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
We complete our journey through my ingredient alphabet (we began with A-G and H-P) and finish with Rose Absolue to Zingerone.
Hedione is one of the most widely used ingredients in perfumery. Phenyl ethylis one of the defining notes of a rose used in Stella McCartney’s Stella.
Exploring commonly used perfume ingredients. My initial approach was to go through the alphabet so one of the first I studied was Anethole
Sherri Sebastian discusses Fragrance Ingredients What’s inside my perfume? People seem to have an insatiable appetite for discussing fragrance ingredients, but I’ve always maintained that it’s the subtle interplay between these fragrance ingredients that matters most when discussing a fragrance’s character. In the coming months, the focus of my “Notes from the Lab” articles will be …