First off, to be clear, this is not the modern Sauvage from Dior featuring Johnny Depp. This is the original 1966 Edmond Roudnitska masterpiece cologne: the first mass market fragrance to use the glorious power of hedione, newly discovered and captive by Firmenich at the time. This is my version of the fragrance which I …
This is the formula for a fragrance I make for my own use. It is full of ingredients that are outright banned from commercial use and quantities of luxury materials that are simply beyond the pocket book of most people. I found this at some point in my travels through various perfumery books or websites …
There is no one stop shop for all perfumery needs. Over the years I have built relationships and used the services of most suppliers and it seems that a good reference covering all of them doesn’t really exist anywhere on the net. So here is my big list of suppliers. Please feel free to add …
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What did it smell like in a concentration camp? What was the last thing the victims of the Titanic smelled on the fateful night she sank? Do you want to know what it smells like in outer space or the scent of an Ancient Egyptian temple? Discover the astonishing answers to these questions and more, …
Since the dawn of civilization, man has been a perfumed creature. Whether it be for improving the smell of our environment, offerings to please the gods, or simply to mask unpleasant body odors, perfume has played a constant role in our history. The earliest perfumes were composed of all-natural ingredients. Perfumes for the gods were …
Green Irish Tweed is one of the most brilliantly constructed green fougere type fragrances ever created. In this, my version, I am including all of the original non-IFRA and non-EU compliant ingredients because it is profoundly beautiful in its original form. You can always do substitutes if you are concerned with those regulating bodies. Additionally, …
“Every city, let me teach you, has its own smell.” So said E. M. Forster in A Room With A View. As a hobbyist perfumer I am fascinated by smell—particularly the smells of history. It was a precious and rare vial of the 1905 perfume, L’Origan, that decided me on the hobby. I openened the …
Some time ago I published the formula for a dianthine base – modeled on the famed Dianthine of Firmenich. It is a beautiful base with many uses but it is primarily a top and heart note formula. Here I am presenting a heart to base note formula built around Givaudan’s most amazing methyl diantilis – …
Neroli Portofino is a very popular modern take on the classic cologne. Neroli is used in a vast number of men’s fragrances as a basic note, and in women’s fragrances often as an accent. In traces or overdose it is exceedingly beautiful. This formula takes the Tom Ford iteration of a cologne and ramps it …
In perfume, the nearly odorless solar chemical benzyl salicylate has a magical power to open a fragrance up and add freshness, beauty, and radiance. Coco, by Chanel, is beautiful with its clove, patchouli, and lily of the valley components, but when benzyl salicylate is added to the mix, those three are transformed into the gorgeous …
