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Neroli in Perfumery

Neroli oil is obtained from the bitter orange tree blossoms by distillation. Nero]i plays an important role in classical and modem colognes, It is also used as a component in various women’s and men’s fragrances. Neroli is an expensive flower oil, and synthetic compounds are used to cut or to replace entirely the natural oil in less expensive fragrances and colognes.

Multisensory Exhibit Pushes the Perfumery Envelope

Focusing on putting artistry back into perfumery, Mane recently removed all creative (consumer demographics, concepts, etc.) and cost constraints from a team of perfumers as part of a multisensory marketing-led initiative dubbed Fragrance Avatar. The project allowed perfumers to create “from their very core.”

Hyacinth in Perfumery

Today, hyacinth compounds or their components are still used in cosmetic, toiletry and soap fragrances, but mostly as components of sophisticated fragrances adapted to the line.

Beyond BRIC: Traditional and New Natural Raw Materials and Supply Issues 137918788

Ingredients and sourcing in Indonesia, Tahiti, Réunion and Maghreb— highlights from Journées des Huiles Essentielles and Congrès International Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales

The Phenylpropanals—Floral Aromatic Aldehydes

Chemistry and application in fragrance

Master perfumer Christophe Laudamiel shares his thoughts on the ingredient’s versatility, usage and more.

Christophe Laudamiel Explores the Magic of Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol

Master perfumer Christophe Laudamiel shares his thoughts on the ingredient’s versatility, usage and more.

Versailles was a practice in social ritual, royal etiquette and unrelenting opulence. It also happened to stink like an outhouse.

Royalty and Fragrances Part 2: The Scent of Versailles

Part two explores the fragrantly decadent court of Marie Antoinette, where her perfumer, Jean-Louis Fargeon saturated everyone in Versailles.

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Fragrances and Fragranced Products: A Strong Alliance

The powerful appeal of many soaps, detergents and cleaning products to consumers is often directly related to the products’ scents. Producers and suppliers of cleaning products understand that an amazing amount of research and innovation goes into the creation of product fragrances and that fragrance ingredients are at the leading edge in the defense of protections for trade secrets.

Social Interaction and Fragrance Use: Personal Fragrance Use

A Summary of Research Conducted for the Fragrance Research Fund. Despite the widespread use of personal fragrances and their assumed influence on social behavior, there has been little research documenting such influence. The goal of the proposed study was to provide such documentation, to understand the role fragrances play in determining social behavior.

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Fragrance Trends: Global Fragrance -- Not Making Scents

The fragrance industry faces declining sales, increasing competition and a shorter shelf life. Valued at $25 billion last year, the global market for fragrance continues to flounder, with sales increasing at a rate that is slower than the average growth for the industry as a whole (see T-1). Why is this market proving to be such a challenge?

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The Global Fragrances Market – Bringing Fragrances Closer to Consumers

The demand for premium fragrances has bright days ahead, but traditional brands (especially luxury designer brands) will need to adapt to face the growing competition from niche and “indie” players.

The company is planning to recruit expert perfumers in the United Kingdom, United States and India to work across the global portfolio of brands.

Inside Unilever’s New Fragrance House: Q&A with VP of Fragrance

Vivek Sirohi discusses the decision to create Unilever’s own fragrance house and what that means for the company going forward.

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Fragrance Research: The Multi-sensory Approach to Fragrance Creation

Modern research techniques unveil the power of fragrance in communicating with consumers. Modern brands are tuning into the senses, realizing that the correct sensory combination results in an emotional connection with consumers that is a powerful driver of success in the marketplace. People navigate their lives and make choices by using the five senses.

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Fragrance Creation: Fragrances for Natural and Certified Organic Personal Care Products

The link between fragrance and health in personal care product development. A recent article in Woman’s Wear Daily reported that organic brands and products based on sustainable resources have become one of the fastest-growing segments in beauty care. In fact, according to the Organic Trade Association, sales of US organic personal care products grew 28% to $282 million in 2005.

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Fragrance Handbook: Creating a Winning Candle Fragrance—From Brief to Manufacture

Addressing the three “C’s” of formulation: cost, compatibility and cold throw—plus a candle fragrance glossary. “Air Care—US,” a Euromonitor report released last winter, detailed this $2 billion-plus market, which grew 6% between 2004 and 2005. Within this segment, candles jumped 30%—more than any other category—to sales of $265 million.

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State of Fragrance Through 2018: The Rise of the Niche Fragrance

Niche fine fragrance segment has added more than $240 million to the fragrance market since 2014.

Fragrance Trends

Nevertheless, all of these future trends could be modified because of the development and proper utilization of new synthetic products. Modern perfumery today has no room for the sleepy ways of the past. We are all living in the jet age of fragrance marketing. We are all put to the task to keep pace with this puIsating market.

Organosilicon Fragrances

Novel and interesting investigations in the field of the chemistry of odor have been recently described by Wrobel and Warmagat. In their search for new fragrances and for a better understanding of the relationship between the molecular structure and the olfactory propeties of compounds, the authors turned their attention to silicon. The principal approach was to introduce the silicon atom into the osmophoric center of odoriferous materials. A number of compounds have been prepared and evaluated. This article briefly summarizes the synthesis and olfactory characteristics obtained.

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