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Fabulous Fragrances - from Countess Jan Moran

Guy Begin - the impressionistic painter of perfumes.

Grasse's International Perfume Museum

Grasse Institute of Perfumery - training courses to develop the fundamental knowledge of creating a perfume

The Fragrance Foundation

Bermuda Perfumery & Gardens

 Happi Cosmetic Formulas

For Perfume Accords Visit Firmenich and see demo formulas at Givaudan

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Caesar's World

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Carnival Cruise Lines

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Cartier Parfums

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Caswell-Massey

Chanel

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Chopard Parfums

Christian Dior

Cigar Aficionado

Clarins

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Claude Montana Parfums

Clinique Labs

Club Med

Comptoir Sud Pacifique

Connie Stevens

Cosmopolitan Cosmetics

Coty (France)

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Crabtree & Evelyn

Daniel de Fasson Parfums

Davidoff Parfums

Decleor

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Demeter

Diane Von Furstenberg Studio

Dolce & Gabbana

Don Algodon

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Dream Perfumes

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Erox Corporation

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Etienne Aigner Cosmetics

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Fragluxe Inc.

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Galimard Parfumerie

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Gap Inc.

Gemey

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Gianfranco Ferre

Gillette

Giorgio Armani Parfums

Giorgio Beverly Hills

Givenchy Parfums

Gloria Vanderbilt

Gottschalk

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Green Tea

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Gucci

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Guerlain

Hakawerk

Hang Ten

Haribo

Harley Davidson

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Helmut Lang

Henkel Cosmetic

Holzman & Stephanie Perfumes

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Hugo Boss

Iman Cosmetics

Inter Parfums

Iplip (Korea)

irèneParfums and Cosmetiques Laboratory

Issey Miyake

Jacadi Parfums

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Lacoste

Laila Inc.

L'air D'or

Lalique Parfums

Lancome Parfums - Korean Site

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LaParfumerie.com

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Laura Biagiotti

Le Bon Marche

Lentheric

Les Copains

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Liz Claiborne Cosmetics

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Loewe (Spain)

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Loris Azzaro Parfums

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Soprani

Mac Cosmetics

Marbert(Germany)

Mariella Burani

Marilyn Migrin

Mario Valentino

Mary Kay Cosmetics

Mauboussin

Maurer & Wirtz

Mavive

Max Factor

Maxim's Parfums de Paris-SNDPI

Maybelline

Mexx Fragrances

Mibelle

Michael Jordan

Molton Brown

Mont Blanc

Muelhens/4711

Myrurgia S.A.

Nautica

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Nino Cerruti

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Oleg Cassini

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Parfums des Champs

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Persona Parfum

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Ralph Lauren

Rebel Fragrances

Redken

Revlon

Richard Dayhoff

Roberta di Camerino

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Severiano Ballesteros

Shiseido (Japan)

Shu Uemura Parfums

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Slava Zaitsev

Smalto

Smell This

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Stetson

Susan Lucci

Swiss Arabian Perfumery

Talbots

The Body Shop

The Thymes Limited

Thierry Mugler Parfums

Tiffany & Company Co.

Todd Oldham

Tommy Hilfiger

Tonino Lamborghini

Tova Beverly Hills

Trigere

Trussardi Parfums

Tursiops

Ulric de Varens Parfums

Unilever Ltd. Group

Vanilla Fields

Vera Wang

Versace Profumi

Vichy

Victoria's Secret

Visari

Wacoal

Wella Group

West Indies Bay Company

Yardley(England)

Yohji Yamamoto

Yves Rocher

Yves Saint Laurent Parfums

Zirh Skin Nutrition

****** Featured Sites of the Month******

Flavor-Base - 10th Edition is Here

Art & Olfaction

Olfaction - A Review

The Best Perfume for Every Situation: The Ultimate Guide

Flavours & fragrances: Recent advances in biotechnology, Speciality Chemicals Magazine, May 2015, pp. 32-35 - by John C. Leffingwell & Diane Leffingwell

Biotechnology - Conquests and Challenges in Flavors & Fragrances, Leffingwell Reports, Vol. 7 (No. 2), 1-11, March 2015 - by John C. Leffingwell & Diane Leffingwell

Chirality & Odour Perception - Updated August 2, 2016 (now with over 1,424 enantiomers)

Cool without Menthol & Cooler than Menthol and Cooling Compounds as Insect Repellents - Updated June 8, 2016

Chiral chemistry in flavours & fragrances - March 31, 2011 - a new article by John C. & Diane Leffingwell from the March 2011 issue of Speciality Chemicals Magazine.

Cropwatch - Updated List of Threatened Aromatic Plants Used in the Aroma & Cosmetic Industries - (v 1.07 Sept. 2008) - A must read for those in the F&F Industry (pdf file).

Nathalie Manser - Musique & Parfums

Scents of Precious Woods

Orchadia - A fragrance consulting service

50 Years of Flavor Chemistry

Fragrance & Flavor – Art & Science

Intuiscent - Helen Feygin's company which specializes in
development of winning fragrances for products worldwide

The Barcelona Perfume Museum

Fragrances of the World Online - Michael Edwards

Grasse Institute of Perfumery - training courses to develop the fundamental knowledge of creating a perfume

Fabulous Fragrances - from Countess Jan Moran

Art & Parfum - from Roudnitska


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Symrise (formerly Haarmann & Reimer) F&F Publications

Fragrance Related
The Early History of Cosmetics
Sun worship
Beating the cold weather with good scents
The Art of sniffing
Fragrant convergence - More and more women are reaching for masculine fragrances
What's the smell of beach like, actually?
When babies smell like household cleansers - Other countries, other customs – and other olfactory preferences
Fin de siècle - These are the perfumes that characterized the '80s and '90s
The Power of Perfumes
The Happy Oils - Citrus oils are very popular in perfumery
A Sense of the Scents
The Sense of Smell
The Creative Work of the Perfumer
Fragrance Families
Raw Materials and Processing
Perfume Oils for a Wide Range of Applications
Cosmetic Ingredients
Fragrance Genealogy from H&R - Feminine - download pdf
Fragrance Genealogy from H&R - Masculine - download pdf
Along the Lavender Route through Haute Provence
Well being through fragrances - Aromatherapy - How it's used and how it works
The Three Glorious Decades - A new kind of perfumery is born
The Garden of 100 Scents - Aroma Garden in Erlangen
The Color of Fragrance - Favorite colors - Favorite scents
The Makings of Fragrances
The Makings of Fragrances, Part 2 - Bergamot, Violet & Co.
The Makings of Fragrance, Part 3 - Fragrant, sensual and seductive
What's the right perfume for me? - Smell it before you buy it
Flavor Related
Super soups!
Clarity from the depth
Sweet seduction under the Christmas tree - Marzipan, a gift from the land of The Thousand And One Nights
Does peppermint make you feel sexy?
Where the sweet peppers grow - Eating and drinking around the world: Hungary
The right combination for the right spirit - Flavored beer drinks are conquesting the gastronomy scene
Eat - and live to a ripe old age - Eating and drinking around the world: Japan
Life wouldn't be nearly as sweet without sugar - "Sweet salt" — Its history, how it's made and what it is
A bootful of delicacies - Eating and drinking around the world: Italy
Convenient to prepare, convenient to serve - Ready-to-eat meals are hot sellers
I scream, you scream - we all scream for ice cream
A Spice Primer
A Spice Primer, Part 2
A Spice Primer, Part 3
The spirit of wine - An ingredient in numerous spirits
Coffee - Or "black wine" - The number one popular drink
Chocolate - Food of the gods
Cranberries - The Indians loved them too
Tea: A success story - From medicine to popular refreshment
Flavor - What is it?
A Brief Cultural History of Taste

Symrise F&F Publications online

The Art of sniffing
Fragrant convergence - More and more women are reaching for masculine fragrances
Clarity from the depth - Mineral water advances toward the cult drink
Coffee - A dark Passion
A foamy white dream - Whipping up whips
Can you also taste umami?
The Early History of Cosmetics
Sun worship

Osmoz Publications Online

New Products - for Women
New Products - for Men
History of Fragrances
Olfactory Groups
Brands & Fragrances
Raw Materials
Production Techniques
Books - The most beautiful literary works in the world of olfaction.

Osmoz Reports
Portuguese Lavender has a name: Ach. Brito
The grand comeback of custom-made
Pierre Brunet's large and fragrant family
In the realm of relaxation, well-being reigns supreme
Femme by Rochas: femininity in a perfume
Frédéric Malle, a perfume producer
Coffee accords in perfumes
Extra-Vieille by Roger & Gallet, much more than just Cologne...
4711, a very present past
Inmates: a scent of freedom
Olivia Giacobetti, Andrée Putmann's nose
Perfumes: the greatest hits of 2001
Oriental perfumes: I got you under my skin...
When stars embody perfumes...
Stars and perfume: a mutual attraction
Holy Smoke!
Home fragrances
Fragrant pregnancy
Teenagers and Perfumes
Teen Scents... and Sensibility
Lorenzo Villoresi, an artist at the heart of perfume
Remembrance of Perfumes Past
The Fountain of Elegance
How to become a nose...
Smell: the Forbidden Sense?
The fragrant trail of major hotels
Perfume to keep people happy at work?
Blooming with health
L'Artisan Parfumeur: ahead by a nose
The great chef's aromas
The Nose Knows
A delicious whiff of tea
Tales from the water
Viva Aqua Allegorias
Scented products: The Essences of the Soul
Miniatures and where to find them
Form follows fashion
Sports fragrances: keeping cool on and off the court
Woody fragrances to attract women
Car air fresheners
Interview with Percy Kemp
Castelbajac's colorful scent
A passion for miniatures, starting a collection
Florists and perfumers
Aromatherapy and Aromachology: what's the difference?
Federico Restrepo, exclusive to the extreme!
Camille Goutal follows in her mother's footsteps
Baby Steps... into Scents
Preserving Perfume
How to Wear a Perfume
Jean-François Laporte: In the Name of Perfume
Perfume: A User's Guide
Perfumes and seduction: love in a bottle?
Scents from Pompeii

The Fragrance Trail from Osmoz
The Rose of A Thousand and One Nights
Japan, the green tea ceremony
Olfactory strolls through the City of Lights
Sumatra, the land of Benzoin
Niaouli, king of the New Caledonian grasslands
Brazil's Coffee-and-Baroque Road
Eberbach, a sensorial journey with wine
Sicilian Marsala, an ambery wine, strong and generous
Speyside, the valley of Scotch whisky
Yemen, on the trail of incense
Reunion, an island of vanilla and vetiver
Ethiopia's mythic myrrh
Bergamote, the Gods' Gift to Calabria
Versailles, the city of the Sun King and the god of Perfume
Formentera, a fragrant island
Madeira: vineyards with an ocean view
The scent of jewelry on Paris's Place Vendôme
On the trail of Ceylon tea
Whiskey, Ireland's nectar
Barcelona: the Perfume Museum
London: discover the perfumers to the Royal Family
Beautiful Mysore sandalwood
Mayotte, ylang ylang island
Paying tribute to linden blossoms in Buis-les-Baronnies
Mytilene: Appreciating anise
Star Anise, the treasure of Vietnam
The Tiaré flower road
Artigny, le castle of the king of perfumes
The scent of ylang ylang in Mauritius
Santo-Domingo, a whiff of tobacco
Morocco, on the Trail of the Rose

Organizations
American Society of Perfumers
British Society of Perfumers
The Fragrance Foundation
International Fragrance Association (IFRA)
International Perfume Bottle Association
World Perfumery Congress
Women in Flavor and Fragrance Commerce, Inc.
Fragranced Products Information Network

Miscellaneous

ANUCCI - Fragrance information site & primer
Fragonard Parfumeur
Fragrant Flowers of the East from Shiseido
A History of Fragrance
Musées de Grasse - A Spectacular Tour of Perfume & Art
Perfume History
Perfume History - from Perfume2000.com

Perfumers World
Story of the Camellia from Shiseido
Story of the Rose from Shiseido
The Fragrant Harvest - India
Boronia - Aromas from Carotenoids
Olfaction - A Review
Osmanthus - Aromas from Carotenoids
Rose Oil Distillation - A photo tour from The Essential Oil Company
Rose - Aromas from Carotenoids
The Good Scents Company Home Page - information on Perfume and flavor raw material specifications and odor descriptions.
Tobacco - Aromas from Carotenoids

FAO Documents on Flavor & Fragrance Materials

....- BASIC PRINCIPLES OF STEAM DISTILLATION
....- CEDARWOOD OILS
....- CINNAMOMUM OILS (INCLUDING CINNAMON AND CASSIA)
....- ESSENTIAL OILS
....- EUCALYPTUS OIL
....- FLAVOURS AND FRAGRANCES OF PLANT ORIGIN
....- GUM ARABIC, GUM TALHA AND OTHER ACACIA GUMS
....- LOCUST BEAN (CAROB)
....- LITSEA CUBEBA OIL
....- OLIBANUM (FRANKINCENSE), MYRRH AND
.............OPOPANAX RESINS AND OILS
....- ROSEWOOD OIL
....- SANDALWOOD OIL
....- SASSAFRAS OIL
....- SOFT RESINS AND BALSAMS
....- TURPENTINE FROM PINE RESIN

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