ÇaFleureBon Notes from The Lab: Animalic Ingredients “A Different Kind of Animal”
Unlike vintage fragrances of the past, animalic ingredients today are not real civet, musk or castoreum and perfumers substitute with synthetic accords
Unlike vintage fragrances of the past, animalic ingredients today are not real civet, musk or castoreum and perfumers substitute with synthetic accords
Exploring commonly used perfume ingredients. My initial approach was to go through the alphabet so one of the first I studied was Anethole
Composing gardenia perfumes defies the easy categories. It is iconic and yet difficult to capture. For as many perfumers there as many formulas-natural and constructed
The first modern Violet perfume was Roget et Gallet Vera Violetta in 1895. The flower of modesty, royalty, of fidelity or death, violet can also have a not so shy side. The history of violet flowers in art, literature , legend and lore as well as in depth look at the violets and ionones used in haute and natural perfumes.
From the Bronze Age to the Modern Age, Saffron has been one of the most prized ingredients in Perfumery
If galbanum is in the room you generally know it is there. Draws from Vero Kern, Maria Candida Gentile, Tommi Sooni, Atelier Cologne, Lush Gorillaz, Robert Piguet, Etat Libre D’Orange, DSH Perfumes, Anya’s Garden and Tambela. Go Green or go home