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State of the Fragrance Industry in North and South America

To address the state of the fragrance markets in North and South America today requires a mentality comfortable with paradox. One must be a realist and a seer, a cynic yet an optimist, a traditionalist yet an iconoclast, a student of facts with the vision to look beyond them. I don’t lay claim to any of these combinations. But let’s give it a try.

New Age Fashion, Fragrance and Cosmetics

Fashion, fragrance, cosmetic and a new age is what I would like to talk to you about today.

Fragrance for Today—and Tomorrow?

Our present situation is that fragrances in today’s products need to be not only attractive to the consumer, but also safe, cost effective, readily available in large quantities, and stable under a variety of conditions.What will the future bring? The answer is very simple, and a repeat of my earlier statement--it is going to bring whatever the consumer wants.

Strategic Factors for Business Success in the Flavor& Fragrance Industry

We can see around us much evidence of an accelerating rate of change in technology, economy and politics, and last but not least, of social change, These changes will also affect the flavor and fragrance industry in the 1990s. Nevertheless, it can be said that the middle/long-term (1988-1995) growth outlook is relatively favorable.

The Nose Is Not My Favorite Organ

Can you begin to imagine those primitive times when mankind was reduced to rubbing themselves with herbs or sticking flowers in their clothes? Now we can rejoice in the realization that there are fragrances in a whole host of products: cleansers for the body and hair, deodorants, skin creams, douches, candles, baths, floor wases, window washes, toilets, air fresheners, lipsticks, insecticides, stationery--the list is long. Yet obviously not long enough, because we are being challenged constantly to make the list longer.

Computers—Who Needs Them?

Today, we find personal computers everywhere in business as well as in many homes. Today’s personal computers are fast, powerful machines found on the desks of a large percentage of business people. General software systems are available that can be adapted by the users to meet a majority of their needs. In general, computers have become a common tool for doing business.

Past Fragrance Successes— What Does the Future Hold?

What is a successful fragrance? Fragrance is part of the entertainment industry. Past successful fragrances have captured the imagination of the public just like popular songs and popular movies, What will capture the public’s fancy in the future? Perhaps seeing what worked in different eras of the past will give a hint of what will work in the future.

Enhancing an Environment With Fragrance

Think of fragrancing possibilities to reinforce the predicted trends of the ’90s quiet and privacy. The ‘90s will go where our dreamers and entrepreneurial thinkers take us, Pay attention to small innovative company requests. These are idea people.

Fragrance Market in Japan

In this paper, I will explore the reasons that have prevented the Japanese fine fragrance market from expanding. Also, I will consider the relationship between consumer lifestyle and fragrance as well as the Japanese preference of fragrance.

Consumer Products Perfumery in the ’80s and ’90s

A great deal has transpired during the 1980s to consumer products perfumery, the consumer products industry and the perfume supply industry. The 1990s most likely will be filled with change as well. In this article, I will discuss these changes from my viewpoint as a functional products perfumer and business manager.

Basic Business Trends In The Worldwide Flavor and Fragrance Industry 1987-1990

Therefore, the consumption of flavors and fragrances is directly dependent on micro- and macro-economic conditions in these flavored and perfumed end-product markets. Growth in these end-product markets dictates the demand for flavor and fragrance materials.

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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Aroma Chemical Usage Trends In Modern Perfumery

The better creative perfumers give the lower priced fragrances a quality and uniqueness by adding more “exotic” intensely odored specialty products which, although of higher price, offer excellent strength to cost ratio. These materials, whether aroma chemical, or natural product, frequently comprise 80% or more of the total number of ingredients in a fragrance. In the case of fine fragrances, they often contribute the major part of the total cost. Such ingredients are beyond the scope of this paper, but will be the subject of a future article.

Safety and Regulatory Aspects of the 90’s — Environmental Trends

The fragrance and cosmetic companies will he under increasing scrutiny and pressure from customers to he more conversant and knowledgeable about issues relating to product safety and environmental safety. The consumers’ concerns will influence company marketing and sales platforms for the 90’s and beyond. This overview will assist you in better understanding the issues and complexities that the fragrance and cosmetic industries will be facing in a changing consumer environment in the 90’s.

The Overdose

The overdose is thereto glorify a perfume. The perfumer must feel free in the presence of his source materials, and not feel limited to a particular concentration of a product in his formula, under the delusion that one does not exceed certain known limits that have been set by successful perfumes.

The Nectar of Gaia

There is no doubt that aromachology, the new science that she describes as “combining the interrelationships of psychology and the latest in fragrance technology” is the way of the future. It will be complimented by the insights of psycho-aromatherapy which researches mood shifts in response to natural botanical oils.

Fragrance and Social Behavior

My research on fragrance and social behavior is concerned with how people use fragrances to create social images and to play social roles. As a social psychologist, I am well aware that people employ a wide variety of strategies and tactics, some subtle and others not-so-subtle, to control the images they convey to others. With the support of the Fragrance Research Fund, we are looking at the role that people’s choices of fragrances (that is, their perfumes, their colognes, their after-shaves) play in the fashioning of images.

1990’s Creative Challenges for a New Decade

Mr. Chairman, members of the American Society of Perfumers, honored guests and speakers. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 36th Annual Symposium of the Society. It is with particular pride and accomplishment that the society completes three and one-half decades of providing a forum for our industry. A forum which permits those within our industry or related to it to present their ideas or works to a large representation of the business at one time.

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