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Travel perfume bottles offer convenience for carrying in your purse or carry-on bag. If you're considering a new fragrance or refreshing your travel perfume, you might be concerned about residual perfume from previous uses lingering in your travel bottle. However, cleaning atomizers is surprisingly straightforward. To clean your perfume bottle effectively, prepare a solution of dish soap and water in an empty spray bottle, spray it through your travel bottle, and ensure thorough rinsing with warm water.
Steps to Follow
Creating a Soap and Water Solution
Remove any excess perfume from your travel bottle. Direct any leftover perfume from your perfume bottle into the sink and let it drain away. Depending on the volume in your bottle, you may need to do this for a few minutes. Starting with an empty perfume bottle will simplify the cleaning process.
- Avoid attempting to spray leftover perfume from your atomizer back into its original bottle as this is likely to create a mess.
Prepare a mixture of water and a drop of dish soap in a spray bottle. Choose an empty spray bottle with a nozzle similar to that of a regular perfume bottle. Ensure the bottle is thoroughly rinsed to remove any residue. Fill the bottle halfway with warm water and add one drop of mild-scented dish soap.
- You can opt to purchase an empty spray bottle or repurpose an atomizer from a used product. If reusing, ensure thorough cleaning before adding water and soap.
- Choose a gentle dish soap with minimal fragrance.
Pro Tip: If your perfume bottle has a removable lid, pour the water and dish soap directly into it.
Blend the water and soap by shaking the spray bottle. Secure the lid on the spray bottle and gently shake it side to side for approximately 1 minute to mix the water and soap. If the solution is too foamy, add more water to dilute the soap.
- Excessive foam may result in overflow and leave soap residue that is difficult to remove from the perfume bottle.
Applying the Mixture to Your Bottle
Inject the water and dish soap into the perfume bottle. Remove the spray bottle's plastic cap to expose the pump mechanism. Insert the tube into the bottom of your perfume bottle and pump the water and soap mixture into the bottle, filling it approximately halfway.
Eject the water and soap from the sprayer of the perfume bottle. Pump the perfume bottle over a sink or onto a washcloth until all the water and soap are expelled. Ensure thorough spraying to eliminate any residual water that could dilute subsequent perfumes.
Refill your perfume bottle with warm water. Either remove the lid and fill the bottle directly or use the same spray bottle with plain water. Fill the bottle halfway.
- If reusing the spray bottle from the soap mixture, ensure it's thoroughly rinsed to remove any soap residue before reuse.
Flush the perfume bottle with water to eliminate any soap residue. Spray the perfume bottle into a sink or onto a washcloth until all the water is expelled. Ensure complete drainage to prevent any soap remnants in the bottle.
Tip: Confirm the absence of perfume by spritzing the last few pumps of water onto your wrist. Smell your wrist to detect any lingering perfume scent. If present, consider repeating the cleaning process for your perfume bottle.
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Materials Needed
- Empty spray bottle
- Dish soap
