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EnVoyage PerfumesShelley Waddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921078274608639574noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856053476261111125.post-4650916603774409322015-11-24T13:53:00.003-08:002015-11-24T13:59:14.766-08:00The 7% Solution Has Arrived!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The 7% Solution </h2>
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Awarded Top Artisan Fragrance of 2015</div>
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Top Judges' Selection Gold Medal Winner</div>
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The Seven Percent
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Blacknall Allen, Perfume Smellin’ Things, Indie Perfumes, Olfactoria’s Travels,
Scents and Memory, The Sounds of Scent, Colognoisseur, Scents Memory, Ciao
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> We're exploring new ways to stay in touch with our World-Wide Community, so be on the lookout for surprise communiqués from unexpected places! </span><br />
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</span>An active Facebook community where 700 global perfume lovers congregate
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Founded:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>September,
2011 by Carlos Powell, Brooklyn, New York<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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spirit of a celebration amongst friends, Carlos pitched perfumers to commemorate the Third Anniversary of Peace, Love & Perfume by creating
a fragrance or fragrances according to the following creative brief:</span></div>
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<span class="usercontent"><span lang="EN" style="color: #141823; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Peace - an incense meditative perfume</span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #141823; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
<span class="usercontent">Love - an animalic sexy perfume</span><br />
<span class="usercontent">Perfume - a classic cologne with a twist</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #141823; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Carlos’
invite drew in many of the best, a tribute of our respect.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="usercontent"><span lang="EN" style="color: #141823; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><strong>My Interpretation: </strong></span></span><span class="usercontent"><span lang="EN" style="color: #141823; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I wanted to make one perfume that, incorporating all
elements of the brief, would of course give a nod to Carlos and the men of New
York, and that would honor each of our individual heartfelt stories; a
collective fragrance anthology.</span></span></span></div>
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Scent of a Man in the City and those who love the way they smell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Scent of Peace, Love, and Perfume. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Back in 1864, in an armaments company in Helenborg,
Stockholm, a very sad thing happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
owner’s youngest son, Emil, was killed in a huge nitroglycerin explosion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emil’s older brother, Alfred, left the country and
went to work at a munitions company in Germany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Before dynamite, remember that warfare was only black powder, cannon, and
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">But dynamite revolutionized warfare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, instead of killing two or three people
at a time, shells and bombs could kill hundreds, and blow up entire buildings, bridges,
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Our scientist Alfred was massively successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He formed his own company, Dynamit AG, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and became the largest manufacturer of powder
and ammunition to the German Reich in WWI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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modern warfare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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But there was an ugly problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No matter how carefully they handled their materials, once in a while
they went off, killing hundreds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> As he expanded, </span>Alfred
solved the problem by locating his new branches in impoverished areas that
would provide an endless source of desperate, expendable workers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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his company at the end of the war, hundreds of his employees had been killed in
factory explosions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On top of that, thousands more had been
devastated by some of the chemicals used in the manufacture of dynamite,
chemicals that affected the brain.</div>
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gone down in history as a thoroughly evil man had not a curious thing
happened.</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><strong> </strong>U</span>pon the death of yet another
younger brother, Ludvig, the newspapers of Europe mistakenly reported his
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ran the headlines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reading his own obituary shocked Alfred Nobel
deeply and made him realize how history would see him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His reaction was to establish the Nobel
prizes, including the famed Peace Prize, as a way to redirect what would
certainly have been the dreadful judgment of history on his life.</div>
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Meanwhile, in Bern, another scientist named Albert Bauer was also making new explosives in his own lab.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During
one of his experiments, he added an alkaline ingredient to some TNT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Serendipitously, he noticed that it exuded an
extremely pleasing, odor that was warm, sensual, and sweetly powdery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He patented the new substance, named it Musk
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In short succession, our scientist Albert Bauer turned to
making fragrance chemicals and discovered musk xylene, musk ketone, and
musk ambrette.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These latter three nitro
musks were the perfect organoleptic replacement for animal musk which was by
then becoming scarce and unaffordable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nitro musks became the epitome of musks for the next 50 years and became
a very hard to beat benchmark for fixative properties, fragrance, stability,
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Unfortunately, nitro musks ultimately
turned out to cause photo toxicity - not to mention that they caused perfume
discoloration, and that most were made via unstable/explosive
intermediates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(They <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">are</i> related to TNT, and the production hazards
were substantial.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">So nitro musks </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">fell out of favor in 1980’s and <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">have now been removed from
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the good news is that Albert Bauer’s discovery became the catalyst that
prompted other chemists to discover safe and even more interesting forms of musk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are now five families of musks, and the
research continues for even more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a
result, we now have a vast array of modern fruity, floral, animalic, and fresh-ironed
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Part of the private En Voyage Perfumes' musk collection</span></div>
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learn more about the musk families, I recommend reading <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colognoisseur’s excellent articles on the
subjects of <a href="http://colognoisseur.com/olfactory-chemistry-nitro-musks-from-boom-to-musk/" target="_blank">nitro</a> and <a href="http://colognoisseur.com/?submit=%E2%86%92&s=musk" target="_blank">polycyclic</a> musks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Sincerest thanks to our cherished clients, colleagues, and to the amazing writers who are so supportive of our brand. Our success in 2013 wouldn't have been possible without you.</div>
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Here's a brief pictorial of our 2013 launches, events, awards, and press. Enjoy!</div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">ZELDA Launch </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: large;">May, 2013</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Artisan Fragrance Salon, San Francisco</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.envoyageperfumes.com/store/EauMG-Reviews-Durango-perfume.html">EauMG reviews Durango</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.prlog.org/12100134-envoyage-perfumes-unveils-educational-exhibit-at-artisan-perfume-salon-in-san-francisco.html">En Voyage Perfumes Educational Exhibit at Artisan PerfumeSalon, San Francisco</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.tastetv.com/FragranceSalon-Top2013Awards.html">Artisan Salon Awards Are Announced<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.prlog.org/12137340-envoyage-perfumes-launches-new-perfume-zelda.html">Press Release ZELDA</a></span></strong></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.envoyageperfumes.com/store/CaFleureBon-Announces-ZELDA.html">CaFleureBon announces ZELDA</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://smellythoughts.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/zelda-envoyage-perfumes/">Smelly Thoughts reviews ZELDA</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.fragrantica.com/news/FRAGments-Artisan-and-Indie-Perfume-Event-Report-4446.html">FRAGments Event in Los Angeles and ZELDA by Fragrantica Magazine</a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.architectureofperfume.blogspot.com/2013/07/fragments-in-la-crucible-of-ideas.html">FRAGments Event and ZELDA by Architecture of Perfume</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://makeperfumenotwar.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/its-complicated-envoyage-zelda-review/">Make Perfume Not War reviews ZELDA</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://perfumesmellinthings.blogspot.com/2013/06/from-deeper-well-zelda-by-en-voyage.html">Perfume Smellin’ Things: ZELDA’s a Game Changer</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thescentedhound.com/2013/06/09/zelda-by-en-voyage-perfumes/#comment-2097"><span style="color: purple;">The Scented Hound reviews ZELDA<o:p></o:p></span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.envoyageperfumes.com/store/ZELDA-Review-by-Another-Perfume-Blog.html">ZELDA review by Another Perfume Blog</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.envoyageperfumes.com/store/Smelly-Thoughts-Reviews-Durango-Chang-Chang-and-ZELDA-Video.html">Smelly Thoughts video review of Chang Chang & ZELDA</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://indieperfumes.blogspot.com/2013/07/envoyage-by-shelley-waddington-part-1.html">Indie Perfumes writes about En Voyage Perfumes’ CarmelCollection & Cosmology Collection</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cafleurebon.com/new-niche-perfume-review-en-voyage-zelda-a-tribute-to-the-iconic-zelda-fitzgerald-a-decadent-full-bottle-draw/">CaFleureBon reviews ZELDA</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://maisqueperfume.blogspot.com/2013/08/two-august-random-picks.html"> <span style="font-size: small;">+Q Magazine Loves ZELDA</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://olfactoriastravels.com/2013/10/09/people-in-perfumeland-shelley-waddington-of/">Fun interview with Olfactoria’s Travels</a></span><o:p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cafleurebon.com/perfumers-workshop-the-art-of-enfleurage-from-19th-century-to-21st-century-headspace-technology-the-art-of-flowers-draw/">Enfleurage Article by CaFleureBon Magazine<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thealembicatedgenie.com/2014/01/04/the-very-best-of-2013-part-one/">Alembicated Genie’s 2013 Awards</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thegoodsmellasblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/goodsmella-carlos-j-powells-favorite.html">Goodsmella Carlos Powell’s Favorite Launches of 2013</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cafleurebon.com/cafleurebon-editors-contributors-top-ten-fragrances-of-2013/">CaFleureBon Magazine’s Top 10</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thefragrantman.com/2013/12/27/perfume-best-of-2013-the-jatamansi-awards/">Best of 2013 Fragrant Man</a></span><br />
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fragrantly with the people you love the most.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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well thought out, diverse, and terrific matches for the perfumes. They ranged from sweetly innocent to shockingly
naughty. And comments were such
interesting: “I’ve gained a new
appreciation for how hard it must be to name fragrances!” quipped one
person. A few others mentioned having
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names were separated from the names of their authors and distributed to our
team who each ranked them according to first impressions. Over half of the entries remained after the
first cut – the names were that good. After
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A name needs to be pleasing to the ear, and to have never been used
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submitted by Donna Hathaway and John Reasinger to represent our two newest EnVoyage
fragrances were absolutely perfect on every level. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"> “Honestly, Ashley? A spring bouquet?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"> “That is what I said.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"> “You want me to go and make a spring bouquet perfume.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in;"><i>I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o’er vales and hills, when all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils…<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in;"><i> </i>“My dear Shelley, someone your age should not be having trouble with her hearing.” A client solicitous is a client sarcastic.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> “My dear Ashley, someone your age should not be overlooking incipient dementia. Why do you </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in;">wish me to go and work on a spring bouquet perfume?”</div><div class="MsoNormal"> “Think of it as an adventure, Shelley.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in;"> “May I point out that this past year has been nothing but adventures? Five back-to-back new perfumes in the past seven months, stretched over what, four themes? Five, if one acknowledges the<span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:Shelley" datetime="2012-02-20T06:57"> </ins></span>Elizabethan England of Shakespeare’s <i>Midsummer Night’s Dream. </i>Followed by the writing and publishing of a new book? What I need is a few weeks with nothing more demanding than my garden.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"> “You should, of course, feel welcome to say ‘no’”.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> The words carry a weight beyond their surface meaning. A complicated and inauspicious weight. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The weight of those damned roses of Heliogabalus.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> I reared back, far more alarmed by the thought of the time this would involve than by the thought of the expensive oils.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">There are very good reasons that the joys of the spring floral bouquet perfume have been pirated away from the adoring public.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It is fraught with the complications of making the equivalent of twenty perfumes and then joining them together in such a way that doesn't turn into a muddy-smelling mess. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It is also fraught with very expensive oils, much of which gets sacrificed to terrible mistakes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">“It shouldn't take you more than two weeks, three at the most.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">You’d probably figure it out even before you launch your book.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> “Ashley:</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">no.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I have an entire year’s worth of briefs to catch up on.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I have no interest whatsoever in entertaining this idea.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The entire thing sounds like a headache.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I am not going to make a spring bouquet, or even a spring soliflore.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I’m not taking on any new projects.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">No.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in;">My blending bench was covered with bottles, scent strips, beakers, and scattered notes. Having spent most of the past three cold, raining three weeks in my studio, I had built a warm fire to keep my fingers from stiffening. My mood was as bloody as my eyeballs.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Loosely transcribed from </span><i style="text-align: left;">Pirate King</i><span style="text-align: left;"> by Laurie R. King</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in;">Art Credit </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in;"><a href="http://www.porterfieldsfineart.com/DianePhalen/images/Spring_Hearts__Flowers72tn.jpg">http://www.porterfieldsfineart.com/DianePhalen/images/Spring_Hearts__Flowers72tn.jpg</a></div></div>Shelley Waddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921078274608639574noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856053476261111125.post-16938134990566222702012-02-12T13:30:00.000-08:002012-02-12T13:30:00.034-08:00EMINENTLY USEFUL GUIDE TO ADVANCED PERFUMERY by David Lincoln Brooks, Guest Writer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFxlDnIFGTiZC3qjd52Y1jz7pvM1O48bo-vC4Fqj5I_DVsjUJBpmIbtdQ8CUTTTRfmoidp-zeySBc0zxYNpLyu1m4nMDWd63xxA8V0P6M61HerHZuk5xD1KLLy4i18tPxb4Zoi8VVjs0U/s1600/image+for+blog+fragrantica.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFxlDnIFGTiZC3qjd52Y1jz7pvM1O48bo-vC4Fqj5I_DVsjUJBpmIbtdQ8CUTTTRfmoidp-zeySBc0zxYNpLyu1m4nMDWd63xxA8V0P6M61HerHZuk5xD1KLLy4i18tPxb4Zoi8VVjs0U/s400/image+for+blog+fragrantica.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Many of those interested in perfumery will get their start perhaps by blending together natural essential oils they found at a health food store-- sandalwood, patchouli, bergamot, lavender-- or perhaps experiment with the synthetic oils they found at a head shop-- you know the ones: musk, cherry, strawberry, etc. It's a good, rough introduction to blending perhaps, although the results are often liable to be muddy, goopy or cloying if we do not as yet understand traditional olfactive families, or do not adhere to time-tested cologne or potpourri combinations.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why don't our head shop blends smell nuanced... sophisticated... like the store-bought perfumes we've loved? It's time for the aspiring perfumer to discover the next step: blending chemicals which have been isolated from various natural scent sources. This is where Shelley Waddington's new book PERFUMING WITH NATURAL ISOLATES: THE COMPLETE REFERENCE MANUAL becomes so valuable. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Ms. Waddington, who has been teaching perfumery in her beautiful Northern California studios for years now has offered a course giving students a hands-on introduction to natural isolates... natural aromachemicals derived from natural sources. Her new book is the very handbook her own students are issued.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;">Shelley Waddington is superb at creating complex, radiant perfumes, and </span><span style="color: #242424; font-family: 'Georgia Bold', serif; font-size: 13pt;">L’Emblem Rouge</span><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;"> is a rufescent diamond in her jewel box. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Guerlain's second generation in-house perfumer Aimé Guerlain’s greatest composition was 1889's</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Jicky.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Jacques, Aimé's nephew, became Guerlain's third master perfumer; he was the author of many of Guerlain's most famous classics,</span></span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> Après L'Ondée</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">(1906),</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span></span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">L'Heure Bleue</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">(1912),</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span></span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsouko_(perfume)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Mitsouko (perfume)"><span style="color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">Mitsouko</span></a></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">(1919),</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span></span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Vol de Nuit</span></i><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;">(1933), and Guerlain's flagship fragrance</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span></span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalimar_(perfume)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" title="Shalimar (perfume)"><span style="color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">Shalimar</span></a></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">(1925). Jacques composed his final perfume,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span></span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Ode</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">(1955), with the assistance of his grandson, the then-18-year-old Jean-Paul Guerlain.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">In a decision widely seen as a break with tradition, the Guerlain family sold the company to the luxury goods conglomerate</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%C3%ABt_Hennessy_Louis_Vuitton" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" title="Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">(LVMH) in 1994. Jean-Paul Guerlain remained as an in-house perfumer until 2002 when he retired. </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Thierry Wasser<span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> was appointed the in-house perfumer in 2008.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Guerlain Secrets . . .<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">What is “Guerlinade?” Just as one can identify the origin of a great wine, or the composer of a symphony, so it is possible to identify Guerlain’s “trademark” fragrance. The olfactory signature for Guerlain is referred to as “Guerlinade,” which is composed of tonka bean, iris, rose, vanilla and jasmine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The inspiration behind all of the Guerlain masterpieces? A woman who was loved or admired.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->In 1955 when Jean-Paul began his tutelage there were no schools or colleges dedicated to studying perfumery and the ISIPCA (International Higher Institute of Perfume, Cosmetics and Aromatic Foodstuffs) would only be created many years later by his father Jean-Jacques Guerlain in 1974. “In those days we did not routinely make fragrance ‘hearts’ like we do now – which saves us from having to recompose an entire formula when very slight modifications are made.” In those days perfumery was done by working in a spontaneous way, with no marketing brief to follow and no constraints except those of the perfumer’s imagination. “<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Fortunately our formulas are short and this is a characteristic I have retained,” once noted Jean-Claude Guerlain.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The Guerlain philosophy of perfume is to allow the body and skin of the wearer to affect the fragrance, rather than the fragrance putting its smell upon the person. “The body ‘perfumes the perfume,’” according to Marie Line Patry. Patry also informs us that Guerlain perfumes continue to retain the classic vertical structure, as opposed to the horizontally constructed perfumes of some other companies. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsouko_(perfume)" title="Mitsouko (perfume)"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Mitsouko</span></a></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">(1919): Named after the heroine of the novel</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></span></span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">La Bataille</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">by</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Farr%C3%A8re" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" title="Claude Farrère"><span style="background: white; color: #0645ad;">Claude Farrère</span></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;">,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></span></span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mitsouko</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">is said to herald the ending of</span></span> World<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">. Due to a bottle shortage at the end of the war, it was marketed in an identical bottle to that of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></span></span><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">L'Heure Bleue</span></i><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">GI’s took home the essence of Paris to their girlfriends, in bottles of <i>Shalimar</i>, <i>Mitsouko</i>, and </span></b></span><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">L'Heure Bleue<span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;">.</span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><span style="float: none; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br />
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</span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Some say that the concept for Mitsouko was originated by a mistake in blending caused by oakmoss being accidently included in the formula for Jicky. But Mitsouko could never have existed but for the discovery of aldehyde C14 in 1908. And this would have been a great pity because this masterpiece paved the way for all the later fruity chypre perfumes.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b>Best of Show </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Voyeur</span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">, a stunning men’s fragrance that is both aromatic and herbal with a toned-down vanilla.<i>Chypre Fouleil</i>, very similar to <i>Voyeur</i> but with less vanilla. And of course the classics <i>Shalimar</i> and <i>Mitsouko</i>. </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Welcome David!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And thank you for sharing your thoughts with our readers.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;">Shelley Waddington of EnVoyage Perfumes has released the fifth and sixth perfume in her EnVoyage Odyssey Collection: NECTARS DES ÎLES and VENTS ARDENTS. In a novel fashion, Waddington has conceived of these two fragrances as "partners" in a his-and-hers fashion. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Composed by noted Purto Rican perfumer, Juan Manuel Perez, NECTARS DES ÎLES is a feminine fragrance, and VENTS ARDENTS, by Waddington is its masculine concomitant. <strong>The two scents are marvelous and full enough on their own, but when layered together, they form a magical third scent which is more than the sum of their parts.</strong> With this symbolism, they are perfectly suited for weddings and vow renewals, where it is implied that the union of the bride and groom will become more than the sum of their parts.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The theme of these two fragrances is one of foreign, overseas discoveries... islands, sea-waves, sunshine, trade winds, tropical fruits, exotic woods and liquors, rare fragrant flowers. But each fragrance approaches the island theme in a different fashion:</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong>NECTARS DES ÎLES</strong>, the feminine potion, opens with brilliant, green, tart, juicy citrus notes, laced with the waxen, chilly, pure brightness of Chinese Osmanthus... this sparkling tang, as it settles, reveals <strong>an enchanted bouquet of rare and costly tropical flowers: gardenia, tiare, plumeria, frangipani, supported by the somewhat duskier ylang-ylang, and fresh blooming jasmine.</strong> Undergirded by the most subtle base of sandalwood from Vanuatu, Tahitian vanilla and fresh, transparent musks, NECTARS DES ÎLES is a fresh, sparkling, intoxicating love potion knowing no equal. </div><br />
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<strong>A Modern White Floral </strong><br />
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<strong>Top Notes:</strong> Wild Oranges, Mandarin, Green Citron, Osmanthus Nectar<br />
<strong>Heart Notes:</strong> Fresh Gardenia and Tiare petal accord, Absolutes of two frangipani species, Ylang Ylang and Jasmine auriculatum.<br />
<strong>Base Notes:</strong> Sandalwood Absolute from Vanuatu, Tahitian Vanilla, Amber and Fine White Musks <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The masculine partner of NECTARS DES ÎLES is the exotic,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>delicious and mysterious <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VENTS ARDENTS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Its name suggests the burning winds blowing cargo-laden ships to their exotic journeys. A subtle and discreet perfume, VENTS ARDENTS is a rich blend of sea-blown delicacies... <strong>scrumptious notes of curacao and rum soak compote of tropical fruits</strong>... (Do we detect notes of sweet mango, granadilla and juicy melon?). This delectation is supported by warm, subtle florals suitable for a swashbucklingly masculine perfume: magnolia, heliotrope, and the "bulbiness" of French narcissus. Anchoring this delirium of seductive delights are masculine notes of tonka, amber, rich woods, vanilla and balsams, recalling and strengthening the kiss of toothsome fruits introduced earlier.</div><br />
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<strong>A Rustic Amber</strong><br />
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<strong>Top Notes:</strong> Curacao, Wild Oranges, Bay Rum, a touch of Tropical Fruits <br />
<strong>Heart Notes:</strong> Venezuelan Tonka Beans, Heliotrope, Magnolia, French Narcissus <br />
<strong>Base Notes:</strong> Amber, Mahogany, Tobacco, Oak, Driftwood, Musky Vanilla, Balsams <br />
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<strong>NECTARS DES ÎLES</strong> is a most exuberantly feminine perfume, bearing the most costly extracts of rare petals, but there will some intrepid men out there who will undoubtedly find it an irresistible wear for themselves, especially in summer vacation months. <strong>VENTS ARDENTS</strong> is decidedly Unisex in mood, and many women and men will be quick to claim it as a favorite. In my own case, I have been much in the mood for a fruity which can be masculine; <strong>VENTS ARDENTS is my new favorite non-citrus focused fruity, and it will likely be my new summer favorite.</strong><br />
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<strong>Thank you again, David, for taking the time to evaluate our newest release. We wish you fair winds and following seas! </strong><br />
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</div>Shelley Waddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921078274608639574noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856053476261111125.post-81596616108422045602011-03-05T15:33:00.000-08:002011-03-05T15:33:21.403-08:00Perfume Formulas, Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">FOUGERE, (pronounced foozsh-air) means "fern" in French.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This classic <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>perfume family is built on a base of <strong>lavender, coumarin, and oakmoss</strong>. Many men's fragrances belong to this family of fragrances, which is characterized by its fresh, sharp, herbaceous and woodland scent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fougere Royale by Houbigant was made back in 1821, and Jicky by Guerlain came along a few years later. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Faberge’s <strong>Brut</strong>, Caron’s <strong>Tabac Blond</strong>. <strong>Canoe</strong> by Dana, <strong>Clinique</strong> <strong>Wrappings</strong>, Kenzo <strong>Parfum d'Ete</strong>, <strong>Givenchy III</strong>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also Annick Goutal <strong>Eau d'Hadrien</strong>, <strong>O de Lancome</strong>, Yardley <strong>English Lavender</strong>. <strong>Paco Rabanne for Men</strong>, and Guy Laroche <strong>Drakkar Noir</strong>. The list would be incomplete without a mention of Davidoff <strong>Cool Water</strong> .</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-align: left;"><br />
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Bergamot essential oil 75</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Labdanum resinoid 70</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Lavender essential oil 70</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Oakmoss absolute 50</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Vanillin natural isolate or Vanilla absolute 30</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Bergamot 120<br />
Linalool 30<br />
Lavender 70<br />
Phenylacetaldehyde 10% 20<br />
Methyl Salicylate 25<br />
Phenylethyl Alcohol 60<br />
Geranium 80<br />
Ylang ylang 10<br />
Anisic aldehyde 5<br />
Oakmoss 50<br />
Benzoin 50% 20<br />
Labdanum resinoid 10<br />
Patchouli 10<br />
Vetiver 5<br />
Amyl Salicylate 20<br />
Coumarin 100<br />
Heliotropine 30<br />
Hydroxycitronellal 20<br />
Musk* 60<br />
Vanillin 5<br />
Jasmine base** 100<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Musks used at the time were nitro musks. The modern perfumer can substitute with Ethylene Brassylate or any of the newer musks.<br />
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Certain things in the world affect my art and inspiration - I write about them to provide value to you, my readers, who now number nearly 500 perfumers, artisans, and fragrance lovers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Today I am making an exception, because I’ve found a way to bestow a small gift.</strong> Last week I wrote the following content for the blog <em><strong>Perfume Pharmer</strong></em>, and donated one of my perfumes for their drawing that will take place on Valentine’s Day. <strong>Please follow the link, enjoy the article, and leave a message on the <em>Perfume Pharmer. </em>That will enter you into the draw. </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Shelley Waddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921078274608639574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856053476261111125.post-80936272265604573472011-01-03T18:32:00.000-08:002011-01-03T18:32:56.342-08:00Perfumer’s Alcohol<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBVbn0JQNLFHLk-yW2zaf67TzVDGV2TZqfJnVqGdsoaShxqooCbY4p4vx2D_T895ccJa0yzEzrLd5y3MhNw0nF0_tyLYwIBUPFkQw0In_MHLdLDyV4U6X09YZUZcPZtP18_afTYuQdCql/s1600/DSC05398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBVbn0JQNLFHLk-yW2zaf67TzVDGV2TZqfJnVqGdsoaShxqooCbY4p4vx2D_T895ccJa0yzEzrLd5y3MhNw0nF0_tyLYwIBUPFkQw0In_MHLdLDyV4U6X09YZUZcPZtP18_afTYuQdCql/s400/DSC05398.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am driving through the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siskiyou_Mountains"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Siskiyou Mountains</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> at an elevation of 7500 feet (2200 meters), and it is snowing. Traffic has slowed to a stop. Getting over the summit between California and Oregon in time for my appointment is not going to happen. Rats.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My destination? </span><a href="http://www.organicalcohol.com/index.php?src="><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Alchemical Solutions</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> in Ashland OR. I was hoping to buy some </span><a href="http://www.organicalcohol.com/index.php?submenu=Products&src=gendocs&ref=Neutral Grape"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">organic grape alcohol</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and to interview the master distiller, Peter Formosa. I call Aaron Glover, the CEO, on my cell to tell him I won’t be able to get there before he closes for the day. We reschedule our meeting for Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It’s still snowing like crazy, but the roads are clear on Saturday. Peter drives out to open the shop and he welcomes me in for an informal tour. We begin our interview. “190 proof alcohol is made from organic corn or from grape wine”, he explains. “All phases of the production process - fermentation, distillation, packaging and shipping - are done according to strict organic guidelines. This is pharmaceutical grade alcohol that meets USP (United States Pharmacopeia) standards.” </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“Fermenting is a simple metabolic process involving yeast and sugar” continues Formosa. “Although I remember once, as a beginner, when I overlooked one step and ended up with 1,000 gallons of polenta instead of fermented mash. That was an interesting day,” he chuckles.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Above: Peter Formosa and Shelley Waddington, during interview.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Below: The 1,000 gallon fermenters.</span></div><br />
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<div class="bt" style="margin: auto 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I also learn that Alchemical Solutions delivers world-wide, but that most of their clients are located in the U.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Our <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>primary clientele are herbal tincture makers,” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peter informs me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Those are presumably the guys who buy those palettes of 55 gallon drums I see stacked up <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- and I’m feeling pretty happy that they opened the doors for me and my little one gallon purchase.)</span></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Shelley:</strong> “A lot of perfumers have questions about the various alcohols, Peter. Can you recommend a place for accurate information?” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Peter:</strong> “Our </span><a href="http://www.organicalcohol.com/index.php?src=faq&category=General"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">website</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> provides the basics for people who want information about various proofs and percentages, denatured and undenatured alcohol, taxable and non-taxable alcohol, liquid extracts, kosher ethanol, you name it. </span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We even have a couple </span><a href="http://www.organicalcohol.com/index.php?src=blog&srctype=detail&refno=2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">recipes</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> on there as well."</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>My hearty thanks to Aaren Glover, CEO and Peter Formosa, Master Distiller</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I exclusively use their organic grape alcohol for all of my natural perfumes, for over 10 years.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They provide an excellent price and a superior product that supports organic farming and sustainable values.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They drove through the snow and opened their doors to me on a snowy day.</span><br />
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</div><div class="bt" style="margin: auto 0in;"><span class="googqs-tidbit1"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif";">"Neither snow, nor rain,</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif";"> nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" was said about 2500 years ago by the Greek historian, Herodotus. He said this adage during the war between the Greeks and Persians about 500 B.C. in reference to the Persian mounted postal couriers whom he observed and held in high esteem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong>I think Herodotus would’ve esteemed Aaron and Peter too.</strong></span></div><div class="bt" style="margin: auto 0in;"><br />
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</div>Shelley Waddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921078274608639574noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856053476261111125.post-84784516602499770262010-10-18T09:32:00.000-07:002010-10-18T09:35:10.368-07:00Skunked!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPqrsZWgN-DNH-QBmOifMmhxoJ3PGhChmUDuAfwJxXvxrdBSuJxVp3l9xJG05Tf4gN0tgnlDrXxhUZLWwk0tmroqIvHPI_0jC614uaiSYqXyn8HoI04Lw36NtgRftii5tOTU6JZTOHz3-/s1600/skunk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPqrsZWgN-DNH-QBmOifMmhxoJ3PGhChmUDuAfwJxXvxrdBSuJxVp3l9xJG05Tf4gN0tgnlDrXxhUZLWwk0tmroqIvHPI_0jC614uaiSYqXyn8HoI04Lw36NtgRftii5tOTU6JZTOHz3-/s400/skunk.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
How we look.<br />
How we smell.<br />
Personal branding.<br />
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Personal branding may be loosely organized entirely to suit ourselves.<br />
For some it is purposefully engineered towards a specific communication to others.<br />
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Personal smell, whether conscious or unconscious, is a choice and a statement.<br />
It communicates in a variety of ways.<br />
And it goes far deeper than the contrived modern notion of personal branding<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">To illustrate, I have chosen some well known animals, some predators, others quite shy, secluded, and retiring, who all use personal fragrance (and the lack of it) for very specific reasons.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“<strong>When a fawn is born, it has almost no scent on it</strong>, therefore, reducing the chance of attracting predators. Its instinct is to lie down in an area and hardly move until the doe returns to feed it.</div><br />
“The doe has scent which could attract predators to the area, therefore, once the fawn is fed she will leave the area until it is feeding time again. The doe will only go to the fawn if she believes it is safe. It is not unusual for a doe to leave the fawn for several hours, especially if there is a lot of human or other activity in the area.” (New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game)<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Civets are territorial and mark their territories with excretions from their anal glands, an excruciatingly stinky substance that is highly prized by perfumers.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Interestingly, they’re also connoisseurs of the coffee bean.</strong> “Costing hundreds of dollars a pound, these beans are found in the droppings of the civet, a nocturnal, furry, long-tailed catlike animal that prowls Southeast Asia’s coffee-growing lands for the tastiest, ripest coffee cherries. <strong>The civet eventually excretes the hard, indigestible innards of the fruit</strong> — essentially, incipient coffee beans — though only after they have been fermented in the animal’s stomach acids and enzymes to produce a brew described as <strong>smooth, chocolaty and devoid of any bitter aftertaste</strong>”, according to NORIMITSU ONISHI’s article in the New York Times.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The male deer has a musk pouch (located between the sex organs and the navel) that releases a scent that is believed to be a signal to attract a mate. During the breeding season, he produces musk, which mixed with its urine, gives it a pink colour and the strong musk smell that is believed to stimulate the female to begin oestrus.</div><br />
<strong>Natural and laboratory made musks, like civet, are used as components in fine perfumes.</strong><br />
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But the musk deer uses fragrance in other ways as well:<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">“During the autumn and winter, communal defecation sites, and their associated scents, are used to help the deer communicate with one another. Scent is also an important indicator of the male Siberian musk deer's territory, which may cover up to 300 hectares and is marked out by wiping thick, yellow, strong-smelling secretions of the caudal gland on surrounding vegetation. The male's territory usually contains the feeding ranges of between one to three females and generally, weaker or smaller males will not attempt to enter into it, but on occasions that they do, fighting may ensue.” (Mulder) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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“When a cat curls back its upper lip and looks like it's sneering, it has just discovered an interesting, unusually intense odor and is smelling it more deeply. <strong>Called "flehming," it is drawing the odors into an organ (Jacobson's organ), in the roof of its mouth.”</strong> Glenda Moore)<br />
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<strong>Wolves</strong>, the ultimate predator at the top of the food chain, are territorial and defend their territory through vocalizations and scent marking. <br />
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<strong>A wolf’s 'scent marks' serve as messages, and provides warnings.</strong><br />
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<strong>A wolf 'scent rolls' to promote interaction with other pack members.</strong><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">“Scent plays a very important role in the life of the wolf, by smell alone wolves can locate prey, other pack members or enemies. It can tell them if other wolves were in the territory, if they were male or female, and how recently they visited. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">“The wolf has several specialized glands, one around the anus and another on its back about 3 inches in the front of the base of its tail. <strong>The scent from these glands is as individualistic as are out fingerprints and is used by that particular wolf as its personal calling card.</strong> These Glands are used as to mark boundaries and also to mark trails. These "Scent Stations" are often 100 yards apart.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">“Wolves have been known to paw or scratch the ground or trees, <strong>this may release odors from glands in the paws</strong> or as visual markers to pack members and other wolves. Alpha males will use Raised-leg urination primarily, Female and subordinate males use the squat-position. Females wolves also scent mark less than males.</div><br />
“The Alpha wolf will direct urine at stumps, rocks, or trees this marks the packs presents to the members of the pack and other wolves. Wolves from rival packs may mark over the existing scent mark to obscure its odor. The marks may also be used as a boundary or fence post acting as a direction system. <br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The wolf use scent to mark territory, establish position of site of a kill and other factors within the pack.” (wolfcountry.net)</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>“Scent rolling is the act of pressing the body against a strong-smelling object or scent.</strong> This behavior </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">usually begins with the wolf pushing a cheek against the object, and then sliding on it until the side </div><div style="text-align: justify;">of the chest has cleared the object. The wolf will likely stand and repeat the process several times </div><div style="text-align: justify;">on each side of the body. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>“Wolves commonly perform this behavior with any strong or unique-smelling object within their territory,</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>such as a smelly carcass (food), urine or feces from another animal outside the pack, or any other </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>pungent odor encountered that is not a regular scent within their territory. </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Many visitors ask why wolves and subsequently their dogs perform such a behavior. <strong>For wolves, the </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>answer is simple: olfactory camouflage.</strong> We believe wolves are essentially transferring the scent of</div><div style="text-align: justify;">the different odor to their bodies so when hunting their prey may not smell wolf, rather the benign </div><div style="text-align: justify;">rolled-upon scent, when in close proximity of the hunting pack. This camouflage has obvious benefits </div><div style="text-align: justify;">for hunting wolves, as they may be able to gain closer access to their prey. Another theory for evolution </div><div style="text-align: justify;">of scent rolling is to transfer the scent of the rolling wolf onto the object chosen, thus "marking" it as </div><div style="text-align: justify;">an item within their territory. Gray wolves likely utilize both of these advantages as a motivation to </div><div style="text-align: justify;">perform scent rolling." (Jeremy Heft)</div><br />
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PRLog (Press Release) – Sep 22, 2010 – CARMEL, CA--Carmel Perfumery, an independent perfume house providing innovative fragrances, has officially launched its EnVoyage Perfumes platform providing hand blended artisanal fragrances and global perfume education to consumers and perfume professionals.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"Our goal is to establish the perfume industry's most trusted source of easily accessible fine perfumes and perfume education,"</strong> says Shelley Waddington, CEO of parent company Beau Soleil and head perfumer of Carmel Perfumery.<strong> “Developed in response to increasing global customer demand, the EnVoyage platform is a unique and distinctive solution – it is an easy to use, robust International platform that allows us the ability to better serve our global clients while expanding our artistic reach and retaining our core values as an artisan perfume house with hand blended fragrance as in the days of old.”</strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">EnVoyage client requests vary considerably, such as designing fragrance for architectural installations, weddings and events, as well as providing International perfume education. The prêt-à-porter collections are hand curated to deliver fragrance profiles of nature, of specific places, and meaningful moments known through literature, legend, archaeology, and visual art. In an innovative paradigm shift only now possible in an era of light speed communication, EnVoyage users will now have immediate access to exceptional perfumes and to reliable, knowledgeable and savvy perfumers. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<strong>“We are still a small operation,</strong> says Waddington.<strong> “We continue to use the finest rare and exotic fragrance materials from all points of the compass and to process our own botanicals from our garden studio. Remaining dedicated and connected to the planet is vital – even our bottles are recyclable. This is a win-win solution that allows us to expand our creative range of focus while retaining the sustainability and the top-tier customer care expectations of an artisan business.”</strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">In commemoration of today’s launch, EnVoyage Perfumes is releasing the new Odyssey Collection, a trilogy of fragrances from exotic places and legends which includes the erotic Makeda, the only perfume to honor the Biblical Queen of Sheba’s true name; the sensual, virile, and playful Havane pour Homme; and Peche Noir, an intimate smoky fruity floral. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
Website visitors making a purchase will be registered in a drawing for a special gift, and all customers purchasing one or more of the fragrances will receive an additional complimentary bonus until October 21, 2010. </div><br />
Visit EnVoyage Perfume at<a href="http://www.envoyageperfume.com/"> www.envoyageperfume.com</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Beau Soleil LLC provides perfume products, services, and education for the cosmetic industry and, perfumers within flagship Carmel Perfumery®. and EnVoyage™, the global online platform for prêt-à-porter collections and fragrance education.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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But a recent message from my own metaphorical “oracle” is as clear as glass and startlingly contemporary. “<strong><em>Step your game up</em></strong>,” she says. <br />
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But Oracle, dear, I’m in Carmel, one of the most beautiful places in the world. And besides, it’s comfortable here.<br />
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Silence. Old talky-talky is ignoring me. Sigh...<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">She decides to talk to me again. I can’t honestly say I’m happy to hear from her. “<em><strong>Follow your path</strong></em>, ” she says this time. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">Nominally more willing than I was last time, I again follow her advice.</div><div style="text-align: left;">At least the path is fragrant. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This fragrant path leads to an unexpected destination. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">It’s culmination brings an expanded business model, a <strong>new website</strong>, and a <strong>new fragrance collection</strong> – all to be revealed <strong>this month</strong>.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
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Hello Natural Perfumers,<br />
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There are only 12 days still open for enrollment for<br />
my upcoming <strong>Perfuming With Natural Isolates</strong> workshop, <br />
September 4 and 11, 2010.<br />
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Do you want one of the remaining spots?<br />
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If so, the price goes up after tomorrow (Tuesday, August 24th) <br />
so contact me now to confirm your enrollment:<br />
<a href="mailto:dariaesque2001@yahoo.com">dariaesque2001@yahoo.com</a><br />
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(If you've already registered, sorry for this duplicate message!)<br />
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When you attend the Workshop, you’ll receive a basic understanding of <br />
what an isolate is, how it is produced, and <strong>how to incorporate</strong><br />
<strong>isolates into your own natural perfume compositions</strong>. <br />
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This is an online seminar that will remain open for 3 weeks to accommodate <br />
all schedules and time zones. All registrants will receive <strong>a kit of 18 natural isolates</strong>, <br />
along with <strong>formulas and blending ideas</strong>, as well as a list of suggested reading for <br />
future study.<br />
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If you still need to apply, go here now:<br />
<a href="mailto:dariaesque2001@yahoo.com">dariaesque2001@yahoo.com</a><br />
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In any event, I hope to see you in the class in September and to<br />
help you get more information, fragrances, and ideas for your natural perfuming!<br />
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Best,<br />
Shelley<br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Epic stories of starcrossed lovers abound throughout history, from Zeus and Demeter, Adonis and Aphrodite, Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Guinever and Lancelot, to Tristan and Isolde, Paris and Helena, Odysseus and Penelope. Remarkable love stories all, highlighting <strong>the trials of separations sometimes resulting in great tragedy, sometimes in great reunion and jubilation.</strong></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A perfumer’s love affair with natural fragrances , too, can turn into an ordeal of personal drama. Especially when it comes to the wooing of fruit, delicate spring florals, and exotic tropicals.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In a paradoxical contradiction, <strong>it is just plain hard to coax certain natural fragrances out of their corresponding plants.</strong></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When asked to give up a little of their lovely fragrance for a perfume material, certain flowers and fruits are like the stingy millionaire who buys his girlfriend shoelaces or a gopher trap for her birthday. </div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The basic nature of these ungenerous lovers has been that, even with dedicated wooing, they have continued to withhold their precious fragrance.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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The class and corresponding kit of 18 natural botanical isolates are now ready for delivery. <br />
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If you have questions or would like to partake, let me know at <a href="mailto:dariaesque2001@yahoo.com">dariaesque2001@yahoo.com</a>.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Tonight I am selecting a few beautiful naturals with fruity and tea aspects from my perfume organ and testing some combinations that enhance the chosen notes, based on nose and chemistry.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To a non-perfumer it might sound weird or even a bit kinky, but I still admit to being a perfume-nerd whose favorite pastime is playing with fragrance molecules. </div><br />
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My latest voyage into perfume nerd-ery is exploring the world of<strong> natural isolates - fragrance molecules that are used to enhance and decorate natural perfumes.</strong> <br />
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The technology used to separate these little molecules from their botanical sources is pretty fascinating. I’ve even organized my <strong>favorite isolates into a collection kit</strong> and developed <strong>some formulating suggestions</strong> that should appeal to the “Inner Perfume-Nerd” in us all. <br />
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You’re invited to join if you’d like to. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>NATURAL ISOLATES</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>The New Trend in Natural Perfuming</strong></div><br />
The use of natural isolates is a new cutting edge trend in natural perfumery. <br />
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<strong>This online course is designed to allow students and professionals of natural perfumery to take advantage of this new trend by providing a basic understanding of what an isolate is, how it is produced, and how to incorporate isolates into their own perfume compositions.</strong> Attendees will also receive a comprehensive bibliography for personal reference. <br />
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Upon completion of this class, the student will have a basic understanding of natural isolates and will be ready to begin blending using these fragrance materials. <br />
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<strong>A kit of natural isolates is available to all registrants.</strong><br />
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DATE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 and SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2010<br />
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TIME: 2:00 PM PST<br />
Seating is limited to 20 students<br />
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE, contact <a href="mailto:dariaesque2001@yahoo.com">dariaesque2001@yahoo.com</a>.<br />
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<strong>Instructor Shelley Waddington, MA, is a classically trained perfumer of eleven years standing. She holds a California Teaching Credential and has delivered online seminars and training for eight years.</strong>Shelley Waddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921078274608639574noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856053476261111125.post-90511899335535650122010-06-09T13:26:00.000-07:002010-06-26T10:13:11.349-07:00Perfume Secrets Unearthed update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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On March 25, 2009, I wrote about the topic of the world's oldest perfumery.<br />
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This topic was and still is of special interest to me because I have visited and stayed with family in Cyprus several times over the past fifteen years. The time I have spent in Cypus continues to influence my perfuming in many ways.<br />
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The following is a re-write of my March 25, 2009 post. <br />
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I was thrilled to read in Perfumer Flavorist and Magazine (March 2007) that "archaeologists have recently discovered the world's oldest perfumes in Pyrgos, Cyprus. The remaining <b>traces of perfumes, dating back more than 4,000 years, were scented with extracts of lavender, bay, rosemary, pine or coriander and kept in small translucent alabaster bottles.</b> Just as intriguing as the scents they found was where the archaeologists found them—a 43,000 square foot perfumery factory. <b>There they found at least 60 distilling stills, mixing bowls, funnels and perfume bottles.</b> The discoveries are on display at the Capitoline Museum in Rome. In addition, an Italian foundation has recreated four of the perfumes from residues found at the site."<br />
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Pyrgos/Mavroraki is an archaeology site in the Limassol district of Cyprus, spanning from 2350BC to 1850BC. The mission’s head archaeologist, Professor Maria Rosaria Belgiorno, who works for Italy’s National Research Council, excavated the site with her team, starting in 2005.<br />
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<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For each of the four perfumes recreated by Belgiorno and her team, the process took about five days and the mixture was enclosed in a jug buried under the sand in the sunlight at a temperature of no more than 50 degrees, to avoid damaging the mixture. <b>The four scents produced are ‘Afrodite,’ ‘Elena,’ ‘Artemides’ and ‘Era.’</b> ‘Afrodite’ contains olive oil, pine, turpentine and bergamot. ‘Elena’ has scents of olive oil, laurel, coriander and turpentine. In ‘Artemides,’ almonds, myrtle, parsley and turpentine are used and, for ‘Era,’ olive oil, rosemary, green anise and lavender.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">“For the essences, we copied the entire process, step by step, as was done, 4,000 years ago, putting the essences into a closed jug underground, in the sunlight for five days. But the entire process for the four different essences took about six months, because we had to wait for the seasonal essences to come out of the herbs,” Belgiorno said. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">“The vase used at Pyrgos as a condenser, was probably one of the large metallic ware jugs, whose neck shape and dimension is correct to contain the alembic spout and the base perfect to say inside a water basin. <b>Six jugs of this type and dimension, all crushed, have been found in the Pyrgos perfumery: </b>three were on the bench running along the eastern wall, two among the pits for maceration and one in north west corner, where there were two alembic heads and two large basins. <b>“The experiments made to reconstruct the apparatus confirm that the shape and dimensions of the jugs are correct </b>not only to be used as condensers but also as boilers (going inside the alembic head) which find a perfect support on the jug shoulders,” said Belgiorno.<br />
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Serious efforts were made to copy the ancient perfumes, as descibed by Belgiorno: “In our experiment, we found that direct contact between the jug and the embers quickly raised the temperature in the liquid. Using a thermocouple to calculate the temperature inside the jug, 15 minutes after the start of the heat treatment, we found that it was 84C. This is rather high. Based on the literature, 55C was the right temperature for extracting essences. <b>Thanks to a mistake in our procedure for making fragrant essences, we were able to see how hard it is to maintain the jug temperature constant from the outset</b>.”<br />
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Regarding ancient methods used to make perfumes, Belgiorno notes: “<b>It is possible to extract essential oils and perfumed waters with the same system</b>, as during boiling, the terpenes - tiny particles of fragrant plants, transported by vapour - pass the alembic head into a collecting jar. At the end of the operation, the essential oils float on the water surface and it is easy to separate them from the water.” The procedure, she adds, appears simple for a modern point of view but in the third millennium BC, it was different. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the legendary and most magnificently fragranced rose oils is the <strong>Rose Edouard</strong> , also known as <strong>Rose Bourbon</strong>. It’s distinctive delicate spicy-carnation quality makes it <strong>the perfect rose upon which to base a fine oriental perfume.</strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the little known story of how this distinctive rose came into being.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wXmloJK1DTMpPRUCSOqsjOFP5TQnkFMp3QtTFbwvXo4U8ZSmqjoLf496n3_bm0bFI1U-VI2YdMfLtX_AOobnIsPR6RqQInJ8V5vUUUaVJPVesLOU-JV2wTagYAcquJCrQPqzDrjrKhmJ/s1600/aphrodite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wXmloJK1DTMpPRUCSOqsjOFP5TQnkFMp3QtTFbwvXo4U8ZSmqjoLf496n3_bm0bFI1U-VI2YdMfLtX_AOobnIsPR6RqQInJ8V5vUUUaVJPVesLOU-JV2wTagYAcquJCrQPqzDrjrKhmJ/s320/aphrodite.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Artistic motifs and ancient documents dating back to 3000 BC tell us that the rose first emerged in Central Asia. <strong>In the myth of Aphrodite’s birth, shown above, a rose tree sprouted from the foam that ran from her body, which she watered with nectar.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">..........</div>Forward in time to 11th century France, when a French Noble, Adhemar de Monteil, became Lord of the House of Bourbon and acquired the Castle of Bourbon, Bourbon-l'Archambault.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adhemar was a great enthusiast of the First Crusade. He responded to Pope Urban II’s call for a holy expedition to the East, was appointed papal legate of the Crusade, and made his pilgrimage to the East in 1086–87. He was wounded and temporarily captured in <strong>Constantinople, where he saw his first rose and later brought it home to France.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Forward once again to the 17th Century when the French began to colonize the Indian Ocean island of Reunion island, but which was then named <strong>Île Bourbon</strong> after the royal house. The French East India Company sent the first twenty settlers in 1665, who brought along some <strong>China and Damask roses</strong>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">By the early 1800’s, it had become the custom to <strong>mark off the island’s land boundaries with rose hedges</strong> comprised of one row of the Common China Rose (presumably Old Blush, sometimes referred to as Parsons' Pink China), the other of the Red Four-Seasons (presumably the red Tous-les-Mois Damask Perpetual, which was common then).</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>A perfume wheel</strong> is as critical a tool to the perfumer as a color wheel is to a painter.</div>But when a perfume wheel is constructed illogically, it is for the most part useless.<br />
<strong>I’ve never yet found one that made really good sense</strong> or that was as helpful as it could be.<br />
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I have the common sense to understand the old maxim, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. <br />
But for me, existing perfume wheels are all based on an old broken model. And my common sense is going to nag at me until I fix this thing.<br />
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I get out my paper, pencil, ruler, watercolors and brushes while considering the requirements of a logical, useful perfume wheel.<br />
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<strong>A good perfume wheel will</strong><br />
• Serve as an educational tool for all levels of understanding<br />
• Spark independent creativity for the perfumer<br />
• Represent the logic of classic perfume construction<br />
• Represent both classic as well as contemproary perfume <br />
families<br />
• Reflect the nuance and gradation between perfume families <br />
that occurs from the most classic to the most contemporary<br />
great perfumes<br />
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My simple prototype <strong>starts where it should, in the middle with the basenotes,</strong> the largest molecules that anchor every perfume family. <strong>It travels outward</strong> towards the macro families. Its clockwise voyage progresses from family to family and includes the most modern ones. It presents logical blending ideas within the families. It serves to educate all levels. <br />
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It ain’t glossy. Definitely not the work of a graphic artist. But technically, it’s spot on.<br />
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Now that I’ve corrected this annoyance, I return to making perfume. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When asked, "What do you do for a living"?, I sometimes jokingly answer, "I play with molecules".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But not <em>all</em> molecules have a fragrance. As a perfumer, I work only with fragrance molecules. A typical perfumer's organ contains single molecules produced in the laboratory as well as complex materials of natural origin. My personal organ contains a quantity of materials from both categories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These performance molecules come in many sizes, shapes, and families. Their function is to impart specific fragrance qualitites that can be sculpted into perfume.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I keenly enjoy the challenge of balancing the scientific aspects of botany, phsysiology, chemistry and toxicology with the history and the art of sculpting with air.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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