How to Use Apothecary Jars
Apothecary Jars (AJ) can be used for different purposes, including skin care, dried herbs, powder and perfume. We will focus on alcohol and oil based perfumes in this post.
AJ of most the quality brands (we use Miron violet glass) are airtight and will keep your perfume safe from air, humidity and light which is important to prolong the shelf life of a natural fragrance.
Each 50ml AJ has a stopper which can be used on its own to lightly dab on the perfume.
To open and close AJ lightly twist the stopper in any direction and lift/press it carefully. To use the perfume from AJ, tilt the jar lightly to let the blend touch the stopper inside, then twist and open slowly, remove any excess blend against the neck of a jar, then dab on your skin.
We recommend to keep AJ in an upright position to avoid accidents, for this same purpose we ship our AJ with an extra 50ml bottle with a pourer cap: the blend comes in a 50 bottle from which you will transfer the amount you need in your AJ. Do not pour all the precious blend, this will keep it safe in case you break one of the bottles (accidents happen).
Although AJ are airtight (and we did test that!), shipping conditions vary. If you do want to transport your perfume in a jar, attach a rubber band to keep the stopper in place and keep the jar in a vertical position (this will work for both alcohol and oil based perfumes).
You can use AJ on their own (use the stopper for a light dab) which is their main purpose or keep them as a refill vessel for dropper bottles (use the pipette which comes with dropper bottles to transfer the blend or you can also use any clean longer pipette you may have at hand).
AJ are reusable. When the perfume is over, leave the jar open, this will help the remaining blend to evaporate (think of a room scent), rinse the jar with hot water with a drop of liquid dish soap, wash well, let it dry and reuse for dried herbs, tea blends, clay masks or any dry or liquid home preparations.
In case of a damaged label (i.e. spilled perfume), we may provide a new one, please contact us for details.