Perfumer

The practice of meditation needs to have an atmosphere that can promote a feeling of calmness and relaxation. Certain scents have an incredible ability to enhance the sense of relaxation and serenity that can help transform the body and mind during meditation. For this reason, regular meditators are looking for fragrances that can help enhance their meditative experience. But with the overwhelming availability of fragrances in the market, it’s challenging to determine which fragrance is good for meditation.

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. 

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,…

Olfactory psychology refers to the science that describes the effects of smells on the human psyche and nervous system, playing an important role in activating the endocrine system. It involves multiple psychological factors such as emotion, mood, memory, and behavior. Scents have been found closely intertwined with emotion and memory.

Ambergris is an animal pheromone and works well with several natural perfume oils such as oud, sandalwood, rose, and jasmine. Like all animal pheromones, it shows significant effects on hormonal activities, making it a very popular aphrodisiac for men and an infertility cure for women.

 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.

During Italian Renaissance, it was prohibited for unmarried girls to walk through Tuberose gardens for their bewitching and erotic power, so they wouldn’t sink into the intoxicating scents of the flowers and men maddened by the bewitching smells. Where jasmine absolutes reveal the joy on the faces, it is said that women who exude the fragrance of Tuberose might cause mimicry recalling orgasm.

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.

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. 

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.