Perfumers

Aurélien Guichard: Growing Flowers and Revealing the Beauty of a Single Ingredient

Follow Aurélien GuichardCareer in PerfumeryQ. Were you ever interested in another profession? If so, what was it?No. Wha...
Perfumers

Henri Robert: An Eye for Iris, Expressed in Chanel N°19

A Life in PerfumeryHenri Robert was born in Grasse in 1899. His father, Joseph Robert, had been chief perfumer at Chiris...
Perfume Writter

Articles by Celes

This page brings together articles by Celes, organized by category. As Japan’s first online perfume specialty retailer, ...
Guide

A Complete Guide to Passing Aromatherapy Certification Levels 1 and 2, Explained by Someone Who Has Never Taken the Exam

This page is a guide to passing Level 1 of the Aromatherapy Certification Exam. I will not cover Level 2 separately beca...
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Q. How Are Fragrance Materials Made?

A. Since there are different kinds of fragrance materials, let us begin with a broad classification. Fragrance materials...
Note

Metallic Note

What Does Metallic Mean?Metallic means “like metal.” It describes a scent that “recalls metal or stainless steel, with a...
Guide

The Truth About the SCENTPICK Perfume Subscription

A manufacturer once told me, “Selling perfume in small portions may be convenient, but it has no atmosphere.” Perfume ha...
Perfumers

Ernest Daltroff: The Pioneering Fragrances He Created for Caron

A Life in PerfumeryDaltroff, whose full name was Ernest Léon René Lucien Daltroff, was born on November 17, 1867, in Sai...
Guide

Those Nostalgic Perfumes: Who Really Created Them? Cosmetics Brand Edition

Debates between fashion fragrances and niche fragrances have been breaking out lately, but cosmetics brands release perf...
Guide

Those Nostalgic Perfumes: Who Really Created Them? Fashion Brand Edition

With so much information available today, many students buy niche fragrances. But fashion fragrances were once something...