How do you read perfume ingredients and notes?
Understand why the scent notes on a perfume card differ from the package ingredient list, and what each can actually tell you.
FRAGRANS SCENT JOURNAL
Materials
51 articles · The origin, extraction and scent effect of perfume materials.
51 articles
Does pheromone perfume work?
A close look at human pheromone perfume claims: what controlled studies tested, what they found, and what remains unproven.
Rose oil, rose absolute and rose water: what is the difference?
Follow distillation and solvent extraction to see why rose oil, absolute and rose water are different products.
How is oud oil made? Distilling resinous agarwood
Follow resinous Aquilaria wood through preparation, hydrodistillation and oil separation; distinguish oud notes from actual oil.
How is perfume made?
Perfume is made by blending natural extracts from distillation, expression and solvent extraction with synthetic molecules, then diluting the formula in alcohol.
How do natural and synthetic woody notes differ?
Learn the differences among natural oils, isolated constituents, synthetic molecules, biotechnology and woody accords through sandalwood, cedar and oud.