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What Is Lemon in Fragrance?
Lemon oil is 60 to 80% limonene, yet citral at 2 to 5% carries the lemon smell. The chemistry, why citrus fades...
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What Is Peach in Perfume?
Peach in perfume comes from gamma-undecalactone, sold for a century as Aldehyde C-14. The misnamed molecule, Mitsouko, Kirke, and what to wear.
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What Is Caramel in Fragrance?
The caramel note explained: ethyl maltol, the Angel effect, Bianco Latte, and why good caramel scents smell warm rather than flat candy.
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What Is Marshmallow in Perfume?
Marshmallow in perfume is a built accord, not a plant extract. The chemistry behind the note, the two scents that made it...
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What Is Passionfruit in Perfume? A Tropical Smell Built on Sulphur
Passionfruit in perfume, explained: the sulphur molecules behind the tropical smell, the 2023 Crivelli extrait that made it serious, and our Maracuda.
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What Is Mint in Fragrance? The Note That Lies to Your Skin
Mint in fragrance, explained: how menthol tricks your cold receptors, where natural menthol is farmed, and the 1995 formula that made mint...
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What Is Grapefruit in Fragrance? The Note Science Found in a Tree First
Grapefruit in fragrance, explained: nootkatone from an Alaskan cedar, a sulphur molecule you can smell in traces, and why the note fades...
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What Is Pear in Perfume? The Fruit Nobody Has Ever Bottled
Pear in perfume, explained: why no natural pear extract exists, the pear ester molecule that does the job instead, and where the...
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What Is Almond in Perfume? The Cherry Bakewell Note With a Cyanide Past
Almond in perfume, explained: benzaldehyde, the bitter almond molecule with a cyanide past, and why the note smells of marzipan and cherries.
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What Is Praline in Perfume? The Sweet Note Nobody Can Harvest
Praline in perfume is a built accord, not an extract. How ethyl maltol and Angel (1992) created the note, and how to...
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What Is Ginger in Fragrance? Bright Spice Without the Burn
Ginger in perfume is bright and citrusy, not hot. Why the burn never reaches your nose, and how perfumers use the rhizome's...
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What Is Violet in Perfume? The Flower That Vanished in the 1960s
The violet in modern perfume is not extracted from violets. Ionones, found in 1893, replaced the flower. How the note works and...
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What Is Blackcurrant in Fragrance? Buds, Thiols and a Hint of Cat
Blackcurrant in perfume comes from buds, not berries. The sulphur molecule behind the note, why it can turn catty, and where to...
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What Are Aldehydes in Perfume? The Molecules Behind Chanel No 5's Sparkle
Aldehydes explained: what they smell like, how Chanel No 5 made them famous in 1921, and why the peach aldehyde is not...
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What Is Sea Salt in Perfume?
Salt has no smell. Sodium chloride cannot evaporate, so every salty perfume is a built effect. How the trick works, and our...
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What Is Apple in Perfume?
There is no apple oil to press. The Givaudan molecule that fakes the crunch, two big apple releases from 2021, and our...
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What Is Myrrh in Fragrance?
Myrrh is named for its bitter taste, not its smell. The tree behind the resin, the 1996 painkiller study, and the Jo...
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What Is Lychee in Perfume?
Lychee shares its signature molecule with roses. The chemistry behind the note, the Delina effect, and our 35% Extrait lychee dupes.