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Section: Fragrance > Regulatory & Research

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.

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Fragrance and Dementia

Innovative fragrance therapy is increasingly being used to enrich the lives of those suffering from dementia by supporting engagement, alertness and appetite stimulation.

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Fragrance and Transparency

It is not coming because of any pending legislation, but rather because of a desire from consumers and some consumer goods companies to lift the veil of secrecy from fragrance ingredients.

Mood Benefits Fragrance

The profiles presented here illustrate that fragrances can have measurable and distinctive effects on our mood in ways that could prove beneficial for the user. We believe that further improvements in our measurement techniques, and a better understanding of the mood changes evoked by specific perfumery ingredients will allow for the development of more impactful mood-aftering fragrances.

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Patenting Fragrance Isomers

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

Defending Fragrance Ingredients

SFP and IFRA host a discussion with perfumers surrounding the escalating pace of European regulation.

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Fragrance and Communication

The sense of smell has a powerful influence over our emotions, memories and reactions. For children with profound learning and communication difficulties, smell can help them identify people, places and objects. So, given that olfactory information has a direct path to our limbic system, can it be positively harnessed in an educational environment?

Safety/Testing of Fragrances

The fragrance industry enjoys a good reputation as a remarkably safe industry: the incidence of reported human injury problems is very low. With all of the groups mentioned above continuing as guardians of fragrance safety, albeit from differing points of view, the record can only improve in the future.

Fragrance As a Trademark

Perhaps you or your clients should ask your trademark attorney to do an intellectual property audit of your inventory of product ideas for potentially protectable fragrance marks. The next time your customer smells your product, will they think of you?

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2016 Flavor & Fragrance Leaderboard

An exclusive look at the top companies' financial reports, sustainability strategies, R&D initiatives, M&A activity and more.

OPINION: Negative Fragrance Messaging

The online fragrance conversation through the eyes of a blogger and perfume lover.

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Patent Pick: Fixating Fragrance

Fragrance in skin or hair care often makes or breaks a connection with consumers, and ultimately its sale. That's why P&G inventors are so keen to make scents that stick, as demonstrated in a recent patent application.

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2018 Flavor & Fragrance Leaderboard

Driven by regulation and marked by innovative technologies paired with a rising demand in natural, this year’s leaderboard addresses the industry’s horizontal growth in an increasing digital, globalized landscape.

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Unilever Discloses Fragrance Ingredients

Unilever is allowing consumers to view its ingredients through new SmartLabels and with a new product section on its website.

Video: Fragrance and Communication

How scent can help multisensory impaired children and be applied to products of the future

The Benefits of Fragrance

The luncheon speaker at the Symposium was Dr. Morley Kare, who provided an educational and most captivating presentation on the subjects of taste and smell.

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Allergy Prevalence in Fragrance

Despite self-regulation, the fragrance industry still faces continual public health pressure from regulators and other stakeholders seeking to ensure that its products do not cause allergic reactions. A workshop by the International Fragrance Association discusses these issues.

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Mood Benefits of Fragrance

IFF developed an interest in aromatherapy in the early 1980s as a potential means for imparting a stress-reducing benefit to fragrance. Aromatherapy is an age-old practice of applying the healing benefits of certain aromatic essential oils. In the traditions of aromatherapy, specific essential oils are stress reducing, whereas others are energizing, and still others can have either effect, depending on the user's state of mind/body interaction. We reasoned that the best way to study the stress-reducing properities of fragrance would be to investigate their physiological effects.

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