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Haitian Vetiver: Uprooted?

How has the recent earthquake in Haiti affected the supply of vetiver, and what are the perfumer’s alternatives?

Lake & Skye's Lavender & Sandalwood Pillow Mist is intended to assist in getting deep sleep.

Lake & Skye Launches Fragrance and Sleep Spray

The 07 fragrance is the brand’s fifth fragrance offering and is formulated using sugar cane alcohol.

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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Change of Heart for Tailored Fragrances

Fragrance meets fashion at NEXT.09

Blanc shares, 'What captivates me most is not the glamour or the end result, but the creative process itself. I find joy in crafting and refining my formulas, savoring the journey of creation rather than just the final product.'

Master Perfumer Honorine Blanc Says Gen Z Allows Creators to Abandon Fragrance Norms

Blanc shares her journey in scent and what's exciting her as a a perfumer in this one-on-one interview.

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Woody Notes in Perfumery — Vetiver and Derivatives. Part I

Vetiver is an important woody note in perfumery. The word vetiver, vetyver in French, originated in Tamil: vettiveru = vetti, worthless + veru, useless. The Indian term for vetiver is Khus, and in Indonesia is known as Akar Wangi.

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Upholding the World's Most Ancient Fragrance Tradition

When it comes to fragrance tradition, India is where it all began. Krishnaraj Iyengar features one of the country’s oldest traditional perfumeries upholding the country’s millennia-old scented legacy.

Vetivone and Khusimone—the Puzzling Vetiver Oil Components

Chemistry and application in fragrance

Comparing Notes: Quality is Key

Looking back on ck one and Tom Ford Grey Vetiver, perfumer Harry Fremont reflects on materials, creativity, easy-to-wear fragrances and creating addiction

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Royalty And Fragrance: A Tale Of Two Palaces, Part 1

In our Scent and Spirit edition, part one of this two-part series explores the lush fragrances of the sultan’s court of the Deccan era in India from 15-1700s.

This month's featured creators discuss the scents and flavors that inspire them, the impacts of COVID-19, the futures of their respective markets and much more.

Profiles: Vincent Chevalier

This month's featured creators discuss the scents and flavors that inspire them, the impacts of COVID-19, the futures of their respective markets and much more.

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Forward Thinking: Fragrances Spring Forward, Part 1

Current fine fragrance activity is being driven by experiential retailers, custom fragrance technology, natural fragrances, gender-fluid launches, hero ingredients, eye-catching packaging, book releases and beverages using scents to enhance the olfactory experience.

The senior perfumer at Givaudan shares project wins, where they find inspiration and much more.

Profiles: Caroline Sabas

The senior perfumer at Givaudan shares project wins, where they find inspiration and much more.

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Forward Thinking: Fierce Fragrances

Fine fragrance activity is being driven by new entrants, fashion designers, pop culture icons and entertainers and wearable scents. Novel packaging, fragrance focused retailers and interactive scent experiences continue to attract consumers.

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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.

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.

Sparkling Fragrances

The intersection of wine and perfumery

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Patenting Fragrance Isomers

Making very small changes to a molecule's structure can lead to patentable fragrance compounds.

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