Search Perfumer & Flavorist

9 Results

Type: Article

pf_pea_thumb_12817

Sweet Pea (Pois de Senteur) in Perfumery

Sweet Pea is a late comer to perfumery, compared with jasmin, rose, violet and other florals. No natural sweet pea flower oil is available, and therefore only synthetic sweet pea compounds are used in perfumery.

New Resources of Essential Oils in China

China's enormous land area extends over a great variety of land types which includes tropical, subtropical and temperate zones. Favorable conditions, therefore, exist for the growth of a wide range of aromatic plants.

jasmine

Flavor Bites: Benzyl acetate

Though this ingredient is mostly associated with berry flavors, its characteristics can provide a striking berry nuance in a variety of non-fruit flavors.

Benzyl Alcohol

An arThe above descriptions are only a sampling of the recorded organoleptic impressions one finds in the Flavor and Fragrance literature. A review of these sources results in an initial impact of confusion on the reader. Later on, this impression changes to the opinion that the reviewers must be examining widely different materials. Herein lies the key to benzy alcohol's true organoleptic nature.

Flavor Bites: Ethyl Salicylate

This article explores the wide uses of ethyl salicylate in a variety of flavor categories including berry, fruit, and brown flavors.

Methyl Salicylate, or Oil of Wintergreen

Methyl salicylate is an aromatic ester whose principal natural source is wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) and sweet birch (Betula lenta) plants. Its history is intertwined with that of salicylic acid and its other derivatives, all of which were recognized by early man as having theraputic values.

The best level of addition to blackcurrant flavors is around 100 ppm.

Methyl Salicylate in Berry, Fruit, Alcoholic Drinks & Other Flavors

See how this flavorist's relationship with methyl salicylate while transitioning from Europe to the U.S.

pf_lead2_81417

Progress in Essential Oils: Myrica Gale

Adored by beavers, once found in beers of north western Germany during the Middle Ages and used as an effective insect repellant or a perfumery ingredient, myrica gale oil's constituents can shed new light to formulators on other ways it can be used in F&F.

ylangylang

Progress in Essential Oils: Ylang Ylang and Cananga oil

This month's column discusses the chemical compositions of ylang ylang and cananga oil.

Page 1 of 1