity smells like Dewberry x
I love the smell of tulips
Jasmin and Bergamote
Delicious DKNY I like fruity smells
Vanilla is my fave
I love love love vanilla!
it has to be lavender i love it very calming x
I love the smell of cinnamon
love the smell of honeysuckle
I love floral based scents like Gucci Flora.
I love the smell of freesias xx
I love vanilla.
My favourite smell is the one that lingers on a new baby for the first few weeks π
I love citrus type smells and florals π
I love the smell of fuscias
Vanilla or Jasmin are both joint favourites.
i love the smell of lavender,nice and calming
I love the smell of flowers
freshly cut roses
Love the smell of carnations x
I love lavender
i love the scent of Chocolate
i love the smell of vanilla or blackberry
Love the smell of jasmine
I love vanilla, I find it warm and clean
the smell of carnationS ARE NICE
love the smell of lemons
I love the smell of Cinnamon.
I love smell of roses
Rosemary. It reminds me of my Nan cooking chicken when I was little. Though I wouldn’t want to wear it as a perfume!
l love vanilla x
I love the smell of roses π
I love the smell of summer rain
I love Arabic ouds – Princess Hamidah is my favourite
I love the smell of Bergamot
my favourite has to be the smell of tarmac after its rained……strange i know.
I love the smell of cinnamon
coconut is my fav x
I like the smell of Mint
I love the scent of roses especially the old fashioned ,highly scented variety
I love Vanilla and cinnamon!
Orange blosssom and vanilla
Paris is my favourite
My fav is coconut
I love the smell of Lavender
My favourite scent is Clinic Arromatic
I love Sandalwood π
my favourite has to be lavender
Can’t beat fresh citrus
My favourite is lavander π
my favourite is Vanilla
I love fruity scents like berries and apples.
I love the smell of the sea
My favourite is Lavender
It has to be roses π
I love the scent of Rose
I love the smell of coconut and cocoa butter
I love rose π
Rose is one of my favourites
my favourite scent is cocoa butter
I love the smell of coconut
the smell of lime.
I love Vivienne Westwood boudoir
I like all of the Ghost fragrances
vanilla or white musk π
Vanilla or summer fruit scents
fruity and flowery
I love citrus smells π
I love Vanilla !
love sweet pea and rose
i love lavender
I love anything with lemon
Im lemon mad! So love it ! x
Lily of the Valley,whenever I walk past someone’s garden and they grow this the perfume is just incredible and they have the most beautiful dainty little flowers, x
I love Calvin Klein, Eternity
I love anything with Patchouli in it
I like the Baylis and Harding mint range for blokes.
Love the smell of musk. Brings back some lovely childhood memories.
This is a great competition, my daughter would love this kit. Hopefully it would put a stop to her stealing my expensive perfume! X
I love vanilla and musk smells
I like Bergamot
I love the smell of privet flowers! Never found a perfume containing them though haha
I love the smell of Jasmine. Reminds me of balmy summer evenings.
musk is amazing
Lime or cherry
Would love it if they would come up with a new born baby scent! Best smell in the world I like woody scents too
Patchouli – so heavenly! π x
I like lavender as it is so relaxing.
i love the smell of Freesia’s
anything citrus, love a bergamot blend
Love citrus smells
Musk is my favourite
I love the smell of fresh flowers however in perfume i prefer a more musky smell.
Either Lavender or jasmine
I love the scent of vanilla
Patchouli is my favourite
I LOVE patchouli π thanks for the chance x
I love vanilla x
My favourite scent is Chanel Allure : )
This has been my favourite for many years – Poison
Anything citrus is my favourite
i love vanilla or cherry xx
I like vanilla.
I love the smell of Coconut