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Progress in Essential Oils: Spanish Sage Oil

Sage has been used as a spice and medicine throughout history with its use, growing in a variety of flavor and fragrance applications. This month, we take a closer look at the chemical constituents of pure and hybrid Spanish sage oils.

Essential Oils for Aromatherapy

The aromatherapy boom has created a strong market for the sale of essential oils, though the industry’s ingredient needs may vary from those of conventional fragrance and cosmetic manufacturers.

What future essential oils?

Communication between the essential oil supplier, fragrance supplier, and marketer must be improved. We are not always in a position to know which odor areas interest you. Your most creative fragrance ideas might be available today, with the right combination of natural products and natural-like aroma chemicals recently developed. This potent combination now allows for the greatest creative effort ever possible.

9th International Congress of Essential Oils—Report

The magnificent panorama of Singapore greeted delegates to the 9th International Congress of Essential Oils, March 13-17, 1983. As the only city in Southeast Asia with facilities for such a major International Congress, Singapore lived up to its reputation as the commercial and convention capital. The Mandarin Hotel also proved an excellent choice with more than adequate room for all the meetings, formal and informal, that are such an important part of every congress.

Computerized Laboratory Mixing Station for Perfume Oils

A very high qualiiy standard is possible through automation. This means low costs. This is the basis for success in an ever stronger competitive market.

32nd International Days of Essential Oils & Extracts

Cinnamon, patchouli, vetiver, osmanthus, extraction techniques and more.

Natural Essential Oils: Current Trends in Production, Marketing and Demand

The foregoing analysis is of course in no way meant to be exhaustive, but is intended to illustrate that, although the picture is uneven, in many respects existing and potential producers of natural essential oils are faced with an uphill struggle in the years ahead. Increasingly it will be of paramount importance for producers, especially those about to enter the market for the first time, or those attempting to produce familiar oils in untried locations, to maintain very close liaison with interested buyers at all stages of their production plans.

Interrelation of trends in the American fragrance market and the essential oil industry

Continued dialogue and cooperation between essential oil suppliers and creative perfumers must be maintained and strengthened if the growing demands of the American market are to be satisfied.

The Future of Natural Essential Oils in the Flavor and Fragrance Industry

The essential oil industry worldwide remains healthy, although at present there may be over-production for some specific essential oils. With all the progress in the field of chemistry, has the essential oil industry dropped by the wayside, a victim of technological advance? The answer is emphatically no !

Citrus essential oils face a number of issues that can alter their composition or quality from season to season and even within a given season.

Essential Oils and Citrus Blends: Maintaining Quality Amidst Rising Costs and Adulteration

Discover the innovative strategies and testing techniques they are adopting to ensure that every drop meets the highest standards, even in a volatile market.

Rejuvenate or Perish

How US-based F&F companies might change tactics in the turbulent age of globalization.

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New Niche: Simple or Simplistic?

From simple packaging to simple product names, the trends in niche fragrances are seeing a growing demand for minimalism. Are the fragrances themselves following a similar path when it comes to formulations?

Tomorrow—perfumes or just odors?

This is an attempt to clarify the ideal art of perfumery for which I and a number of my perfumer friends strive. We are perfumers who know very well that we must apply ourselves to the needs of business but who have not given up our art, believing that it is still possible to follow passionately our marvelous craft--a craft that is the source of so many artistic emotions and so many disillusions, like steppingstone along the path to creation.

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Fine Fragrance: Art or Business

Perfume has always been part of our environment, of our well-being, and will become more and more a sort of defense against the surrounding materialistic world. A touch of fantasy, an element of dream, of escape at “arms reach’’-or should we say “at flagon’s reach.”

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The Natural-Organic-Green-Sustainability Conundrum

The rising profile of natural and organic fragranced products has paralleled increasing supply issues and certification complications. Meanwhile, growing demands for green and sustainable products create new conflicts.

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.

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2017 Leaderboard: Robertet Focuses on Organic Growth

While already having success in the F&F industry, Robertet plans to continue its growth with goals focusing on organic growth and continuing partnerships to develop new ingredients and work with technology.

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Out of the Tube: Expanding Oral Care's Sensory Experience

Could a strategic shake-up in flavor development trigger some surprising effects in other olfactory product categories?

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