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Inside Fragrance Creation: Sustainable Scents

Two top perfumers provide a guided tour of naturals producer Laboratoire Monique Rémy. “Our business is very simple: take [a botanical] at the right moment, and put it in a form which is available to the perfumer the rest of the year,” says Bernard Toulemonde, general manager of IFF subsidiary and naturals expert Laboratoire Monique Rémy (LMR). “Now you know everything,” he jokes.

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.

You will have to learn to use these materials not only in alcoholic dilution (as for fine fragrances) but also in several applications as these are offered to the consumers

Ask An Expert: Building Your Relationship with Fragrance Materials

Senior perfumer Serge Oldenbourg returns for part three of his four-part series.

Multisensory Exhibit Pushes the Perfumery Envelope

Focusing on putting artistry back into perfumery, Mane recently removed all creative (consumer demographics, concepts, etc.) and cost constraints from a team of perfumers as part of a multisensory marketing-led initiative dubbed Fragrance Avatar. The project allowed perfumers to create “from their very core.”

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A magnolia herbal fragrance ingredient

The first time Pierre Bénard encountered tuberose was in Grasse, during his training as a student perfumer at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery during a one-day symposium. Photo courtesy of Pierre Bénard.

Perfumer Pierre Bénard Shares How to Formulate with Tuberose

Creative perfumer, Pierre Bénard, discusses the material's versatility, usage and impact.

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Upholding the World's Most Ancient Fragrance Tradition

When it comes to fragrance tradition, India is where it all began. Krishnaraj Iyengar features one of the country’s oldest traditional perfumeries upholding the country’s millennia-old scented legacy.

Ru Supported Catalysts Testing in the Preparation of p-Isopropylcyclohexylmethanol

Optimizing the reaction conditions for this key aromatic material.

Aroma Chemical Profile: Indole

Indole’s long history of use in our industry results in a familiarity that allows many of us to consider it just another aroma chemical. Its early identification in jasmine flowers (along with benzyl acetate) has developed a tradition of its use in floral compositions.

P&F+'s May issue features creators share what inspires them, how their jobs have changed over the years and much more.

Profiles: Maud Chevalier

P&F+'s May issue features creators share what inspires them, how their jobs have changed over the years and much more.

Koray Sevinç, junior perfumer, MG International Fragrance Company.

Profiles: Koray-Sevinç

January's featured creators dive into their favorite aspects of their jobs, give advice for aspiring professionals and much more.

The November issue touches on the consumer demand for ingredient transparency in both flavor and fragrance.

Consumer Demands Drive Ingredient Transparency in F&F

Managing editor, Jenna Rimensnyder's editor's note for the November 2022 issue.

Bertrand Duchaufour shares that he came to perfumery because of a passion for fragrances when he was a teenager through a girlfriend who was passionate about perfumes.

One-on-One with AMAFFI Perfume House Perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour

Duchaufour shares how he came to the fragrance industry, how the job of a perfumer has evolved over the years and more.

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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.

Versailles was a practice in social ritual, royal etiquette and unrelenting opulence. It also happened to stink like an outhouse.

Royalty and Fragrances Part 2: The Scent of Versailles

Part two explores the fragrantly decadent court of Marie Antoinette, where her perfumer, Jean-Louis Fargeon saturated everyone in Versailles.

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Profiles: Rolph Gasparian

This month's Profiles column features Rolph Gasparian, perfumer at Mane.

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Forward Thinking: Fragrance Frenzy

Vying for consumers, fine fragrance market activity is being driven by genderless fragrance directions, fragrance books, attention grabbing packaging, store experiences, sampling and technology.

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The Future of Fragrance: World Perfumery Congress 2016

This year's congress brought together more than 1,100 attendees worldwide to discuss what makes "scents" in fragrance sustainability.

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