Check the characteristics of more than 1463 ingredients and discover the perfumes in which they are present.
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A fragrance is always designed with the olfactory pyramid in mind. Although a perfume is made up of many ingredients and through different techniques, its formulation is always done considering the olfactory pyramid so that all its notes fit together perfectly.
Why do we feel a rush of sensations when we smell a fragrance? The answer lies in our emotional brain, which reacts immediately to olfactory stimuli. In the case of perfumes, there is a great deal of creativity involved, stemming from the inspiration and knowledge of the perfumer.
A fragrance is always designed with the olfactory pyramid in mind. Although a perfume is made up of many ingredients and through different techniques, its formulation is always done considering the olfactory pyramid so that all its notes fit together perfectly.
Why do we feel a rush of sensations when we smell a fragrance? The answer lies in our emotional brain, which reacts immediately to olfactory stimuli. In the case of perfumes, there is a great deal of creativity involved, stemming from the inspiration and knowledge of the perfumer.
Michael Edwards is the fragrance taxonomist, historian and author whose Fragrances of the World database supplies the perfume information for Wikiparfum.
During a career spanning forty years, he and his team have classified and matched more than 50,000 fragrances. Luca Turin, the renowned perfume critic, called his work "the perfumery equivalent of Linnaeus's Systema Naturae (1735), a map, the only one in existence, which lets everyone, beginner or pro, set out into the mysterious world of perfume".
Michael is also the award-winning author of Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances, and American Legends: The Evolution of American fragrances.
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