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Raw Material Bulletin: May 2016

This month's column features the latest ingredients, including methionyl butyrate, hop essence fraction, 2-ethylbutyric acid and more.

This month’s column digs into recent scent trends and collaborations in the growing candle industry.

Forward Thinking: Candle Scent Trends & Seasonal Staples

This month’s column digs into recent scent trends and collaborations in the growing candle industry.

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Keeping Laundry Detergent Fresh

As consumers become more sophisticated with their fragrance choices in home care, air care, candles and car care among others, fragrances are beginning to emerge as a popular feature in laundry detergent products as well.

Trend Trek

Highlights from the WFFC Excursion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Sensory and Chemical Evaluation of Tropical Grass Oils

The plant family of the grasses, the Gramineae, also called the Poaceae, is one of the most extensive plant families in the world. This article discusses the sensory evacuation and the chemical composition of the oils from some Cymbopogon species. species.

Okhade shares some insight into how, as a perfumer, she views the world of color and turn those colors into ingredients on her palette.

6 Florals That Inspire Agilex Perfumer Neha Okhade

Neha Okhade discusses six florals to keep on your radar when formulating.

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Non-Alcoholic Solvents in Multifunctional Fragrances

By replacing alcohol as the carrier solvent with biology-based hydrocarbons (BBHCs), it becomes possible to design and manufacture entirely novel multifunctional products that straddle the line between perfume and beauty care while carrying an “all-natural” certification.

Custom Essence perfumer Ana Morales and marketing manager Nicole Oram note, “Gourmands continue to stay relevant and evolve based on consumer’s preferences. Gen Z finds gourmand fragrances indulgent, comforting, and playful.'

Gourmand Candles, Interactive Scent Activations, Sustainability & Odor-neutralizing Tech Lead Air Care Market Trends

See the latest collaborations and insights from fragrance industry leaders in the air care segment.

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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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Perfume Goes Genderless: The Rise of the Third Option

Through its modern style, inclusive nature and fresh take on scent, unisex fragrances are breaking fragrance traditions and creating new opportunities.

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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.

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