Frederic Malle explains how creativity + technique = a perfumer, and takes us behind-the-scenes at IFF.

Imagine the way all of those roses smell when the bags have been opened. The sweet honey smell must be so utterly overwhelming! Bulgarian rose is one of the main ingredients in MAINE. We use...

Olfactive families are groupings of ingredients into broad categories. There are about 1,500 ingredients that a perfumer can choose from, and grouping them into olfactive families helps to identify, memorize, and understand them. There are...

When I first got started in perfumery, I set up a mini makeshift lab at home. I really didn't know what I was doing so I guessed at a lot of things. It makes me...

I'd like to start a new section on this blog here dedicated to teaching a bit about perfumery. When I was first becoming interested in the subject I found it so hard to learn about,...