Perfume ingredients

 

Basmati rice and Jasmine

It’s been a while since I posted something on my blog. I was very busy with doing other stuff, which I enjoyed very much so though. Well, I’m back!I’m working on a new perfume, based on Egyptian Jasmine absolute combined with the scent of Indian Basmat…

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Vetiver, Vanilla and Angel

Right now it’s raining here in Wolvega, in spite of the rain that is falling down at the moment, we had a lovely sunny weekend. I spent most part of the weekend on sniffing some of my new fragrance materials, and working on my fragrance with magnolia. …

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Peony

The flowers around me are so inspiring these days. I can’t get enough of smelling all these lovely fragrances. A lot of flowers are blooming in my garden and I can’t resist to smell them every time I pass by them. When I smell them I wonder in my head …

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Chemophobia

Do the chemicals: 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-ol or1,3(E),5(Z)-undecatriene or 1-p-menthene-8-thiol sounds like dangerous chemcials to you, or would you hear any alarm bells when you know that these chemicals were ingredients of the perfume you are wearing ri…

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Stinky

How can bad, stinky smells turn into something wonderful smelling? In perfumery we not only use delicate wonderful smelling components, we sometimes use very stinky components too. For example Jasmine is a wonderful smelling flower, it’s one of my fav…

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Pink lotus

This painting perfectly shows how pink lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) possesses an amazing ability to flourish in a variety of environments ranging from clear ponds to muddy marshes. How can the flowers be so pure and delicate above the waters while its roo…

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