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Beyond the Obvious - Unexpected Perfume Ingredients

Beyond the Obvious: Unexpected Perfume Ingredients You May Not Know

At La Via del Profumo, we create perfumes only from natural materials, and many of them go far beyond the classic rose, jasmine, or citrus. Some ingredients might sound eccentric at first, but they are part of the rich history of perfumery…
A New Ethical Standard Towards Perfume Consumers

A New Ethical Standard Towards Perfume Consumers
The ECLIP List

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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Danger of musk ketone in perfumes

Musk ketone is widely used as a synthetic alternative to natural musks and is extensively found in various consumer products such as perfumes, cosmetics, soaps, lotions, sprays, and detergents. Studies have revealed a number of dangers of…
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Correcting commercial fragrances with animal pheromones

The kit of the practical Phero-researcher From a research made with Basenoters with Hyraceum, Castoreum., Civet musk and Honey bee’s wax Eule: Bal a Versailles –  This scent defies classification for me.  Powdery, musky, animalic,…
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Thoughts from Timbuktu – fixatives

Our customs evolve as generations pass, but the words of our language endure, often taking on different meanings and becoming misleading. A century ago, perfumes were primarily used on handkerchiefs, scarves, and gloves rather than directly…
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Hyraceum, tincturing a 10,000 years old pheromone

The tincture is obtained by infusing the powdered raw material into pure organic non denatured alcohol 96°. Hyraxes seem to be quite average little critters, resembling an over-grown guinea-pig and famous almost solely for being the closest…
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Tri-dimensional Perfumery

My search for the real musk deer scent has carried me in some of the farthest spots of the Hindu Kush but at last, I found it from its fount. I fully understand the need of all perfumers for a sustainable musk scent substitute, but the…