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The Perfume of Sanctity
The perfume of Sanctity: scents are detectable, yet intangible and most frequently unseen, and they possess the ability to represent and even facilitate communication with ethereal entities, all while being fleeting.

Perfume Aging: How Time Affects Natural Fragrances
Explore how aging influences the scent profile of natural perfumes and get tips for proper storage
Time affects natural fragrances in several ways, including color and scent profile changes, shelf life, climate change, and storage. The chemical…

A New Ethical Standard Towards Perfume Consumers
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Fragrantica interview with AbdesSalaam Attar
by Naheed Shoukat Ali 08/30/11 12:17:00
For most people the only factor that determines their purchase of a perfume is that they like the smell of it. However, more people every year ask…
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Aromatherapy Arsenal: Essential Oils for Earache
Earache is a common health concern affecting both adults as well as children. Those who have ever experienced it, know how painful they can be. In today’s critical world of drug side effects, many people are turning to natural essential…

Is Agarwood the same as Oud?
Both terms “Oud” and “Agarwood” are highly valued in the perfume world and are often used interchangeably even though they are not the same elements, but they come from the same source, Aquilaria trees. Oud and Agarwood are different…

Saffron Perfume – Odor, Properties, Distillation and History
In the world of perfumery, where scents weave tales of beauty, mystique, and memory, few ingredients possess the enigmatic charm of saffron. This cherished spice, hailed for its distinct flavor in culinary arts, also boasts a captivating…
Side Effects of Chemical Perfumes
Perfumes have historically been used for distinctive pleasant smells that make us feel relaxed and rejuvenated. But the side effects of chemical perfumes have become a major concern nowadays since the vast majority of perfumes are made from hazardous chemicals. Therefore, they are found to be associated with various health complications ranging from asthma to skin allergies to even cancer.
All Natural Perfumes
All natural perfumes are by far different than synthetic ones. If you have ever experienced the kind of sense of olfactory opulence natural fragrances can evoke in your body and mind and the healing benefits they can produce for your emotional and physical health, you will definitely understand that pure unadulterated perfumes are undoubtedly priceless gifts of nature that do not have any analogy.
Oud Attar
The exquisite and complex scent of oud is intriguing and rare, and certainly, a precious gift of nature that is able to create a unique olfactory experience that evokes a sense of majesty, opulence, and supreme luxury. Oud is derived from agarwood, the resinous dark heartwood of a rare tropical tree called aquilaria native to the dense forest areas of India and some other parts of Southeast Asia.
History of Perfume
Different cultures around the world prepared and used perfumes in many different interesting ways throughout history. Perfumes were expensive and used by the upper classes to distinguish their nobility. Perfume originated from Western Asia and was further refined by the Arabs, Persians, and Romans and eventually reached the West.
Custom Perfume – Your signature scent
Have you ever dreamt of wearing a perfume that is composed only for you entirely on your bespoke request and nobody else wears? If yes, then a custom perfume is the only solution that provides you advantages to compose your distinct signature…
The Art of Perfumery – History and spirituality
Perfumes have been closely linked with human civilizations for thousands of years and the art of perfumery is continuously evolving over time since its origin. In ancient times they were associated with various aspects of life including spiritual,…
Jasmine Perfume – Properties, Distillation, and History
Jasmine perfume oil has diverse uses and benefits, making it one of the most expensive natural oils in the world. About 1 million flowers are required to produce 1 kg of jasmine absolute. Jasmine, popularly known as "the Queen of the night", helps to maintain emotional balance by promoting euphoric and peaceful feelings.
Jasmine helps to alleviate stress and anxiety without producing any sedative effects. Therefore, it’s also useful in reducing inflammatory conditions caused by emotional stress.
Turkish Rose – Properties, Distillation, and History
The great physician Ibn-al-Sina, commonly known as Avicenna in modern medicine, was the first scientist who emphasized the beneficial effects of rose essence on the heart and the brain. He praised rose water for its effective benefits on the mind and soul, and its tremendous benefits on brain function and cognitive power.
In India, Nur Jahan, Moghul Emperor Jahangir's wife, used to take bath in a pond filled with roses.
Why Phthalates in Perfumes are Dangerous?
Phthalates in Perfumes are Dangerous? Due to laws that protect perfume manufacturers from sharing "trade secrets", most perfumes sold commercially are packed with harmful chemicals that aren’t listed individually on the ingredient label.
Instead, these fatal chemicals are simply covered by the term "fragrance" – an umbrella word that could mean a variety of different ingredients and hide the actual one.
Which Niche Perfumery?
Your choice in selecting between mainstream and niche perfumery depends on how you want to wear your scents. Do you want to wear simply a famous scent? Or do you want to wear a unique scent and be remembered due to your unique smell?
If you have allergies and higher sensitivity to some substances, you’ll need to consider only natural perfumes that typically come under the group of natural niche perfumes.
Natural Perfumes Benefits
Wearing natural perfume is one of the most traditional luxuries which has been used since ancient ages. In the early days, perfumes were made truly based on natural ingredients, and physicians used natural fragrance oils to prepare diverse types of medicines.
Aromatherapy benefits: Natural perfumes or essential oils have been used for therapeutic purposes for centuries. Most natural fragrance oils have significant healing properties that are effective in improving the body, mind, and soul.
Rose Attar
Rose Attars are typically natural essential oils derived from the petals of diverse types of roses. Rose attars are made through the steam distillation process while rose absolutes are collected through the solvent extraction process.
The absolutes are more commonly used in the perfumery industry and the techniques of production originated in Persia.
Oakmoss Perfume
Oakmoss (or oak moss) is one of the most beloved substances to perfumers around the world. It’s a type of fungi lichen that usually grows on the branches and trunks of the oak trees.
The essential oil derived from this moss primarily used in perfumery as a fixative or base note. Someone may feel its smell very strong and earthy, but to most perfume lovers oakmoss scent is unique with natural woody and leather-like undernote with no other similarities in the world.
Arabic Perfumes
Perfumery has been a cultural tradition in the Arab communities for thousands of years. Typically, Arabs are highly principled and demanding people, and using quality perfumes has been treated as a mark of luxurious status in Arabian societies since the ancient ages. Arabic perfumes always acquire a top position with their complex and pleasant smells.
What is an Attar?
Attars are basically highly concentrated perfumes, free from alcohol and synthetic chemicals. Attars are respected as an identity of majesty, honor, and glory. Attars have an extremely long shelf-life and don’t need any preservatives.
Oud Perfumes
Oud is derived from the wood of agar tree (Aquilaria malaccensis) that typically grows in Southeast Asian countries.
When a specific mold infection occurs in the wood, the plant excretes a resinous substance that is dark and highly scented. This resin is often called "black gold" or "liquid gold". The term "Oud" refers to both the resinous dark wood and the liquid oil distilled from it.
How to make natural perfumes
How to make natural perfumes
"Making perfumes is easy", says Guy Robert to his colleagues at the prestigious British Society of Perfumers, link He details with humourism the different ways in which a perfume comes into being. A genesis of…
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TheNonBlonde.com - La Via del Profumo- Sharif review
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Coco Chanel famously said " Elegance is refusal". It can be applied to many things, including the idea of nobility that AbdesSalaam Attar, the perfumer…