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Perfumery Formula Reconstruction Proves Challenging

ABC NewsRadio AU Sydney 15d15d Impact 5
Reconstructing perfumes that no longer exist presents challenges in finding the original formulas. A greater difficulty lies in sourcing the necessary raw materials, including chemical and natural substances. When these specific materials are unavailable, alternative solutions must be found. Reconstructing very old perfume formulas is painstaking work, as quantities are often described vaguely as 'a little,' 'a lot,' or 'a pinch,' rather than by precise weights. Some perfumes require weeks, months, or even a year to create, potentially involving several hundred ingredients. One formula was observed to have four hundred ingredients, making the initial step of ensuring a sufficient quantity of each ingredient. A young perfumer is often afraid to use strong-smelling products, but audacious use of certain ingredients was noted in old formulas. The osmotic process opens.

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Sources · 7 independent

ABC NewsRadio AU

“were making a record of what family the perfume is being sold. to overcome? To start with, how do you go about making perfumes that no longer exist? And where do you get the list of ingredients from? So if the perfume no longer exists, the challenge is to find the formula. So, as we worked in companies, we had contacts to find all formulas that had completely disappeared. But the great difficulty is to find the raw materials, the chemical and natural substances that were used when it was not possible we”

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“The problem with very old formulas is that quantities are often written using a little, a lot, a pinch, and rarely with weights. Some perfumes take weeks, months, or even a year to create.”

ABC NewsRadio AU

“The problem with very old formulas is that quantities are often written using a little, a lot, a pinch, and rarely with weights. Some perfumes take weeks, months, or even a year to create. It's true. Perfumes could have several hundred ingredients. I have seen formulas with four hundred ingredients.”

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“because there were extraordinary innovations in it. He was not afraid to use large quantities of certain products that when you are a young perfumer, you are very afraid to use because they smell very strong.”

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