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The spice star anise is distilled to make star anise oil. Sandalwood oil, used primarily as a fragrance, for its pleasant, woody fragrance. [24] Sassafras oil, from sassafras root bark. Used in aromatherapy, soap-making, perfumes, and the like. Formerly used as a spice, and as the primary flavoring of root beer, inter alia.
An online companion, the Fragrances of the World database, was launched in 2004 and, as of 2015, profiles over 16,000 perfumes, updated weekly. [1] Fragrances of the World is considered a standard encyclopedic reference within the fragrance industry, colloquially termed the “ Fragrance Bible ” (a registered trademark since 2011).
Aromachology devotees want to find out how psychological effects are transmitted from scent to the brain, as well as how positive behavioral effects can be induced by scent. [4] Maria Lis-Bachin, author of Aromatherapy Science: a Guide for Healthcare Professionals , notes an overlap between the objectives of aromatherapy and those of ...
Year Name Company Perfumer Ref. 14th century Hungary water: Unknown [1]14th century Carmelite Water: Unknown [2]1709 Farina Eau de Cologne: Farina gegenüber: Johann Maria Farina (1685-1766)
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) is an American corporation that creates products across taste, texture, scent, nutrition, enzymes, cultures, soy proteins, and probiotics categories, which it markets globally. It is headquartered in New York City and has creative, sales, and manufacturing facilities in 44 countries.
The Fragrance Wheel, ver. 1983. A fragrance wheel also known as aroma wheel, fragrance circle, perfume wheel or smell wheel, is a circular diagram showing the inferred relationships among olfactory groups based upon similarities and differences in their odor. [1]
Spikenard, also called nard, nardin, and muskroot, is a class of aromatic amber-colored essential oil derived from Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family which grows in the Himalayas of Nepal, China, and India.
Scents of Time was a perfume company which specialized in re-creating ancient fragrances. The company was founded by perfumer David Pybus and based in the United Kingdom. The company was featured in Series 4, Episode 5 of the BBC entrepreneur opportunity programme Dragons' Den on 7 March 2