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The Role of Terpenes in Natural Fragrances
At the heart of natural scents lie compounds called terpenes. Terpenes are a manifold class of organic compounds produced by a variety of plants, particularly conifers, and are responsible for the distinctive aromas of many herbs and flowers.…

Creating Resinous Perfumes: A Novice Perfumer’s Guide
Resinous perfumes are a category of fragrances composed of various types of resins as a base note upon which the rest of the scents are built. Resins, also known as balms, are thick, sticky, viscous substances exudated from trees. When resins…

DIY Natural Perfume Kits: Create Your Summer Fresh Scent at Home
Creating your summer fresh scent at home is a rewarding and joyful activity. Not only does it give you a chance to compose perfumes that reflect your very own personality, but it also provides a deeper appraisal of your art of perfumery.…
How to Make Your Own Natural Perfume at Home: Embrace the Essence of Nature
The use of good smells as perfumes dates back to the dawn of human civilization. However, the modern perfumes available to us contain mostly synthetic chemicals that can be harmful to both our health and the environment. The best alternative…
Aromatherapy for Mental Self-Improvement
A healthy mental state is critical for all aspects of life including health, happiness, and finance. In today’s overwhelming complex lifestyle, our mind is getting enormously hampered by a whole range of varying factors ranging from unhealthy…
Gourmand Perfumes
Gourmand perfumes are relatively new in the entire fragrance world, they have become the primary choice in the cooler seasons, especially when we want to snuggle up to autumn fragrances during the transition from summer to fall. They are delicious, seductive, as well as warm, and may come in various facets ranging from foodies to spices to florals. Just like a well-equipped kitchen, the composition range is not limited.
Autumn Fragrances
Scents that fit cooler climates of fall and evoke feelings of warmth and help capture the diverse essence of nature are often recommended as autumn fragrances The choices of fall scents are just limitless. They are usually richer and stronger than their summer counterparts. However, most choices include the perfumes of the Woody, Leathery, and Gourmand families.
Vetiver Perfume: Properties, Distillation, and History
Vetiver oil acts as a natural antioxidant that may help reduce a wide range of inflammations. It also shows antiseptic actions that can help eliminate and inhibit the growth of invasive bacteria.
The vetiver oil is also used in messages to improve circulation, metabolism, and digestion. It naturally alleviates muscular aches and soothes joint stiffness and pain.
Essential Oils for Infections
Some essential oils have tremendous anti-microbial properties that can heal a large number of infective conditions including ear infections, sinus infections, bladder infections, skin infections, kidney infections, and urinary tract infections among others.
Natural White Musk – Ambrette
Aromatherapy uses: Essential oils derived from the ambrette seeds emanate a wonderful soft musky smell, making it very beneficial in aromatherapy.
The white musk scent of ambrette essential oil has been widely used in aromatherapy for treating anxiety, nervousness, and depression among other emotional imbalances.
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.
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.
Ginger Essential Oil Benefits
Benefits of ginger oil in medicines
Ginger oil’s digestive and detoxifying actions enhance the digestion process and help to eliminate toxins from the body. Besides, it alleviates discomforts associated with the bowel and stomach, including dyspepsia, diarrhea, stomach ache, flatulence, spasms, and colics.
Patchouli – Psychology of a perfume
Patchouli perfume
Patchouli is an oil that is essential in many ways in the composition of natural perfumes.
It is obtained from the dried leaves of the Patchouli bush, which are macerated in water before being distilled.
Its aroma is…
Second and Third day of Perfumery Course
Yesterday everybody shot a few arrows and realized how innate is archery in us.
The world of perfumery is in need of a philosophy and of ethics. What are the state of today's philosophy and ethics? We have perfumes full of chemicals…
Perfumery Course First day
10 students from 6 different countries came to Italy to follow my course on how to compose perfumes with be best materials of perfumery, the natural ingredients. Several of them have attempted to make perfumes with these ingredients in the…
Thoughts from Timbuktu – fixatives
Our customs change as generations pass but the words of our language remain, some of them taking a different meaning or even becoming misleading.
A century ago perfumes were largely used on handkerchiefs, scarves and gloves rather than…
Olfactory Education in Schools
There is a clear parallel between music and perfumery, between olfactory and musical melodies, and we shall use this likeness in order to understand better the "why" and the "how" of olfactory education.
Just like music, perfumery is an art…
Thoughts from Timbuktu: olfactory jewels
I really did not choose to become a natural perfumer or to make exclusively natural perfumes. I noticed from the beginning that I could successfully use natural essences to cure myself while chemical ingredients, which I also used to wear…
Olfactory education
There is a clear parallel between music and perfumery, between olfactory and musical melodies, and we shall use this likeness in order to understand better the "why" and the "how" of olfactory education.
Just like music, perfumery is an art…