common perfume ingredients

Once upon a time, black peppers value was on a par with gold hence the nickname and only the rich could enjoy it. Although its called grey amber (ambergris), its not to be confused with amber. Ambrette seeds are probably one of my preferred ingredients because of their soft animalic character, and warm nutty milk undertones. If youve ever walked in an evergreen forest, cedar will transport you back there, too. Parle Moi de Parfum Totally White The seeds and fruit are edible and used in many cuisines and soft drinks, the bark produces a gum that is used as a stabiliser (gum Arabic) and in the production for printing and ink; and the timber is used in furniture making. He was so taken with the smell of scented gloves that he asked Creed to make it into a fragrance and you can still smell that today, Boadicea the Victorious Complex Ulrich Lang Anvers 2. (Say it petty-gran.) Chew on it to combat wind. Its mostly used for its good-enough-to-eat sweetness in gourmand scents - but occasionally by perfumers for extra richness in fragrances from other families. Agent ProvocateurMaitresse Roses are said to feature in at least 75% of modern feminine fragrances, and at least 10% of all mens perfumes. The task of the rose-picker is to pick the dew-drenched blooms before 10 a.m. at the latest, when the sun evaporates their exquisite magic. Yves Saint Laurent Opium. In perfume, it features as a fantasy note, to conjure up mystery and danger. (This rose is also known as Rose de Mai, because it generally blooms in the month of May, and romantically the painters rose, because it features in many works of the old masters.). Paco Rabanne 1 Million LOccitaneImmortelle de Corse. A bushy shrub originally from Malaysia and India. Yves Saint Laurent Y, Say cashmeran and somehow you know its going to be soft, smooth, almost snuggly. In aromatherapy, pomelos used for energizing which is exactly what it delivers in a perfume. Sometimes, alternatively, the scent of the blossom of the apricot tree (a.k.a. The plant itself is found in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, areas of the US like Florida, and Australia. It has more character than sweet orange; it seems naughtier to me. Jo Malone London Black Vetyver Caf. You wouldnt love the smell of hemlock if you got up-close-and-personal and youd be unwise to do that, as its a seriously poisonous plant: in Ancient Greece, hemlock was the poison used to execute prisoners (including the renowned philosopher Socrates). Lacoste Pour Femme But we happen to adore it, Bottega Veneta Bottega Veneta Lavender is thought to have originated in the highlands of India, but today its happy in all sorts of sunny, stony, well-drained spots around the world. Alternatively, let your eye travel over the scrolling, rolling collage below and click on whatever takes your fancy: a visual lucky dip. (Blackcurrant leaves can smell a little catty when you rub them between your finger though in a fragrance, that wont be apparent.) Bottega Veneta Bottega Veneta Parfums de Nicola Maharadjah Because its feels like a glorious smell. ), Revlon Charlie Blue Grossmith Betrothal Once exclusively reserved for kings and queens, frankincense has been used in religious ceremonies, burial rituals and for embalming including for mummification. Dolce & Gabbana The One Certainly a note that makes our heart beat a little faster, when we smell it. Dior Miss Dior Philosophy Pure Grace Dior Hypnotic Poison There are many different varieties of this Mediterranean shrub, but today its the flower tops of Garden Thyme (a.k.a. Lavender works well with scents like patchouli, bergamot, rosemary, and orange The rise (and rise) of fruity scents has given a new lease of life to this fruit, once reserved for the pudding course and jam-making. Guerlain Mitsouko It isnt just the fruit thats used: apple blossom gives a soft, floral air to fragrances and lately, theres been a trend to using something called an apple tree note: in fact, a synthetic, fantasy ingredient which delivers a fruity-woodiness. (Say it foo-jair, with the j a little soft almost foo-shair.) But the ingredient perfumers weave, mostly into floral fragrances, is generally a synthetic replica. Unique in perfumery for its fruity and animalic facets, Osmanthus is known for having honey and apricot notes and lending a velvety touch to a composition," says Reilly. synthetic) to evoke the sticky sweetness of dried figs, dates and apricots. Grs Fleur de Cabotine COUMARIN. The tangy oil that expressed from the (non-edible) bergamot orange, which is grown primarily in Italy. You can enjoy it in colognes, Ambres chypres, as well as petal-perfect florals. (The best oil, though, is said to come from Tunisia, where Jean-Paul Guerlain has his own bitter orange grove) During the distillation process, a beautifully scented waters also produced, which makes its way into floral waters and flavourings. Chopard Casmir Creed Jasmal Miller Harris Le Pamplemousse Developers like Ray Matts always used large amounts of it in his fragrances as it gave a huge trail," says perfumer Olivier Gillotin. In an expert perfumers hands, though, that potency works to emphasise and amplify other ingredients, like patchouli, or to cut through what can be the overwhelming sweetness of tuberose and other white flowers. Today, were more likely to wear fig behind our ears, and on our wrists. Carolina Herrera 212 VIP When hawthorn blooms, you know springs here. "Ozone has been used for many years but really exploded after the creation of L'eau D'Issey in 1992. Goutal Mandragore Jo MaloneLondon Earl Grey & Cucumber Revlon Charlie Blue. Theyre also often left to produce fruit, which can be infused to extract an intense berry scent. Theyre then steam-distilled to produce a gloopy, oily yellow compound, known in the business as iris butter. What does it smell of, in a fragrance? The name? C9 nonanal smells of roses. Bond No. I love the woody, very diffusive aspect of this IFF molecule," says Benaim. It takes a lot of elderflower to produce a little essential oil so this note is usually recreated synthetically, to evoke that sweet, honey-like, floral-herby scent of this hedgerow plant. Theyre often eaten raw, to enjoy the sweet/sour flavour blend from the thin rind, contrasted with the juicy flesh. When its first produced, its useless as a fragrance ingredient - definitely faecal, at that point. Byredo Gypsy Water Gardeners everywhere probably wish that every dandelion on the planet could be weeded out and imprisoned in a perfume bottle. Guerlain LHeure Bleu An aroma compound that has a soft, radiant jasmine aroma, hedoine was synthesized in the late 1950s. Tauer Perfumes08 Une Rose Chypre Atelier Cologne Oolong Infini FlorisPink Grapefruit Instead, its the name given to a simple fragrance accord of labdanum, benzoin and vanilla and/or, sometimes, touches of tonka and Peru balsam, which also have a sweet, resinous quality. It pumps out its fragrance at night, to attract insects. Este Lauder Sensuous In traditional perfumery youd use it to blend with the top and mid notes, youd leave the mixture to macerate for months, to give it weight and depth, and to help keep the lighter molecules from flying away too rapidly. Thats an evocative name for a fragrance ingredient, if ever we heard one. Crush the leaves of this frothily-flowered plant, and they smell fetid, rotting rank, basically. "It is one of a handful of animal-derived ingredients and comes from sperm whales who excrete the waxy substance when they have been eating cuttlefish," he says. Theres a great article on angels trumpet on the perfume website Fragrantica, if you click here. Yardley English Lavender. And the rest, as they say, is history. Xerjoff Shooting Stars Collection Oroville, Yummy, yummy rum: wonderful in cocktails to drink, glorious in perfumes an appetising gourmand ingredient that pairs well with woods, adding complexity, sweetness and intrigue. Gardenia (tiare) petals macerated in coconut oil, monoi is sometimes called Monoi de Tahiti. Chanel Coromandel The most prized geranium of all comes from the Ile Bourbon, with its rich, green, fruity-mint rosiness. Well, yes: the fragrant use of olive goes back millennia: the early Arab perfume-makers used it as a base in many of their scented creations, and the Egyptians used it to steep jasmine blossoms, to produce a fragrant oil. According to the Australian Orchid Society, "Old Totonac lore has it that Xanat, the young daughter of the Mexican fertility goddess, loved a Totonac youth. Down the centuries, then, incense has been burned as a part of religious rites, as a fumigant to cleanse the air and kill germs or simply for the pure joy of its perfume. Byredo Pulp Although ink-y notes can come from natural materials like oakmoss, it generally isnt really ink that youll smell in a scent. Because cinnamon bark oil is a sensitiser and as such, you may cinnamates on perfume packaging, as a warning where natural cinnamons used, its likely to have been distilled from the leaves and twigs. Herms Osmanthe Yunnan Guerlain Vetiver Caudalie Zeste de Vigne Its burned today in Catholic churches and Anglican high church ceremonies and perhaps as a result, its a love-it-or-hate-it ingredient, depending on whether you were forced to sit through endless sermons and hymns on Sundays. It has an abstract quality and has become widely used as a base note, in more complex perfumes. Alas, thats not going to happen: the dandelion (closely related to the daisy) offers a subtle, bitter-sweet and aromatic note with whispers of citrus and rose nothing, though, that perfumers are falling over themselves to use. The absolute created from the nut itself is sweet, but with a bitter edge (think Amaretto, here); almond can give a fragrance a marzipan quality, maybe even remind you of macaroons. The leaves and twigs give us petitgrain (read more about that here), while the cold-pressed peel of the fruit gives us bigarade (click here for more). Vivienne Westwood Boudoir Tiar flowers are related to gardenias: luscious white florals which scent the breeze of Tahiti, worn tucked behind the ear or as garlands. The gum itself comes from an umbelliferous (umbrella-like) Persian grass, and can vary from amber to dark green. Another note of warning: in its purest commercial form, citral can paralyse the nose for several hours, making it impossible to smell anything at all. GoutalQuel Amour Givenchy Amarige Then the leaves are stripped and placed into woven baskets, where a process of fermentation takes place that releases the incomparable fragrance. A fantasy note of salt can be used to add tang to marine, woody or even gourmand fragrances. Just that it can. The roses most commonly used in perfumery are the Turkish rose, the Damask (or Damascene rose) and Rosa Centifolia (the hundred-leafed rose), which is grown around Grasse in the south of France, and generally considered to produce the highest quality rose absolute. But flax has also been used in perfumery as long ago as Egyptian times, as a base note mildly nutty in character. "Sandalwood is an extraordinary wood with a deliciously creamy, milky scent, almost buttery, with the strength of a vertical and dense wood," says Michalon-Bertier. A fragrance without roses is almost as unthinkable as a love affair without kisses. Karo-karounde (also sometimes written as karo-karunde) is considered to be an aphrodisiac and is used in the rituals of sexual magic, in the Congo! "Vetiver is proof that upcycling can give amazing products," says perfumer Claire Liegent. Spicy, sweet, sharp: this garden spice which (so legend has it) will protect from theft and stop a lover straying adds an aromatic twist to perfumery, working well across a wide range of fragrance families including Ambres, florientals and fougres. Yves Saint LaurentLa Collection Nu. Versace Crystal Noir. Many windowsills boast an aloe vera plant, so useful for treating burns (including sunburn) but outside this cosmetic use, this perennial succulent plant is also very occasionally - used as a note in perfumery: green, vegetal, fresh and aquatic. The quality of the oil can vary hugely. Unfortunately, the downside of citral is that it can lead to sensivities and allergies so IFRA (the International Fragrance Association) regulates that it has to be used only with other ingredients that prevent a sensitising effect, and insist its labelled. ), and in pomanders to protect against infection. Chopard Wish Hugo Boss Femme (We know many people who say that tomato leaf is their first scent memory, perhaps introduced by a much-loved grandparent who wants to share its so-distinctive, scented furriness.) bellflowers offer up an essential oil which has been described as reminiscent of a clear spring day. DiorLes Creations de Monsieur Dior Diorella Laura Mercier Ambre Passion There truly is an oudh for all tastes, now! Revlon Charlie Silver James Heeley Esprit du Tiger Calvin Klein Escape Lancme Miracle Intense (No surprise that in aromatherapy, bergamot is actually used to treat depression) For perfumers, its invaluable for helping to blend notes into a single bouquet, and fix them there. Depending on the perfumers wish, it can add a bitter allure or a creamy sweetness. ), Bottega Veneta Bottega Veneta Lemons and flowers are a perfect marriage, in perfumery. Myrrh gets its name from the Hebrew murr or maror, which translates as bitter. By Kilian Back to Black Its been used in ritual at least since the Stone Age (stoned age? The name, quite simply, comes from the old Tamil words patchai (green) and ellai (leaf). You may be able to make it out West Indian bay itself among the cinnamon, oil of cloves, citrus and other spice oils. Penhaligons Halfeti (And theyre in good company: Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles were early habitus of this now world-famous bar, with its strangely low seats and tables that almost make you feel youre at a dolls tea party.) Diptyque LEau Perfume Cologne Aftershave Fragrance ingredients are also commonly used in other products, such as shampoos, shower gels, shaving creams, and body Geraniol Common in So fast does the rose fade, in fact, that some farmers in Turkey and Bulgaria transport their own copper stills to the fields, heating them on the spot over wood fires to distill the precious Damask Rose oil, which separates from the water when heated in only the tiniest of quantities: 170 rose flowers are said to relinquish but a single drop. Of course, perfumers can mimic the scent using other woody and ambery ingredients more abundant in nature but nothing compares to the complexity of high- quality natural oud oil, which has olfactory references to dry woods, ambery resins, and even leather. When theyre perfectly ripe, youll know it: the scent is sweet and musky and the juice will almost certainly drip down your chin Calvin KleinEternity Moment Amazingly, this grey-leafed toughie gives off a lovely, almost straw-like sweet scent, with hints of honey, tea, rose and chamomile - giving a flowery sweetness to perfumes, Goutal ParisSables In summer scents, in particular, kiwi adds a refreshing sweetness. (Leading to the original name for perfume: per fumum, or through smoke) Myrrh was a key ingredient in the ancient incense kyphi, used to fumigate ancient Egyptian temples. Donna Karan DKNY (Petitgrain, which you can read about here, is extracted from the leaves, for instance.) Were half-way to falling in love with this ingredient for its exotic name, never mind the sweetly floral, vanilla-y fragrance which can be so captivating, in a perfume. Harvesting techniques have become somewhat more sophisticated since the time when labdanum was collected from the coats and beards of sheep and goats that grazed on these tough little shrubs! What you smell actually comes from a sticky brown resin, taken from a plant that grows (often in very inhospitable, dry locations) in the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East. It goes especially well with musks, fruits and flowers. The scent can also be extracted from the so-pretty bunched variety Narcissus tazetta is native to southern Europe and now also grown widely across Asia, the Middle East, north Africa, northern India, China and Japan. The Arabs used it in perfumery, then the Romans, who created a perfume called Narcissinum with the oil from whats become one of our favourite modern flowers. (Dont worry: we wont test you.) But although violet has been giving up its sweetness to perfumers since the time of early Arab perfumers, who perfected a technique for distilling the oil, it was Empress Marie Louise Bonaparte who really put Viola odorata on the scent-map, establishing the violet industry in Parma which thrives to this day. Now theres an entire harvest of blackberry-garlanded scents, too. Donna KaranBlack Cashmere Boucheron Boucheron Noses professional perfumers - love, love, LOVE ionones. They're like berry clay that you can form and shape in all directions. Marc Jacobs Dot Look at the label on your perfume. The plant valiantly grows in mountain areas above 3,500 metres, in countries like India, Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim. "These vanilla 'beans' are aged and then extracted to make an infusion or an absolute which is used in flavors and fragrances to impart its unique creamy sweetness. Mimosas are pod-bearing shrubs and trees now native mostly to Australia and the Pacific, though they put on a pretty spectacular show around the heartland of perfumery in Grasse, too, in the south of France . (Not only was black pepper ground onto food, though: it found its way into spells and was used as an amulet to protect against disease and other threats. Ah, bluebells: those nodding, beautiful five-petalled spring flowers that seem so quintessentially English but actually flourish anywhere from here to northern Spain, with over 500 species in all. Yves Saint Laurent Elle. Tom Ford Caf Rose Yves Saint LaurentOpium. But by any name, this uplifting fruit is always pure joy to discover, in a scent, Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Many a gardeners favourite flower, the sweet pea: obligingly abundant, so long as you keep picking its long stems day after day. Chanel Les Exclusifs 28 La Pausa Thyme gets its name from the Greek word meaning to fumingate and its fragrant use goes back that far: the Greeks used it as a powerful incense in their temples (it was even thought to repel snakes), while the Arab perfumers also used it in their recipes. Herms Un Jardin Sur Le Nil Roja Dove Reckless Este Lauder Private Collection I sometimeswonder why the combination of fruits and berries with flowers are soenchanting. Balmain Ivoire Eucalyptus honey. Serge Lutens Fleur dOranger Frederic Malle En Passant Once upon a time, dried fruits were a serious luxury, for the wealthy to enjoy in haute cuisine. The attar of roses which is produced is powerful and expensive and no wonder: it takes around 40,000 rose flowers to produce one 10 g bottle of rose attar. Now, though, theres a way through which is glorious news for chypre-lovers everywhere. That doesnt detract, though, from camellias soft, voluptuous beauty. Cartier Cartier de Lune Of those, approximately 100 different substances are known to Frangipani isnt actually the name of a plant, though: its an ingredient from plumeira flowers, which have a gardenia-like scent: soft, peachy, creamy, fruity. Isabella RosselliniManifesto 9 Eau de New York Chanel Coco (There are also forests of it in northern Ethiopia although ecologists report that production of this resin could decline by half, over the next 15 years, as those forests are systematically cut down to make way for agriculture.). Citrus aurantifolia is native to India, where limes used in Tantric rituals to ward off evil spirits from the body. Chanel Les Exclusifs Cuir de Russie Gardeners cultivate these widely, albeit most successfully inside fruit cages because birds, as well as humans, just love the perfectly-ripened fruit The distilled absolute of the blackcurrant buds and leaves is known as bourgeons de cassis (say it boor-shon da cassee): a light, fruity, woody note with a slightly animalic edge. Donna Karan DKNY Goutal Passion Freesias get their name from a German doctor, from Kiel in Germany - Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese (1795-1876). Goutal Eau du Ciel A flowering tree native to China, valued for its delicate fruity apricot aroma. If any single ingredient can create those effects, its musk. (Its even the name of a particular scent, from the Capri-based perfume house Carthusia). ( non-edible ) bergamot orange, which can be used to add tang to marine, or... First produced, its useless as a love affair without kisses they like! 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