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The Juice: Neil Morris

“The hippies used to wear patchouli, sandalwood and ambergris,” says Neil, “but I would take those and blend them all together in a certain way—and people would say ‘Hey man, would you make me some of that oil?’ And that’s how I became known as the oil guy. It just sort of happened.”

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The Juice: John Stephen, the Cotswold Perfumer

Exactly how John ended up flying around France with renowned fragrance folk, and having his own laboratory atop an idyllic cottage at the Cotswolds, is not a typical story of a perfumer.

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The Juice: Luca Turin – Olfactory Iconoclast

In an exclusive interview with biophysicist, Luca Turin, he discusses his controversial vibrational olfaction theory and his passion for perfume.

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The Juice: Fragrance Evaluators Tell Their Stories

What happens when there is an external evaluator whose client is the brand? What is their contribution to the process of launching niche fragrances? Pia Long writes about the unique relationships between niche brands, fragrance houses and the evaluators who work with them.

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The Juice: Achille Riviello – the Creative Engineer

Achille’s curiosity and passion for chemistry have led him through a diverse career path in fragrance, where pushing boundaries is an everyday goal.

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Cosmopolitan Launches Eau de Juice

Eau de Juice will be available exclusively at Ulta Beauty. Actress Ashley Benson has been named the face of the campaign.

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The Juice: Liz Moores – A Modern Flapper

A self-made businesswoman and one of the most successful rising stars of the global artisan perfume scene, Moores talks candidly about the challenges she has faced in setting up an ultra niche brand.

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The Juice: Tim Gage

How this nature-loving shy East London lad came to be one of the most respected, well-loved and successful figures in British perfumery is a story deeply connected to time and place.

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The Juice: Calice Becker

The perfumer’s perfumer, Calice Becker talks about her signature style, the role of fragrance in people’s lives and adapting to the evolving fragrance industry.

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The Juice: Mandy Aftel – Changing the Perfume Game

Mandy’s avant-garde approach to perfume and flavor has created a portfolio of work that inspires her customers and readers.

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The Juice: Christopher Gordon and the PerfumersWorld Method

As the director of the Perfumer’s Studio, Los Angeles, Christopher Gordon will influence the direction of North American independent perfumery. In this month’s Juice, we hear him muse about his extraordinary story and creation of his own brand, Maison Anonyme.

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The Juice: Lisa Hipgrave, Director, IFRA UK

Moving from lab technician to perfumer quicker than you can sniff, Hipgrave’s journey into the fragrance world has led her to giving back to the industry.

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The Juice: Julie Pluchet – An Advocate for Scent

Developing a curiosity for fragrance at a young age, Julie’s career as a perfumer starts with a childhood game in guessing scents that leads her to create scents for niche and commercial brands, while advocating a stronger global perfumery community.

F&F Q&A: The Stories are in the Juices

A talk with The Perfect Scent author Chandler Burr. When we asked Chandler Burr what interested him about perfume as a subject, he simply said, “It’s the greatest underappreciated art in the world.” And we agree.

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The Juice: Inside Givaudan Perfumery School

Along with rigorously memorizing 500 materials within the first several months, training to become a perfumer requires a fine balance of passion, creativity, patience and technical skill.

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The Juice: Fragrance Evaluation for Independent Brands, Passion Above All

What happens when there is a fragrance evaluator between a brand and a fragrance house? Are they gatekeepers, critics, interpreters, co-creators, all of these or something else?

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The Juice: Journey to the Heart of Perfumery

Through hard work and some serendipity, Stéphanie Bakouche extended her fragrance career across a wide range of positions, from trainer to evaluator and finally, perfumer. Her journey was the perfect primer for the significant next step of starting her own perfumery consulting business, Sensaba.

The Juice: Perfumer Profile: Wessel-Jan Kos, Firmenich

With a rich career under his nose, Wessel-Jan shares his experiences as a creative and enthusiastic perfumer adapting to an evolving industry.

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