u/guideville6

I’m not really the type to choose fragrances based on the weather, but if I had to make a list of where I think they’d fit best, mine would be:

🌸 Nishane Wulong Cha
☀️ Boadicea the Victorious Aqua Sapphire
🍂 Imaginary Authors Memoirs of a Trespasser
❄️ Orto Parisi Terroni

What’s yours?

For me, it was Side Project BBT. It might not be that rare for Americans, but here in Brazil it was extremely hard (and expensive) to get my hands on one. Ah, and Proprietor's Bourbon County Brand Stout (2014) too.

And you, what was your biggest whale?

I came across an interesting article about Symrise's Cryptosym technology.

They developed a colorless and odorless base that can be added to a fragrance to interfere with gas chromatography (GC-MS) analysis. It can cause certain materials to be misidentified or incorrectly quantified, making it significantly harder to reproduce the original formula.

They tested it on 133 natural and synthetic ingredients. Apparently, 93 were incorrectly quantified and another 25 were incorrectly identified during analysis.

Could this mean the dupe industry and cheap clones are on their way out? And for hobbyist perfumers and people learning at home, is this a bad thing, or could it actually push people to study more and come up with new, more creative formulas?

Curious to hear what you guys think.

For me, it was Last Birthday Cake by Toskovat. I was never really into fragrances before. I barely even wore them. But to be fair, I only knew designer stuff, and none of it really caught my attention.

Then one day I was scrolling through TikTok and came across Toskovat and all the crazy fragrances they were making. I managed to get a decant of Last Birthday Cake and it completely blew my mind.

And well... the rest is history.

There are some fragrances you build up really high expectations for, and then when you finally try them, the disappointment hits hard. For me, it was Seminalis by Orto Parisi. It literally made me feel nauseous. 😅

What about you? Is there any fragrance you just couldn't bring yourself to wear?

There are some fragrances you build up really high expectations for, and then when you finally try them, the disappointment hits hard. For me, it was Seminalis by Orto Parisi. It literally made me feel nauseous. 😅

What about you? Is there any fragrance you just couldn't bring yourself to wear?

Or if you don't really have one, if you had to pick just one fragrance to wear for an entire year, no matter the weather or the occasion, what would it be?

Mine is Squid by Zoologist. I'm absolutely obsessed with that fragrance.

In your opinion, what's the best fragrance from your country?
It can be a specific perfume or a brand.

I'm from Brazil and for me, it's Cappuccino by Condé Parfum

I’m thinking about using dropper bottles for my working dilutions.

However, I’ve come across a lot of mixed opinions. Some people say evaporation isn’t a big deal and that they’re perfectly fine for day-to-day work. That if you squeeze the dropper until you’ve emptied all the liquid from the stem before putting it back in the bottle, evaporation isn’t much of an issue.

Others say they evaporate much too quickly, leading to material loss and even affecting the final proportions of a formula.

I’ve seen plenty of perfumers using dropper bottles, including perfumers behind well-known indie brands, so I’m a bit unsure what to believe.

What’s been your experience with dropper bottles? Do they really cause enough evaporation to be a problem, or is it still better to stick with pipettes and polycone caps, even though they’re not nearly as convenient?

I own a few gcms's and i'd be happy to share them. if anyone wants something dm me, maybe you have something I don't and we can trade. i've recreated some of these and they are extremely accurate.

Hi everyone,

After spending the last few months studying perfumery, I've collected a lot of material and thought I'd share it with the community.

The library currently contains nearly 100 books, along with a large collection of formulas and study resources that I've gathered over time. I also included the collection of Glen O. Brechbill books that was shared here on the forum. I removed all the duplicates, renamed the files, and organized everything to make it easier to browse.

I'll keep updating the Drive regularly, so it should continue growing with new books and resources.

I hope some of you find it useful and that it helps with your own perfumery journey.

Enjoy!

Perfumery_Library