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 …
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 – …
Pear is a lovely fruit to add to perfumes for a gourmand note that needn’t be cloying or overly sweet. Pears have a naturally perfumistic quality about them which makes them such a great fruit for our purposes. This formula is a modification of a known Givaudan formula that enhances and enriches the original as …
This fragrance represents not just the fleeting happiness we experience from moment to moment in life, but the intense, deep, and prolonged existential happiness as spoken of by the Ancient Greeks and known to them as eudaimonia. Top Notes Mandarin, Bergamot, Lemon, Lime, Ocean Breeze, Green Notes, Pear Heart Notes Jasmine, Freesia, Lily of The …
Sandalwood is now so expensive that chemicals are ubiquitous in replacing it in most fragrances. This formula is a particularly useful one in that it gives you both natural sandalwood and a beautifully balanced combination of the finest sandalwood chemicals. I advise sticking with the proportions in the formula for the most part, but in …
Mandarin is, to my nose, perhaps the most beautiful and complex of all the citrus notes in perfume. We are fortunate to have such a plentiful supply of the real oil from a variety of places and in a variety of forms (red, yellow, green, etc). While the natural oil is a beautiful complementary note, …
Once upon a time, Rose de Mai was the main rose absolute used in fine French fragrances. These days the price is prohibitive and the absolute is mainly available to big houses like Dior and Chanel. But all is not lost! You can make your own Rose de Mai. This is very much a wardia-type …
Brazilian Rosewood oil is becoming harder to purchase on the regular market these days due to scarcity. Typically perfumers these days will use synthetic linalool to fill the gap now left. But genuine Brazilian rosewood had qualities that you simply can’t get from linalool on its own. Those qualities come from trace elements of chemicals …
This is a very basic leather base that has been modified with the addition of a few interesting trace elements to add naturalness and interest. It was created in order to add a complex leather note to my L’Egoiste derived fragrance as opposed to a simpler leather based on just isobutyl quinoline.
