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Judgement in Fragrance Creation and Selection

Perfumer's Notebook. This analysis emphasizes the kinds of judgments the perfumer must make in the process of creation of a fragrance. The perfumer must be capable of an imaginative approach, be able to objectively evaluate his work through sound testing techniques, be able to make correct decisions, and have a thorough knowledge of the aroma materials with which he works.

Molecule of the Month: Cyclooctenyl Methyl Carbonate

Chemistry and application in agrumen, aldehydic, alpine bouquet, amaryllis, apple and apple blossom fragrances.

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Keeping Laundry Detergent Fresh

As consumers become more sophisticated with their fragrance choices in home care, air care, candles and car care among others, fragrances are beginning to emerge as a popular feature in laundry detergent products as well.

From calming scents to invigorating fragrance notes, mood- and emotion-forward design is winning over beauty's youngest shoppers.

Fragrance’s Moody Moment

Gen Z and Generation Alpha view scent through an emotional well-being lens; here’s what that means for the category.

Orange blossom

Orange blossoms are the flowers from the bitter orange tree, Citrus Aurantium Linnaeus. Originating in China, the bitter orange tree was probably introduced to southern France somewhere between the tenth and eleventh centuries AD byt the conquering Arabs. It remained the only orange known to Europeans for about five centuries. Since the fruit of this tree is so unpalatable (though more sour than bitter from this author's first hand experience) it is no wonder that products for fragrances were developed.

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Orange blossom absolute: it’s all about Spain!

Bring a touch of freshness to your creations while sustaining bitter orange trees from Seville’s historical supply chain.

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Excite Your Taste Buds While Wearing a FREE set of Apple Airpods

The Sigma-Aldrich® aroma chemicals team would like to offer two lucky winners a pair of Apple Airpods by showing their interest in our new products.

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Forward Thinking: Fragrances Spring Forward, Part 1

Current fine fragrance activity is being driven by experiential retailers, custom fragrance technology, natural fragrances, gender-fluid launches, hero ingredients, eye-catching packaging, book releases and beverages using scents to enhance the olfactory experience.

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Quality Raw Materials and Technology for Authentic and Natural Apple and Citrus Flavors

Naturalness is the strongest trend in the food and beverage sector, resulting in stronger demand for natural and fruit-derived flavors.

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Forward Thinking: Fragrances of the Moment

Fine fragrance continues to be a competitive landscape, with a plethora of fragrance applications and choices across all distributions. With a myriad of options, consumers are no longer confined to fine fragrance for a memorable fragrance experience.

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Forward Thinking: Hair Flair, Fragrance and Care

Hair colorants, customized hair products and innovative hair care applications inspired by skin care are providing new opportunities and challenges for fragrance houses and consumer packaged goods manufacturers.

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Forward Thinking: Fierce Fragrances

Fine fragrance activity is being driven by new entrants, fashion designers, pop culture icons and entertainers and wearable scents. Novel packaging, fragrance focused retailers and interactive scent experiences continue to attract consumers.

6 Trends and Innovations in Ambient Scent

Books, Italy, and summer scents are popular home fragrance themes while collaborations, sustainable candles, and air care innovations continue.

Custom Essence perfumer Ana Morales and marketing manager Nicole Oram note, “Gourmands continue to stay relevant and evolve based on consumer’s preferences. Gen Z finds gourmand fragrances indulgent, comforting, and playful.'

Gourmand Candles, Interactive Scent Activations, Sustainability & Odor-neutralizing Tech Lead Air Care Market Trends

See the latest collaborations and insights from fragrance industry leaders in the air care segment.

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Perfume Goes Genderless: The Rise of the Third Option

Through its modern style, inclusive nature and fresh take on scent, unisex fragrances are breaking fragrance traditions and creating new opportunities.

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Fragrances and Fragranced Products: A Strong Alliance

The powerful appeal of many soaps, detergents and cleaning products to consumers is often directly related to the products’ scents. Producers and suppliers of cleaning products understand that an amazing amount of research and innovation goes into the creation of product fragrances and that fragrance ingredients are at the leading edge in the defense of protections for trade secrets.

Social Interaction and Fragrance Use: Personal Fragrance Use

A Summary of Research Conducted for the Fragrance Research Fund. Despite the widespread use of personal fragrances and their assumed influence on social behavior, there has been little research documenting such influence. The goal of the proposed study was to provide such documentation, to understand the role fragrances play in determining social behavior.

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Fragrance Trends: Global Fragrance -- Not Making Scents

The fragrance industry faces declining sales, increasing competition and a shorter shelf life. Valued at $25 billion last year, the global market for fragrance continues to flounder, with sales increasing at a rate that is slower than the average growth for the industry as a whole (see T-1). Why is this market proving to be such a challenge?

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