Perfumery Guides

Perfume Raw Materials: A Complete Perfumer’s Guide

Perfume raw materials: a professional guide to natural materials, aroma chemicals, bases, musks, and solvents, with selection criteria, SDS, IFRA, and links to small-size catalog options.

Perfume Raw Materials: A Complete Perfumer’s Guide

Perfume raw materials: a professional guide to natural materials, aroma chemicals, bases, musks, and solvents, with selection criteria, SDS, IFRA, and links to small-size catalog options.

Why the same perfumery raw material can have di...

Why can two raw materials with the same name, CAS number or olfactory territory have different prices? Manufacturer, specifications, purity, origin, process, availability and commercial format explain much of the...

Why the same perfumery raw material can have di...

Why can two raw materials with the same name, CAS number or olfactory territory have different prices? Manufacturer, specifications, purity, origin, process, availability and commercial format explain much of the...

Solid, liquid or viscous perfumery raw material...

Why a perfumery raw material can crystallise, thicken or become more fluid with temperature, when the change is normal and how to apply gentle warming when necessary.

Solid, liquid or viscous perfumery raw material...

Why a perfumery raw material can crystallise, thicken or become more fluid with temperature, when the change is normal and how to apply gentle warming when necessary.

Commercial concentration of perfumery raw mater...

What commercial concentration means for a perfumery raw material, how to read percentages and carriers specified by the manufacturer, and why they should not be confused with dosage or IFRA...

Commercial concentration of perfumery raw mater...

What commercial concentration means for a perfumery raw material, how to read percentages and carriers specified by the manufacturer, and why they should not be confused with dosage or IFRA...

CAS numbers in perfumery: what they mean and wh...

What a CAS number really tells you about a perfumery raw material, and why two products with the same CAS can still differ in olfactory profile and formulation behaviour.

CAS numbers in perfumery: what they mean and wh...

What a CAS number really tells you about a perfumery raw material, and why two products with the same CAS can still differ in olfactory profile and formulation behaviour.

Bases, accords and molecules in perfumery: what...

Molecule, aroma chemical, base and accord are not synonyms. A guide to what these terms mean and how they help you navigate perfumery raw materials.

Bases, accords and molecules in perfumery: what...

Molecule, aroma chemical, base and accord are not synonyms. A guide to what these terms mean and how they help you navigate perfumery raw materials.