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The Parisian Touch

Le 27 août 2008 à 0:02 sur 1000fragrances

An ad from 1951 for Roure - the producer of rawmaterials and fine fragrances. It's from an american trade magazine... just to show again the fascination with everything from Paris (it was however Dior's epoque). Before IFF entered the game, most american perfumes or scented products were still (...)

The Quinolines (II)

Le 26 août 2008 à 14:33 sur 1000fragrances

In the world of delicate scents used by many perfumers at the beginning of 20th century (from the flower extracts, infusions to the delicate molecules like geraniol, phenylethyl alcohol, terpineol, ionone and even the spicy eugenols) the quinolines were a monster and not very inspiring in a (...)

Clean molecules (1)

Le 26 août 2008 à 14:11 sur 1000fragrances

When IFF did the headspace of a young girl skin (later idea used by Laudamiel in Le Coffret inspired by the movie Le Parfum), the resulting scent was described as soft, peachy, aldehydic. On the skin layer the lipid surface is made of free fatty acids, mono / di and tri glycerides, sterol and (...)

Old and new, "natural" vs "artificial" ?

Le 26 août 2008 à 10:32 sur 1000fragrances

Today the actual relation with nature is more a virtual one for many consumers. It often consists in ads or words & green color on products, 2 weeks holyday in an exotic place, some pots of plants in the house, a small standardized garden and many gardening magazines (if they don't live in a (...)

The clean American dream ?

Le 25 août 2008 à 20:20 sur 1000fragrances

One of the most often "stereotypes" of our days and mainly when speaking about smells & culture is the "American obsession of cleanliness" put in contrast with the French animal almost dirty "pleasures" - from food to perfumes. How much of this so talked about subject is a) a true fact b) a (...)

Fragrances in ... Honolulu

Le 24 août 2008 à 16:52 sur 1000fragrances

Thoughts on new releases

Le 24 août 2008 à 12:09 sur 1000fragrances

Bulgari Jasmin Noir is an extremely good perfume, dark, opulent, sophisticated but not heavy. An interpretation of jasmine absolute without its typical animalic note. Instead a soft amber in the dry down plus milky woods that reminded me some facets of Black Orchid and Eau de merveilles. Could (...)

Some precious absolutes

Le 23 août 2008 à 10:37 sur 1000fragrances

The history of fragrances is not only a history of trends/brands and consumer tastes but also a history of ingredients, some of them unknown to the modern nose. Many leading French fragrances created before WWII had in their formula bases unavailable today but also essential oils or absolutes (...)

The Quinolines (I)

Le 21 août 2008 à 15:09 sur 1000fragrances

Around 1880 a new class of heterocyclic aromatic molecules was discovered by organic chemists and some of their members became very soon of a great interest for perfumers. The quinolines are virtually the 2 rings of naphtalene where one atom of carbon is replaced by nitrogen. The smell of their (...)

Guerlain Couture ?

Le 21 août 2008 à 11:03 sur 1000fragrances

Will LVMH do the unthinkable, the movement that no one did before? Will Guerlain add a fashion line as in the past fashion houses added fragrances? I was reading today the July number of the French magazine Inrockuptibles, an issue devoted to the designer Hedi Slimane, former master of Dior (...)