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1,3,5-Undecatriene and 2-Methoxy-3-isobutylpyrazine—Galbanum Green Notes

Chemistry and application in flavor and fragrance

A look at the recent launches in citrus-inspired fragrances.

Scents of Citrus

A look at the recent launches in citrus-inspired fragrances.

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Smoke, Leather & Tea: A Survey of 2015 Trends

A recent spate of trend reports for the year heightened the emergence of unique ingredients, sensory combinations and global influences. Herein is a survey of some of the year’s leading themes.

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Chemical Characterization of Vanilla pompona Scheide, Part I

In this four-part series, researchers extensively study the composition of Vanilla pompona for fragrance applications. Here, existing literature on V. pompona is reviewed and compared with V. tahitensis and V. planifolia. Test protocols for GC-MS and DTD-GC-MS are described, and some results are discussed.

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Scent and the Spirit - Sufism’s Fragrance of Love

One of the world’s most sublime mystical traditions, Sufism views scent as the spirit’s essence.

Shining a light on a commonly overlooked factor in the fermentation processes.

The Importance of Floral Notes in Fermentation

Shining a light on a commonly overlooked factor in the fermentation processes.

The Last Word: Sustainable Beauty in Naturals—Ylang-ylang and Vanilla

A conversation with Michel Girard, Remi Pulverail and Rodrigo Flores-Roux of Givaudan.

Quintis’ tree breeding program matures its sandalwood trees at 15 years compared to the traditional 25-27 years.

The MultiFaceted Indian Sandalwood

Like the gods in the multiverse pantheon, Santalum album’s oil continues to withstand the test of time.

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China's Burgeoning Aromatics Industry

The growing demand for aromatics, particularly for those provided by nature’s multitude of wild plants, could indeed bring prosperity in the not too distant future to peasants living on land that may not be suitable for crops but is overgrown with plants whose value even Jia Baoyu wouldn’t have realized.

Kesom Oil—A Natural Source of Aliphatic Aldehydes

The recent investigation of the plant habitats and the chemical analysis of the essential oils obtained from the leaves and stems provided some new findings that could prove highly useful to the flavour and fragrance industry. In this report the habitats of Polygonum minus Huds. and the chemical composition of leaf and stem oils are presented, and the possible relevance of Kesom oil as a new product is discussed.

Beyond BRIC: Traditional and New Natural Raw Materials and Supply Issues 137918788

Ingredients and sourcing in Indonesia, Tahiti, Réunion and Maghreb— highlights from Journées des Huiles Essentielles and Congrès International Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales

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Pierre Bénard Gives Advice to Budding Perfumers

Hear about Pierre Bénard's introduction to fragrance, current projects and more.

International Perfume Standards Program

In summary, we determined that it was necessary to have a fresh fragrance oil quality control standard representative of the quality of oil available in any given overseas location. We recognize that ensuring worldwide quality required a central location to evaluate and approve the initial samples of oils before being purchased around the world. Once an initial quality was determined, it was necessary to assure that each location had access to a fresh quality control standard representing this quality. A procedure was then set up to assure annual replacement of quality control standards.

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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Royalty And Fragrance: A Tale Of Two Palaces, Part 1

In our Scent and Spirit edition, part one of this two-part series explores the lush fragrances of the sultan’s court of the Deccan era in India from 15-1700s.

WFFC/NAFFS Focus on Food Safety

Supply chain management, intellectual property, limited disclosures

Java Vetiver Oil

Sustainable valorization for the perfumer market

Aromatic Chemicals from Heptaldehyde

Heptanal belongs to the cheapest aldehydic starting materials suitable for synthesis of odoriferous compounds. This article is intended to survey its chemistry in this aspect. The major use for heptanal is in the flavor and fragrance industry. This article will describe selected areas of groups of compounds where perfumery interest and organic chemical developments have impinged on each other.

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