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Perfumes—and Perfumery

The perfume industry can generally be divided into three categories but without well-defined boundaries: prestige perfumery (French, American and Japanese), mass market alcoholic perfumery and non-alcoholic perfumery. A fourth category could be food flavors. Although they are not perfumery, they are nevertheless related to perfumery and are manufactured by the same firms.

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Art of perfumery: Exposing the Perfumer

What it means to be a perfumer in the information age and the need to communicate with consumers. According to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, a perfumer is defined as “one who makes or sells perfumes.” This rather simplistic definition, circa 1580, offers no insight into what a perfumer actually does.

International Perfumer Meeting: Enhancing the Recognition of Perfumery Worldwide

The first meeting of the international societies of perfumers, held at the 2014 World Perfumery Congress, addressed global cooperation to support perfumery.

New Perfumery Raw Materials

Nine companies presented new materials during the Thursday afternoon session. Chuck Yardley, Account Executive, and Gary Remans, Manager, Odor Control, Chem-Fleur International, introduced three new materials

Perfumer Support of Sales

To this observer, the session appeared to be a much appreciated direct dialogue between customer perfumers and supplier perfumers which apparently doesn’t happen very often

Creative process in perfumery

The process involved in the creation of a fragrance are many, complex, and terribly abstract. I would like to share with you my notions about how a perfume is created, primarily from the vantage point of what goes on in the perfumer's head. What are the sources of inspiration to the perfumer? How does a fragrance develop from concept to finished creation?

Perfumer/retailer—a silent partnership

Let’s be sure we don’t become the Chrysler Corporation of the fragrance industry and witch what were once great fragrances fade away from lack of attention or apathy, or not spending enough time working on or developing the business continually along progressive lines. I believe by the end of the 80s decade, we may be able to look back and say it is possible to teach an old dog new tricks.

Perfumers' Choice Awards 2011

Excellence in fragrance creation takes center stage

Perfumer & Flavorist--Year One

With this issue we complete the first year of publication of Perfumer & Flavorist. We will take this opportunity to report to our subscribers regarding the aims of this publication as well as the future plans.

Quality in a Perfume

The sooner the perfumer starts using all the other disciplines available, including and especially those of the manufacturer, the more success and the more quality will be put into each creation. So going back to the original preposition of the perfume and quality, the answer lies in the two words--total involvement.

Perfumery Techniques in Evolution—Ill

Now I would like to discuss our profession. I want to insist once again that new chemicals and essential oils have always opened up the flood gates of innovation and creativity; nowadays more than ever the perfumer can no longer continue to say that everything can he done just with talent, spontaneity, sensibility and creativity.

Celebrating Perfumery and Indie Brands

Highlights from the Elements Showcase, New York

China’s Perfumery Industry: Current Status

“To boost production and export of essential oils and aromatic chemicals, China must adjust its pricing policy to give farmers enough incentive to grow plants that produce these products,” Liu Shuquan said. “And, Chinese foreign trade workers should be more aggressive in marketing them. ”

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Blocki: The American Perfumer

How the revival of an American perfumery brand pays homage to the past in order to progress to the future.

Creative Perfumery in a Commercial World

A change in our mission has shown itself. We must at the same time seize everything new, everything innovative, anticipate in every way; we must also contribute to creating new consuming mediums, new consuming patterns.

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Perfumery’s Limits: Where is Niche Headed?

Most assume that the niche trajectory can keep moving at its current pace but what if niche in its current form is the apex of the movement?

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Scent & Spirit: Poisons, Potions and Perfumes

Danger and beauty have always gone hand-in-hand—or in this case, nose-in-heart—when it comes to some of the world’s most poisonous flowers. Here, we take a historical sniff at how oleander, datura and belladonna among others have been used for centuries in fragranced potions; with recent perfumers paying homage to the flowers’ alluring powers in the niche fragrance scene.

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Christophe Laudamiel: Perfumer of the Future

Christophe Laudamiel has spent his career eagerly embracing what he sees as the future of fragrance, and in some ways he already lives there.

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