Scentology

Periume HISTORY OF PROCESS COLLECTION Before the manufacturing process begins, the initial ingredients must be brought to the manufacturing center. Plant substances are harvested from around the world, often hand-picked for their fragrance. Animal products are obtained by extracting the fatty substances directly from the animal. Aromatic chemicals used in synthetic perfumes are created in the laboratory by perfume chemists. EXTRACTION AGING Perfume comes from the Latin "per" meaning "through" and "fumum," or "smoke." Many ancient perfumes were made by extracting natural oils from plants through pressing and steaming. The oil was then burned to scent the air. Today, most perfume is used to scent bar soaps. Some products are even perfumed with industrial odorants to mask unpleasant smells or to appear "unscented." Fine perfume is often aged for several months or even years after it is blended. Following this, a "nose" will once again test the perfume to ensure that the correct scent has Oils are extracted from plant substances by several methods: steam distillation, solvent extraction, enfleu- rage, maceration, and expression. been achieved. Each essential oil and perfume has three notes: "Notes de tete," or top notes, "notes de coeur," central or heart notes, and "notes de fond," base notes. Top notes have tangy or citrus-like smells; central notes (aromatic flowers like rose and jasmine) provide body, and base notes (woody fragrances) provide an enduring fragrance. More "notes," of various smells, may be further BLENDING Once the perfume oils are collected, they are ready to be blended together according to a formula determined by a master in the field, known as a "nose." It MATERIALS FOR PERFUME Natural ingredients-flowers, grasses, spices, fruit, wood, roots, resins, balsams, leaves, gums, and animal may take as many as 800 different ingredients and several years to develop the special formula for a scent. blended. secretions-as well as resources like alcohol, petrochemicals, coal, and coal tars are used in the manufacture of perfumes. Some perfume ingredients are animal products. Other fixatives include coal tar, mosses, resins, or synthetic chemicals. İNFOGRAPHIC CREATION THE ART OF PERFUME- http://shop.essenza-nobile.de/ MAKING WHAT MAKES A GOOD PERFUME? REFERENCES The art of perfume-making reached Europe in around year 1200. Different monks created their own versions of There are hundreds of http://www.madehow.com/Volume- 2/Perfume.html http://www.everythinkaboutperfume.com/history. html different essential oils. Some are perfumes. Hungary created a perfume that was known as Hungary Water. This art grew in Europe, especially in France and Italy. In the latter part of the 16th century, Italy produced many different types of perfumes. Later this art was also taken to France. Even today, France and Italy is considered as the hub of perfume-making. very common and are made in large quantities. Some are very expensive and are produced on a smaller scale. The best known include thyme, patchouli, pepper- mint, spearmint, citronella, lemon- grass, vetiver, geranium, winter- green, sandalwood, ylan- gylang, and pine-needle. http://frenchantiques.blogspot.com/2010/06/hist ory-of-perfume.html http://www.infobarrel.com/The_History_Of_Perfu me_Making http://carlawkennedy.com/the-history-of- perfume/ http://naturalingredient.org/Articles/dottie2.html