by Jim Peterson | Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Perfumers forever state that a well-made perfume has a synthetic frame, ultimately fleshed out with essentials, absolutes, and enfleurages, each derived from natural ingredients. I have nothing against aroma chemicals since most of the time they are the same compounds...
by Jim Peterson | Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve been playing a new game: I reconstruct flowers, working with a list of essential oils, absolutes, and aroma compounds, that gives no quantities. The challenge is to balance the amounts of these ingredients to come up with a viable replica of the flower at hand....
by Jim Peterson | Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve been going to various perfume and beauty product events and have found that people, primarily women, want a floral. I’ve been letting people smell rose otto and they go nuts. So, to the drawing board it is. I’m starting out using Jellinek’s notes (see earlier...
