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Cedarwood: The Celestial tree

Ceadrwood is one of important essential oil used in perfumery. Its belong to woody family. There are different version of Cedarwood oils...

Archana Shandilya

Aug 30, 20231 min read

GROJSMAN ACCORD

In 1990 Trésor by Lancôme created by a famous American perfumer Sophia Grojsman. She born in Belarus and after completing her higher...

Archana Shandilya

Aug 17, 20232 min read

Reformulation of fragrance: May day (LLF)!

On June 11, 1956 –Givaudan- Swiss Company did not know the chemical, which was granted a patent by them, going to be banned in March...

Archana Shandilya

Nov 3, 20221 min read

Schiff Base and its role in PERFUMERY - Part I

Schiff base is formed when aldehyde or ketone reacts with a primary amine, secondary amine, or ammonia. This is an exothermic reaction, whi

Archana Shandilya

Jun 13, 20212 min read

Fragrance - Rules and Regulations

Out of 1487 aroma chemicals; 259 and out of 312 natural oil; 239 oils are classified as Dermal allergen.

Archana Shandilya

Feb 7, 20213 min read

PROHIBITED raw materials of PERFUMERY

Let's commence this article with a question 'Why are we using Fragrance in our day to day activities?'. The common answers will be - 'For...

Archana Shandilya

Nov 25, 20204 min read

Body builders of Perfumery - FRUITS

Body builders of Perfumery - FRUITS Definition - Fleshy seed associated structure of plant that are sweet, sour, and edible in raw state, su

Archana Shandilya

Oct 7, 20203 min read

Fundamentals of LACTONE

Lactone: One of the most versatile ingredients of perfumery. Without Lactone, no one can imagine Tropical Fruit viz. (Peach, Apricot, Mango,

Archana Shandilya

Aug 27, 20202 min read

'CHAMELEONS' of PERFUMERY

The reason why I added ‘Chameleons’ as prefix before Perfumery to maintain the title of this article is that there are some aroma chemicals

Archana Shandilya

Aug 7, 20202 min read

Abbreviations in the field of Perfumery

I usually write formulas in notebook which helps me knowing and bringing it more closely; I can analyze it point-wise and I can easily visu

Archana Shandilya

Jul 24, 20203 min read

Sweetest Raw Material of Perfumery 'Maltol' and 'Ethyl Maltol'

Ethyl maltol and Maltol give caramelic, sweet note to fragrance. As written in many literatures and what I have realized and believe is Ethy

Archana Shandilya

Jul 17, 20202 min read

Nature is the best Perfumer

Due to my education i got to move at many places in India, My upbringing was in the soil of Varanasi, and after moving out side from Varanas

Archana Shandilya

Jul 10, 20203 min read

Hand Sanitizers | The new family member in the Pandemic Crisis

Fragrance family which can perform well in Sanitizers are - Citrus, Fruity, Aquatic Marine, Musk

Archana Shandilya

Jul 10, 20201 min read

Parijaat | Harsingar | Shefali

The Parijaat tree is believed to be one of the products that surfaced as a result of the ‘Samudramanthana’.

Archana Shandilya

Jun 22, 20201 min read

Creator | Earth | Aroma | Humans

When god made this earth he filled it with aromas everywhere. But as human being came into existence and each revolution gets introduced the

Archana Shandilya

Jun 13, 20201 min read

Fragrance and Festivals | Christmas

ow when #Christmas is doorsteps away its not going happen that we do't immersed in its fragrance. Although a lot have'een written on this fe

Archana Shandilya

Dec 25, 20191 min read