Musk: the story of an animal ingredient!
You have always loved wearing musk. Its warm and enveloping scent accompanies your daily perfumed ritual and your nose melts each time for its…
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Focus on the ingredients, raw materials and olfactory families that made your favorite fragrances…
Rose: the perfumer’s essential ingredient
Rose is clearly one of the must-have ingredients in the perfumer’s palette! Known for over 3000 years, the rose seduces thanks to an irresistible…
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A fruity perfume to get your fill of vitamins
How about finding the fruit cocktail from your favorite smoothie in your perfumed ritual? Behind their apparent simplicity, fruity notes invite themselves into many…
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Gourmand perfume: an addictive recipe!
After a walk in the forest with woody notes and a cruise to the open sea thanks to the marine facets, it is a…
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The origin of incense: a perfumed travel
When we talk about incense in perfumery, our imagination often takes us to a sacred temple or church, or to an oriental market with…
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Lavender, a perfume from Provence with love…
Since the dawn of time, lavender perfume is as much appreciated for its delicate scent as for its medicinal virtues. While its use dates…
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Marine notes and the song of the siren
After a scented walk in the forest alongside the woody notes, we take you on another olfactory stroll to the open sea! In recent…
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Woody notes: a scented walk
We have already introduced in a previous article the 7 olfactory families, whom classify all your perfumes. Among them is a category with warm,…
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Synthetic perfume: an inspiring match
In a previous article, we explained that the scent of certain plants was naturally impossible to catch. However, these “mute” flowers are at the…
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Vanilla: from the pod to the bottle
Vanilla seduces our hearts and noses for almost five centuries, and remains widely loved and used today. Its warm notes bring us back to…
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The mute flowers’ speech
Lily of the valley, lilac, lily, hyacinth, carnation, honeysuckle, peony, violet, freesia, gardenia, sweet peas… Most of these plants are very fragrant. They delight…
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The ambergris mysteries
Amber is a matter as intriguing as fascinating for millennia. When evoking amber, people are often confused between the resin used especially for jewelry…
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The citrus olfactory family and the Golden Apples
The citrus olfactory family gathers hesperide scents, made of citrus fruits. Discover the origins of this name coming from the Greek mythology, and the signature…
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Chypre perfume: the origins of the cyprus olfactory family
With the upcoming sunny and hot summer days, we only dream about one thing: to take a break and breath some fresh marine air,…
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The origin of patchouli
Patchouli is a famous plant in the perfumery origin, and intimately linked to the one of Carrement Belle Parfums. Discover the story of patchouli…
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