Glossary & Fragrance terminology
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Palette:
It is a range of perfume ingredients from which a perfumer selects to use in the formulation of a perfume. Pamplemousse: French for grapefruit. Patchouli: A bushy shrub originally from Malaysia and India. Patchouli has a musty-sweet, spicy aroma. Perfume: Most highly concentrated form of fragrance, the strongest and the most lasting. Perfume may contain hundreds of ingredients within a single formulation.The strongest and the longest lasting form of fragrance it can be said. Perfumer: It is widely used for the person who mixes perfume, sells perfume or creates perfume. Perfume Blotters: Strips of odorless white blotting paper used for the evaluation of a scent . Petally: In recent times commonly used in feminine fragrances with a soft, waxy sensation evoking the feel of flower petals.. Petit grain: It is a oil distilled from leaves and twigs of a citrus tree, usually the bitter orange tree. Phenolic: Smoky, dry, slightly acrid scent that can be used to describe various leather notes such as blackcurrants, tea, chocolate, coffee, pomegranates. It is used to describe the scents of certain raw materials. Pheromone: Chemical substance secreted by an animal to produce a response by other members of the same species. Sexual attractants are the most widely studied and described. There is some discussion as to whether the term should be used for humans. In recent years research has indicated that we may have a sixth sense (a chemical sense) from the Human Vero Nomasal Organs (VNO), located in the nasal cavity which produces a signal to very specific steroid type chemicals. Pikaki: A form of jasmine (jasminum sambac) grown in Hawaii and used for making leis. Also known as Arabian jasmine, and widely used to make jasmine tea. Pivoine: French for peony. Poivre: French for pepper. Pomades: Combination of purified fats and flower oils saturated with flower oils produced by the enfleurage and maceration processes. Potpourri: A fragrant mixture of dried herbs and flowers which is usually with synthetic fragrance oils. Powdery: It is term used to describe the effect or impression or note created by blending of heavy and light notes such as combination of a heavy, sweet or woody note with a citrus, fruit or light green note. It is also said to be soft, hazy, opaque sensation imparted by the combination of heliotrope, violet, almond, and musk with herbal and citrus notes. Powdery fragrances can be well felt with Johnson & Johnson baby powder. Prices: Prices of perfumery materials vary greatly - often by a factor of 10 times according to source, quality, quantity purchased. Price Extension (Price/Ext): Price/Kg times % in formula. A term used to show the cost factor of a material in a compounded perfume or flavor. The price/kg does not matter what is important is the combination of price and percentage used. Frequently cheap materials have a bigger cost effect on a compound raw material cost than very expensive materials used at fractions of 1 percent. Profile: A perfume or perfumed product profile is a description of the fragrance prepared by a marketer, which is given to a perfumer for inspiration and formulation. The profile should contain all pertinent details in relation to marketing the new fragrance plan, type, name, package, color/theme, mood, impression, cost parameters, etc. Pungent: A word used to describe a physical impression of sharpness. |