The Art of Perfume Making: A Masterclass by Yo-Yo

As I embarked on creating my new perfume, Coco Water, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and trepidation. The process involved was not only creative but also meticulous, requiring attention to detail and precision. My first task was to design the label for my perfume bottle. I wanted it to be eye-catching and reflective of the brand's luxurious image. Donning a spray, I carefully applied the fragrance to the skin, taking note of its subtle yet distinct scent. However, I soon realized that the smell lingered on my neck, leaving an unpleasant aftertaste - a stark contrast to the desired effect.

Undeterred, I shifted my focus to creating the label's font. Using white gum paste, I carefully rolled out thin sheets and used various cutters and tappets to cut out intricate designs, including the letters "Coco" in bold, cursive script. The process was meditative, allowing me to connect with the art of perfume making on a deeper level. Next, I applied pink fondant to create a custom wax seal that would adorn the neck of my bottle. Shaping the wax into a flowing, organic design, I infused it with a sense of whimsy and luxury.

The creation of the wax seal was a personal touch, reflecting my love for wrapping gifts and using them as a finishing flourish. As I pressed the seal into the pink fondant, I couldn't help but think about the art of perfume making as a form of self-expression. Every detail, from the font to the packaging, told a story about the brand's aesthetic and values.

With my label complete, it was time to assemble the bottle. Using a mixture of bold and clear food-grade alcohol, I carefully painted the design onto the glass bottle, creating a beautiful, one-of-a-kind piece that would complement the perfume perfectly. The addition of a custom wax seal further enhanced the luxury feel of the packaging.

As I worked on the label, I reflected on the world of perfumery. With Coco Water, I aimed to capture the essence of French elegance and sophistication, while also evoking a sense of exclusivity and rarity. The perfume itself was an international creation, drawing inspiration from various styles and influences. Its unique blend of scents would transport users to a world of refinement and luxury.

The design process was not without its challenges. Mixing the fondant paste, for example, required patience and practice. However, the end result was well worth the effort - a beautiful, handmade label that added an extra layer of meaning to the perfume.

With my bottle complete, I couldn't wait to launch Coco Water at a exclusive event. The fragrance itself was a labor of love, carefully crafted to evoke the senses and transport users to a world of elegance and refinement. As I looked back on the design process, I knew that every detail - from the font to the packaging - told a story about the brand's values and aesthetic.

In conclusion, creating Coco Water was not just about making perfume; it was an artistic journey that required patience, creativity, and attention to detail. The end result was a beautiful, one-of-a-kind piece that reflected my passion for design and luxury. Whether you're a seasoned perfumer or simply someone who appreciates the art of fragrance-making, Coco Water is sure to transport you to a world of elegance and refinement.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwelcome out to how to kick it I'm Yolanda and this week I'm taking a giant perfume bottle because it's the perfect Valentine's Day gift I only wear Coco by yo-yo that's Coco with an A on the end I know that there's this other kind of popular perfume called Coco do not confuse the truth it's available to all of you through how to kick it calm you could probably get into time for Valentine's Day next Valentine's Day to make this perfume bottle I baked three square pans of my ultimate chocolate cake which also have this cocoa water in it after they've been chilled I remove their cakes their cakes who they I got some random people to bring cakes and I really love it now what I need to do is cut them all in half not in two layers but in half so that I get two rectangles from each square it is time for Sur squeeze to come and help me simple syrup these six layers of cake I told them it's very important it's the debut of my perfume you know you know how like a lot of musicians and models and stuff they put out a perfume right so I figured if Beyonce has a perfume and people call me the Beyonce of cakes then naturally I should have a perfect stay tuned for 20/20 in my concert tour oh god it's gonna be amazing I want this perfume bottle to be like a beautiful square but I want the sides to be beveled so the first thing I'm gonna do is take a rectangle of cake that will be my first bottom layer and I'm gonna turn it upside down and bevel the bottom just cuz it'll be easier to do like this better to do it once it's all put together now I'm ready to flip this cake right-side up place it on a board and I'm going to start to spread some chocolate butter this is Coco water so this cake is gonna be like Coco on Coco on Coco on Coco there's a bit of water in the simple syrup so it's it is two ingredients in this project no additives no colors just luxurious chocolate and now we're going to spread ganache more chocolate and I've decided to lay down a layer of Lindt chocolate squares you know the kind that like melts in your mouth there's a few different blends of chocolate and cocoa from around the world so I wanted this cake to represent that you know when I talked to the water perfume specialist coffee when I talked to Marie's perfume is a role male gist smell ologists yeah I don't think it's that one so when I spoke to the perfume specialists I said I need you to get every cent of cocoa from around the world also bring me all of the types of water in the world and I don't know why we were in a lab this was very serious I'm not sure why this is funny and I don't even remember why I started to tell this story my cake is now chilled I'm removing it from the fridge and having a second look taking some measurements and I decide I want to replace the bottom layer because now it's the only one with buttercream and I think I need the cake to be a smidgen taller taller yeah I know I'm just making my life more difficult but like I said I need this cake to be the exact dimensions of the cocoa water bottle I also worked with the best bottle designers in the world it has to be exact I can't you know they worked so hard designing this square bottle with beveled edges that is not a knockoff of another perfume with a similar name without a name so I'm just putting on some ganache the Lindt chocolate ganache sandwich in that cake and I'll chill it again so it's solid now what I need to do is cut all of the beveled edges especially since I removed that bottom layer none of the edges are beveled now so I need to bevel the bottom of the cake the top of the cake and all the sides so for this and just of course going to use a ruler to help me a serrated knife and I make all those diagonal cuts if you're a how to kick it VIP you already know about my perfume launch you saw this video two days ago if any of you want to be a VIP you can do that easily by using the link below to sign up it's absolutely free now I can oh I thought is a perfume yourself it's not bougie enough what's the bougie version of this though I should have somebody announce at 4:00 exactly that's you jostle no that's not perfume a tea that's better that's good I like it I like meat I'm so done you get the point I crumb coated and chill with chocolate ganache more chocolate because this cake is so wobbly I actually laid it down to confidence so crumb coated the top and the sides chilled it now I slip it over so now it's time to flip this cake right-side up have it stand and then what I've decided to do is send two sharpened dowels and right through it into the board to help keep it in place while I else and now I will ice the cake with more chocolate ganache and chill it I haven't forgotten about that bottom layer that I removed I'm gonna use that to make the cap of the perfume bottle and level it I shape it it's sort of like a large gym if you will so it starts off as a rectangle block and then I bevel all the corners and edges like a large you don't want the other sense from your home infiltrating yes yes it's it's such a process I crumb coated it with ganache chilled it and then I iced it so now both my cake and its cap our bread interlocked this cake is so tall and narrow that there's no way I'll be able to drape my fondant over because I'll have that'll be awesome awesome even I know that it would be the wrong decision it will it reminds me of the moment when we almost blended to Coco's together that although they smell amazing on their own once they were together it was a little too powerful you know what I'm saying yes you can have too much of a good thing so what I've decided to do is cover my bottle one side and then the other I will have to do some summative so I covered the back and the bevel trimmed it all nicely with a sharp knife and a ruler and then I did the front which was the front the bevel and the side and I just matched it up to that scene as well as I could just a lot of truth in celebration of four million subscribers we are doing a ton of giveaways you can enter this giveaway using the link below 20 people will win a whole years worth of sprinkle service four people will win a KitchenAid Pro Series stand mixer with a scale and sifter attachment thank you to KitchenAid for partnering with us and providing these awesome prizes and because Sesame Street is turning 50 we have a great prize pack from them which includes bedding and comfy things for your kids room where yours may be your kid it hurt you know what should we save this for Connie thank you Sesame Street for providing these awesome prizes and happy birthday and last but not least we have a google home tub set make sure to click the link below to enter this contest and we will announce the winners at our 4 million subs livestream parties right here on YouTube all the details are in that link so check it out I also have to cover the cap but since the cap is much smaller and it's laying down I can absolutely roll up my chocolate fondant nice and thin drape it over and then I smooth it making sure to keep in mind all the bevels so I used my smoother on every table so we don't lose the shape it's time to make the decision like when we finally had to choose which Coco's and which waters it was so difficult after months of smelling different Coco's and waters and so nap I still don't know yes waters from world the next thing I need to do is work on the neck of the bottle so further than that I'm actually going to use a roll that was from like saran wrap just the the cardboard roll underneath I'm gonna cut it to the appropriate height I need to add one detail to the roll before I cover it I used a clay extruder with chocolate fondant and I extrude it like a semicircle use the semicircle faceplate and now I'm going to apply that to my cardboard roll sort of 2/3 of the weight up just glue it on with piping gel let that set you don't want it to move when you cover it and once it is set cover the entire roll with a thin layer of chocolate fondant and use a sharp knife to cut that fondant flush the top and bottom of the door this is a perfume that you dab this is not a spray must the dapping is the secret it has to do with how these scent molecules are placed onto the skin we don't want to disperse them in a spray but it doesn't that leave like a dirt stain on your neck I really didn't I didn't notice that at all it's time for me to work on the label for this cake I mean don't even talk to me about the graphics and the design of this bottle the first thing I want to do for my label is create the letters to the font so I roll out some white gum paste nice and thin and then I use a bunch of different cutters and tappets that I have to cut out Coco water so I had to cut out Coco water that was pretty good well I'm sure French people would disagree but yeah we're telling our developers good for the base of my label I am using the very Hatake kit pink I roll that fondant out nice and thin and then I cut a perfect square that will fit on the front of my bubble now I'm going to use a ruler and a sharp knife to just carefully score out a quarter of an inch border on that piece of fun I don't want to cut through I just want to score it out so that I can see it and now I'm gonna mix together you know what else I love so I mixed together some bold with some clear food grade alcohol and I carefully paint that order this is a lavish perfume this is they keep this perfume locked up at how to keep calm and then when you order it we take it out of the cabinet I also wanted to create a custom wax seal that would be on the neck of my bottle so what I did was for the Cape I used some fondant some more that pink fondant and I just rolled like a round disc and then just use my fingertips just sort of shape it so it would look like you know dripping wax looks I love wrapping gifts so I have a wax seal with a why because I like to close my cards with it so I use that wax seal since it's metal anyway and I pressed it into my pink fondant it's actually the official stamp of yo-yo so you know it's a real bottle and I will use more of my gold paint to just carefully paint that okay because there's a lot of counterfeit Coco water by yo-yo on the market it's being sold out of trucks it's on Canal Street in New York I actually hence note every bottle I did before I assemble my label and add it to the cake I really need to address bussiness so I need to make fondant paste from my chocolate fondant and I was trying to think I don't think I've ever done that and I asked the fondant paste on to that back seam and just cleaned it up as best I could of course the glass bottle has nation it's time to place the letters on the label of course I'm using a ruler on measuring I always like to line up each word measure it find the center and then I start to place my letters from the center out so I glue my letters on with some clear piping gel just brush on the back of each letter and I line them all up very carefully and fill up my label I don't know what accent that well nothing like it started French went British Austria I don't know it's an international perfume though so that's what we're going for right all access and one made right to add the neck in the lid to my perfume bottle first I used a circle cutter at the top of my cake to remove some fondant and this will make the neck easier to insert then I insert a dowel through the center of my cake that sharpens on both sides so it will go down through the bottom board and part of it will remain up and that will hold my lid in place I want to paint this cake because I want to make it look shinier like glass so for this I'm gonna use some brown food coloring mixed with food grade alcohol I remove the lid from my cake so that I can paint it separately I brushed the paint all over the bottle and the neck and then all around the lid and once it's dry I put the cake back together I'm so glad that I got to launch this perfume because it falls right in line with the fact that I'm already a couture designer so if you know about the Katy Club every month I designed and this is this once Tea Cake love if you go now you can still catch this tea while it's 40% off at how to keep it calm the perfume is not on sale it will never you know myself it's bad for the brand now I can add this label to the bottle very carefully and I can add the wax seal now time for the world debut what makes her cakes so delicious Coco water she's chocolate in motion what is water without cocoa what is Coco when I saw the brown stain behind her here it was not Coco water new fragrance by yo-yowelcome out to how to kick it I'm Yolanda and this week I'm taking a giant perfume bottle because it's the perfect Valentine's Day gift I only wear Coco by yo-yo that's Coco with an A on the end I know that there's this other kind of popular perfume called Coco do not confuse the truth it's available to all of you through how to kick it calm you could probably get into time for Valentine's Day next Valentine's Day to make this perfume bottle I baked three square pans of my ultimate chocolate cake which also have this cocoa water in it after they've been chilled I remove their cakes their cakes who they I got some random people to bring cakes and I really love it now what I need to do is cut them all in half not in two layers but in half so that I get two rectangles from each square it is time for Sur squeeze to come and help me simple syrup these six layers of cake I told them it's very important it's the debut of my perfume you know you know how like a lot of musicians and models and stuff they put out a perfume right so I figured if Beyonce has a perfume and people call me the Beyonce of cakes then naturally I should have a perfect stay tuned for 20/20 in my concert tour oh god it's gonna be amazing I want this perfume bottle to be like a beautiful square but I want the sides to be beveled so the first thing I'm gonna do is take a rectangle of cake that will be my first bottom layer and I'm gonna turn it upside down and bevel the bottom just cuz it'll be easier to do like this better to do it once it's all put together now I'm ready to flip this cake right-side up place it on a board and I'm going to start to spread some chocolate butter this is Coco water so this cake is gonna be like Coco on Coco on Coco on Coco there's a bit of water in the simple syrup so it's it is two ingredients in this project no additives no colors just luxurious chocolate and now we're going to spread ganache more chocolate and I've decided to lay down a layer of Lindt chocolate squares you know the kind that like melts in your mouth there's a few different blends of chocolate and cocoa from around the world so I wanted this cake to represent that you know when I talked to the water perfume specialist coffee when I talked to Marie's perfume is a role male gist smell ologists yeah I don't think it's that one so when I spoke to the perfume specialists I said I need you to get every cent of cocoa from around the world also bring me all of the types of water in the world and I don't know why we were in a lab this was very serious I'm not sure why this is funny and I don't even remember why I started to tell this story my cake is now chilled I'm removing it from the fridge and having a second look taking some measurements and I decide I want to replace the bottom layer because now it's the only one with buttercream and I think I need the cake to be a smidgen taller taller yeah I know I'm just making my life more difficult but like I said I need this cake to be the exact dimensions of the cocoa water bottle I also worked with the best bottle designers in the world it has to be exact I can't you know they worked so hard designing this square bottle with beveled edges that is not a knockoff of another perfume with a similar name without a name so I'm just putting on some ganache the Lindt chocolate ganache sandwich in that cake and I'll chill it again so it's solid now what I need to do is cut all of the beveled edges especially since I removed that bottom layer none of the edges are beveled now so I need to bevel the bottom of the cake the top of the cake and all the sides so for this and just of course going to use a ruler to help me a serrated knife and I make all those diagonal cuts if you're a how to kick it VIP you already know about my perfume launch you saw this video two days ago if any of you want to be a VIP you can do that easily by using the link below to sign up it's absolutely free now I can oh I thought is a perfume yourself it's not bougie enough what's the bougie version of this though I should have somebody announce at 4:00 exactly that's you jostle no that's not perfume a tea that's better that's good I like it I like meat I'm so done you get the point I crumb coated and chill with chocolate ganache more chocolate because this cake is so wobbly I actually laid it down to confidence so crumb coated the top and the sides chilled it now I slip it over so now it's time to flip this cake right-side up have it stand and then what I've decided to do is send two sharpened dowels and right through it into the board to help keep it in place while I else and now I will ice the cake with more chocolate ganache and chill it I haven't forgotten about that bottom layer that I removed I'm gonna use that to make the cap of the perfume bottle and level it I shape it it's sort of like a large gym if you will so it starts off as a rectangle block and then I bevel all the corners and edges like a large you don't want the other sense from your home infiltrating yes yes it's it's such a process I crumb coated it with ganache chilled it and then I iced it so now both my cake and its cap our bread interlocked this cake is so tall and narrow that there's no way I'll be able to drape my fondant over because I'll have that'll be awesome awesome even I know that it would be the wrong decision it will it reminds me of the moment when we almost blended to Coco's together that although they smell amazing on their own once they were together it was a little too powerful you know what I'm saying yes you can have too much of a good thing so what I've decided to do is cover my bottle one side and then the other I will have to do some summative so I covered the back and the bevel trimmed it all nicely with a sharp knife and a ruler and then I did the front which was the front the bevel and the side and I just matched it up to that scene as well as I could just a lot of truth in celebration of four million subscribers we are doing a ton of giveaways you can enter this giveaway using the link below 20 people will win a whole years worth of sprinkle service four people will win a KitchenAid Pro Series stand mixer with a scale and sifter attachment thank you to KitchenAid for partnering with us and providing these awesome prizes and because Sesame Street is turning 50 we have a great prize pack from them which includes bedding and comfy things for your kids room where yours may be your kid it hurt you know what should we save this for Connie thank you Sesame Street for providing these awesome prizes and happy birthday and last but not least we have a google home tub set make sure to click the link below to enter this contest and we will announce the winners at our 4 million subs livestream parties right here on YouTube all the details are in that link so check it out I also have to cover the cap but since the cap is much smaller and it's laying down I can absolutely roll up my chocolate fondant nice and thin drape it over and then I smooth it making sure to keep in mind all the bevels so I used my smoother on every table so we don't lose the shape it's time to make the decision like when we finally had to choose which Coco's and which waters it was so difficult after months of smelling different Coco's and waters and so nap I still don't know yes waters from world the next thing I need to do is work on the neck of the bottle so further than that I'm actually going to use a roll that was from like saran wrap just the the cardboard roll underneath I'm gonna cut it to the appropriate height I need to add one detail to the roll before I cover it I used a clay extruder with chocolate fondant and I extrude it like a semicircle use the semicircle faceplate and now I'm going to apply that to my cardboard roll sort of 2/3 of the weight up just glue it on with piping gel let that set you don't want it to move when you cover it and once it is set cover the entire roll with a thin layer of chocolate fondant and use a sharp knife to cut that fondant flush the top and bottom of the door this is a perfume that you dab this is not a spray must the dapping is the secret it has to do with how these scent molecules are placed onto the skin we don't want to disperse them in a spray but it doesn't that leave like a dirt stain on your neck I really didn't I didn't notice that at all it's time for me to work on the label for this cake I mean don't even talk to me about the graphics and the design of this bottle the first thing I want to do for my label is create the letters to the font so I roll out some white gum paste nice and thin and then I use a bunch of different cutters and tappets that I have to cut out Coco water so I had to cut out Coco water that was pretty good well I'm sure French people would disagree but yeah we're telling our developers good for the base of my label I am using the very Hatake kit pink I roll that fondant out nice and thin and then I cut a perfect square that will fit on the front of my bubble now I'm going to use a ruler and a sharp knife to just carefully score out a quarter of an inch border on that piece of fun I don't want to cut through I just want to score it out so that I can see it and now I'm gonna mix together you know what else I love so I mixed together some bold with some clear food grade alcohol and I carefully paint that order this is a lavish perfume this is they keep this perfume locked up at how to keep calm and then when you order it we take it out of the cabinet I also wanted to create a custom wax seal that would be on the neck of my bottle so what I did was for the Cape I used some fondant some more that pink fondant and I just rolled like a round disc and then just use my fingertips just sort of shape it so it would look like you know dripping wax looks I love wrapping gifts so I have a wax seal with a why because I like to close my cards with it so I use that wax seal since it's metal anyway and I pressed it into my pink fondant it's actually the official stamp of yo-yo so you know it's a real bottle and I will use more of my gold paint to just carefully paint that okay because there's a lot of counterfeit Coco water by yo-yo on the market it's being sold out of trucks it's on Canal Street in New York I actually hence note every bottle I did before I assemble my label and add it to the cake I really need to address bussiness so I need to make fondant paste from my chocolate fondant and I was trying to think I don't think I've ever done that and I asked the fondant paste on to that back seam and just cleaned it up as best I could of course the glass bottle has nation it's time to place the letters on the label of course I'm using a ruler on measuring I always like to line up each word measure it find the center and then I start to place my letters from the center out so I glue my letters on with some clear piping gel just brush on the back of each letter and I line them all up very carefully and fill up my label I don't know what accent that well nothing like it started French went British Austria I don't know it's an international perfume though so that's what we're going for right all access and one made right to add the neck in the lid to my perfume bottle first I used a circle cutter at the top of my cake to remove some fondant and this will make the neck easier to insert then I insert a dowel through the center of my cake that sharpens on both sides so it will go down through the bottom board and part of it will remain up and that will hold my lid in place I want to paint this cake because I want to make it look shinier like glass so for this I'm gonna use some brown food coloring mixed with food grade alcohol I remove the lid from my cake so that I can paint it separately I brushed the paint all over the bottle and the neck and then all around the lid and once it's dry I put the cake back together I'm so glad that I got to launch this perfume because it falls right in line with the fact that I'm already a couture designer so if you know about the Katy Club every month I designed and this is this once Tea Cake love if you go now you can still catch this tea while it's 40% off at how to keep it calm the perfume is not on sale it will never you know myself it's bad for the brand now I can add this label to the bottle very carefully and I can add the wax seal now time for the world debut what makes her cakes so delicious Coco water she's chocolate in motion what is water without cocoa what is Coco when I saw the brown stain behind her here it was not Coco water new fragrance by yo-yo\n"