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Patent Pick: Perfume Patch is the Path to Convenience

Sweaty and panting, you got a great workout at the gym. You hit the showers, towel off and grab your toiletries. With deodorant and hair gel set, you peel the backing off a patch and apply—wait, perfume? That's the vision behind this patent.

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[Updated] Perfume Past and Present: Preserving History at World Perfumery Congress

At the World Perfumery Congress 2018, the fragrance industry will look at challenges and opportunities in recreating historic fragrances with a presentation from, Luca Turin, Ph.D., and Saskia Wilson-Brown.

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Firmenich Publically Pledges Planet Biodiversity

To protect the future of local ecosystems everywhere, Firmenich, along with other clients, have signed the Cancun Business and Biodiversity Pledge at the COP13 Convention on Biological Diversity.

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Patent Pick: Delivery Plan Falls Apart, As Planned

Falling apart literally is what this invention from Tel Aviv University is intended to do. Here, the inventors describe a micelle system that is activated by enzymes to deliver flavor, cosmetic, textile and other ingredients.

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Patent Pick: Pushing the Limits with Plasmolyzed F&F

To punch up wimpy F&F offerings, inventors at Firmenich have developed plasmolyzed microorganism encapsulates that deliver large loads of difficult-to-trap flavors and fragrances.

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Patent Pick: Semi-synthetic Fragrance Production

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's highlight describes a semi-synthetic route to produce fragrance compounds.

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World Perfumery Congress Regulatory Panel to Discuss Advancing Perfume and Policy

In this panel discussion, IFRA, SC Johnson, and IFRANA, will each share their unique insights on how these organizations are leading and navigating policies that affect perfumery.

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Patent Pick: Aldehyde as Perfume

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's patent, from Firmenich, explores the use of aldehyde as a perfuming agent to evoke cardamom or lily of the valley notes.

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Patent Pick: Pear-twisted Mighty Musk

Is this a new aroma superhero? With a description like "high-impact and fresh character," as this Firmenich patent states, it may be; perhaps in "Scent City." At least Firmenich hopes so.

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Patent Pick: Enhanced Polyurea Microcapsule Deposition

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. This invention, from Firmenich, describes a process for preparing polyurea microcapsules for enhanced deposition.

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Patent Pick: Fragrance Duration—A 'Pressing' Issue

The pressure is always on for perfumers to develop means to extend fragrance duration. In this patent application, Unilever inventors take that pressure in a new direction: i.e., vapor pressure.

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Patent Pick: Boosting F&F Potential with Cyclopropanes

Just when you thought your flavor or fragrance hit all the right sensory triggers, International Flavor & Fragrances (IFF) came along with this patent application—for new cyclopropane chemistries that boost these experiences. But change can be good.

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Patent Pick: Odor-enhancing Polypeptides

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's pick relates to polypeptides that are capable of enhancing odorant receptor activity.

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Patent Pick: Pro-fragrance Ketones

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's highlight from Henkel includes specific ketones that act as photolabile pro-fragrances.

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Fragrance Creators' 2019 Federal Fly-In Promotes Good for People, Perfume, and the Planet

The association kicked off meetings with presentation of 2019 Legislators of the Year Awards to Congressional Fragrance Caucus members, Representatives Jackie Walorski and Sanford Bishop.

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Patent Pick: Tickled 'Chia Nong Pink Sapphire'

Pink and sapphire are nearly opposite one another on the color wheel. But when these inventors combined them in a new Polianthes variety, they created "Chia Nong Pink Sapphire," a new cultivar with a pleasant scent and lilac color.

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Patent Pick: Putting a Cap on Fragrance Loss

If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? And if a fragrance is emitted before the user smells it, does it have a scent? This patent puts a cap on such a scenario with a microcapsule carrier system nearly impervious to the loss of volatiles.

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Patent Pick: 3D Printing for F&F Microdosing

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's invention, from IFF, describes a method using 3D printing for microdosing F&F test materials.

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