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Aroma Chemicals and Citrus Oils

Natural citrus oils cannot be reconstituted (substituted) by compounding aroma chemicals for three reasons: (1) Citrus oils are complex mixtures, up to 300 chemicals of which many are unknown. (2) If they are known, many are not commercially available. (3) Individual constituents with asymmetric carbon atoms, mostly are optically active, A lot of aroma chemicals are not. On the other hand, aroma chemicals with citrusy odors deserve their own place for compounds in functional perfumery, mainly for stability reasons.

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Natural Citronellol from Java Citronella Oil

Add natural freshness and brightness of floral-rosy, citrusy scent to your fragrance creation with Natural Citronellol derived from Java Citronella Oil.

Vetivone and Khusimone—the Puzzling Vetiver Oil Components

Chemistry and application in fragrance

Computerized Laboratory Mixing Station for Perfume Oils

A very high qualiiy standard is possible through automation. This means low costs. This is the basis for success in an ever stronger competitive market.

Bulgarian Zdravetz Oil

Some of the components of an essential oil have opened the way to the discovery of new groups of compounds with unusual chemical behavior. Our subject, zdravetz (Geranium macrorrhizum L,), belongs to the Geraniaceae family, which abounds in aromatic plants including the genus Pelargonium. It originates from South Africa and is widespread along the Mediterranean coast. Large quantities of pelargonium oil, incorrectly known as “geranium oil,” are produced from different varieties of Pelargonium roseum L. Of the genus Geranium, only zdravetz is used in Bulgaria for production of essential oil and aromatic extracts.

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Revitalizing rose cultivation and a future in essential oils in Azerbaijan

Revitalizing rosa damascena cultivation and oil production in Azerbaijan’s picturesque Alazani Valley, Lecheq Farm & Distillery share a glimpse of their ethically produced treasures.

Cascarilla Bark Essential Oil of El Salvador: New Source and Standard

The oil is relatively new to the modern commercial perfume and flavor marketplace. Today, the highly desired and sought after cascarilla bark essential oil is used for flavoring aperitifs, liquors, beverages, confections and fine perfumery.

Malodor Formation in Alcoholic Perfumes Containing Vetiveryl Acetate and Vetiver Oil

Although hypothetical, the proposed schemes explain reasonably well how butene isomers and 1,1-diethoxyethane can arise from vetivmyl acetate or vetiver oil autoxidation in alcoholic perfumes. Unsaturated perfume ingredients other than vetiveryl acetate or vetiver oil could possibly exhibit a similar behavior.

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Helichrysum italicum D.C. Essential Oil from Balkans

With the steady growth of essential oil use in aromatherapy, the authors here discuss the Balkan variety’s olfactive composition using traditional techniques and a new method that describes subjects’ perceived experiences and consciousness.

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Sustainable Production of a Sandalwood Oil-like Ingredient

Thanks to biotechnology, the future of producing complex natural ingredients is brighter than ever.

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West Indian Bay Oil – How Dominica is Building for the Future

Bay oil has played a vital role in the culture and economy of Dominica for centuries. After Hurricane Maria, the material faced an uncertain future, but Dominica has built back stronger than ever, bay oil remaining a core component of its export economy.

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OQEMA adds Oud to its Naturals and Essential Oils Range

With its traditional roots and expanding popularity, oud oil is becoming a common ingredient in cosmetics, personal care and fine fragrance products.

Civet and Civet Compounds

Animal Notes in Perfumery. Only a few perfume materials of animal origin are used in perfumery. Among them are musk, ambergris, civet and castoreum. Civet is the subject of this article

Four Decades as a Perfumer-Comments by a Contrarious Curmudgeon

Four Decades of Perfumery--in English, that means forty years—where have we progressed, where have we retrogressed, and where have we reinvented the wheel? I propose to present not only a rear mirror view of perfumery in comparison with what it is today, but I’d also like to comment on some of our current practices, foibles and discombobulations.

Concerning the Circumstances Favorable to the Creation of an Original Perfume

For the person who is endowed with imagination, everything serves as a pretext for imagining— in other words, for executing projects of the mind in a preferred field or fields. This becomes all the more rapidly a game because being experienced in this type of gymnastic one practices it with success and consequently with pleasure. And the imaginative person, gifted with taste, wiIl naturally be drawn in the direction of artistic creation.

The Creative Perfumery Competition

The second Creative Perfumery Competition produced entries from 18 countries, and an excellect response from perfumers. The competition was based on the use of the aroma chemical Pseudojasmone from Emery Chemicals, to be used at a minimum level of 2.5%.

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Fragrance Viewpoint: Cinematic Coffret

Fragrance envelope pushers Christophe Laudamiel and Christoph Hornetz translate a new film into 15 essences. There is much talk in the perfume industry regarding the abundance of lackluster fragrance releases. Although this is much to the consternation of all, it’s no wonder; after the terrorist attacks in September 2001, the issue of safety has become acutely prevalent in our culture, almost to the point of pathology.

Comparing Notes: Complexity, Performance and Natural Effects

Perfumers Olivia Jan and Donna Ramanauskas discuss guaiacwood, jasmine sambac and oxathiane for fine fragrance, personal care and consumer product applications.

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