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Patent Pick: Bitter Flavor

Patent Picks are compiled by the editors from publicly available sources. The present inventions feature developments relating to bitter taste perception.

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Patent Picks—Silk Encapsulation

Patent Picks are compiled by the editors from publicly available sources. The present inventions feature developments using silk to encapsulate flavor and/or fragrance materials.

Para-Hydroxy Phenyl Butanone

The organoleptic impression of this chemical is so specific (somewhat like vanillin’s relationship to vanilla), that most of us refer to this material by its functionally derived name raspberry ketone. Thus shall it be referred to throughout this review.

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Lavender: a Perfumer's Perspective

Perfumers awaken human emotion through scent, often triggering strong memories tied to loved ones, the carefree happiness of childhood and rediscovery. For Givaudan senior perfumer Marypierre Julien, lavender is one of those ingredients.

Claude Grison, Ph.D., scientific director, BioInspir, and research director, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

Cosmetic Victories Profile: Claude Grison, Ph.D., on Ecocatalysts for Sustainable Fragrances

In this interview, Claude Grison, Ph.D., describes BioInspir's invention of ecocatalysis: a new branch of sustainable chemistry based on the use of plant-based catalysts for green and innovative organic synthesis.

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F&F Literature Review: Pinpointing Performance

In this literature review, P&F examines the recent studies and research on the performance of F&F materials.

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Newest Manufactured Product Propyl Levulinate

With applications in baked goods, beverages and frozen dairy products our high-quality propyl levulinate is manufactured to give your next formulation a pleasantly sweet caramellic flavor.

IFF Perfumer Promotions

IFF names new senior perfumer VPs and senior perfumers.

Patent Picks—Sweet and Savory

Patent Picks are compiled by the editors from publicly available sources. The present inventions feature developments related to sweet and savory tastes.

Agony and Ecstasy of the International Perfume Company, from the Perfumer’s Point of View

Most importantly, we perfumers must share our credo with those who buy, sell and use our creations. We need to stress the utility and positive role of perfumes in everyday life. Together, we will seek the ideal balance that permits the perfumery industry to forget its fears of agony—and to continue to grow and to progress toward ecstasy.

Nantong—China’s Peppermint Producing Center

Now Nantong supplies about 30% of China’s peppermint oil and about 1/10 of the worlds total. Some 10,000 hectares of land in the area are devoted to growing peppermint.

Progress in Essential Oils: Yarrow Oil, Spikenard Oil, and Dwarf Pine and Mountain Pine Oils

This month's column discusses the chemical compositions of yarrow oil, spikenard oil, and dwarf pine and mountain pine oils

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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.

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Profiles in Perfumery: “I’m an Indie”

Mandy Aftel’s “do-it-yourself” philosophy and focus on natural perfumery have resulted in a successful, unconventional fragrance career. Vanity Fair magazine has called her the “Angel of Alchemy,” but what Mandy Aftel, founder of Aftelier Perfumes, does is more simply explained. She makes scents for solid and liquid perfumes, face and body care products, custom perfumes, and more.

Dorene Petersen: The Promise of Aromatherapy

The thing I am excited to dispel is the considerable degree of skepticism regarding aromatherapy,” says Dorene Petersen, founder and president of American College of Healthcare Sciences.

The Biochemistry and Psychology of Perfumery

The experimental work described int his paper represents some of the first attempts to study perfumery phenomena in an academic environment. Many complex questions to be asked about our reactions to fragrances are best tackled in a research group which is removed from the daily pressures of a manufacturing environment. There is increasing interest in chemoreception research.

Company Training of Perfumers—Part II

In the first part of this series, we described methods of selecting suitable candidates for perfumery training and how to test their abilities. This part is devoted to the preliminary training and testing of the trainee

2-Phenylethyl Alcohol: An Aroma Profile

Phenylethyl alochol is a higher aromatic alcohol characterized by a delicate fragrance of rose petals starting at 20 ppm.

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