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  2. Fixative (perfumery) - Wikipedia

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    A fixative is a substance used to equalize the vapor pressures, and thus the volatilities, of the raw materials in a perfume oil, and to increase the perfume's odour tenacity. [1] [2] In simple words, fixatives increase the time for which the scent of a perfume lasts.

  3. Ethyl methylphenylglycidate - Wikipedia

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    Because of its pleasant taste and aroma, ethyl methylphenylglycidate finds use in the fragrance industry, in artificial flavors, and in cosmetics. [1] Its end applications include perfumes, soaps, beauty care products, detergents, pharmaceuticals, baked goods, candies, ice cream, and others.

  4. Perfume - Wikipedia

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    The perfume's fragrance oils are then blended with ethyl alcohol and water, aged in tanks for several weeks and filtered through processing equipment to, respectively, allow the perfume ingredients in the mixture to stabilize and to remove any sediment and particles before the solution can be filled into the perfume bottles. [47]

  5. Phenylacetaldehyde - Wikipedia

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    Phenylacetaldehyde is an organic compound used in the synthesis of fragrances and polymers. [1] Phenylacetaldehyde is an aldehyde that consists of acetaldehyde bearing a phenyl substituent; the parent member of the phenylacetaldehyde class of compounds.

  6. Benzoin (resin) - Wikipedia

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    In perfumery, benzoin is used as a fixative, slowing the dispersion of essential oils and other fragrance materials into the air. [7] Benzoin is used in cosmetics, veterinary medicine, and scented candles. [8] It is used as a flavoring in alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, baked goods, chewing gum, frozen dairy, gelatins, puddings, and soft ...

  7. Piperonal - Wikipedia

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    For this reason it is commonly used in fragrances and artificial flavors. [3] The compound was named heliotropin after the 'cherry pie' notes found in the heliotrope flower's fragrance (even though the chemical is not present in the flower's true aroma). [10] Perfumers began to use the fragrance for the first time by the early 1880s. [11]

  8. Benzyl salicylate - Wikipedia

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    Benzyl salicylate is a salicylic acid benzyl ester, a chemical compound most frequently used in cosmetics as a fragrance additive or UV light absorber.It appears as an almost colorless liquid with a mild odor described as "very faint, sweet-floral, slightly balsamic" by some, while others smell nothing at all.

  9. Galaxolide - Wikipedia

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    Galaxolide (trade name; also known as Abbalide, Pearlide, Astrolide, Musk 50, Polarlide; chemical name 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8,-hexamethyl-cyclopenta[g]benzopyran or HHCB, hexamethylindanopyran) is a synthetic musk with a clean sweet musky floral woody odor used in fragrances. It is one of the musk components that perfume and cologne ...